Rational Youth

Rational Youth

synthpop new wave 80s electronic Canadian

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About Rational Youth

Rational Youth was a Canadian New Wave band, originally formed in 1981 in Montreal, Quebec, by synthesizer wizards Tracy Howe and Bill Vorn, both of whom idolized the German synthpop pioneers Kraftwerk. Among the band's notable singles were "Saturdays in Silesia" and "Dancing on the Berlin Wall," from their debut album, Cold War Night Life (1982); and "In Your Eyes" and "Holiday in Bangkok," from Heredity (1985) (both tracks appeared previously on a Rational Youth mini-album from 1983).

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Top Tracks

1

Saturdays in Silesia

35.2K plays

2

City of Night

21.3K plays

3

Dancing on the Berlin Wall

18.4K plays

4

I Want to See the Light

15.4K plays

5

Close to Nature

16.4K plays

6

Coboloid Race

11.2K plays

7

Le Meilleur Des Mondes

10.0K plays

8

Beware the Fly

11.1K plays

9

Just a Sound in the Night

10.7K plays

10

Ring the Bells

8.4K plays

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