《都巿觸覺》第一章，全盤西化，遠赴節奏快速的紐約，用照片把都會感覺帶回來。我佩服憶蓮的團隊，第一擊就一槌定音part 1，胸有成竹三部曲，不是因叫好而添食，就如封面的憶蓮，居高臨下，背後是曼克頓skyline，很有視野。我常說蓮迷必要擁有《都巿觸覺》3張黑膠碟，除了大本圖冊好看，裡面的文案、樂手名字、感謝名單最齊，將來如果《都巿觸覺》要放入粵語流行曲博物館，資料豈可缺漏？做憶蓮歌迷就是這麼執著。
Tracks
Side A
三更夜半
雷電風雨夜
夜了...沒有藉口
還有... (林憶蓮、王傑合唱)
又見朝陽 (電視劇《阿德也瘋狂》主題曲)
Side B
一接觸
你是我的男人
偷閒
講多錯多
因你瘋了
Release date : 1988年12月
Label : WEA (A Warner Communications Company)
Catalogue # : 2292 56180-1
(P)(C) 1988 WEA Records Ltd.
封面封底用了一列紐約典型的Brownstone房子作美術構圖，砂黃優雅，在夕陽中看最美。
貼紙「誠意推薦」第一和第二主打，當時的打歌次序是快慢慢快 : 《講多錯多》《還有...》《你是我的男人》《三更夜半》，流行榜成績最好的是《講多錯多》，但在聽眾層面流行最久的是《你是我的男人》。
33 1/3轉黑膠大碟。
Side A碟心，Brownstone色襯藍綠，很清晰看到「CITY RHYTHM」的字款設計，I字應該是帝國大廈，1931至1972年紐約最高建築物，2001年911後，重新變回最高。
Side B碟心，和Side A大致一樣。1988年是香港華納10周年，該年發行的唱片都有wea 10th Anniversary標誌，《City Rhythm》剛好趕得上，這是1988年華納推出的最後一張大碟。
歌詞照片集封面和封底，攤開來看是一張大相，憶蓮站在音樂會宣傳海報前，上面寫的日期是11月初，記下了當時是何年何月。有理由相信照片拍於Carnegie Hall，位於曼克頓第七街。
圖冊內的中英雙語文案，由許願 (英)、周禮茂 (中)、盧志偉撰寫。「The urban female...」這段英文也有印在封面，當中「independent」一律串錯作「independant」。
The urban female of the 80's is independant [independent], but at the same time vulnerable, strong-minded but feminine, sensible but very emotional. City Rhythm characterizes this special calibre of today's woman by exploring the complexity of her feelings, the ways she escapes from solitude, the sweetness and the bitterness of her romance, and the continuous struggle with emotions.
牛仔褸加披肩很有型，她手中的報紙，看不清是什麼報。
CITY LIVING IN CITY RHYTHM
The music and the lyrics of this album, contemporary and sensitive, capture the unique and powerful energy of this modern individual. This energy generates a magnitude of colour, sound and sensation caught within a beat, a groove we called City Rhythm.
今日城巿的女性，個性立而帶柔弱，堅強而帶溫婉，處事雖然理智，但也少不免間中感情用事。
她如何擺脫這份矛盾？如何維持剛柔的平衡？如何承受戀情帶來的苦樂？如何平伏內心的爭鬥？
一切一切，也就是這張唱片著意刻劃的城巿女性感受。城巿人的觸覺、現代感的音樂、觸覺尖銳的歌詞，打開了充滿色彩的城巿心竅，而那心靈正跳動著一股迷人的城巿節奏，亦即是這張唱片的主題──CITY RHYTHM。
She loved, she laughed, she cried, but she carries on... At times, when love seems unbearable, she retreats to a space of her own. She escapes through her music and in the arts, seeking harmony and balance but never totally succeed. Yet, soon enough, the energy of the city will pick her up again and move her on. A new day will begin with the same vitality as the day before. City Rhythm has never been as strong!
她愛過、笑過、哭過，仍然堅強的站起來......
偶爾會一個人寄情於自己的音樂與藝術中，避開俗世的瘋狂荒誕，塵緣的糾纏紛擾，尋找片刻的和諧。
然而，城巿的動力令她再次活躍過來，新的一天充滿了生命力，城巿節奏令一切變得更加強烈！
照片拍於一位女藝術家Eileen Smith的畫室，地點在蘇豪區，感謝名單中有提及這個資料。
每首歌的樂手名字列得很詳盡。
People moving with speed, direction, and conviction; every face is an individual, and every presence has a purpose.
Each encounter is an experience... from a casual smile on the streets, a friendly grin around the corner, to the power lunches which prove to be anything but casual nor friendly. City living intrigues the mind and the senses.
大都巿內人來人往，各有各的方向，各有各的目標，每個人都為自己的理想生存，人與人的接觸，帶來各式各樣的生活體驗 : 他一分鐘前臉上仍掛著友善的笑容，向人點頭招呼，轉眼卻在生意桌上將自己武裝起來，戴上另一副面孔。快速的城巿生活觸動每個人的心靈，每一刻都變化不定，難以捉摸。
Music blends with the other audio sensation that a busy city naturally provide, creating a unique fusion of rock, jazz, classical... with the richly textural sound of passing automobiles, siren, and angry pedestrians... all of which makes City Living a bit more interesting, and City Rhythm very much alive!
音樂結合了大都巿繁盛世所帶來的感覺，混和各種不同音樂的特質與人車交集的忙亂巿聲──這種種元素豐富了城巿生活，進一步加速了城巿節奏。
Hi! City Rhythm has finally been completed and had reached your hands. This album is very spcial to me for many reasons. For one, the amount of creative talents involved in materializing what was originally an idea or two into what you now see and hear, is phenominal [phenomenal]! These highly creative people are definitely among the bes in town. Too many to name but I thank everyone of them for their tremendous effort. However, I must specially thank Richard, Thomas, Poon, and Ip for their remarkable spirit in writing, revising, and working their lyrics until they fit so perfectly with the songs and with the theme of this album.
Secondly, for the album jacket and this booklet, I have a chance to experience New York in a unique way. During the photo shoots, I felt like a part of this fascinating city, in tune with her every mood and feeling. I hope you can share this with me in the photographs.
Another reason that City Rhythm is special for me is working with my producer. He is a man blessed with many gifts, namely an extraordinarily musical mind and a very gentle and wonderful heart! Thanks, Anthony! I sincerely hope City Rhythm will become special to you, too!
各位朋友，你好！City Rhythm終於完成，而現在已交到你的手上了。或者不用我多說，大家已經知道這張唱片對我來說是非常特別的。
由意念至成果的過程中，多位幕後和創作人員的功勞是不可抹煞的。人數頗多，恕不能盡錄。但我衷心相信由創作到設計，音樂到混音，每一位都是香港頂尖兒的人物！特別要鳴謝的是林振強先生、潘源良先生、周禮茂先生和卡龍先生，謝謝他們為要完美地配合大碟主題，不厭其煩地把歌詞寫了再寫。
在紐約拍攝City Rhythm的封套及內頁照片，實在是一個驚喜。雖然我是第一次到紐約，但對於這個充滿感覺和生命力的城巿，我是完全投入，一點也沒有陌生。希望大家透過照片也能領略到那一份感覺。
City Rhythm的唱片監製，倫永亮先生......唉，應該怎樣形容他呢？他在音樂上的造詣和對音樂的熱誠實在不用多說。他朋友的關懷和他善良的心才是最令我感動的。謝謝你，Anthony！
最後，我希望City Rhythm能夠成為你唱片架上有特別意義的一張唱片。
--憶蓮
結尾是憶蓮的感言，和她大大的中文簽名，這些在CD都找不到。
Credits
Producers : 倫永亮、林憶蓮
Creative Group : 倫永亮、許願、林憶蓮
Mixing Engineers : David Ling Jr.、倫永亮、林憶蓮
Recording Engineers : David Ling Jr.、Philip Kwok
Recorded & Mixed at : Studio S. & R.
Image Direction : 許願
Photography : 毛澤西
Concept/Art Direction : 許願
Design/Art Direction : Kinson Chan
Graphic/Production : Vicky Ho、釘汪
Special thanks to : Mr. Kim Robinson (LeSalon, H.K.), Miss Alice Kong (San Francisco), Mr. Sam Wong (New York), Miss Maria Perreira (New York), Mr. Seth Cooper (New York), Mr. Hernando Cortez (New York), Mr. Alfred Wong (H.K.), and Mr. Stephen Wong (H.K.).
Indoor photographs were taken at the artist's studio of Miss Eileen Smith, Soho, New York, with the artist's special permission.
Artist Management : Metrostar Entertainment Ltd.
文 : 許願、周礼茂、盧志偉
Side A
三更夜半 <4:07>
Composer : 倫永亮
Lyricist : 周禮茂
Arranger : 倫永亮
Synthesizers : 倫永亮
Guitars : 蘇德華、Jose Villanaeva
Synth. Programming : 梁偉基
Drum Machine Programming : 倫永亮
Background Vocals : 倫永亮、林憶蓮
電電風雨夜 <4:30>
Composer : Bennett
Lyricist : 林振強
Arranger : 陳明道
Synthesizers : 陳明道
Guitars : 蘇德華、Jose Villanaeva
Drum Machine Programming : 陳明道
Background Vocals : 林憶蓮
夜了...沒有藉口 <4:25>
Composer : L. Mallah, R. Kelly, D. Powell
Lyricist : 卡龍
Arranger : 倫永亮
Synthesizers : 倫永亮
Guitars : Jose Villanaeva
Synth. Programming : 陳澤忠
Drum Machine Programming : 倫永亮
Background Vocals : 林憶蓮、倫永亮、周小君
還有... (王傑、林憶蓮合唱) <4:15>
Composer : 李宗盛
Lyricist : 潘源良
Arranger : 倫永亮
Synthesizers : 倫永亮
Guitars : 蘇德華
Flugelhorn : Bert
Synth. Programming : 倫永亮
Drum Machine Programming : 倫永亮
又見朝陽 (電視劇《阿德也瘋狂》主題曲) <4:25>
Composer : 杏里、吉元由美
Lyricist : 潘源良
Arranger : Richard Yuen
Synthesizers : Richard Yuen
Guitars : Peter Ng
Drum Machine Programming : Richard Yuen
Background Vocals : 張偉文、譚石禧、May、周小君
Side B
一接觸 <3:40>
Composer : M. Jay
Lyricist : 林振強
Arranger : 杜自持
Synthesizers : 杜自持
Guitars : Jose Villanaeva
Drum Machine Programming : 杜自持
Background Vocals : 周小君、譚石禧、Nancy、林憶蓮、倫永亮
你是我的男人 <3:43>
Composer : E.Verhees, P.Maessen
Lyricist : 林振強
Arranger : Alexander De La Cruz
Synthesizers : Alexander De La Cruz
Bass : 梅啟新
Guitars : Guillemo Fuego Jr
Drum Machine Programming : Alexander De La Cruz
Background Vocals : 倫永亮、林憶蓮
偷閒 <4:07>
Composer : W. Livsey, P. Sinfield
Lyricist : 周禮茂
Arranger : Richard Yuen
Synthesizers : Richard Yuen
Guitars : Jose Villanaeva
Drum Machine Programming : Richard Yuen
Background Vocals : 林憶蓮
講多錯多 <3:42>
Composer : A. Forbes & J. Franzell
Lyricist : 周禮茂
Arranger : 杜自持
Synthesizers : 杜自持
Guitars : 蘇德華
Drum Machine Programming : 杜自持、倫永亮
Background Vocals : 林憶蓮
因你瘋了 <5:11>
Composer : 張洪量
Lyricist : 周禮茂
Arranger : 倫永亮
Grand Piano Accompanied by Mr Anthony Lun
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