Stranger in the City

Stranger in the City
Studio album by John Miles
Released	February 1977
Recorded	1976
Genre	Rock
Length	35:49
Label	London
Producer	Rupert Holmes
John Miles chronology
Rebel (1976) Stranger in the City (1977) Zaragon (1978)

Stranger in the City was the second solo album by John Miles and was released in 1977. Recording sessions started in the summer of 1976 when Miles was promoting his first album with producer Rupert Holmes. Recording of the album was finished in England.
For this album, Miles recruited Australian keyboardist Gary Moberley because Miles felt that his previous album was missing something funky.^[1]
Both "Remember Yesterday" and "Slow Down" charted in the UK (respectively 32 and 10) and these would be the last singles that would chart in Britain until 1983. Although the singles did fairly well, the album itself barely cracked the top 40 of the UK chart and fell very quickly off the charts.
"Remember Yesterday" was written about Bob Marshall, who was according to Miles a very romantic type, because he drifted around from girl to girl.
The title track was already written and recorded during the sessions of Rebel and was originally planned to be released as the B-side of "Highfly", but was shelved.^[1]
"Manhattan Skyline" was written about the first impressions Miles and Marshall had of New York.^[1]

In 2007, the album was rereleased and remastered with several bonus tracks.

Track listing

All tracks written by Bob Marshall and John Miles except where noted

1. "Stranger in the City" 4:30
2. "Slow Down" 4:46
3. "Stand up (And Give Me a Reason)" 7:03
4. "Time" 3:57
5. "Manhattan Skyline" 3:06
6. "Glamour Boy" 4:49
7. "Do it Anyway" (Black) 2:46
8. "Remember Yesterday" 5:23
9. "Music Man" 4:53
10. "House On The Hill" 4:21 (On 1989 CD release only) ^[2]
11. "Man Behind The Guitar" 4:03 (On 1989 CD release only) ^[3]
12. "Putting My New Song Together" 4:21 (On 1989 CD release only) ^[4]
13. "Sweet Lorraine" 3:02 (On 1989 CD release only) ^[5]

Bonus tracks on reissue

1. "House on the Hill" (B-side of "Remember Yesterday") 4:19
2. "Slow Down" 4:14
3. "Stand Up (And Give me a Reason)" 3:45
4. "Remember Yesterday" 3:18

Personnel

• John Miles: Vocals, Piano, Guitar
• Bob Marshall: Bass
• Barry Black: Drums
• Gary Moberley: Keyboards

References

1. http://www.john-miles.net/
2. http://stephencarson.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/a_sitc.htm"
3. http://stephencarson.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/a_sitc.htm"
4. http://stephencarson.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/a_sitc.htm"
5. http://stephencarson.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/a_sitc.htm"