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Released
  
1984

Artist
  
Tokyo Blade

Label
  
Roadrunner Records

Producer
  
Roy Neave

Release date
  
1984

Genre
  
Heavy metal

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Recorded
  
Fairview Studios, Kingston upon Hull, England

Length
  
34:22, 65:57 (re-issue)

Night of the Blade (1984)
  
Blackhearts and Jaded Spades (1985)

Similar
  
Black Hearts & Jaded Sp, Pumphouse, No Remorse, Burning Down Paradise, Tokyo Blade

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Night of the Blade is the second studio album released by the British heavy metal band Tokyo Blade on Powerstation Records in 1984. 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. The original vocal recordings by Alan Marsh were released in 1998 in the album re-issue Night of the Blade... The Night Before.

Contents

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 produced by the band 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
  1. "Unleash the Beast" (Boulton, Marsh) - 4:32
  2. "Love Struck" (Boulton, Marsh, John Wiggins) - 3:43
  3. "Dead of the Night" (Boulton, Marsh, Wiggins) - 3:45
  4. "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

Tokyo Blade

  • Vicki James Wright - lead vocals
  • Andy Boulton - lead guitar, backing vocals
  • John Wiggins - lead guitar
  • Andy Wrighton - bass, backing vocals
  • Steve Pierce - drums

    • Production

  • Roy Neave - producer
  • Ralph Jezzard - engineer
  • Tony Spath - mixing

    • Songs

    1Someone to Love
    2Night of the Blade
    3Rock Me to the Limit

    References

    Night of the Blade Wikipedia
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