City in the Sky

City in the Sky
Studio album by
Staple Singers
Released1974
StudioArdent
GenreSoul, pop
LabelStax
ProducerAl Bell
Staple Singers chronology
Be What You Are
(1973) 		City in the Sky
(1974) 		Let's Do It Again
(1975)

City in the Sky is an album by the American music group the Staple Singers, released in 1974.[1][2] It was the group's final album for Stax Records.[3][4] The 1990s reissue appended bonus tracks from the group's set at Wattstax.[5]

The title track was released as the first single.[6] The album peaked at No. 125 on the Billboard 200.[7]

  1. ^ "Famed Staples Singers loses family member". The Triangle Tribune. No. 7. 3 Mar 2013. p. 6B.
  2. ^ McNeil, W.K. (2013). Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music. Routledge. p. 375.
  3. ^ "Come Go With Me: The Stax Collection". Record Collector.
  4. ^ Bernstein, Jonathan (February 21, 2020). "The Staple Singers' 'Come Go With Me: The Stax Collection' Brings the Gospel-Soul Band's Peak Years into Focus". Rolling Stone.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference CA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Calloway, Earl (20 Jul 1974). "Recordings and stuff". Pittsburgh Courier. p. D4.
  7. ^ "The Staple Singers". Billboard.