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Cold War Night Life

Cold War Night Life is the 1982 debut album by Rational Youth, containing their greatest hit "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.

Cold War Night Life
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 1982
Recorded1981–1982
GenreSynthpop
Length47:54
LabelYUL
ProducerPat Deserio
Rational Youth chronology
Cité Phosphore
(1982)
Cold War Night Life
(1982)
City of Night
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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 Britain.

In 2019, Cold War Night Life was re-released in deluxe 2-LP and CD formats by Universal Music Canada.

Track listing

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

Additional tracks

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
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

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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