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{{Infobox album
| name         = Death Walks Behind You
| type         = Album
| artist       = [[Atomic Rooster]]
| cover        = Death Walks Behind You.jpg
| alt          =
| released     = September 1970
| recorded     = August 1970
| venue        =
| studio       =
| genre        = {{hlist|[[Progressive rock]]|[[hard rock]]|[[proto-metal]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sleazegrinderpublished |date=19 August 2021 |title=10 proto-metal albums you should definitely own |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/10-best-proto-metal-albums |access-date=20 April 2023 |website=louder |language=en}}</ref>}}
| length       = 45:27
| label        = [[B & C Records|B&C]] (original UK release)<br />[[Elektra Records|Elektra]] (original USA release)<br />[[Philips Records|Philips]] (original German release)<br />[[Repertoire Records|Repertoire]] (1990 & 2000 German reissues)<br />Akarma (2006 Italian reissue)
| producer     = [[Atomic Rooster]]
| prev_title   = [[Atomic Roooster]]
| prev_year    = 1970
| next_title   = [[In Hearing of Atomic Rooster]]
| next_year    = 1971
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic">{{Cite web |title=Atomic Rooster – ''Death Walks Behind You'': Review |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/death-walks-behind-you-mw0000331794 |publisher=AllMusic |language=en |access-date=18 August 2022}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Record Guide]]''
|rev2score = {{rating|1|5}}<ref>{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Record Guide |date=1979 |publisher=Random House |pages=14–15}}</ref>
}}
'''''Death Walks Behind You''''' is the second [[studio album]] by British [[rock (music)|rock]] band [[Atomic Rooster]], released in September 1970.<ref name="Allmusic" /> It was their first album to receive a US release, albeit in a different sleeve. It is commonly thought of as the archetypal Atomic Rooster album, recorded by the 'classic' line-up of [[Vincent Crane]], [[John Du Cann]] and [[Paul Hammond (musician)|Paul Hammond]]. Certainly it is their most successful album, critically and commercially, and often hailed as a classic of the [[progressive rock]] genre. It produced the hit single "[[Tomorrow Night (Atomic Rooster song)|Tomorrow Night]]" (UK No. 11), which became one of the band's best-known songs. The album cover features the [[William Blake]] monotype ''[[Nebuchadnezzar (Blake)|Nebuchadnezzar]]''. Band photos were taken at Churchfield Road Cemetery, Acton W3, by former actor-turned photographer Richard Lyon.
== Reception ==
In a retrospective review of 2011, Raffaella Berry wrote, "Though not exactly flawless, ''Death Walks Behind You'' is an impressive offering that is almost a must-listen for Hammond fans and anyone who likes their prog with a harder edge (though not necessarily metal). A fascinating, almost addictive album by an underrated band, whose long but chequered career ended tragically with Vincent Crane's death in 1989."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Berry |first=Raffaella |date=15 March 2011 |title=From the Vault: Atomic Rooster – Death Walks Behind You (1970) |url= https://progmistress.com/2011/03/15/from-the-vault-atomic-rooster-death-walks-behind-you-1970/ |access-date=24 April 2024}}</ref>
== Track listing ==
{{Track listing
| headline = Side 1
| title1   = Death Walks Behind You
| writer1  = [[John Du Cann]], [[Vincent Crane]]
| length1  = 7:28
| title2   = Vug
| writer2  = Crane
| length2  = 4:57
| title3   = [[Tomorrow Night (Atomic Rooster song)|Tomorrow Night]]
| writer3  = Crane
| length3  = 3:56
| title4   = 7 Streets (also called "Seven Lonely Streets")
| writer4  = Du Cann
| length4  = 6:40
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side 2
| title5   = Sleeping for Years
| writer5  = Du Cann
| length5  = 5:24
| title6   = I Can't Take No More
| writer6  = Du Cann
| length6  = 3:32
| title7   = Nobody Else
| writer7  = Crane, Du Cann
| length7  = 4:58
| title8   = Gershatzer
| writer8  = Crane
| length8  =  7:58
| total_length = 45:27
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = 2004 Castle Music CD reissue bonus tracks
| extra_column = Notes
| title9   = Play the Game
| writer9  = Du Cann
| length9  = 4:42
| extra9   = Tomorrow Night B-side 1971
| title10  = The Devil's Answer
| writer10 = Du Cann
| length10 = 3:59
| extra10  = Demo with [[Carl Palmer]] 1970
| title11  = Tomorrow Night
| writer11 = Crane
| length11 = 5:28
| extra11  = [[Devil's Answer (Atomic Rooster album)|BBC Radio Session]] 1971
| title12  = Shabooloo aka Before Tomorrow
| writer12 = Crane, Du Cann
| length12 = 6:05
| extra12  = BBC Radio Session 1971
| title13  = Death Walks Behind You"
| writer13 = Crane, Du Cann
| length13 = 6:06
| extra13  = BBC Radio Session 1971
| title14  = Devil's Answer
| writer14 = Du Cann
| length14 = 3:26
| extra14  = original single version 1971
| total_length = –
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = 2006 Akarma Records unlicensed CD reissue bonus tracks
| extra_column = Notes
| title15  = Tomorrow Night
| writer15 = Crane
| length15 = 5:27
| extra15  = [[Devil's Answer (Atomic Rooster album)|BBC Radio Session]] 1971
| title16  = Shabooloo
| writer16 = Crane, Du Cann
| length16 = 6:10
| extra16  = [[Devil's Answer (Atomic Rooster album)|BBC Radio Session]] 1971
| title17  = Death Walks Behind You | writer17 = Crane, Du Cann
| length17 = 6:04
| extra17  = [[Devil's Answer (Atomic Rooster album)|BBC Radio Session]] 1971
| title18  = The Rock
| writer18 = Crane
| length18 = 4:32
| extra18  = ''[[In Hearing of Atomic Rooster]]'' album track
| total_length = –
}}
== Personnel ==
;Atomic Rooster<ref name="CAS-1026 Discogs">{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/ru/release/1582370-Atomic-Rooster-Death-Walks-Behind-You/images |title=''Death Walks Behind You'' – LP (B&C Records CAS-1026) liner notes|website=[[Discogs]]|date=September 1970|access-date=18 August 2022}}</ref>
* [[John Du Cann]] – [[electric guitar|guitars]], [[singing|lead vocals]]
* [[Vincent Crane]] – [[Hammond organ]], [[piano]], [[keyboard bass]], [[backing vocalist|backing vocals]]
* [[Paul Hammond (musician)|Paul Hammond]] – [[drumkit|drums]], [[percussion]]
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col" | Chart (1971)
! scope="col" | Peak<br /> position
|-
! scope="row" | Australian Albums ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref>
| 13
|-
{{Album chart|Canada|44|artist=Atomic Rooster|album=Death Walks Behind You|chartid=7555|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 20, 2024}}
|-
{{Album chart|Germany4|40|artist=Atomic Rooster|album=Death Walks Behind You|id=16832|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 20, 2024}}
|-
{{Album chart|UK2|12|date=19710411|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 20, 2024}}
|-
{{Album chart|Billboard200|90|artist=Atomic Rooster|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 20, 2024}}
|}
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
*''The New Musical Express Book of Rock'', 1975, Star Books, {{ISBN|0-352-30074-4}}
{{Atomic Rooster}}
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