Cold War Night Life | ||||
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Released | March 1982 | |||
Recorded | 1981–1982 | |||
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Length | 47:54 | |||
Label | YUL Records | |||
Producer | Pat Deserio | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | (4.5/5) [1] |
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.
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.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Close to Nature" | Tracy Howe, Bill Vorn | 4:41 |
2. | "Beware the Fly" | Howe, Vorn | 4:04 |
3. | "Saturdays in Silesia" | Howe, Vorn | 4:21 |
4. | "Just a Sound in the Night" | Howe, Vorn | 5:08 |
5. | "Le Meilleur Des Mondes" | Howe, Vorn | 3:14 |
6. | "Ring the Bells" | Howe, Vorn | 5:14 |
7. | "City of Night" | Howe, Vorn, Babette Duran | 4:03 |
8. | "Dancing on the Berlin Wall" | Howe, Vorn | 4:34 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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9. | "Power Zone" | Howe, Vorn | 3:39 |
10. | "I Want to See the Light" | Howe, Vorn | 3:42 |
11. | "Coboloid Race" | Howe, Vorn | 5:19 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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9. | "Power Zone" | Howe, Vorn | 3:39 |
10. | "Coboloid Race" | Howe, Vorn | 5:18 |
11. | "Cité Phosphore" | Howe, Vorn, Duran | 4:01 |
12. | "Saturdays in Silesia (Extended Version)" | Howe, Vorn | 7:17 |
13. | "City of Night (Danse Mix)" | Howe, Vorn, Duran | 7:11 |
14. | "I Want to See the Light" | Howe, Vorn | 3:42 |
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