Lights in the Night

Lights in the Night is the second album by Flash and the Pan, released in 1980.

Lights In The Night
Studio album by
Flash and the Pan
Released1980
RecordedAlbert Studios, Sydney, Australia.
LabelAlbert Productions (AUS)
Ensign (EUR)
Epic (US)
ProducerVanda & Young
Flash and the Pan chronology
Flash and the Pan
(1979)		 Lights In The Night
(1980)		 Headlines
(1982)

Critical reception

Billboard editors placed album review in Recommended section found the sound of the band similar to M and The Buggles but noticed the synthesized talk-sing voices of performers sounds tiring.[1]

Track listing
  1. "Media Man"
  2. "Headhunter"
  3. "Restless"
  4. "Welcome To The Universe"
  5. "Make Your Own Cross"
  6. "Lights In The Night"
  7. "Let The Captain Beware"
  8. "Atlantis Calling"

Charts
Chart (1980) Peak
position
Australian (Kent Music Report)78[2]

Personnel
  • Harry Vanda - producer, guitar, vocals
  • George Young - producer, synthesizer, lead vocals
  • Les Karski - bass
  • Warren Morgan - piano
  • Ray Arnott - drums
  • Jack Skinner - mastering
  • Colin Freeman - mixing
  • Gene Grief - album artwork
  • Janet Perr - album artwork

Notes
  • The "Lights In the Night" album cover artwork features a comic book like illustration of a boy seeing a die fly by. On the three visible sides of the die are American Sign Language (AmSLan) hand signs for "U", "F", and "O" spelling "UFO".
  • On the album cover, light strikes reveal part of the front and back covers of the first Flash and the Pan album. If you hold the album cover under a light source, you can not only actually see the debut's cover, you can even read the liner notes.

References
  1. "Review: Flash and the Pan — Lights in the Night" (PDF). Billboard. 85 (20). 17 May 1980. p. 66. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 31 May 2020 – via American Radio History.
  2. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 113. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.


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