City Nights is an album by Nick Gilder, released in 1978 on Chrysalis Records.

City Nights
Studio album by
Released1978
StudioLarrabee Sound Studios, Los Angeles; MCA Whitney Recording Studios, Glendale, California
GenrePop rock
LabelChrysalis
ProducerMike Chapman, Peter Coleman
Nick Gilder chronology
You Know Who You Are
(1977)
City Nights
(1978)
Frequency
(1979)

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [1]

The Globe and Mail wrote that Gilder's "hit single, 'Hot Child in the City', which appears on this album, sums up most of what he has to offer—titillating lyrics, simple, formula melodies, derivative zooming guitars and percussive rhythms so basic they verge on the moronic."[2]

Track listing

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All tracks composed by Nick Gilder and James McCulloch

  1. "Got to Get Out"
  2. "We'll Work It Out"
  3. "(She's) One of the Boys"
  4. "All Because of Love"
  5. "Hot Child in the City"
  6. "Frustration"
  7. "Here Comes the Night"
  8. "21st Century"
  9. "Fly High"
  10. "Rockaway"

Personnel

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  • Nick Gilder - vocals
  • James Herndon - guitar, synthesizer, vocals
  • Craig Krampf - drums, percussion, vocals
  • Eric Nelson - bass, keyboards, vocals
  • James McCulloch - guitar

Charts

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Chart (1978) Peak
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Canadian Albums (RPM)[3] 13
US Billboard 200[4] 33

References

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  1. ^ Stone, Doug. "Nick Gilder – City Nights". AllMusic.
  2. ^ Gilday, Katherine (8 Oct 1978). "Nick Gilder". The Globe and Mail. p. F12.
  3. ^ "RPM 100 Albums". RPM. Vol. 30, no. 13. December 23, 1978. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  4. ^ "Nick Gilder Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.