Anthology 1976-80
by City Boy
- Type: Compilation
- Released: 2001-01-01
- Label: Unknown
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 1:11:32
- Community rating: 3.5/5 from 1 rating
Artists on this release: Lol Mason, Roy Babbington, Mike Slamer, Roger Kent, Kendal Stubbs, Roy Ward, Max Thomas, Tim Friese-Greene, Steve Lunt, Stephen Broughton Lunt, Greg Mathieson, Duncan The Dog, Robert John Lange, The Apprentice Millionaire Coliery Band, Jack Holstein, Chris Dunn, "Doc" Merle Anger, David Jackson, BJ Cole, Louis Clark
Album Notes & Community Reviews
An anthology of the Birmingham band's Mercury albums, the work of a group that applied Queen-scale harmonies and arrangement to compact pop rock songs. City Boy's records remained cult items despite a brief American hit with '5.7.0.5'.
Genres
Descriptors: melodic, compilation, harmonies, accessible, retro
Tracklist
- 5-7-0-5 (3:15)
- I鈥檝e Been Spun (3:24)
- (Moonlight) Shake My Head and Leave (4:26)
- Dinner at the Ritz (6:43)
- The Day the Earth Caught Fire (5:25)
- Heads Are Rolling (3:57)
- Beth (2:47)
- Hap-Ki-Do-Kid (3:13)
- Bad for Business (3:34)
- Modern Love Affair (3:30)
- She鈥檚 Got Style (3:20)
- Need a Little Loving (3:39)
- What a Night (3:02)
- Surgery Hours (Doctor Doctor) (3:04)
- Goodbye Blue Monday (5:02)
- New York Times (5:10)
- You鈥檙e Leaving Me (3:57)
- Young Men Gone West (4:04)