---
title: "The First Cut’s the Deepest: The Tokyo Blade Anthology 1983–2013 by Tokyo Blade"
type: "MusicAlbum"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/album/fa8f024a-9eb0-4308-b58a-da1997ba3326"
artist: "Tokyo Blade"
year: 2013
label: "Hear No Evil Recordings Ltd"
---

# The First Cut’s the Deepest: The Tokyo Blade Anthology 1983–2013

**The First Cut’s the Deepest: The Tokyo Blade Anthology 1983–2013** is a compilation by Tokyo Blade, released in 2013 on Hear No Evil Recordings Ltd.

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Title | The First Cut’s the Deepest: The Tokyo Blade Anthology 1983–2013 |
| Artist | Tokyo Blade |
| Type | Compilation |
| Year | 2013 |
| Label | Hear No Evil Recordings Ltd |
| Tracks | 34 |
| Place in discography | 24 of 31 |

## Tracklist

| # | Track | Length |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Midnight Rendez‐Vous | 3:23 |
| 2 | Meanstreak | 4:44 |
| 3 | Highway Passion | 4:25 |
| 4 | If Heaven Is Hell | 6:01 |
| 5 | Powergame | 4:13 |
| 6 | Death on Mainstreet | 3:35 |
| 7 | Liar | 5:34 |
| 8 | Tonight | 4:03 |
| 9 | Sunrise in Tokyo | 5:47 |
| 10 | Lightning Strikes | 4:31 |
| 11 | Fever | 3:29 |
| 12 | Attack, Attack | 3:38 |
| 13 | Unleash the Beast | 4:32 |
| 14 | Night of the Blade | 4:02 |
| 15 | Dead of the Night | 3:56 |
| 16 | Madame Guillotine | 4:42 |
| 17 | Breakout | 3:44 |
| 18 | Lovestruck | 3:43 |
| 19 | Dirty Faced Angels | 3:26 |
| 20 | Make It Through the Night | 3:58 |
| 21 | Blackhearts and Jaded Spades | 3:57 |
| 22 | Undercover Honeymoon | 3:46 |
| 23 | Playground of Poison Dreams | 5:10 |
| 24 | Stealing the Thief | 3:22 |
| 25 | Bottom End | 1:44 |
| 26 | Hot for Love | 4:19 |
| 27 | Movie Star | 4:02 |
| 28 | Tokyo City | 4:18 |
| 29 | Heartbreaker | 4:37 |
| 30 | 1000 Years (intro) / The Eye of the Storm | 4:59 |
| 31 | Shadows of Insanity | 5:14 |
| 32 | Burning Down Paradise | 5:29 |
| 33 | Kickback | 5:15 |
| 34 | Dead End Kid | 4:38 |

## Genres

[Heavy Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/heavy-metal) · [NWOBHM](https://themetalnet.com/genre/nwobhm)

## Release tags

Heavy Metal

## In the discography

- Previous release: [Genghis Khan Killers (2012)](https://themetalnet.com/album/b1bcb4ff-82f9-4e1d-9019-3c3aaa9d668e)
- Next release: [Tokyo Blade (2016)](https://themetalnet.com/album/c25741e6-9301-403b-b575-6d5f16b3d613)

## Artist

- [Tokyo Blade](https://themetalnet.com/band/tokyo-blade)

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/album/fa8f024a-9eb0-4308-b58a-da1997ba3326](https://themetalnet.com/album/fa8f024a-9eb0-4308-b58a-da1997ba3326). Catalog compiled from open music-metadata sources. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt