# Cities of the Heart

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Cities of the Heart is a Jack Bruce double CD release of sections of two live performances given on 2 and 3 November 1993 in Cologne, Germany, to celebrate Bruce's 50th birthday. They were recorded for the WDR "Rockpalast" TV show and a DVD of the shows, entitled Rockpalast: The 50th Birthday Concerts, was released by MIG Music in 2014.

## Track listing
### Disc one

* "Can You Follow?" (Pete Brown, Jack Bruce) – 1:56
    Jack Bruce – vocals, piano
* "Running Through Our Hands" (Brown, Bruce, Janet Godfrey) – 4:13
    Jack Bruce – vocals, piano
    Gary Husband – keyboards
* "Over the Cliff" (Bruce, Jerry Goldsmith) – 3:46
    Jack Bruce – bass
    Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone
    Ginger Baker – drums
* "Statues" (Bruce) – 7:37
    Jack Bruce – bass
    Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone
    Ginger Baker – drums
* "First Time I Met the Blues" (Eurreal Montgomery) – 4:47
    Jack Bruce – vocals, bass
    Clem Clempson – guitar
    Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone
    Ginger Baker – drums
* "Smiles & Grins" (Bruce, Brown) – 9:48
    Jack Bruce – vocals, bass, piano
    Clem Clempson – guitar
    Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone
    Art Themen – saxophone
    Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ
    Malcolm Bruce – synthesizer
    Gary Husband – drums
* "Bird Alone" (Bruce, Brown) – 9:56
    Jack Bruce – vocals, bass
    Clem Clempson – guitar
    Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ, piano
    Gary Husband – drums
* "Neighbor, Neighbor"(Alton, J.Valler) – 5:32
    Jack Bruce – vocals, bass
    Clem Clempson – guitar
    Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone
    Art Themen – saxophone
    Henry Lowther – trumpet
    John Mumford – trombone
    Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ
    Simon Phillips – drums
* "Born Under a Bad Sign" (William Bell, Booker T. Jones) – 6:17
    Jack Bruce – vocals, bass
    Clem Clempson – guitar
    Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone
    Art Themen – saxophone
    Henry Lowther – trumpet
    John Mumford – trombone
    Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ
    Jonas Bruce – piano
    Simon Phillips – drums

### Disc two

* "Ships in the Night" (Brown, Bruce) – 5:20
    Jack Bruce – vocals
    Maggy Reilly – vocals
    Clem Clempson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
    Malcolm Bruce – acoustic guitar
    Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ
    Gary Husband – piano
    François Garny – bass
    Simon Phillips – drums
* "Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune" (Brown, Bruce) – 4:19
    Jack Bruce – vocals, piano
    Clem Clempson – guitar
    Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone
    Art Themen – saxophone
    Henry Lowther – trumpet
    John Mumford – trombone
    François Garny – bass
    Simon Phillips – drums
* "Theme for an Imaginary Western" (Brown, Bruce) – 6:00
    Jack Bruce – vocals, piano
    Clem Clempson – guitar
    Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ
    François Garny – bass
    Simon Phillips – drums
* "Golden Days" (Bruce) – 5:38
    Jack Bruce – vocals, piano
    Gary "Mudbone" Cooper – vocals
    Clem Clempson – guitar
    Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ
    François Garny – bass
    Simon Phillips – drums
* "Life on Earth" (Bruce) – 5:21
    Jack Bruce – vocals, bass
    Gary Moore – guitar
    Simon Phillips – drums
* "N.S.U." (Bruce) – 6:29
    Jack Bruce – vocals, bass
    Gary Moore – guitar
    Ginger Baker – drums
* "Sitting on Top of the World" (Lonnie Chatmon, Walter Vinson) – 6:52
    Jack Bruce – vocals, bass
    Gary Moore – guitar
    Ginger Baker – drums
* "Politician" (Brown, Bruce) – 5:39
    Jack Bruce – vocals, bass
    Pete Brown – vocals
    Gary Moore – guitar
    Ginger Baker – drums
* "Spoonful" (Willie Dixon) – 9:13
    Jack Bruce – vocals, bass
    Gary Moore – guitar
    Ginger Baker – drums
* "Sunshine of Your Love" (Brown, Bruce, Eric Clapton) – 8:07
    Jack Bruce – vocals, piano
    Gary "Mudbone" Cooper – vocals
    Clem Clempson – guitar
    Malcolm Bruce – acoustic guitar
    Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone
    Art Themen – saxophone
    Henry Lowther – trumpet
    John Mumford – trombone
    Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ
    Jonas Bruce – synthesizer
    François Garny – bass
    Ginger Baker – drums
    Simon Phillips – drums
    Pete Brown – percussion

## Personnel
### Musicians

* Pete Brown – vocals, percussion
* Jack Bruce – bass, piano, vocals
* Jonas Bruce – piano
* Malcolm Bruce – keyboards
* Dave "Clem" Clempson – guitar
* Gary "Mudbone" Cooper – vocals
* François Garny – bass
* Gary Husband – drums, keyboards, piano
* Henry Lowther – trumpet
* John Mumford – trombone
* Maggie Reilly – vocals
* Art Themen – saxophone
* Ginger Baker – drums
* Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone
* Gary Moore – guitar
* Simon Phillips – drums
* Bernie Worrell – piano

### Production

* Cedric Beatly – recording
* David Calvin – recording
* Norbert Gutzman – assistant engineer
* Harald Glaser – live recording submixes
* Walter Quintus – mixing
* Ulf von Kanitz – art direction
* Guido Harari – b/w and colour photos
* Nanna Botsch – colour photos
* Ralph Weber – photo of the Bruce family
* Malcom Bruce – transcriptions
* Klaus Schruff – computer music notation