RATIONAL YOUTH

DISCOGRAPHY FOR CANADA

Oct 1981 12" I Want To See the Light

    I Want To See the Light 4.23 [Howe]//
    Coboloid Race 5.18 [Vorn]/
    Light instrumental 4.23 [='I Want To See the Light' instrumental version]
    (YUL Records, 12YUL-2)
Jan/Feb 1982 7" Cite phosphore
    Cite phosphore 4.00 [Howe/Vorn/Babette Duran]/
    Le meilleur des mondes 3.14 [Howe/Vorn] (YUL-003)
March 1982 LP COLD WAR NIGHT LIFE
  1. Close to Nature 4.40 [Howe/Vorn]
  2. Beware the Fly 4.04 [Howe/Vorn]
  3. Saturdays in Silesia 4.20 [Howe/Vorn]
  4. Just a Sound in the Night 5.11 [Howe/Vorn]
  1. Le meilleur des mondes 3.14 [Howe/Vorn]
  2. Ring the Bells 5.12 [Howe/Vorn]
  3. City of Night 4.02 [Howe/Vorn/Babette Duran]
  4. Dancing on the Berlin Wall 4.34 [Howe/Vorn] (YUL Records, YULP-01)
(1997) Canadian/Swedish CD COLD WAR NIGHT LIFE
  1. Close to Nature 4.40
  2. Beware the Fly 4.04
  3. Saturdays in Silesia 4.20
  4. Just a Sound in the Night 5.05 [slightly edited]
  5. Le meilleur des mondes 3.14
  6. Ring the Bells 5.12
  7. City of Night 4.02
  8. Dancing on the Berlin Wall 4.34
  9. Power Zone 3.37
  10. I Want to See the Light 3.41 [edited]
  11. Coboloid Race 5.18
    (Canadian CD 23/9/97: EMI Canada, 7243-8-21187-2-5;
    Swedish CD 1/98: October, OCT 043)
Excellent sound quality, three bonus tracks, lyrics to all songs, some pictures and generous thanks to fans who helped make this CD possible. The Swedish CD was sold at the Virtual X-Mas Party 13 Dec 1997 in Lund, Sweden (wrongly stating that it includes two additional extended bonus tracks.) (I wrote the liner notes for this Swedish CD by the way.) My only complaints about this CD are that it should have more bonus tracks: Cite phosphore, Saturdays in Silesia (single remix), Pile ou face, and the two extended versions. Tracy made some edits on some of the tracks, here are his comments from 24/7/97: "On 'Just a Sound in the Night' I chopped 8 bars out of the intro because it was always too long. And on 'I Want to See the Light' I did three cuts to the middle section and lead-in to the outro which basically just removed some repetitive junk. I think these cuts make the track tighter and should have been done in the first place."

March 1982 various artists cassette AFFECTION

later 1982 12" City of Night
    City of Night (Danse Mix) 7.10 [remixed by Pat Deseri]//
    Cite phosphore 4.00/
    Power Zone 3.37 (12YUL-3)
Nov 1982 7"/12" Saturdays in Silesia
    Saturdays in Silesia (single remix) 4.04/
    Pile ou face 2.36 (YUL Records, YUL-004)

    Saturdays in Silesia (extended version) 7.16/
    Pile ou face 2.36/Pile ou face [instrumental] 2.36 (YUL, 12YUL4)

Aug 1983 7"/12" In Your Eyes

    In Your Eyes 2.51/
    The Man in Grey 3.22 [Howe] (Capitol Records, B-72927)

    In Your Eyes (Extended) 5.19/
    Hot Streets [English remix version of Pile ou face] 3.02 [Howe/Komoda/Duran]
    (Capitol, B-75044)

Aug 1983 mini-LP Rational Youth
    In Your Eyes 2.51 [Howe/Komoda]/
    Just a Sound in the Night 3.49 [remix] [Howe/Vorn]/
    Latin Lovers 4.03 [Howe/Komoda]//
    Holiday in Bangkok 5.30 [Howe]/
    The Man in Grey 3.22 [Howe] (Capitol Records, MLP-15012)

limited Swedish CD-maxi box RATIONAL YOUTH

  1. In Your Eyes 2.53
  2. Just a Sound in the Night 3.47
  3. Latin Lovers 3.52
  4. Holiday in Bangkok 5.26
  5. The Man in Grey 3.22
  6. Holiday in Bangkok (live summer 1998 in Helsingborg) 5.09 [bonus track]
  1. Coboloid Race 5.17
  2. I Want To See the Light 3.41 [edited]
  3. Coboloid Race (remix) 6.12 [remixed by Bill Vorn] [bonus track]
  1. City of Night (Danse Mix) 7.09 [remixed by Pat Deseri]
  2. Power Zone 3.37
  3. Cite phosphore 4.00
  1. Saturdays in Silesia (extended version) 7.13
  2. Pile ou face 2.36
  3. Saturdays in Silesia (single remix) 4.04 [bonus track]
  1. In Your Eyes (Extended) 5.22
  2. Hot Streets 3.02 [English remix version of Pile ou face]
  3. I've Got a Sister in the Navy 3.49 [previously unreleased bonus track]
Released 10 July 2000 on October Records (OCT 049). Limited to only 600 boxes!

1984 Dutch 12" Dancing on the Berlin Wall

    Dancing on the Berlin Wall [Dutch 1984 extended edit] 5.43/
    Close to Nature 4.40 (Rams Horn, 3322)
Note: this extended version was done in Holland without Rational Youths' knowledge or approval. It was simply edited from the existing version by Rutger 'Rutti' Kroese at Rams Horn, but it is not to be considered as a genuine RY version since they had nothing to do with it.

(1994) Dutch CD TOTAL RATIONAL!

  1. Saturdays in Silesia 4.03
  2. Close to Nature 4.35
  3. Ring the Bells 5.10
  4. Power Zone 3.36
  5. Dancing on the Berlin Wall 4.33
  6. Beware of the Fly 4.03
  7. City of Night 3.48
  8. Just a Sound in the Night 4.49
  9. Pile ou face 5.37
  10. Le meilleur des mondes 2.54
  11. Cite phosphore 4.00
  12. Saturdays in Silesia (extended version) 7.14
  13. Dancing on the Berlin Wall [Dutch 1984 extended edit] 5.43
  14. City of Night (danse mix) 7.08 (Dutch CD: Rams Horn, RHR 02-7137)
Although three bonus tracks and three extended versions are included, Rams Horn could have put much more effort into the booklet: apart from some credits, no info whatsoever is included, no discography, no photos, no nothing. I also don't understand why the track running order had to be changed from the original LP. The sound is less than acceptable: it has a generally dull sound and audible vinyl surface noise, making your ears tired and unattending. This CD is also very hard to find unless you order it. Conclusion: Rational Youth would never have approved of this CD.

March 1985 LP HEREDITY

  1. Heredity 4.16 [Howe/McGee]
  2. No More and No Less 4.05 [Howe]
  3. Call Me 2.58 [Howe]
  4. In Your Eyes [LP version] 3.10 [Howe/Komoda]
  5. I've Got a Sister in the Navy [Howe]
  6. Bang on
  7. Freeze 4.58 [Howe/McGee]
  8. Burn the Night Away
  9. Holiday in Bangkok [LP version] 5.14 [Howe]
  10. Sorry (Capitol Records, ST-12399)
March? 1985 7"/12" No More and No Less
    No More and No Less 4.05/
    Holiday in Bangkok 5.14 (Capitol, B-5489)

    No More and No Less/
    Holiday in Bangkok (Capitol, B-72963)

1985 7"/promo 12" Call Me
    Call Me 2.58/
    Burn the Night Away [LP version] (Capitol, B-72971)

    Call Me (extended mix) 6.35/
    Call Me 2.58 (promotional 12": Capitol, spro 273)

1985 7"/promo 12" Bang on
    Bang on [LP version]/
    Sorry [LP version] (Capitol, B-72980)

    Bang on 6.55//
    Call me 7.49/
    Malade 4.17 (promotional 12": Capitol, spro 278)

1985 7" Malade
    Malade [remix of 'Bang on' with French lyrics]/
    Freeze (Instrumental) 4.58 [instrumental LP version] (Capitol, B-72988)

18 Aug 1986 movie CRAZY MOON

Directed by Alan Eastman. Featured 14 songs by various artists. No soundtrack was released.

Feb 1996 Canadian coll-CD ALL OUR SATURDAYS (1981-1986)

  1. Saturdays in Silesia 4.05 [previously unreleased 1985 remix by Dee Long]
  2. No More and No Less 4.05
  3. Heredity 4.16
  4. Close to Nature 4.15 [previously unreleased 1985 remix by Dee Long]
  5. I've Got a Sister in the Navy 6.55 [unreleased extended version]
  6. Holiday in Bangkok 5.14 [LP version]
  7. May Day 1984 3.29 [previously unreleased demo from 1984, remixed by Dee Long in 1985]
  8. In Your Eyes 3.10 [LP version]
  9. Call Me 2.58
  10. Beat the Bad Times Down 3.25 [from the film Crazy Moon]
  11. Speak to Me in Dreams 4.18 [from the film Crazy Moon]
  12. Freeze 4.58
  13. Latin Lovers 2.49 [fade-out; original version is 4.03]
  14. Hot Streets 2.53
  15. Pile ou face 2.36
  16. City of Night (Danse Mix) 7.10
  17. Saturdays in Silesia (Extended) 7.16 (EMI Music Canada, E2-72438-37358-2-2)
A great-sounding collection with a lot of care and love put into the booklet: The story of RY (albeit short), comments from Tracy himself on every track included, musician credits, discography (not as detailed as this though!), black and white photos of RY, live posters and a primitive lyrics sheet, and finally full colour pictures of every RY release! Not bad! The only thing missing would be lyrics.

13 Dec 1997 various artists 3" CD single Virtual X-Mas 1997

Free with tickets for Virtual X-Mas in Lund, Sweden, where Rational Youth did an amazing performance with incredible new versions of the following songs: Le meilleur des mondes, Close to Nature, I Want to See the Light, City of Night, Ring the Bells, Just a Sound in the Night, Beware the Fly, Power Zone, Dancing on the Berlin Wall, Saturdays in Silesia, Coboloid Race.

21 July 1998 remix CDM 3 Remixes for the New Cold War

  1. Le meilleur des mondes 6.58 [remixed by CJ Bolland]
  2. Close to Nature 6.32 [remixed by DIN & INFOR/mental]
  3. Coboloid Race 6.12 [remixed by Bill Vorn] (Coboloid, COB001)
DIN & INFOR/mental are the new RY members Jean-Claude Cutz and Dave Rout.

7 June 1999 Swedish CDM Everything Is Vapour

  1. Everything Is Vapour 4.15
  2. Money and Blood Part 2 (3.50)
  3. Everything Is Vapour (money and blood mix) 6.02 [remixed by DIN]
  4. Everything Is Vapour (in the moment mix) 6.14 [remixed by Will Skol of Transformantra]
    (October Records, OCT 053)
A unique 'Hybrid Mix' of Everything Is Vapour was included on the CD 'Prospective Music Magazine - Volume 3' in 1999.

4 Oct 1999 Swedish CD TO THE GODDESS ELECTRICITY

  1. Ludwigshafen 4.34
  2. Pink Pills, Orange Pills 4.52
  3. Money and Blood 5.05
  4. Energie 3.36
  5. Back from Madrapour 4.14
  6. Talk to Me (I'm only human) 3.48
  7. In My Imagination 3.37
  8. To the Goddess Electricity 2.36
  9. Everything Is Vapour 3.40
  10. The Ghosts of Montreal 3.28
  11. Open Your Heart 3.11 (October Records, OCT 054)
Also released in Germany (11 Oct). Also released around 4 Oct is a compilation "Shot 99" which includes a live version of 'Holiday in Bangkok' (from 1999). More info on The official Rational Youth page.

March 2000 Swedish remix CDM Project-X: All Systems Dead E.P.

"The EP is a collection of remixes by several artists of track from Project-X's 'Forbidden Pleasures' album."

8 Nov 2001 various artists CD SYNTHETIK WONDERLAND

A re-recording of 'No More and No Less'.

Sep/Oct 2002 German magazine various artists CD A REFLECTION OF SYNTHPOP - VOLUME 3

See www.re-flexion.de for more info.

Copyright (c) 1996-08-14 Jonas Wårstad.

Last update 2002-08-18.

Thanks to Tracy Howe himself for help in general, to Dave Rout for info on 12" promotional singles and to Janne Slätt and Tomas Gustavsson for info on the rare 1982 cassette.

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