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
"Close to Nature" (Tracy Howe, Bill Vorn) – 4:41
"Beware the Fly" (Howe, Vorn) – 4:04
"Saturdays in Silesia" (Howe, Vorn) – 4:21
"Just a Sound in the Night" (Howe, Vorn) – 5:08
"Le Meilleur Des Mondes" (Howe, Vorn) – 3:14
"Ring the Bells" (Howe, Vorn) – 5:14
"City of Night" (Howe, Vorn, Babette Duran) – 4:03
"Dancing on the Berlin Wall" (Howe, Vorn) – 4:34
"Power Zone" (Howe, Vorn) – 3:39 [CD only]
"I Want to See the Light" (edit) (Howe, Vorn) – 3:42 [CD only]
"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"