Cities is an album by The Cat Empire released on 1 April 2006. A limited release, 10,000 individually numbered copies have been made in digipak format.

This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. (March 2015)

Cities
Studio album by The Cat Empire
Released	2006
Recorded	2005-2006 at Sing Sing Studios, Richmond, Victoria
Genre	Soul/Funk/Jazz/Rock/Hip hop
Length	45:32
Label	EMI/Virgin
Producer	Felix Riebl & The Cat Empire
The Cat Empire chronology
Two Shoes (2005) Cities (2006) So Many Nights (2007)

At the 2006 Fine Arts Awards, the album won an ARIA Music Award under the category Best World Music Album.[1]

The album was recorded at Sing Sing Studios in Richmond, Melbourne, Australia.

Description

The band states the following about Cities on their website[2] - "This project is somewhere in between a tribute to our own city and an experiment in sounds that we’ve found abroad. The approach to this record was far less precious than it was for our debut and two shoes. It was a kind of surprise record we almost didn’t expect to make. We wrote the material very quickly, and had an excellent and robust few weeks recording it. The record is in some ways serious and in some ways stupendous. There are ethnics, locals, sad songs, adventure songs, musical chorus’, screamers, and a collection of soul references. There are strings sections, Sitars, Tablas, horn sections, short punchy arrangements as well as some excellent solos. It is the kind of recording in which people might get to hear a different side of The Cat Empire, but it's still soulful, strange, humorous, whimsical, sometimes sad, sometimes delirious, mis-placed and undoubtedly Catempiracle as well."

Track listing

1. "Cities" – 3:23
2. "Boogaloo" – 3:30
3. "Siente" – 2:43
4. "Motion" – 3:43
5. "Song for the Day" – 3:47
6. "Know your Name" – 3:21
7. "Song for Elias" – 4:32
8. "Jungle" – 2:12
9. "Down at the 303" – 2:40
10. "Side to Side" – 3:53
11. "Waltz" – 4:24
12. "Luck Song" – 3:30
13. "Anymore" – 3:52
14. "Miss Soul" – 4:35 (iTunes exclusive track)

Album Credits

• Bass, Backing Vocals – Ryan Monro
• Cello – Kristy Conrau
• Drums – Will Hull-Brown
• Flugelhorn, Backing Vocals – Ross Irwin
• Guitar – Novak Conrad
• Mastered By – Ross Cockle
• Piano, Keyboards, Melodica, Organ [Hammond], Backing Vocals – Oliver McGill
• Producer – Felix Riebl, The Cat Empire
• Recorded By, Mixed By – Adam Rhodes
• Sitar – Kumar Shome (tracks: 1)
• Tabla – Bobby Singh (tracks: 1, 2)
• Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Baritone Saxophone – Carlo Barbaro
• Trombone, Backing Vocals – Kieran Conrau
• Turntables, Tambourine – Jamshid Khadiwala (DJ Jumps)*
• Violin – Alyssa Conrau
• Vocals – Julie O'Hara (tracks: 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12), Nina Ferro (tracks: 4, 5, 10, 11)
• Vocals, Percussion, Backing Vocals – Felix Riebl
• Vocals, Trumpet, Backing Vocals – Harry James Angus

Charts

References

This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. (March 2015)

• Cities – CD Reviews (The Age)
• musichead.com.au