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.
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.
Title
Writer(s)
Length
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
Additional tracks
Bonus tracks on initial 1997 CD version
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Length
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
Bonus tracks on 2019 CD/LP reissue
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Length
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
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"