Cold War Night Life

1982 studio album by Rational Youth From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.

ReleasedMarch 1982
Recorded1981–1982
Genres
Length47:54
Quick facts Studio album by Rational Youth, Released ...
Cold War Night Life
Studio album by
Rational Youth
ReleasedMarch 1982
Recorded1981–1982
Genres
Length47:54
LabelYUL Records
ProducerPat Deserio
Rational Youth chronology
Cité Phosphore
(1982)		 Cold War Night Life
(1982)		 City of Night
(1982)
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Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic(4.5/5)[1]
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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

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Original 1982 LP
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Close to Nature"Tracy Howe, Bill Vorn4:41
2."Beware the Fly"Howe, Vorn4:04
3."Saturdays in Silesia"Howe, Vorn4:21
4."Just a Sound in the Night"Howe, Vorn5:08
5."Le Meilleur Des Mondes"Howe, Vorn3:14
6."Ring the Bells"Howe, Vorn5:14
7."City of Night"Howe, Vorn, Babette Duran4:03
8."Dancing on the Berlin Wall"Howe, Vorn4:34
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Additional tracks

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Bonus tracks on initial 1997 CD version
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
9."Power Zone"Howe, Vorn3:39
10."I Want to See the Light"Howe, Vorn3:42
11."Coboloid Race"Howe, Vorn5:19
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Bonus tracks on 2019 CD/LP reissue
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
9."Power Zone"Howe, Vorn3:39
10."Coboloid Race"Howe, Vorn5:18
11."Cité Phosphore"Howe, Vorn, Duran4:01
12."Saturdays in Silesia (Extended Version)"Howe, Vorn7:17
13."City of Night (Danse Mix)"Howe, Vorn, Duran7:11
14."I Want to See the Light"Howe, Vorn3:42
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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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