City of Gold was the fifth album made by American psychedelic folk group Pearls Before Swine, and their third on Reprise Records.

However, it does contain some of Rapp's best lyrics, sparkling arrangements, and some of his most heartfelt vocal performances, such as on the harpsichord-dominated version of Leonard Cohen's "(Seems So Long Ago) Nancy", and his own "Did You Dream Of".

It also includes a very atypical up-tempo Rapp song, "The Man", sung vigorously by David Noyes.

The photograph on the back of the cover shows Rapp, Jon Tooker, Gordon Hayes and Michael Krawitz.

City of Gold was issued on CD in 2003 as part of the Jewels Were the Stars compendium of Pearls Before Swine's first four Reprise albums.