Heredity is a 1985 album by Rational Youth

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...

, now down to singer Tracy Howe with numerous studio musicians. In retrospect, Howe was less than happy with the album, especially with the fact that it looked like he was using the Rational Youth name as a flag of convenience for a solo album. To date, the album has never seen a CD release.

Heredity was produced by Howe together with former Klaatu member Dee Long

Dee Long

Dee Long is a Minnesota politician, a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, representing part of Minneapolis...

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Track listing

1. "Heredity" (Tracy Howe, Peter McGee) - 4:15
2. "No More And No Less" (Howe) - 4:05
3. "Call Me" (Howe) - 2:58
4. "In Your Eyes" (Howe, Kevin Komoda) - 3:10
5. "I've Got A Sister In The Navy" (Howe) - 3:42
6. "Bang On" (John Jones) - 4:10
7. "Freeze" (Howe, McGee) - 5:01
8. "Burn The Night Away" (Howe) - 3:20
9. "Holiday In Bangkok" (Howe) - 5:20
10. "Sorry" (Howe) - 4:48

Tracks 4 and 9 have previously appeared on the Rational Youth

Rational Youth (EP)

Rational Youth was the eponymous EP by Rational Youth, and the band's first release under their Capitol contract. It was released on CD in 2000 as part of the Early Singles box.-Track listing:#"In Your Eyes" - 2:53#"Just A Sound in the Night" - 3:48...

EP. "Holiday in Bangkok" is basically the same version with overdubs, while "In Your Eyes" is a re-recording.

Personnel

• Tracy Howe - vocals, keyboards, guitars
• Dee Long - guitars, keyboards, Fairlight CMI programming
• Ken "Spider" Sinnaeve
  Ken Sinnaeve
  Ken "Spider" Sinnaeve is a Canadian musician, best known for playing bass with Tom Cochrane and Cochrane's earlier band Red Rider.He was a founding member of the band Streetheart prior to playing with Cochrane, making amongst others a live cover of "Under my Thumb"...
  
   - bass guitar
• David Quinton - drums and percussion
• Peter McGee - guitars, keyboards, backing vocals
• Gary Boigon - alto and tenor saxophones
• Ben Mink
  Ben Mink
  Ben Mink is a Canadian songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer.Born of Polish parents, Mink was raised in Toronto Ontario. He got his start performing with the rock/country group Mary-Lou Horner, which became the house band at bar and nightclub....
  
   - violin, mandolin
• Joel Zifkin
  Joel Zifkin
  Joel Zifkin is a Canadian musician and songwriter born in Montreal on April 14, 1954. He is best known as a session and live musician for artists such as Kate and Anna McGarrigle and Richard Thompson...
  
   - violin
• Karen Hendrix - backing vocals
• David Roberts - backing vocals
• John Jones - backing vocals, additional keyboards, Fairlight CMI programming
• Gordon Adamson - backing vocals
• Steve Jensen - additional guitars
• Carl Harvey
  Carl Harvey
  Carl Harvey is a Jamaican born guitarist and record producer who recorded as a member of Crack of Dawn and The Aggrovators in the 1970s, and later became guitarist for Toots & the Maytals.-Biography:...
  
   - additional guitars, synth guitar
• Roman Martyn - additional guitars
• Paul "Slowhand" Northfield - additional keyboards
• Bill Vorn - additional keyboards
• Kevin Komoda - additional keyboards
• Daniel Lussier - additional keyboards
• Rick Joudrey - bass
• Recorded & Mixed at ESP Studios, Buttonville, Ontario & AIR Studio, London, UK