Night of the Blade

Night of the Blade
Studio album by
Tokyo Blade
Released1984
StudioFairview Studios, Kingston upon Hull, England
GenreHeavy metal
Length34:22, 65:57 (re-issue)
LabelPowerstation Records (UK)
Combat (USA)
Roadrunner (Europe)
ProducerRoy Neave
Tokyo Blade chronology
Midnight Rendezvous
(1984) 		Night of the Blade
(1984) 		Blackhearts and Jaded Spades
(1985)
Singles from Night of the Blade
  1. "Lightning Strikes (Straight Through the Heart)"
    Released: 1984
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal6/10[2]
Rock Hard8.5/10[3]

Night of the Blade is the second studio album released by the British heavy metal band Tokyo Blade on Powerstation Records in 1984.

Background

It is the first Tokyo Blade album with Vicki James Wright (Vic Wright) on vocals. He replaced Alan Marsh when the vocal tracks for the album were already completed, forcing him to re-record the lead vocals in a very short time. Marsh's backing vocals remain on the album except on two tracks ("Lightning Strikes" and "Rock Me to the Limit"), which were recorded after he left the band.

Releases

The original vocal recordings by Alan Marsh were released in 1998 in the album re-issue Night of the Blade... The Night Before.

The album was also remastered and reissued in 1997, along with the album Tokyo Blade, by High Vaultage Records, the reissue edition containing the tracks of two EPs released in 1984 and 1985.

Track listing

Side one
  1. "Someone to Love" (Andy Boulton, Alan Marsh) – 3:41
  2. "Night of the Blade" (Boulton, Marsh) – 4:01
  3. "Rock Me to the Limit" (Boulton, Marsh, Vicki James Wright) – 5:54
  4. "Warrior of the Rising Sun" (Boulton, Marsh) – 4:25
Side two
  2. "Unleash the Beast" (Boulton, Marsh) – 4:32
  3. "Love Struck" (Boulton, Marsh, John Wiggins) – 3:43
  4. "Dead of the Night" (Boulton, Marsh, Wiggins) – 3:45
  5. "Lightning Strikes (Straight Through the Heart)" (Boulton, Marsh, Wright) – 4:21

1997 remastered edition bonus tracks

  1. "Fever" – 3:28
  2. "Attack Attack" – 3:37
  3. "Madam Guillotine" – 4:43
  4. "Breakout" – 3:44
  5. "Monkey's Blood" – 3:43
  6. "Schoolhouse Is Burning" – 3:59
  7. "Shadows of Insanity" – 5:01
  8. "Jezzabell" – 3:20

Personnel

Tokyo Blade

Production

References

  1. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Tokyo Blade Night of the Blade". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
  2. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 359. ISBN 978-1894959315.
  3. ^ Stratmann, Holger (1984). "Review Album: Tokyo Blade – Night of the Blade". Rock Hard (in German). No. 8. Retrieved 17 April 2017.