Night Attack (album)

Night Attack
Night Attack
Studio album by The Angels
Released	November 1981
Studio	EMI 301 Studio, Sydney, Australia
Genre	Hard rock
Length	38:23
Label	Epic
Producer	Ed Thacker, John Brewster, Rick Brewster
The Angels chronology
Singles from Night Attack
	"Night Attack"; Released: January 1982; "Living on the Outside"; Released: 1982;

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]

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	7/10^[4]

Track listings[edit]

All tracks written by John Brewster (as John Brewster-Jones), Rick Brewster (as Richard Brewster-Jones), Doc Neeson (as Bernard Neeson) unless otherwise indicated.^[5]

Australian 1981 release

Side one

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

Side two

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

Bonus tracks on 2002 Shock Records release

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

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	7/10^[4]

Personnel[edit]

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[edit]

Chart (1981/82)	Peak position
Australian (Kent Music Report)^[6]	11
US (Billboard Rock Charts)^[7]	42

Certifications[edit]


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[8]	Platinum	50,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References[edit]

^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
^ The Angels - Night Attack at Australian-Charts
^ The Angels - Night Attack at Australian Music Database^{[permanent dead link]}
^ ^a ^b Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 19. ISBN 978-1894959315.
^ "APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association. Archived from the original on 17 May 2007. Retrieved 27 September 2008. Note: requires user to input track title e.g. LONG NIGHT
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book Ltd. pp. 17–18. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) created their own charts
^ "Billboard". 27 March 1982.
^ "Platinum and Gold Albums 1982". Kent Music Report. 28 February 1983. Retrieved 26 December 2022 – via Imgur.

[Kent-1] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.

[2] The Angels - Night Attack at Australian-Charts

[3] The Angels - Night Attack at Australian Music Database^{[permanent dead link]}

[martin-4] Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 19. ISBN 978-1894959315.

[APRA-5] "APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association. Archived from the original on 17 May 2007. Retrieved 27 September 2008. Note: requires user to input track title e.g. LONG NIGHT

[Kent2-6] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book Ltd. pp. 17–18. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) created their own charts

[7] "Billboard". 27 March 1982.

[8] "Platinum and Gold Albums 1982". Kent Music Report. 28 February 1983. Retrieved 26 December 2022 – via Imgur.

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