Rock City (Riot album)
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Rock City is the debut studio album by American
Riot
; it was released in 1977.
It was first released independently by Fire Sign Records, run by the band's producers, Billy Arnell and Steve Loeb, who also owned the
Attic Records and by Victor Entertainment
in Japan. Vinyl copies of Rock City can be differentiated by the color that frames the front cover artwork. The original Fire Sign pressing is framed in white; later editions are framed in black or lack this feature altogether.
American label Metal Blade Records re-issued the album on CD in early 1993 and again in 2015.
Rock City is the only Riot album to feature writing and recording contributions by original bassist Phil Feit who went on to join acts such as
Adam Bomb
, where he briefly crossed paths with another Riot member, drummer Sandy Slavin.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Desperation" | Phil Feit, Mark Reale, Guy Speranza | 2:43 |
| 2. | "Warrior" | Steve Costello, Reale, Speranza | 3:50 |
| 3. | "Rock City" | Feit, Reale, Speranza | 3:29 |
| 4. | "Overdrive" | Reale, Speranza, Lou A. Kouvaris | 4:12 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5. | "Angel" | Feit, Reale, Speranza | 3:37 |
| 6. | "Tokyo Rose" | Reale, Speranza, Kouvaris | 4:20 |
| 7. | "Heart of Fire" | Reale, Speranza, Kouvaris | 3:00 |
| 8. | "Gypsy Queen" | Reale, Speranza, Kouvaris | 3:56 |
| 9. | "This Is What I Get" | Reale, Speranza | 4:09 |
Personnel
- Guy Speranza – vocals
- Mark Reale – guitars
- Lou A. Kouvaris – guitars
- Jimmy Iommi – bass (2, 4, 6–9)
- Peter Bitelli – drums
- Phil Feit – bass (1, 3, 5)
Derivative work
- Austrian artist Matthias Laurenz Gräff used the album cover of Rock City in his political painting.
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![Riot, Rock City as "Riot, Rock City (allegory to H. C. Strache and the music album of the same name"), 2016[3]](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Matthias_Laurenz_Gr%C3%A4ff%22_-_Riot%2C_Rock_City_%28Allegorie_auf_H._C._Strache_und_das_gleichnamige_Musikalbum%22%29.jpg/130px-Matthias_Laurenz_Gr%C3%A4ff%22_-_Riot%2C_Rock_City_%28Allegorie_auf_H._C._Strache_und_das_gleichnamige_Musikalbum%22%29.jpg)
Riot, Rock City as "Riot, Rock City (allegory toH. C. Strache and the music album of the same name"), 2016[3]
![Riot, Rock City as "Riot, Rock City (allegory to H. C. Strache and the music album of the same name"), 2016[3]](/File:Matthias_Laurenz_Gr%C3%A4ff%22_-_Riot,_Rock_City_(Allegorie_auf_H._C._Strache_und_das_gleichnamige_Musikalbum%22).jpg)
References
- ^ Anderson, Jason. "Riot Rock City review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-09-01.
- ISSN 0144-5804. Retrieved 12 October 2021 – via American Radio History.
- ^ demokratisch-links. Der ÖSI – Ibiza-Skandal
