City to City

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City to City
Studio album by Gerry Rafferty
Released	January 20, 1978
Recorded	1977
Genre	Rock
Length	51:12
Label	United Artists
Producer	Hugh Murphy
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (B-) link Rolling Stone (not rated) link
Gerry Rafferty chronology
Can I Have My Money Back (1971) City to City (1978) Night Owl (1979)

City to City is an album by Scottish singer-songwriter Gerry Rafferty. The album was strongly received and went to #1 in the US, going Platinum. By 1988 the album went 5x Platinum.

Contents 1 Trivia 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 3.1 Additional personnel 4 Charts 5 Certifications

[edit] Trivia

The album's song titles are, in theory, ways of travelling from one city to another city. The cities in question are London and Glasgow.

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Gerry Rafferty.

1. "The Ark" – 5:36
2. "Baker Street" – 6:01
3. "Right Down The Line" – 4:20
4. "City to City" – 4:51
5. "Stealin' Time" – 5:39
6. "Mattie's Rag" – 3:28
7. "Whatever's Written in Your Heart" – 6:30
8. "Home and Dry" – 4:52
9. "Island" – 5:04
10. "Waiting for the Day" – 5:07

[edit] Personnel

• Gerry Rafferty – vocals, acoustic guitar 1 4 5, backing vocals 1 7, piano 10
• Gary Taylor – bass 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10, backing vocals 4
• Henry Spinnetti – drums 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10
• Hugh Burns – guitar 2 3 4 5 8 9 10
• Tommy Eyre – piano 1 3 6 7 8, electric piano 5 9 10, grand piano 5, moog synthesizer 2 5 7 8, organ 3 9 10, keyboards 2 4, brass arrangements 10
• Graham Preskett – fiddles 1 4 6 10, string arrangements 2 6 8, string machine 5 6, brass arrangements 6, mandolin 1

[edit] Additional personnel

• Andy Fairweather-Low – rhythm guitar 10
• Glen LeFleur – tambourine 1 5, percussion 2 3 10, drums 9
• Brian Cole – steel guitar 3, 4 5 9, dobro 6
• Nigel Jenkins – guitar 2, 8
• Micky Moody – acoustic guitar 5
• Raphael Ravenscroft – saxophone 2 9
• Paul Jones – harmonica 4
• Hugh Murphy – tambourine 4
• Willy Ray – accordion 6 9
• Joanna Carlin – backing vocals 7
• Barbara Dickson – backing vocals 1 7
• Jerry Donahue – guitar 1
• Roger Brown – backing vocals 4
• Vivian McAuliff – backing vocals 4
• John McBurnie – backing vocals 4
• Rab Noakes – backing vocals 4

[edit] Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1978	Billboard Pop Albums	1

Single

Year	Song	Chart	Position
1978	"Baker Street"	Billboard Adult Contemporary	4
1978	"Baker Street"	Billboard Pop Singles	2
1978	"Right Down the Line"	Billboard Adult Contemporary	1
1978	"Right Down the Line"	Billboard Pop Singles	12
1978	"Home And Dry"	Billboard Pop Singles	28
1979	"Right Down the Line"	Billboard Pop Singles	17

[edit] Certifications

Organization	Level	Date
RIAA – USA	Gold	May 26, 1978
BPI – UK	Gold	May 31, 1978
RIAA – USA	Platinum	June 20, 1978

Preceded by Saturday Night Fever (soundtrack) by Various artists

Billboard 200 number-one album July 8 - July 14, 1978

Succeeded by Some Girls by The Rolling Stones