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| Name = Night of the Blade
| name = Night of the Blade
| Type = studio
| type = studio
| Cover = Tokyo Blade night of the blade.jpg
| artist = [[Tokyo Blade]]
| Artist = [[Tokyo Blade]]
| cover = Tokyo Blade night of the blade.jpg
| Released = 1984
| alt =
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| released = 1984
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| Recorded = [[Fairview Studios]], [[Kingston upon Hull]], England
| recorded =
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| Genre = [[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]]
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| studio = [[Fairview Studios]], [[Kingston upon Hull]], England
| Length = 34:22, 65:57 (re-issue)
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| genre = [[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]]
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| Label = Powerstation Records <small>(UK)</small><br>[[Combat Records|Combat]] <small>(USA)</small><br>[[Roadrunner Records|Roadrunner]] <small>(Europe)</small>
| Producer = Roy Neave
| length = 34:22, 65:57 (re-issue)
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| label = Powerstation Records <small>(UK)</small><br>[[Combat Records|Combat]] <small>(USA)</small><br>[[Roadrunner Records|Roadrunner]] <small>(Europe)</small>
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| Last album = ''[[Midnight Rendezvous]]''<br />(1984)
| producer = Roy Neave
| This album = '''''Night of the Blade'''''<br />(1984)
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| prev_title = [[Midnight Rendezvous]]
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| Next album = ''[[Black Hearts & Jaded Spades|Blackhearts and Jaded Spades]]''<br />(1985)
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| next_title = [[Black Hearts & Jaded Spades|Blackhearts and Jaded Spades]]
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| Name = Night of the Blade
| Type = studio
| next_year = 1985
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| Single 1 = Lightning Strikes (Straight Through the Heart)
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{{Album ratings
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| rev1 =''[[AllMusic]]''
| rev1 =''[[AllMusic]]''
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}} <ref> {{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/night-of-the-blade-r20270/review | title = Tokyo Blade Night of the Blade | accessdate = 2011-06-20 | last = Rivadavia | first = Eduardo | work = [[AllMusic]] | publisher = [[Rovi Corporation]]}}</ref>
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}} <ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.allmusic.com/album/night-of-the-blade-mw0000509044 | title = Tokyo Blade Night of the Blade | accessdate = 2011-06-20 | last = Rivadavia | first = Eduardo | work = [[AllMusic]] | publisher = [[Rovi Corporation]]}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Martin Popoff|Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal]]''
| rev2 = ''[[Martin Popoff|Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal]]''
| rev2Score = 6/10<ref name="martin" >{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | authorlink1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties | publisher = [[Collector's Guide Publishing]] | date = 1 November 2005 | location = [[Burlington, Ontario]], [[Canada]] | isbn = 978-1894959315 | page= 359}}</ref>
| rev2Score = 6/10<ref name="martin" >{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | authorlink1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties | publisher = [[Collector's Guide Publishing]] | date = 1 November 2005 | location = [[Burlington, Ontario]], [[Canada]] | isbn = 978-1894959315 | page= 359}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard ]]''
|rev3 = ''[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]]''
|rev3score =8.5/10<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Review Album: Tokyo Blade - Night of the Blade |journal=[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]] |year=1984 |last=Stratmann |first=Holger |issue=8 |url=https://www.rockhard.de/megazine/reviewarchiv/review-anzeigen/7517-night-of-the-blade.html|accessdate=2017-04-17 | language=German}}</ref>
|rev3score =8.5/10<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Review Album: Tokyo Blade – Night of the Blade |journal=[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]] |year=1984 |last=Stratmann |first=Holger |issue=8 |url=https://www.rockhard.de/megazine/reviewarchiv/review-anzeigen/7517-night-of-the-blade.html|accessdate=2017-04-17 | language=German}}</ref>
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'''''Night of the Blade''''' is the second studio album released by the British [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Tokyo Blade]] on Powerstation Records in 1984.


==Background==
'''''Night of the Blade''''' is the second studio album released by the British [[Heavy metal music|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''.
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==
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The album was also remastered and reissued in 1997, along with the album ''[[Tokyo Blade (album)|Tokyo Blade]]'', by High Vaultage Records, the reissue edition containing the tracks of two EPs produced by the band in 1984 and 1985.
The original vocal recordings by Alan Marsh were released in 1998 in the album re-issue ''Night of the Blade... The Night Before''.

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


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
;Side one
;Side one
#"Someone to Love" ''<small>(Andy Boulton, Alan Marsh)</small>'' - 3:41
#"Someone to Love" ''<small>(Andy Boulton, Alan Marsh)</small>'' – 3:41
#"Night of the Blade" ''<small>(Boulton, Marsh)</small>'' - 4:01
#"Night of the Blade" ''<small>(Boulton, Marsh)</small>'' – 4:01
#"Rock Me to the Limit" ''<small>(Boulton, Marsh, Vicki James Wright)</small>'' - 5:54
#"Rock Me to the Limit" ''<small>(Boulton, Marsh, Vicki James Wright)</small>'' – 5:54
#"Warrior of the Rising Sun" ''<small>(Boulton, Marsh)</small>'' - 4:25
#"Warrior of the Rising Sun" ''<small>(Boulton, Marsh)</small>'' – 4:25


;Side two
;Side two
#<li value="5">"Unleash the Beast" ''<small>(Boulton, Marsh)</small>'' - 4:32
#<li value="5">"Unleash the Beast" ''<small>(Boulton, Marsh)</small>'' – 4:32
#"Love Struck" ''<small>(Boulton, Marsh, John Wiggins)</small>'' - 3:43
#"Love Struck" ''<small>(Boulton, Marsh, John Wiggins)</small>'' – 3:43
#"Dead of the Night" ''<small>(Boulton, Marsh, Wiggins)</small>'' - 3:45
#"Dead of the Night" ''<small>(Boulton, Marsh, Wiggins)</small>'' – 3:45
#"Lightning Strikes (Straight Through the Heart)" ''<small>(Boulton, Marsh, Wright)</small>'' - 4:21
#"Lightning Strikes (Straight Through the Heart)" ''<small>(Boulton, Marsh, Wright)</small>'' – 4:21


=== 1997 remastered edition bonus tracks===
=== 1997 remastered edition bonus tracks===
#"Fever" - 3:28
#"Fever" – 3:28
#"Attack Attack" - 3:37
#"Attack Attack" – 3:37
#"Madam Guillotine" - 4:43
#"Madam Guillotine" – 4:43
#"Breakout" - 3:44
#"Breakout" – 3:44
#"Monkey's Blood" - 3:43
#"Monkey's Blood" – 3:43
#"Schoolhouse Is Burning" - 3:59
#"Schoolhouse Is Burning" – 3:59
#"Shadows of Insanity" - 5:01
#"Shadows of Insanity" – 5:01
#"Jezzabell" - 3:20
#"Jezzabell" – 3:20


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
===Tokyo Blade===
===Tokyo Blade===
* Vicki James Wright - [[singing|lead vocals]]
* Vicki James Wright – [[singing|lead vocals]]
* Andy Boulton - [[lead guitar]], [[backing vocals]]
* Andy Boulton – [[lead guitar]], [[backing vocals]]
* John Wiggins - lead guitar
* John Wiggins – lead guitar
* Andy Wrighton - [[Bass guitar|bass]], backing vocals
* Andy Wrighton – [[bass guitar]], backing vocals
* Steve Pierce - [[drum kit|drums]]
* Steve Pierce – [[drum kit|drums]]


===Production===
===Production===
* Roy Neave - [[record producer|producer]]
* Roy Neave – [[record producer|producer]]
* [[Ralph Jezzard]] - [[audio engineer|engineer]]
* [[Ralph Jezzard]] – [[audio engineer|engineer]]
* Tony Spath - mixing
* Tony Spath – [[audio mixing|mixing]]


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


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[[Category:1984 albums]]
[[Category:1984 albums]]
[[Category:Tokyo Blade albums]]
[[Category:Tokyo Blade albums]]
[[Category:New Wave of British Heavy Metal albums]]
[[Category:Combat Records albums]]
[[Category:Combat Records albums]]
[[Category:Roadrunner Records albums]]
[[Category:Roadrunner Records albums]]

Latest revision as of 20:35, 9 March 2024

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

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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

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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

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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

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  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

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Tokyo Blade

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Production

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References

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  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.


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