''Cold War Night Life'' is the 1982 debut album by

Rational Youth Rational Youth was a Canadian new wave Synth-pop band that was originally active between 1981 and 1986, and at various points up until the end of 2021. History Rational Youth was formed in 1981 in Montreal, Quebec, by synthesizer players Tracy ...

, containing their most well known song, " 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 the UK. In 2019, ''Cold War Night Life'' was re-released in deluxe 2-LP and CD formats by Universal Music Canada.

Track listing

Additional tracks

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

{{Authority control 1982 debut albums Rational Youth albums