Known Formats
CD – catalog # CDE-73207, lyrics included
- yes
The Band
Oz Fox – guitar, back-up vocals
Tim Gaines – bass, keyboards, back-up vocals
Michael Sweet – lead vocals, guitar
Robert Sweet – Drums ("Visual Timekeeper")
Songs
1. Loud 'N Clear (3:33)
2. From Wrong To Right (3:52)
3. My Love I'll Always Show (3:38)
4. You Know What To Do (4:48)
5. Co'Mon Rock (3:46)
6. You Won't Be Lonely (3:44)
7. Loving You (4:16)
8. Reason For The Season (6:33)
Total Time – 34:08
Comments: The original 1984 6-song version of this debut EP
was heavily remastered and
reproduced for this 1986 re-release. This version is much more
polished, and the
big in-your-face guitars featured in the original mix have almost been
completely
muffled
out. Most comments I have read on the internet denounce this
version as
very
inferior to the original...and I have
to join that chorus in agreement. Two addition songs (tracks 3
and 8) were added to try to turn it from an EP to a full length album
of sorts. Track 8 was originally released on the "Reason
For
The Season" single in '84. I'm not positive, but I believe
this re-release was the first
Stryper release to include track 3. Very unfortunately, this
version has ended up
being the official "final" version of The
Yellow
And Black Attack, having been reissued numerous times
over the years along with the other Stryper albums. The original
'84 mix of the EP has never (officially) been issued or reissued on CD
to date, and this is including the ultra-rare orginal Japanese CD
version which features the original missle/hand cover art from the '84
EP.