Out of the Night

Out of the Night is the first release by American hard rock band Great White in 1983.^[3] It was independently released and sold more than 8,000 copies in less than three months, with the band supporting Dokken in their 1983 US tour.^[4] This led to EMI picking up the band for their first full-length, self-titled LP. It was reissued as On Your Knees by Enigma Records in 1987, likely to capitalize on the band's growing popularity due to the album Once Bitten....

Out of the Night
EP by Great White
Released	1983
Recorded	November 6 and 17, 1982
Studio	Total Access Recording, Redondo Beach, California
Genre	Glam metal[1]
Length	16:34
Label	Aegean
Producer	Michael Wagener, Don Dokken, Alan Niven
Great White chronology
Out of the Night (1983) Great White (1984)
On Your Knees cover

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	8/10[2]

The songs also appeared on the US CD release of the live album Recovery: Live! and 3 of them ("Out of the Night", "On Your Knees" and "Dead End") appeared in the re-recorded versions on the debut LP.

Track listing

All songs by Jack Russell and Mark Kendall, except "Dead End" by Russell, Kendall, and Gary Holland

1. "Out of the Night" – 2:14
2. "On Your Knees" – 4:19
3. "Last Time" – 3:42
4. "No Way" – 2:57
5. "Dead End" – 3:21

Personnel

Great White

• Jack Russell – lead vocals
• Mark Kendall – guitar, backing vocals
• Lorne Black – bass
• Gary Holland – drums, backing vocals

Additional musicians

• Don Dokken, Michael Wagener, Alan Niven – backing vocals on "On Your Knees"
• Mary Ulanskas – additional vocals on "On Your Knees"

Production

• Michael Wagener – producer, engineer, mixing at Larrabee Sound Studios
• Don Dokken – producer
• Alan Niven – producer on "No Way", executive producer, management
• Sabrina Buchanek – mixing assistant
• Jack Hunt – mastering