Power in the Darkness is the debut studio album

Studio album

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 by English

England

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 punk band

Musical ensemble

A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...

 Tom Robinson Band

Tom Robinson Band

Tom Robinson Band were a British rock band, established in 1976 by singer, songwriter and bassist Tom Robinson...

, first released in early 1978. The album consisted of four singles, four B-sides and two new tracks. All ten titles were tracks previously unreleased in the UK, and no songs from any earlier 7" releases were included. However, seven extra songs did appear on album releases in other countries.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Tom Robinson; except where indicated

Original vinyl release (UK)
Side One

1. "Up Against the Wall" - (Robinson, Roy Butterfield) 3:35
2. "Grey Cortina" - 2:10
3. "Too Good to Be True" - (Robinson, Dolphin Taylor) 3:35
4. "Ain't Gonna Take It" (Robinson, Danny Kustow) - 2:53
5. "Long Hot Summer" - 4:44

Side Two

1. "The Winter of '79" (Robinson, Mark Ambler, Taylor, Kustow) - 4:31
2. "Man You Never Saw" (Robinson, Ambler) - 2:44
3. "Better Decide Which Side You're On" - 2:50
4. "You Gotta Survive" (Robinson, Ambler) - 3:15
5. "Power in the Darkness" (Robinson, Ambler) - 4:55

Bonus tracks

1. "2-4-6-8 Motorway"
2. "I Shall Be Released
   I Shall Be Released
   "I Shall Be Released" is a 1967 song written by Bob Dylan.The Band played it on their debut album, Music from Big Pink , with Richard Manuel singing lead vocals, and Rick Danko and Levon Helm harmonizing in the chorus...
   
   " (Bob Dylan
   Bob Dylan
   Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
   
   )
3. "(Sing If You're) Glad to Be Gay
   Glad to Be Gay
   "Glad to Be Gay" is a song by British punk rock/New Wave group Tom Robinson Band. It is one of their defining songs, in addition to being considered Britain's national gay anthem since its release.-Song information:...
   
   "
4. "Don't Take No for an Answer"
5. "Martin"
6. "Right On Sister" (Robinson, Taylor)
7. "I'm All Right Jack"
8. "I'm Waiting for My Man"† (Live at the London Lyceum, 1977) (Lou Reed
   Lou Reed
   Lewis Allan "Lou" Reed is an American rock musician, songwriter, and photographer. He is best known as guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of The Velvet Underground, and for his successful solo career, which has spanned several decades...
   
   )
9. "Power in the Darkness"† (2004 Remix)

† These tracks were included in a digitally remastered, Copy Control

Copy Control

Copy Control was the generic name of a copy prevention system, used from 2001 until 2006 on several digital audio disc releases by EMI Group and Sony BMG Music Entertainment in several regions...

led 2004 re-release.

Personnel

• Tom Robinson
  Tom Robinson
  Tom Robinson is an English singer-songwriter, bassist and radio presenter, better known for the hits "Glad to Be Gay", "2-4-6-8 Motorway", and "Don't Take No for an Answer", with his Tom Robinson Band...
  
   - vocals, bass
• Danny Kustow
  Danny Kustow
  Danny Kustow is an English guitar player best known for his work with Tom Robinson Band.- Career :Kustow grew up in North London and started his professional guitar playing career as a member of Tom Robinson Band in January 1977...
  
   - guitar
• Mark Ambler - organ, piano
• Dolphin Taylor
  Dolphin Taylor
  Brian "Dolphin" Taylor is a British drummer.-Tom Robinson Band:His career started when he gave a friend a lift to an audition as bass guitarist for the Tom Robinson Band in 1976. As the band had no drummer at that point, Dolphin filled in...
  
   - drums
• Bill Price
  Bill Price (record producer)
  Bill Price is a producer and engineer famed for his work with The Clash, The Sex Pistols, Guns N' Roses, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Nymphs and The Waterboys....
  
   - engineer

Rock Against Racism

The sleeve notes of Power in the Darkness included the founding declaration of the Rock Against Racism

Rock Against Racism

Rock Against Racism was a campaign set up in the United Kingdom in 1976 as a response to an increase in racial conflict and the growth of white nationalist groups such as the National Front. The campaign involved pop, rock and reggae musicians staging concerts with an anti-racist theme, in order...

movement.