New York in the '70s
| New York in the '70s | ||||
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| Released | 26 May 2014 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, folk, psychedelic rock, Electronic | |||
| Length | 33:11 | |||
| Label | Cherry Red Records | |||
| Producer | Luke Haines | |||
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New York in the '70s is a concept album by British
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Into his song "Cerne Abbas Man", he refers Rock and Roll Animals in the sentence The birds were in my last LP.
Concept
The concept is less of a narrative story and more of a descriptive album. As the title tells, Haines describes some scenes from New York City in 1970s art world. Talking about social context, drug use, sexual liberty.
Following his two last albums, Haines
The New York Dolls
and few others.
The band diminutives
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He also refers to iconic places such as Chelsea Hotel, CBGB, The Kitchen#History etc.
Track listing
All tracks written and composed by Luke Haines except for track 9 by John Moore.
- "Alan Vegas Says" – 3:17
- "Drone City" – 2:55
- "NY in the 70s" – 2:39
- "Jim Carroll" – 1:48
- "Tricks n Kicks n Drugs" – 2:10
- "Bill's Bunker" – 3:28
- "Dolls Forever" – 2:32
- "New York City Breakdown" – 1:38
- "Lou Reed Lou Reed" – 2:06
- "UK Punk" – 3:13
- "Cemes Abbas Man" – 4:11
- "NY Stars" – 3:22
Credits
- Music
- Luke Haines – guitar, keyboards, drums, vocals, songwriting
- Production
- Luke Haines – producer
- Ed Woods – mastering
- Visual
- Siân Pattenden – photography
- Luke Haines – painting
- Louise Mason – Sleeve, Layout
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