The following year they were signed to the Demon label, which released their début album, "Night of a Thousand Candles", and its accompanying single "Ironmasters", a self-penned number by main songwriter Simmonds, linking the Industrial Revolution to the present-day treatment of the working class. The original final line of the song – "and oh, that iron bastard, she still gets her way" (a reference to the then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher) – had to be removed for the recorded version to ensure radio airplay. They were again named in Peel's yearly Festive 50, this time at Number 11. They followed this up with a new single not taken from the album, "Greenback Dollar", a cover of the song written by Hoyt Axton and recorded by The Kingston Trio. The single was produced by Nick Lowe.