Tokyo Blade (album)


Tokyo Blade is the debut album by English heavy metal band Tokyo Blade. It was originally released in 1983 and reissued by High Vaultage Records in a remastered edition on CD in 1997, including all the 4 tracks from the 1984 Midnight Rendezvous EP, which actually were recorded in early 1983 while the band was called Genghis Khan plus "Death on Main Street" which was originally the b-side on "Powergame" 7" and recorded at the same sessions as the album.

Track listings

;Side one
  1. "Powergame" ' – 4:12
  2. "Break the Chains" ' – 5:07
  3. "If Heaven Is Hell" ' – 6:04
  4. "On Through the Night" ' – 7:29
;Side two
  2. "Killer City" ' – 5:47
  3. "Liar" ' – 5:37
  4. "Tonight" ' – 4:02
  5. "Sunrise in Tokyo" ' – 5:47
  6. "Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia" – 1:13

1997 remastered edition

  1. "Powergame" – 4:12
  2. "Break the Chains" – 5:07
  3. "If Heaven Is Hell" – 6:04
  4. "On Through the Night" – 7:29
  5. "Killer City" – 5:47
  6. "Liar" – 5:37
  7. "Tonight" – 4:02
  8. "Sunrise in Tokyo" – 5:47
  9. "Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia" – 1:13
  10. "If Heaven Is Hell" – 6:00
  11. "Highway Passion" – 4:24
  12. "Midnight Rendezvous" – 3:22
  13. "Mean Streak" – 4:44
  14. "Death on Main Street" – 4:38

Personnel

Tokyo Blade

Additional musicians

  • Ray Dismore – guitar on tracks 3,10-13.

Production