Revelations (Killing Joke album)
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Released | July 1982 | |||
Recorded | Cologne, West Germany | |||
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Length | 37:24 | |||
Label | E.G., Polydor | |||
Producer | Conny Plank | |||
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Revelations is the third studio album by English post-punk band Killing Joke, released in July 1982 by E.G. via Polydor Records. It was recorded in Cologne, Germany[citation needed] and produced by Conny Plank, making it their first album not to be self-produced. This is their last album to featured the original line-up, until their 2010's album Absolute Dissent.
Release[]
Revelations was released in July 1982 by E.G. Records. It reached number 12 in the UK Albums Chart.[2] Youth was disappointed the way the album turned out contributing to him leaving the band saying "It came out a bit dirgy".[3]
Two singles were released from the album: "Empire Song" and "Chop-Chop". "Empire Song" was performed on Top of the Pops, but without singer Jaz Coleman, who had recent departed for Iceland fearing nuclear holocaust.[citation needed]
A remastered version was released in 2005, including an alternate recording of "We Have Joy".
Reception[]
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Drowned in Sound | 5/5[6] |
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Revelations has generally received mixed-to-favourable reception by critics. Nick Lancaster of Drowned in Sound praised the album, calling it "a less individual work – record company pressures and an outside producer necessarily toning down the band's nihilistic excesses – but it's all the better for it."[6] Christopher Gray of Austin Chronicle called it "faster" and "sleeker" than previous albums.[5] Fact put the album at no. 11 on their list titled "20 Best: Goth Records Ever Made".[1] In negative retrospective reviews, AllMusic believed the album had a "lack of cohesion and direction",[4] while Trouser Press wrote that it "suffers from an uninvolving lethargy".[8]
Track listing[]
All tracks are written by Killing Joke (Jaz Coleman, Paul Ferguson, Youth and Geordie Walker).
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "The Hum" | 4:58 |
2. | "Empire Song" | 3:19 |
3. | "We Have Joy" | 2:56 |
4. | "Chop-Chop" | 4:19 |
5. | "The Pandys Are Coming" | 4:27 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Chapter III" | 3:13 |
2. | "Have a Nice Day" | 3:13 |
3. | "Land of Milk and Honey" | 2:38 |
4. | "Good Samaritan" | 3:28 |
5. | "Dregs" | 4:57 |
No. | Title | Length |
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11. | "We Have Joy" (Alternate Mix) | 4:21 |
Personnel[]
- Killing Joke
- Jaz Coleman – vocals, synthesizer
- Kevin "Geordie" Walker – guitar
- Martin "Youth" Glover – bass guitar
- Paul Ferguson – drums, vocals
- Technical
- Conny Plank – recording engineer, mixing, production
- Rob O'Connor - sleeve design
Charts[]
Chart (1982) | Peak position |
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UK Albums Chart | 12[2] |
New Zealand | 33[9] |
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Sande, Kiran. "20 Best: Goth Records Ever Made". Fact. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Killing Joke -UK Charts". Official Charts. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ^ Hämäläinen, Jyrki "Spider" (2020). Killing Joke: Are You Receiving?, p. 70. Milton Keynes: New Haven Publishing. ISBN 978-1912587407.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Ogg, Alex. "Revelations review". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Gray, Christopher (16 December 2005). "Review: Killing Joke, What's THIS For ...?, Revelations, Ha! – Music – The Austin Chronicle". Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Lancaster, Nick (11 July 2005). "Album Review: Killing Joke – Reissues / Releases / Releases // Drowned in Sound". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 20 July 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ^ Holtje, Steve (1999). "Killing Joke". In Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel (eds.). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide (loan required). Detroit: Visible Ink Press. pp. 629–630. ISBN 978-1-57859-061-2 – via the Internet Archive.
- ^ Grant, Steven; Sheridan, David; Fasolino, Greg; Robbins, Ira. "TrouserPress.com :: Killing Joke". Trouser Press. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
- ^ Revelations "Discographie Killing Joke". lescharts.com. Retrieved on 5 July 2010.
External links[]
- Revelations at Discogs (list of releases)
- 1982 albums
- Killing Joke albums
- Albums produced by Conny Plank
- E.G. Records albums