Sun City (album)

Sun City
Studio album by
Artists United Against Apartheid
ReleasedOctober 25, 1985
RecordedSummer 1985
Studio
Genre
Length45:33
LabelEMI Manhattan
Producer
Singles from Sun City
  1. "Sun City"
    Released: 16 October 1985[1][3]
  2. "Let Me See Your I.D."
    Released: 1985
  3. "Silver and Gold (promo)"
    Released: 1985
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [4]
Christgau's Record GuideA−[5]
Rolling StoneNot rated link

Sun City is the first and only album by Artists United Against Apartheid, released on October 25, 1985,[1][6] by EMI Manhattan Records. The Little Steven-led project features contributions from more than 50 artists from the rock, hip hop, soul, funk, jazz, reggae, latin, and world music genres.[1][3][6] The album contains two versions of the "Sun City" protest song against apartheid in South Africa as well as other selections in the same vein from that project.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d e Harrington, Richard (October 16, 1985). "Musical Protest to Apartheid". Washington Post. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
  2. ^ Hilburn, Robert (November 10, 1985). "Pop Records : Fall Album Roundup : From Miles To Bruce - The Passion Of 'Sun City'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
  3. ^ a b Van Matre, Lynn (October 13, 1985). "Van Zandt's 'Sun City' Album Project Gives Rock A Voice Against". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
  4. ^ Sun City at AllMusic
  5. ^ Christgau, Robert (1990). "A". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X. Retrieved August 16, 2020 – via robertchristgau.com.
  6. ^ a b Pareles, Jon (October 21, 1985). "'Sun City' Gets A Range Of Authority". New York Times. Retrieved October 4, 2022.