''The Devil Hits Back'' is a compilation album by British rock band

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. Shortly after the death in 1989 of Atomic Rooster founder member

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, it was compiled as a tribute by his widow, Jean, and former bandmate

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. As well as containing a dozen latter-era Atomic Rooster tracks, all its reissues are rounded out by Atomic Rooster's three

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appearances, dating from 1971 and 1972. The Beat-Club tracks were later included, with video, on the '' Masters from the Vaults''

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. It was originally released by Demi Monde Records in 1989 as a 10-track LP and a 12-track CD. Subsequently, it was reissued on the Pilot/Burning Airlines label in 1999, with the same cover as before, but adding the three live tracks. Most recently, it was reissued in 2008 by Plastic Head Records with a new cover, but the same 15-track listing.

Track listing (with spelling and title corrections)

# "Devil's Answer" 4:04 # "Start to Live" aka "Rebel with a Clause" 2:56 # "Play it Again" 3:14 # "They Took Control of You" 4:48 # "Lost in Space" 5:51 # "Do You Know Who's Looking for You?" 3:04 # "Watch Out!" 4:08 # "Tomorrow Night" 4:50 # "Living Underground" aka "Night Living" 3:36 # "End of the Day" 3:28 # "Don't Lose Your Mind" 3:34 # "In the Shadows" 6:54 # "Friday the 13th" 4:04 - live 1970 # "Tomorrow Night" 4:56 - live 1971 # "Breakthrough" 4:54 - live 1972 Atomic Rooster compilation albums 1989 compilation albums {{1980s-rock-album-stub