''Heredity'' is a 1985 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 ...

, now down to singer

Tracy Howe Tracy Howe (born 16 February 1952) is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter with the band Rational Youth, and previously The Normals and Heaven Seventeen. Howe has been a member of Rational Youth from 1981 to 1986 and 1997 to 2002 and 2009 ...

with numerous studio musicians. In retrospect, Howe was less than happy with the album, especially with the fact that it looked like he was using the Rational Youth name as a flag of convenience for a solo album. The use of the Rational Youth name was suggested by Capitol Records, to which Howe acquiesced. The album, while successful, appealed to a different audience than earlier Rational Youth fans, confusing the latter. To date, the album has never seen a CD release. ''Heredity'' was produced by Howe together with former Klaatu member Dee Long.

Track listing

#"Heredity" (Tracy Howe, Peter McGee) - 4:15 #"No More And No Less" (Howe) - 4:05 #"Call Me" (Howe) - 2:58 #"In Your Eyes" (Howe, Kevin Komoda) - 3:10 #"I've Got A Sister In The Navy" (Howe) - 3:42 #"Bang On" (* John Jones) - 4:10 #"Freeze" (Howe, McGee) - 5:01 #"Burn The Night Away" (Howe) - 3:20 #"Holiday In Bangkok" (Howe) - 5:20 #"Sorry" (Howe) - 4:48 Tracks 4 and 9 have previously appeared on the ''

'' EP. "Holiday in Bangkok" is basically the same version with overdubs, while "In Your Eyes" is a re-recording.

Personnel

* Tracy Howe - vocals, keyboards, guitars * Dee Long - guitars, keyboards, Fairlight CMI programming * Ken "Spider" Sinnaeve - bass guitar * David Quinton - drums and percussion * Peter McGee - guitars, keyboards, backing vocals * Gary Boigon - alto and tenor saxophones *

Ben Mink Benjamin Mink (born January 22, 1951) is a Canadian songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer best known as a longtime collaborator of Canadian singer k.d. lang. He plays several string instruments, notably the guitar, violin, and the m ...

- violin, mandolin *

Joel Zifkin Joel Zifkin (born April 14, 1954) is a Canadian musician and songwriter. His primary instrument is the electric violin and he is best known as a session musician and live performer. Career Zifkin has performed and/or recorded with the followi ...

- violin * Karen Hendrix - backing vocals * David Roberts - backing vocals * John Jones - backing vocals, additional keyboards, Fairlight CMI programming * Gordon Adamson - backing vocals * Steve Jensen - additional guitars *

Carl Harvey Carl Harvey (born 1 October 1958) is a Jamaican born Canadian guitarist and record producer who recorded as a member of Crack of Dawn and The Aggrovators in the 1970s, and later became guitarist for Toots & the Maytals. Early life and education ...

- additional guitars, synth guitar * Roman Martyn - additional guitars * Paul "Slowhand" Northfield - additional keyboards * Bill Vorn - additional keyboards * Kevin Komoda - additional keyboards * Daniel Lussier - additional keyboards * Rick Joudrey - bass * Recorded & Mixed at ESP Studios, Buttonville, Ontario & AIR Studio, London, UK

References

{{Authority control 1985 albums Rational Youth albums