Cold War Night Life
Cold War Night Life is the 1982 debut album by Rational Youth, containing their most well known song, "Saturdays in Silesia". Long out of print, it was re-released by EMI on CD in 1997 after an e-mail campaign by fans. It was subsequently re-released by Universal Music in 2019.
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| Released | March 1982 | |||
| Recorded | 1981–1982 | |||
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| Length | 47:54 | |||
| Label | YUL Records | |||
| Producer | Pat Deserio | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | (4.5/5)[1] |
The online magazine and record label, Cold War Night Life, was named after the album. In 2017, it released a tribute album, Heresy, that featured a number of tracks from Cold War Night Life performed by electronic artists from Canada, Germany, Australia, Sweden, Norway and the UK.
In 2019, Cold War Night Life was re-released in deluxe 2-LP and CD formats by Universal Music Canada.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Close to Nature" | Tracy Howe, Bill Vorn | 4:41 |
| 2. | "Beware the Fly" | Howe, Vorn | 4:04 |
| 3. | "Saturdays in Silesia" | Howe, Vorn | 4:21 |
| 4. | "Just a Sound in the Night" | Howe, Vorn | 5:08 |
| 5. | "Le Meilleur Des Mondes" | Howe, Vorn | 3:14 |
| 6. | "Ring the Bells" | Howe, Vorn | 5:14 |
| 7. | "City of Night" | Howe, Vorn, Babette Duran | 4:03 |
| 8. | "Dancing on the Berlin Wall" | Howe, Vorn | 4:34 |
Additional tracks
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9. | "Power Zone" | Howe, Vorn | 3:39 |
| 10. | "I Want to See the Light" | Howe, Vorn | 3:42 |
| 11. | "Coboloid Race" | Howe, Vorn | 5:19 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9. | "Power Zone" | Howe, Vorn | 3:39 |
| 10. | "Coboloid Race" | Howe, Vorn | 5:18 |
| 11. | "Cité Phosphore" | Howe, Vorn, Duran | 4:01 |
| 12. | "Saturdays in Silesia (Extended Version)" | Howe, Vorn | 7:17 |
| 13. | "City of Night (Danse Mix)" | Howe, Vorn, Duran | 7:11 |
| 14. | "I Want to See the Light" | Howe, Vorn | 3:42 |
Personnel
- Tracy Howe - vocals, synthesizers
- Bill Vorn - synthesizers, vocoder, programming
- Kevin Komoda - synthesizers
- Mario Spezza - synthesizers on "I Want to See the Light" and "Coboloid Race"
References
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