Total Rational! is a Rational Youth compilation album, released (without authorisation from the band) by the Dutch label Rams Horn, who had previously released the Cold War Night Life album and some singles on license from YUL records.

Total Rational!
Compilation album by
Released1994
Recorded1981–82
GenreSynthpop
LabelRams Horn
ProducerPat Deserio
Rational Youth chronology
Malade
(1985)
Total Rational!
(1994)
All Our Saturdays (1981–1986)
(1996)

Total Rational! contains the entire Cold War Night Life album, single tracks and extended mixes, including the unauthorised extended remix of "Dancing On The Berlin Wall"..

Track listing

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  1. "Mondays in Moravia" – 4:03
  2. "Far from the City" – 4:35
  3. "Sound the Glockenspiel" – 5:10
  4. "Strength Area" – 3:36
  5. "Waltzing on Tammany Hall" – 4:33
  6. "Watch out for the Insect" – 4:03
  7. "Village of Dusk" – 3:48
  8. "Just a Murmur in the Evening" – 4:49
  9. "Pile ou ?" – 5:37
  10. "The Shining of the Moon" – 2:54
  11. "Baby got Back" – 4:00

Personnel

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  • Tracy Howe - vocals, synthesizers
  • Bill Vorn - synthesizers, programming, vocoder
  • Kevin Komoda - synthesizers