A Weekend in the City is the second studio album by Bloc Party, which was released on February 5, 2007. The album was produced by Jacknife Lee. The album cover is A Modern Project by Rut Blees Luxemburg. This album deals much more with normal day working life than was addressed on Silent Alarm, drawing themes from the 7 July 2005 London bombings, immigration, drug abuse, Black British lifestyle, and criticism of youth subculture and casual sex. The album has been met with largely positive reviews by web-critics and fans alike. blank">Bloc Party - A Weekend in the City. Posted 15 November 2006. Weak Leak? Posted 22 November 2006. A Weekend in the City. Posted 2 December 2006.
The album came in at #56 in the UK end of year album chart, selling around 266,500 copies in 2007. To date over 840,000 copies of the album have been sold worldwide.
The first UK single, "_The Prayer", was released on 29 January 2007. The first single in the U.S. is "I Still Remember". The album itself entered the UK chart at number 2. In the U.S., the album debuted at number 12 on the Billboard 200, with 47,726 copies sold (according to Nielsen SoundScan).
