Cold War Night Life

Cold War Night Life
Studio album by Rational Youth
Released	March 1982
Recorded	1981–1982
Genre	Synthpop
Length	47:54
Label	Yul
Producer	Pat Deserio
Rational Youth chronology
Cité Phosphore (1982)Cité Phosphore1982 Cold War Night Life (1982) City of Night (1982)City of Night1982

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.

Track listing

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
9. "Power Zone" (Howe, Vorn) – 3:39 [CD only]
10. "I Want to See the Light" (edit) (Howe, Vorn) – 3:42 [CD only]
11. "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"

References

1. ↑ Allmusic review