Death Walks Behind You is the second studio album by British rock band Atomic Rooster

Atomic Rooster

Atomic Rooster were an English progressive rock band, composed of former members of the The Crazy World of Arthur Brown. Throughout their history, keyboardist Vincent Crane was the only constant member, and wrote the majority of their material. Their history is defined by two periods, in the early...

. It was their first album to receive US release, albeit in a different sleeve. It is commonly thought of as the archetypal Atomic Rooster album, recorded by the 'classic' line-up of Vincent Crane

Vincent Crane

Vincent Crane was a self-taught pianist, who studied theory and composition at Trinity College of Music, and graduated in 1964...

, John Du Cann

John Du Cann

John William Cann , later known by his stage name John Du Cann, was a British guitarist primarily known through his work in the 1970s band, Atomic Rooster...

 and Paul Hammond

Paul Hammond (musician)

Paul Hammond was an English rock drummer, best known for his time with the progressive rock band Atomic Rooster.-Career:Born in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, Hammond began playing drums aged 12, and joined his first band, The Farm, after winning a competition in the Melody Maker music newspaper...

. It is certainly, critically and commercially, their most successful album and often hailed as a classic of the progressive rock

Progressive rock

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 genre. It also produced the hit single "Tomorrow Night" (UK #12), which became one of the band's best-known songs. The album's cover features the William Blake

William Blake

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 painting Nebuchadnezzar http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?workid=1123.

The title track was covered on record in 1992 by Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost (band)

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 and in 2000 by Bigelf

Bigelf

Bigelf is a progressive rock/progressive metal band formed in Los Angeles, CA in 1991. They have since released three studio albums.-Biography:...

 (album Money Machine).

Side one

1. "Death Walks Behind You" (Du Cann/Crane) 7:28
2. "VUG" (Crane) 4:57
3. "Tomorrow Night" (Crane) 3:56
4. "Seven Lonely Streets" (Du Cann) 6:40

Side two

5. "Sleeping For Years" (Du Cann) 5:24
6. "I Can't Take No More" (Du Cann) 3:32
7. "Nobody Else" (Crane/Du Cann) 4:58
8. "Gershatzer" (Crane) 7:58

2004 Castle Music CD reissue bonus tracks

9. "Play the Game" (Du Cann) 4:42 - "Tomorrow Night" B-side 1971
10. "Devil's Answer" (Du Cann) 3:59 – demo with Carl Palmer 1970
11. "Tomorrow Night" (Crane) 5:28 - BBC Radio Session 1971
12. "Shabooloo" aka "Before Tomorrow" (Crane/Du Cann) 6:05 - BBC Radio Session 1971
13. "Death Walks Behind You" (Crane/Du Cann) 6:06 - BBC Radio Session 1971
14. "Devil's Answer" (Du Cann) 3:26 - original single version 1971

2006 Akarma Records unlicensed CD reissue bonus tracks

9. "Tomorrow Night" 5:27 - BBC Radio Session 1971
10. "Shabooloo" (Crane/Du Cann) 6:10 - BBC Radio Session 1971
11. "Death Walks Behind You" (Crane/Du Cann) 6:04 - BBC Radio Session 1971
12. "The Rock" (Crane) 4:32 - In Hearing of Atomic Rooster
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    album track

Personnel (original album)

• Vincent Crane
  Vincent Crane
  Vincent Crane was a self-taught pianist, who studied theory and composition at Trinity College of Music, and graduated in 1964...
  
  : Hammond organ
  Hammond organ
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  , piano
  Piano
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  , backing vocals
  Backing vocalist
  A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
  
  
• John Du Cann
  John Du Cann
  John William Cann , later known by his stage name John Du Cann, was a British guitarist primarily known through his work in the 1970s band, Atomic Rooster...
  
  : guitars
  Electric guitar
  An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
  
  , vocals
  Singing
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• Paul Hammond
  Paul Hammond (musician)
  Paul Hammond was an English rock drummer, best known for his time with the progressive rock band Atomic Rooster.-Career:Born in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, Hammond began playing drums aged 12, and joined his first band, The Farm, after winning a competition in the Melody Maker music newspaper...
  
  : drum
  Drum
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  s, percussion