I Am the Night (album)
1985 studio album by Pantera
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I Am the Night is the third studio album by American heavy metal band Pantera, released in October 1985, through Metal Magic.[5] It was the last Pantera album to feature lead singer Terry Glaze.
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| Released | October 1985 | |||
| Recorded | November 1984 | |||
| Studio | Pantego Sound (Pantego, Texas)[1] | |||
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| Length | 37:51 | |||
| Label | Metal Magic | |||
| Producer | Jerry Abbott, Pantera | |||
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I Am the Night was made available only on vinyl and cassette, with any subsequent CD releases being bootlegs transferred from the vinyl or tape originals. The track "Hot and Heavy" was released as a single and promoted with the band's second music video.
The album sold 25,000+ copies, which was considered high for an independent release.[6]
Reception and legacy
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 7/10[7] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [8] |
I Am the Night is generally not held at the same level of esteem as some of Pantera's later releases. Eduardo Rivadavia of AllMusic gave the album two and a half stars out of five, and wrote:
"As with all of Pantera's 'forgotten' albums, it is invariably Darrell's playing that makes these growing pains more tolerable, and also helps to make sense of how they became one of the only heavy metal bands in history to grow more commercially successful by becoming more extreme."[2]
Simon Young of Metal Hammer gave his assessment on the figure present on the album's cover artwork: "We've been up late and that is definitely not 'the night', no matter how many Black Tooth Grins were imbibed during the ideas meeting for this... whatever this is."[9]
Track listing
All credits adapted from the original LP.[1]
All tracks are written by Pantera.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hot and Heavy" | 4:06 |
| 2. | "I Am the Night" | 4:27 |
| 3. | "Onward We Rock!" | 3:56 |
| 4. | "D*G*T*T*M (a.k.a. Darrell Goes to the Movies)" (instrumental) | 1:43 |
| 5. | "Daughters of the Queen" | 4:16 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 6. | "Down Below" | 2:49 |
| 7. | "Come-On Eyes" | 4:13 |
| 8. | "Right on the Edge" | 4:06 |
| 9. | "Valhalla" | 4:05 |
| 10. | "Forever Tonight" | 4:10 |
| Total length: | 37:51 | |
Personnel
All credits adapted from the original LP.[1]
- Pantera
- Terrence Lee – vocals
- Diamond Darrell – guitars
- Rex Rocker – bass
- Vinnie Paul – drums
- Production
- Jerry Abbott – production, engineering, mixing
- Tom Coyne – mastering
- Recorded and mixed at Pantego Sound, Pantego, Texas