Tokyo Blade (album)

Tokyo Blade
Original album cover
Studio album by Tokyo Blade
Released	1983
Recorded	1983
Studio	Wickham Studios, Rooster Studios, Cave Studios, Bristol, UK
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	43:52
Label	Powerstation Records
Producer	Kevin D. Nixon, Andy Allen
Tokyo Blade chronology
Tokyo Blade (1983) Midnight Rendezvous (1984)
Singles from Tokyo Blade
"Powergame" / "Death on Main Street" Released: 1983 "If Heaven Is Hell" / "Highway Passion" Released: 1983

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	7/10
Metal Forces	9/10

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" (Andy Boulton, Al Marsh) – 4:12
2. "Break the Chains" (Boulton, Marsh, John Wiggins) – 5:07
3. "If Heaven Is Hell" (Boulton, Marsh) – 6:04
4. "On Through the Night" (Boulton, Marsh) – 7:29

Side two

5. "Killer City" (Boulton, Marsh) – 5:47
6. "Liar" (Boulton, Marsh) – 5:37
7. "Tonight" (Russ Ballard) – 4:02
8. "Sunrise in Tokyo" (Boulton, Marsh) – 5:47
9. "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

• Alan Marsh – lead vocals
• Andy Boulton – guitar
• John Wiggins – guitar (except tracks 3, 10-13)
• Andy Robbins – bass guitar
• Steve Pierce – drums

Additional musicians

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

Production

• Kevin D. Nixon – producer
• Ralph Jezzard – engineer
• Tony Spath – mixing
• Andy Allen – producer, engineer and mixing of tracks 3, 10-13.