music.wikisort.org - CompositionRevelations 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.
1982 studio album by Killing Joke
Revelations |
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Released | July 1982 |
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Studio | Conny's Studio, Wolperath, Cologne, Germany |
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Genre |
- Post-punk
- industrial rock
- gothic rock[1]
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Length | 37:24 |
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Label | E.G., Polydor |
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Producer | Conny Plank |
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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
Professional ratingsReview scores |
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Source | Rating |
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AllMusic |     [4] |
Austin Chronicle |     [5] |
Drowned in Sound | 5/5[6] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |     [7] |
MusicHound Rock |     [8] |
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".[9]
Track listing
Side BTitle |
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1. | "Chapter III" | 3:13 |
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2. | "Have a Nice Day" | 3:13 |
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3. | "Land of Milk and Honey" | 2:38 |
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4. | "Good Samaritan" | 3:28 |
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5. | "Dregs" | 4:57 |
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2005 CD reissue bonus trackTitle |
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11. | "We Have Joy" (Alternate Mix) | 4:21 |
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Personnel
- Killing Joke
- Technical
- Conny Plank – recording engineer, mixing, production
- Rob O'Connor - sleeve design
Charts
Chart (1982) |
Peak position |
UK Albums Chart |
12[2] |
New Zealand |
33[10] |
References
- Sande, Kiran. "20 Best: Goth Records Ever Made". Fact. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- "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.
- Ogg, Alex. "Revelations review". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- Gray, Christopher (16 December 2005). "Review: Killing Joke, What's THIS For ...?, Revelations, Ha! – Music – The Austin Chronicle". Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- 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.
- Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
- 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
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- Paul Raven
- Dave Kovacevic
- Martin Atkins
- Dave "Taif" Ball
- John Bechdel
- Nick Holywell-Walker
- Geoff Dugmore
- Troy Gregory
- Dave Grohl
- Ted Parsons
- Ben Calvert
- Reza Udhin
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Compilation albums |
- Laugh? I Nearly Bought One!
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Related articles | |
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Category:Killing Joke
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