A Weekend in the City is the second studio album by Bloc Party. It was reco… Read Full Bio ↴A Weekend in the City is the second studio album by Bloc Party. It was recorded at Grouse Lodge Studios in Westmeath, Ireland, in mid-2006 and was produced by Jacknife Lee. The album was refined and mixed at several locations in London at the end of 2006. It was released on 24 January 2007 in Japan and in the first week of February in the rest of the world, with Wichita Recordings as the primary label. The album peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart and on the Irish Albums Chart. In the United States, it entered the Billboard 200 at number 12.
Computer programs were extensively used to enrich and amend recorded takes, while a string sextet was hired to perform on some of the tracks. Frontman and chief lyricist Kele Okereke created A Weekend in the City as an examination of life and leisure in modern cities by drawing ideas from issues such as racism, drug abuse, sexuality and terrorism. The album's three original singles, "The Prayer", "I Still Remember", and "Hunting for Witches", exemplify these themes respectively.
Bloc Party's new musical directions and more forthright lyrics either impressed or alienated critics. Reviewers generally treated A Weekend in the City as an important stepping stone for the band members in their quest for musical maturity, while The Guardian included it in its list of the "1000 Albums To Hear Before You Die". In November 2007, the album was re-released globally—with the final single, "Flux", as a bonus track—to coincide with Bloc Party's extensive touring schedule.
Computer programs were extensively used to enrich and amend recorded takes, while a string sextet was hired to perform on some of the tracks. Frontman and chief lyricist Kele Okereke created A Weekend in the City as an examination of life and leisure in modern cities by drawing ideas from issues such as racism, drug abuse, sexuality and terrorism. The album's three original singles, "The Prayer", "I Still Remember", and "Hunting for Witches", exemplify these themes respectively.
Bloc Party's new musical directions and more forthright lyrics either impressed or alienated critics. Reviewers generally treated A Weekend in the City as an important stepping stone for the band members in their quest for musical maturity, while The Guardian included it in its list of the "1000 Albums To Hear Before You Die". In November 2007, the album was re-released globally—with the final single, "Flux", as a bonus track—to coincide with Bloc Party's extensive touring schedule.
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A Weekend In the City
Bloc Party Lyrics
Flux If your right hand is causing you pain Cut it off…
Hunting For Witches I was sitting On the roof of my house With a shotgun And…
I Still Remember I, I still remember How you looked that afternoon. There was…
Kreuzberg There is a wall that runs right through me Just like…
On I am on, Switched On A sudden clearness, a clarity Hidden …
Ön I am on Switched on A sudden clearness And clarity Hidden a…
Song for Clay (Disappear Here) I am trying to be heroic In an age of modernity I…
SRXT Walking in the countryside It seems that the winds have stop…
Sunday Heavy night, it was a heavy night Feels like we've come…
The Prayer Lord, give me grace And dancing feet And the power to impres…
Uniform There was a sense of disappointment as we left the…
Waiting for the 7.18 Waiting for the 7.18 January is endless Weary-eyed and forlo…
Where Is Home? After the funeral breaking cola nuts We sit and reminisce ab…