A Weekend in the City is the second studio album by British indie rock band Bloc Party. It was recorded at Grouse Lodge Studios in Westmeath, Ireland, in mid-2006, and was produced by Jacknife Lee. The album was mixed later that year and released on 24 January 2007, with Wichita Recordings as its primary label. The band aimed to create an album that distanced them from conventional guitar band music, incorporating more electronically processed beats and hiring a string sextet for certain tracks. Frontman and chief lyricist Kele Okereke (pictured) themed the lyrics on life in modern cities, including issues such as drug abuse, sexuality and terrorism, as exemplified respectively on the singles "The Prayer", "I Still Remember" and "Hunting for Witches". Critical reception was split on the band's new musical directions and more forthright lyrics. A Weekend in the City, named by The Guardian as one of "1000 Albums To Hear Before You Die", was re-released in November 2007 to coincide with Bloc Party's touring schedule. It peaked at number 2 on the UK Album Chart and Irish Album Chart, and at number 12 on the Billboard 200.
Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Weekend_in_the_City
_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1458:
The 14-year-old Matthias Corvinus was unanimously proclaimed King of Hungary, after the Estates were persuaded to do so by his uncle Michael Szilágyi. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_Corvinus
1857:
The University of Calcutta, the first modern university in the Indian subcontinent, was established. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Calcutta
1900:
Second Boer War: Boer forces stopped a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Spion_Kop
1978:
The Soviet nuclear powered satellite Kosmos 954 burned up during reentry, scattering radioactive debris across Canada's Northwest Territories. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmos_954
1993:
Turkish journalist and writer Uğur Mumcu was assassinated by a car bomb outside his home in Ankara. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U%C4%9Fur_Mumcu
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
obsidional: Pertaining to a siege. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/obsidional
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
It was part of her discernment to be aware that life is the only real counselor, that wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissues. --Edith Wharton https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Edith_Wharton
daily-article-l@lists.wikimedia.org