Cold War Night Life

Cold War Night Life
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 1982
Recorded1981–1982
Genre
Length47:54
LabelYUL Records
ProducerPat Deserio
Rational Youth chronology
Cité Phosphore
(1982)
Cold War Night Life
(1982)
City of Night
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic(4.5/5)

Cold War Night Life is the 1982 debut album by Rational Youth, containing their most well known song, "Saturdays in Silesia". Long out of print, it was re-released by EMI on CD in 1997 after an e-mail campaign by fans. It was subsequently re-released by Universal Music in 2019.

The online magazine and record label, Cold War Night Life, was named after the album. In 2017, it released a tribute album, Heresy, that featured a number of tracks from Cold War Night Life performed by electronic artists from Canada, Germany, Australia, Sweden, Norway and the UK.

In 2019, Cold War Night Life was re-released in deluxe 2-LP and CD formats by Universal Music Canada.