Out of the Night

Out of the Night is the first release by American hard rock band Great White in 1983.[3] It was independently released and sold more than 8,000 copies in less than three months, with the band supporting Dokken in their 1983 US tour.[4] This led to EMI picking up the band for their first full-length, self-titled LP. It was reissued as On Your Knees by Enigma Records in 1987, likely to capitalize on the band's growing popularity due to the album Once Bitten....

Out of the Night
EP by
Great White
Released1983
RecordedNovember 6 & 17, 1982
StudioTotal Access Recording, Redondo Beach, California
GenreGlam metal
Length16:34
LabelAegean
ProducerMichael Wagener, Don Dokken, Alan Niven
Great White chronology
Out of the Night
(1983)		 Great White
(1984)
On Your Knees cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal8/10[2]

The songs also appeared on the US CD release of the live album Recovery: Live! and 3 of them ("Out of the Night", "On Your Knees" and "Dead End") appeared in the re-recorded versions on the debut LP.

Track listing

All songs by Jack Russell and Mark Kendall, except "Dead End" by Russell, Kendall, and Gary Holland

  1. "Out of the Night" – 2:14
  2. "On Your Knees" – 4:19
  3. "Last Time" – 3:42
  4. "No Way" – 2:57
  5. "Dead End" – 3:21

Personnel

Great White
  • Jack Russell – lead vocals
  • Mark Kendall – guitar, backing vocals
  • Lorne Black – bass
  • Gary Holland – drums, backing vocals

Additional musicians
  • Don Dokken, Michael Wagener, Alan Niven – backing vocals on "On Your Knees"
  • Mary Ulanskas – additional vocals on "On Your Knees"

Production
  • Michael Wagener – producer, engineer, mixing at Larrabee Sound Studios
  • Don Dokken – producer
  • Alan Niven – producer on "No Way", executive producer, management
  • Sabrina Buchanek – mixing assistant
  • Jack Hunt – mastering

References
  1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Great White On Your Knees review". AllMusic. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
  2. Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 137. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
  3. "Great White – Out of the Night". Sleaze Roxx. Retrieved March 22, 2011.
  4. "Mayhem!". Kerrang! (42): 10. May 19, 1983.
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