Sun City: Artists United Against Apartheid

RELEASE
December 07, 1985
LABEL
Razor & Tie
GENRES
Pop/Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Album Rock

Album Review

Sun City was certainly the most political of all of the charity rock albums of the 1980s. Little Steven organized a number of artists for this protest against apartheid, including such heavyweights as Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Peter Gabriel, Jimmy Cliff, Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne, Run-D.M.C, and Lou Reed. Thankfully, the result was extremely listenable, as well as fiercely political; it's one of the few charity or protest albums that stands up to repeated listenings, thanks to the extended instrumental workouts. Arguably the finest moment on the record is one that was added at the last minute -- a spare, stripped-down version of U2's "Silver and Gold" by Bono, Keith Richards, and Ron Wood.
Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi

Track Listing

  1. Sun City
  2. No More Apartheid
  3. Revolutionary Situation
  4. Sun City [Version II]
  5. Let Me See Your I.D.
  6. The Struggle Continues
  7. Silver & Gold
  8. Sun City [Last Remix][*]