Children of the Night

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This article is about the Nash the Slash LP. For the EP by Dream Evil, see Children of the Night (Dream Evil EP).
Children of the Night
Children of the Night cover
Studio album by Nash the Slash
Released February 1981
Recorded Britannia Row, London November-December 1980
Genre Progressive rock
Label DinDisc
Producer Steve Hillage
Professional reviews
Nash the Slash chronology
Dreams & Nightmares
(1979)		 Children of the Night
(1981)		 And You Thought You Were Normal
(1982)

Children of the Night is an album by Canadian alternative recording artist Nash the Slash. Released in 1981 after Nash toured the United Kingdom in 1980 supporting Gary Numan, the album quickly gained cult status with its unique sound, created using electric mandolins, electric violins, drum machines, and other sonic devices. The album sleeve proudly proclaims "There are no guitars."

In amongst original material by Nash were quirky covers of Jan and Dean's "Dead Man's Curve" and The Rolling Stones' "19th Nervous Breakdown". His adaptation of Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water" was entitled "Dopes on the Water", while the opening composition "Wolf" quoted musical passages from Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf.

The album was recorded in six weeks at Britannia Row Studios, London, in late 1980 and produced by Steve Hillage. It was released on the Virgin Records label DinDisc, which was owned by Richard Branson. The album was re-released on CD in 2000 with bonus tracks.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Wolf"
  2. "Dead Man's Curve"
  3. "Children of the Night"
  4. "Deep Forest"
  5. "In a Glass Eye"
  6. "19th Nervous Breakdown"
  7. "Swing Shift (Soixante Neuf)"
  8. "Metropolis"
  9. "Dopes on the Water"
  10. "Danger Zone"
  11. "Wolf" (live version 1980) *
  12. "Danger Zone" (live version 1980) *
  13. "Reactor No. 2" *
  14. "Swing Shift" (original version) *
  15. "Swing Shift" (flexi version) *
  16. "Children of the Night" (live version 1997) *
  • Bonus tracks on CD re-release only 2000

[edit] Miscellanea

The cover photos were shot at Paddington Station in London and feature the children of Dindisc (Virgin) employees. The inside cover of the CD release in 2000 features a photo of a bandaged Richard Branson together with Nash and other Virgin Records employees.