electronic :: singles :: forbidden city

uk 7" (r 6436), cd with mail-away card (cdr 6436) and cassette (tcr 6436) released by parlophone on 24 june 1996. german cd (8 93599 2) released by virgin on 17 june 1996. australian cd in card sleeve (9362437322) released by warner bros.

forbidden city
imitation of life

forbidden city
imitation of life
a new religion

bernard sumner vocals and keyboards
johnny marr guitars, bass and keyboards

produced by electronic
engineered by james spencer
1 & 2 mixed by alan meyerson
3 mixed by james spencer
karl bartos keyboards ged lynch drums
denise johnson backing vocals

digital imagery by jez frazer and charlie mitchell
photography by andrew catlin

forbidden city
imitation of life

both tracks play on either side.

forbidden city
imitation of life
getting away with it

uk jukebox 7" in plain sleeve (rlh 6436) and 1-track cd with press sheet (cdrdj 6436) released by parlophone. us 1-track cds in jewel cases (pro-cd-8264 and pro-cd-8290-r) released by warner bros. german 1-track cd in card sleeve (vgp 000080) released by virgin.

pro-cd-8264 and vgp 000080.

nme, 29 june 1996

uk #14
sweden #31

billboard ad and shop display.

after an absence of four years, marr and sumner’s run of brilliant cd singles continued unbroken with forbidden city. backed by imitation of life and a new religion, it confirms electronic as one of the best singles bands of the ’90s—raise the pressure could have benefited from such substance in places. an excellent single that deserved a much higher chart position.