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| Name = Night of the Blade
| Name = Night of the Blade
| Type = studio album
| Type = studio album
| Cover = Tokyo Blade night of the blade.jpg
| Artist = [[Tokyo Blade]]
| Artist = [[Tokyo Blade]]
| Released = 1984
| Released = 1984
| Recorded = Fairview Studios, [[Kingston upon Hull]], UK
| Recorded = Fairview Studios, [[Kingston upon Hull]], UK
| Genre = [[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]]
| Genre = [[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]]
| Length = 43:52, 67:00 (re-issue)
| Length = 34:22, 65:57 (re-issue)
| Label = Powerstation Records (UK)<br>[[Combat Records]] (USA)<br>[[Roadrunner Records]] (EU)
| Label = Powerstation Records (UK)<br>[[Combat Records|Combat]] (USA)<br>[[Roadrunner Records|Roadrunner]] (EU)
| Producer = Roy Neave
| Producer = Roy Neave
| Last album = ''[[Tokyo Blade (album)|Tokyo Blade]]''<br />(1983)
| Last album = ''[[Tokyo Blade (album)|Tokyo Blade]]''<br />(1983)
| This album = '''''Night of the Blade'''''<br />(1984)
| This album = '''''Night of the Blade'''''<br />(1984)
| Next album = ''[[Black Hearts & Jaded Spades|Blackhearts and Jaded Spades]]''<br />(1985)
| Next album = ''[[Black Hearts & Jaded Spades|Blackhearts and Jaded Spades]]''<br />(1985)
}}
{{Album ratings
| 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>
| noprose = yes
}}
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'''''Night of the Blade''''' is the third studio album released by [[NWOBHM]] band [[Tokyo Blade]] on [[Combat Records]] in 1984, and is the first Tokyo Blade album with [[Vicki James Wright]] (Vic Wright) on vocals. It was remastered and reissued in 1997 along with the album ''[[Tokyo Blade (album)|Tokyo Blade]]''.
'''''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. It was 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.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
#"Someone to Love"
#"Someone to Love" - 3:41
#"Night of the Blade"
#"Night of the Blade" - 4:01
#"Rock Me to the Limit"
#"Rock Me to the Limit" - 5:54
#"Warrior of the Rising Sun"
#"Warrior of the Rising Sun" - 4:25
#"Unleash the Beast"
#"Unleash the Beast" - 4:32
#"Love Struck"
#"Love Struck" - 3:43
#"Dead of the Night"
#"Dead of the Night" - 3:45
#"Lightning Strikes (Straight Through the Heart)"
#"Lightning Strikes (Straight Through the Heart)" - 4:21
#"Fever"
⚫
#"Attack Attack"
⚫
#"Madam Guillotine"
⚫
#"Breakout"


=== 1997 remastered edition bonus tracks===
==Track listing (1997 Remastered Edition)==
#"Someone to Love"
#"Fever" - 3:28
⚫
#"Attack Attack" - 3:37
#"Night of the Blade"
⚫
#"Madam Guillotine" - 4:43
#"Rock Me to the Limit"
⚫
#"Breakout" - 3:44
#"Warrior of the Rising Sun"
⚫
#"Monkey's Blood" - 3:43
#"Unleash the Beast"
⚫
#"Schoolhouse Is Burning" - 3:59
#"Love Struck"
#"Dead of the Night"
#"Shadows of Insanity" - 5:01
⚫
#"Jezzabell" - 3:20
#"Lightning Strikes (Straight Through the Heart)"
#"Fever"
#"Attack Attack"
#"Madam Guillotine"
#"Breakout"
⚫
#"Monkey's Blood"
⚫
#"Schoolhouse Is Burning"
#"Shadows of Insanity"
⚫
#"Jezzabell"


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


===Production===
===Production===
* [[Kevin D. Nixon]] - [[record producer|producer]]
* Roy Neave - [[record producer|producer]]
* [[Ralph Jezzard]] - [[engineer]]
* [[Ralph Jezzard]] - [[engineer]]
* Tony Spath - mixing
* Tony Spath - mixing

==References==
{{Reflist}}


[[Category:1984 albums]]
[[Category:1984 albums]]

Revision as of 18:54, 22 June 2011

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Allmusic [1]

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. It was 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

  1. "Someone to Love" - 3:41
  2. "Night of the Blade" - 4:01
  3. "Rock Me to the Limit" - 5:54
  4. "Warrior of the Rising Sun" - 4:25
  5. "Unleash the Beast" - 4:32
  6. "Love Struck" - 3:43
  7. "Dead of the Night" - 3:45
  8. "Lightning Strikes (Straight Through the Heart)" - 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 2011-06-20.
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