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Night of a Thousand Candles
Studio album by
The Men They Couldn't Hang
Released1985
RecordedElephant Studios, Wapping.
GenreRoots rock, Folk-rock, Folk-punk
Length37:07
LabelDemon
ProducerNick Lowe, Harold Burgen, Philip Chevron, Tony Poole
The Men They Couldn't Hang chronology
Night of a Thousand Candles
(1985)
How Green Is The Valley
(1986)
Singles from Night of a Thousand Candles
  1. "The Green Fields of France"
    Released: 1984
  2. "Ironmasters"
    Released: 1985
  3. "Greenback Dollar"
    Released: 1985

Night of a Thousand Candles is the first studio album by the band The Men They Couldn't Hang. It was released in 1985 on vinyl and cassette format, and then on CD format in 1987. The cassette version has two additional tracks, and the CD version has six bonus tracks added. Tracks from the album were performed before its release during the John Peel sessions on July 14, 1984, and January 22, 1985.[1] Their cover version of Eric Bogle's, "The Green Fields of France" reached number 3 on John Peel's festive 50 in 1984 and "Ironmasters", the second single from the album, reached number 11 in 1985.[2] The album also came 10th on Melody Maker's End Of Year Critic Lists 1985.[3]

  1. ^ "BBC - Radio 1 - Keeping It Peel - 16/07/1985 Men They Couldn't Hang".
  2. ^ "BBC - Radio 1 - Keeping It Peel - Festive 50s - 1985".
  3. ^ "Rocklist.net... Melody Maker Lists the '70's & '80's".

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