Death Walks Behind You

Death Walks Behind You is the second studio album by British rock band Atomic Rooster. It was their first album to receive US release, albeit in a different sleeve. It is commonly thought of as the archetypal Atomic Rooster album, recorded by the 'classic' line-up of Vincent Crane, John Du Cann and Paul Hammond. It is certainly, critically and commercially, their most successful album and often hailed as a classic of the progressive rock genre. It also produced the hit single "Tomorrow Night" (UK #12), which became one of the band's best-known songs. The album's cover features the William Blake painting Nebuchadnezzar [1].

The title track was covered on record in 1992 by UK Gothic metal band Paradise Lost.

Track listing

Side one

"Death Walks Behind You" (Du Cann/Crane) 7:28
"VUG" (Crane) 4:57
"Tomorrow Night" (Crane) 3:56
"Seven Lonely Streets" (Du Cann) 6:40

Side two

"Sleeping for Years" (Du Cann) 5:24
"I Can't Take No More" (Du Cann) 3:32
"Nobody Else" (Crane/Du Cann) 4:58
"Gershatzer" (Crane) 7:58

2004 Castle Music CD reissue bonus tracks

"Play the Game" (Du Cann) 4:42 - "Tomorrow Night" B-side 1971
"Devil's Answer" (Du Cann) 3:59 – demo with Carl Palmer 1970
"Tomorrow Night" (Crane) 5:28 - BBC Radio Session 1971
"Shabooloo" aka "Before Tomorrow" (Crane/Du Cann) 6:05 - BBC Radio Session 1971
"Death Walks Behind You" (Crane/Du Cann) 6:06 - BBC Radio Session 1971
"Devil's Answer" (Du Cann) 3:26 - original single version 1971

2006 Akarma Records unlicensed CD reissue bonus tracks

"Tomorrow Night" 5:27 - BBC Radio Session 1971
"Shabooloo" (Crane/Du Cann) 6:10 - BBC Radio Session 1971
"Death Walks Behind You" (Crane/Du Cann) 6:04 - BBC Radio Session 1971
"The Rock" (Crane) 4:32 - In Hearing of Atomic Rooster album track

Personnel (original album)

Vincent Crane: Hammond organ, piano, backing vocals
John Du Cann: guitars, vocals
Paul Hammond: drums, percussion

References

The New Musical Express Book of Rock, 1975, Star Books, ISBN 0 352 300744