A Song Is a City is the second album for West Australian pop/rock band Eskimo Joe released in May 2004. It debuted on the Australian top 50 album charts at number 2 on May 24, 2004. Motto: Cygnis Insignis (Distinguished by its swans) Nickname: Wildflower State Other Australian states and territories Capital Perth Government Governor Premier Const. ... Eskimo Joe - from left to right, Stu MacLeod, Kav Temperly, and Joel Quartermain Eskimo Joe is an Australian pop-rock band whose debut album Girl went gold in 2001. ... May 24 is the 144th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (145th in leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Making of the album
Eskimo Joe recorded the A Song Is A City album with Paul McKercher and Nick Launay on production. Vocalist and bassist Kav Temperley said on the Festival Mushroom Records website that the album is based on his experiences living in Fremantle. "The whole album is really about me, my friends, the people I love and Fremantle. It’s the stories that go on between us. It’s similar to the people in every place all over the world. For me, that’s what I’m writing about. I’m definitely not writing about New York. I’m writing about Fremantle." Nick Launay is a notable record producer and recording engineer. ... Mushroom Records is an Australian record company. ... Fremantle is a city located within the Perth metropolitan area on Australias western coast, at the mouth of the Swan River, 19 kilometres south from Perths Central Business District. ...
Chart success
The album was released on May 16, 2004. The debut single "From the Sea" made it to the top 40 of the Australian singles charts as at March 24 and has been number one on the Triple J Net 50 between March and May. The album A Song Is a City debuted on the ARIA Australian top 50 album chart at number 2 on May 24, 2004. The track "Smoke" has been released as a second single and has also reached the top 5 in the Net 50 in May 2004. May 16 is the 136th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (137th in leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1989 - Exxon Valdez oil spill: In Alaskas Prince William Sound the Exxon Valdez spills 240,000 barrels (42,000 m³) of petroleum after running aground. ... Triple J (JJJ) is a nationally-networked, government-funded Australian radio station (a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation), mainly aimed at youth (defined as those between 12 and 25). ... May 24 is the 144th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (145th in leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Many (most?) American cities have songs written in their honor, though not in any offical capacity.
Also on the citysong list: "All the Way to Memphis" by Mott the Hoople, "Okie from Muskogie" by Merle Haggard, "Asshole from El Paso" and "Rapid City, South Dakota" by Kinky Friedman, "L.A. Woman" by the Doors, "Miami" by Bob Seeger and "Gary, Indiana" from the world of musicals.
In the main, contemporary songs about Los Angeles tell the truth: it's not a great place to visit, it's a terrible place to live, and the only thing thicker than the smog is the attitude.
This song of a city may, however, belong to us as much as to the men of Judah, and we may throw into it a deeper sense of which they were not aware.
Now, when we get as far as this,—a strong city, and a city into which we have entered, we are still further glad to learn who the keeper and garrison of that city may be, for a city needs to be kept while there are so many foes abroad.
Whisper it at the gates, and in the hostelries, that the city might be taken by surprise, and that spies had been seen in the meadows, down by the East gate; and straightway the city would be in a ferment.
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