Night Attack (album) explained

Night Attack
Type:	studio
Artist:	The Angels
Cover:	Night Attack.jpg
Released:	November 1981
Studio:	EMI 301 Studio, Sydney, Australia
Genre:	Hard rock
Length:	38:23
Label:	Epic
Producer:	Ed Thacker, John Brewster, Rick Brewster
Prev Title:	Dark Room
Prev Year:	1980
Next Title:	Watch the Red
Next Year:	1983

Night Attack is the fifth studio album by Australian band The Angels, it was released in November 1981 through Epic Records. The album peaked at No. 11 on the National albums chart.^[1] For the 1982 American release of Night Attack by Epic Records, they used the band name Angel City.

In June 2002, Shock Records issued The Complete Sessions 1980 - 1983. The 4-CD box set included remasters of Dark Room (9 bonus tracks), Night Attack (9 bonus tracks), Watch The Red (5 bonus tracks) and The Blow (2-CD set). In June 2006, Liberation Music re-issued Night Attack from The Complete Sessions 1980 - 1983. The album peaked at number 13 on the ARIA Charts and it also charted at number 14 on the Recorded Music NZ.^{[2] [3]}

Track listings

All tracks written by John Brewster (as John Brewster-Jones), Rick Brewster (as Richard Brewster-Jones), Doc Neeson (as Bernard Neeson) unless otherwise indicated.^[4]

Australian 1981 release

Side one

1. "Long Night" – 4:12
2. "Runnin' Wild" – 4:19
3. "Fashion and Fame" – 4:38
4. "City Out of Control" – 5:55

Side two

1. "Night Attack" (J. Brewster, R. Brewster, Neeson, Brent Eccles) – 3:31
2. "Nothin' to Win" – 4:14
3. "Living on the Outside" – 4:20
4. "Talk About You" (J. Brewster, R. Brewster, Neeson, Eccles) – 3:29
5. "Storm the Bastille" (J. Brewster, R. Brewster, Neeson, Chris Bailey) – 3:43

Bonus tracks on 2002 Shock Records release

10. "Casablanca" – 4:18
11. "Small Talk" – 3:31
12. "Back on You" – 3:05
13. "Chaplin's Drum" – 3:22
14. "Fashion and Fame" (live) – 4:40
15. "Talk About You" (live) (J. Brewster, R. Brewster, Neeson, Eccles) – 3:31
16. "Bad Dream" (live) (J. Brewster, R. Brewster, Neeson, Bailey) – 4:20
17. "Angel" (live) – 4:46
18. "Devil's Gate" (live) – 5:51

Personnel

The Angels / Angel City members

• Doc Neeson – lead vocals
• Rick Brewster – lead guitar, producer, mixing at Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles
• John Brewster – rhythm guitar, harmonica, vocals, producer, mixing
• Chris Bailey – bass guitar, vocals
• Brent Eccles – drums

Production

• Ed Thacker – producer, engineer, mixing
• Paul Ray – assistant engineer
• Greg Calbi – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York
• Bob King – photography
• J. Brewster, R. Brewster, Peter McIan – producers on bonus tracks

2006 re-issue

• Don Bartley, R. Brewster – remastering
• David Williams – reissue coordinator, track selector
• R. Brewster – compilation
• Glenn A. Baker, R. Brewster, Brent Eccles – liner notes

Charts

Chart (1981/82)	Peak position
Australian (Kent Music Report)^[5]	11
US (Billboard Rock Charts)^[6]	42

Notes and References

1. Book: Kent, David. Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
2. http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Angels&titel=Night+Attack&cat=a The Angels - Night Attack at Australian-Charts
3. http://www.australianmusicdatabase.com/recordings/night-attack-by-the-angels-- The Angels - Night Attack at Australian Music Database
4. Web site: . APRA search engine . 2008-09-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070517150759/http://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt . May 17, 2007 . Note: requires user to input track title e.g. LONG NIGHT
5. Book: . Kent . David . David Kent (historian) . Australian Chart Book Ltd . . 1993 . 0-646-11917-6 . 17–18. Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) created their own charts
6. Web site: Billboard. 27 March 1982.