Cold War Night Life
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Cold War Night Life is the debut album by Rational Youth
, containing their greatest hit "Saturdays in Silesia". Long out of print, it was re-released on CD in 1997 after an e-mail campaign by fans. A vinyl reissue is scheduled for 2010.
Rational Youth
Rational Youth is a Canadian New Wave band, originally formed in 1981 in Montreal, Quebec, by synthesizer wizards Tracy Howe, former singer and drummer for Montreal punk band "The Normals", and Bill Vorn, both of whom idolized the German synthpop pioneers Kraftwerk.Among the band's notable singles...
, containing their greatest hit "Saturdays in Silesia". Long out of print, it was re-released on CD in 1997 after an e-mail campaign by fans. A vinyl reissue is scheduled for 2010.
Track listing
- "Close to Nature" (Tracy Howe, Bill Vorn) – 4:41
- "Beware the Fly" (Howe, Vorn) – 4:04
- "Saturdays in Silesia" (Howe, Vorn) – 4:21
- "Just a Sound in the Night" (Howe, Vorn) – 5:08
- "Le Meilleur Des Mondes" (Howe, Vorn) – 3:14
- "Ring the Bells" (Howe, Vorn) – 5:14
- "City of Night" (Howe, Vorn, Babette Duran) – 4:03
- "Dancing on the Berlin Wall" (Howe, Vorn) – 4:34
- "Power Zone" (Howe, Vorn) – 3:39 [CD only]
- "I Want to See the Light" (edit) (Howe, Vorn) – 3:42 [CD only]
- "Coboloid Race" (Howe, Vorn) – 5:19 [CD only]
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"