Children of the Night

This article is about the Nash the Slash LP. For the EP by Dream Evil, see Children of the Night (Dream Evil EP). Dream Evil is a heavy metal band from Sweden, assembled and integrated by renowned musical producer Fredrik Nordström Children of the Night is an EP released by the Power metal band Dream Evil.

Children of the Night

Studio album by Nash the Slash

Released

February 1981

Recorded

Britannia Row, London November-December 1980

Professional reviews

All Music Guide (4/5) link

Nash the Slash chronology

Dreams & Nightmares
(1979)

Children of the Night
(1981)

And You Thought You Were Normal
(1982)

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In amongst original material by Nash were quirky covers of Jan and Dean's "Dead Man's Curve" and The Rolling Stones' "19th Nervous Breakdown". Jan and Dean were a Rock and roll duo, popular from the late 1950s through the mid 1960s consisting of William Jan Berry ( April 3, Dead Man's Curve is the unofficial but commonly used name given to hazardous curves on Interstate and other roads in the United States that have claimed lives due to accidents " 19th Nervous Breakdown " is a song by the English rock band The Rolling Stones. His adaptation of Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water" was entitled "Dopes on the Water", while the opening composition "Wolf" quoted musical passages from Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf. Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertfordshire in 1968 " Smoke on the Water " is a song by the British Hard rock band Deep Purple. Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (Серге́й Серге́евич Проко́фьев Sergéj Sergéjevič Prokófjev) ( - 5 March 1953 was a Russian composer who Peter and the Wolf is a composition by Sergei Prokofiev written in 1936 after his return to the Soviet Union.

The album was recorded in six weeks at Britannia Row Studios, London, in late 1980 and produced by Steve Hillage. Britannia Row Studios is a Recording studio in Fulham, London SW6 England. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Steve Hillage is a British musician best known as a guitarist It was released on the Virgin Records label DinDisc, which was owned by Richard Branson. Virgin Records is a British Record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell DinDisc was a short-lived subsidiary label of Virgin Records during the beginning of the 1980s Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950 is an English Business magnate, best known for his Virgin brand of over 360 companies The album was re-released on CD in 2000 with bonus tracks.

Track listing

"Wolf"
"Dead Man's Curve"
"Children of the Night"
"Deep Forest"
"In a Glass Eye"
"19th Nervous Breakdown"
"Swing Shift (Soixante Neuf)"
"Metropolis"
"Dopes on the Water"
"Danger Zone"
"Wolf" (live version 1980) *
"Danger Zone" (live version 1980) *
"Reactor No. 2" *
"Swing Shift" (original version) *
"Swing Shift" (flexi version) *
"Children of the Night" (live version 1997) *

Bonus tracks on CD re-release only 2000

Miscellanea

The cover photos were shot at Paddington Station in London and feature the children of Dindisc (Virgin) employees. London Paddington station, also known as London Paddington, or just simply Paddington, is a major National Rail and London Underground station The inside cover of the CD release in 2000 features a photo of a bandaged Richard Branson together with Nash and other Virgin Records employees.

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