Released 1989 Release date 1989 | Artist Atomic Rooster Genre Rock music | |
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The Devil Hits Back
(1989) The Best of Atomic Rooster Volumes 1 & 2
(1992) Similar Atomic Rooster albums, Rock music albums | ||
The Devil Hits Back is a compilation album by British rock band Atomic Rooster.
Contents
Shortly after the death in 1989 of Atomic Rooster founder member Vincent Crane, it was compiled as a tribute by his widow, Jean, and former bandmate John Du Cann.
As well as containing a dozen latter-era Atomic Rooster tracks, all its reissues are rounded out by Atomic Rooster's three Beat-Club appearances, dating from 1971 and 1972. The Beat-Club tracks were later included, with video, on the Masters from the Vaults DVD.
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
Songs
Devils Answer4:04
When Do I Start to Live2:57
Play It Again3:15