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.infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vevent haudio"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary album" style="font-style: italic; color: inherit; background-color: lightsteelblue; font-size: 125%;">Killing Joke</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Killing_Joke_album.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/01/Killing_Joke_album.jpg/220px-Killing_Joke_album.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/01/Killing_Joke_album.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="316" data-file-height="316" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: lightsteelblue"><a href="/wiki/Album" title="Album">Studio album</a> by <div class="contributor" style="display:inline"><a href="/wiki/Killing_Joke" title="Killing Joke">Killing Joke</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data published">October 1980</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Recorded</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">August 1980</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Studio</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><a href="/wiki/Marquee_Club" title="Marquee Club">Marquee</a>, London</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Post-punk" title="Post-punk">Post-punk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Industrial_rock" title="Industrial rock">industrial rock</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="duration"><span class="min">35</span>:<span class="s">10</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/E.G._Records" title="E.G. Records">E.G.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polydor_Records" title="Polydor Records">Polydor</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">Producer</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist">Killing Joke</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: lightsteelblue"><a href="/wiki/Killing_Joke" title="Killing Joke">Killing Joke</a> chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="color:inherit; background: transparent; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; display: inline-table;"> <tbody><tr style="line-height: 1.4em;"> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0"><i><a href="/wiki/Turn_to_Red" title="Turn to Red">Turn to Red</a></i><br />(1979) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em"><i><b>Killing Joke</b></i><br />(1980) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em"><i><a href="/wiki/What%27s_THIS_For...!" title="What's THIS For...!">What's THIS For...!</a></i><br />(1981) </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: lightsteelblue"><a href="/wiki/Single_(music)" title="Single (music)">Singles</a> from <i> Killing Joke </i></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="text-align:left"> <ol><li><span class="item"><span class="fn">"<a href="/wiki/Wardance_(song)" title="Wardance (song)">Wardance</a>"</span><br />Released: February 1980</span></li> <li><span class="item"><span class="fn">"<a href="/wiki/Requiem_(Killing_Joke_song)" title="Requiem (Killing Joke song)">Requiem</a>"</span><br />Released: September 1980</span></li></ol> </div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Killing Joke</b></i> is the debut studio album by English <a href="/wiki/Post-punk" title="Post-punk">post-punk</a> band <a href="/wiki/Killing_Joke" title="Killing Joke">Killing Joke</a>, released in October 1980 by <a href="/wiki/E.G._Records" title="E.G. Records">E.G.</a> via <a href="/wiki/Polydor_Records" title="Polydor Records">Polydor Records</a>. It debuted at number 41 on the <a href="/wiki/UK_Albums_Chart" title="UK Albums Chart">UK Albums Chart</a> on 25 October 1980 and later peaked at number 39. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background_and_recording">Background and recording</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Killing_Joke_(1980_album)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background and recording"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Singer and keyboardist <a href="/wiki/Jaz_Coleman" title="Jaz Coleman">Jaz Coleman</a> met drummer <a href="/wiki/Paul_Ferguson" title="Paul Ferguson">Paul Ferguson</a> in late 1978. In February 1979, they put an announcement in <i><a href="/wiki/Melody_Maker" title="Melody Maker">Melody Maker</a></i> with the words: "Bass, lead, to tell the killing joke, we mean it man ! Total exploitation, no information, anonymity".<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They soon recruited guitarist <a href="/wiki/Geordie_Walker" title="Geordie Walker">Geordie Walker</a> and then bassist <a href="/wiki/Youth_(musician)" title="Youth (musician)">Youth</a>. After releasing a few singles, they recorded <i>Killing Joke</i> in August 1980 at <a href="/wiki/Marquee_Club" title="Marquee Club">Marquee Studios</a> in London,<sup id="cite_ref-phil_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-phil-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> shortly after a small tour promoting the <i><a href="/wiki/Almost_Red" class="mw-redirect" title="Almost Red">Almost Red</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Extended_play" title="Extended play">EP</a>. </p><p>The album was self-produced by the band on purpose. They only wanted an engineer "who can put their technical knowledge into what we want, the way we want it. He's got to take us as we are". They recorded it live in the studio as "basic" as possible with "no overdubs to speak of"; Ferguson explained, "The mixing is where the difference is".<sup id="cite_ref-needs_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-needs-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Engineer Phil Harding reckons the recording of the album might have only taken two weeks.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The album's lyrics were written by Coleman and Ferguson expressing their opinions on issues such as politics, death, hypocrisy, human nature, pollution and exile. </p><p>The artwork was based on a photograph by <a href="/wiki/Don_McCullin" title="Don McCullin">Don McCullin</a> of young rioters trying to escape from clouds of <a href="/wiki/CS_gas" title="CS gas">CS gas</a> released by the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> in <a href="/wiki/Derry" title="Derry">Derry</a>, Northern Ireland, on 8 July 1971 during the <a href="/wiki/The_Troubles" title="The Troubles">Troubles</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The original picture was taken a few months before the day now known as <a href="/wiki/Bloody_Sunday_(1972)" title="Bloody Sunday (1972)">Bloody Sunday</a> that took place in the same town in early 1972. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Release">Release</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Killing_Joke_(1980_album)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Release"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Killing Joke</i> was released in October 1980 by <a href="/wiki/E.G._Records" title="E.G. Records">E.G. Records</a>, who were distributed at the time by <a href="/wiki/Polydor_Records" title="Polydor Records">Polydor Records</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It entered the UK Albums Chart on 25 October 1980, and eventually reached number 39.<sup id="cite_ref-UK_charts_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UK_charts-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The album produced two singles: "<a href="/wiki/Wardance_(song)" title="Wardance (song)">Wardance</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Requiem_(Killing_Joke_song)" title="Requiem (Killing Joke song)">Requiem</a>". </p><p>The 2005 and 2008 reissues of <i>Killing Joke</i> featured several bonus tracks, such as previously released <a href="/wiki/A-side_and_B-side" title="A-side and B-side">B-sides</a> and demo tracks. as it was in the original US release. </p><p>In 2020, <a href="/wiki/Spinefarm_Records" title="Spinefarm Records">Spinefarm Records</a> reissued <i>Killing Joke</i> as part of the band's 40th anniversary. <sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Killing_Joke_(1980_album)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatleft" style="width:200px; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>It got slagged off by everybody and then eight years later we were told it was a ground-breaking record. People are fickle and you have to stand by your own creations. </p> </blockquote> <div style="padding-bottom: 0; padding-top: 0.5em"><cite class="right-aligned" style="">—Jaz Coleman<sup id="cite_ref-Hämäläinen_2020_p._32_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hämäläinen_2020_p._32-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div> </div> <table class="wikitable floatright" style="width:24.2em;font-size:88%;text-align:center;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em;padding:0;border-spacing:0"><caption style="font-size:115%">Professional ratings</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:#202122;background:#d1dbdf;font-size:100%">Review scores</th></tr><tr><th scope="col">Source</th><th scope="col">Rating</th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/Uncut_(magazine)" title="Uncut (magazine)">Uncut</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle">9/10<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In his retrospective review, Bradley Torreano of <a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a> praised the album, writing, "Since 1980, there have been a hundred bands who sound like this, but before <a href="/wiki/Steve_Albini" title="Steve Albini">Steve Albini</a> and <a href="/wiki/Al_Jourgensen" title="Al Jourgensen">Al Jourgensen</a> made it hip, the cold metallic throb of Killing Joke was exciting and fresh", calling it an "underground classic" that "deserves better than its relative unknown status".<sup id="cite_ref-Torreano_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Torreano-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the band's biography it was called an "outstanding debut album which captured not only their defining sound, but also the chilling apocalyptic anguish about the world to come."<sup id="cite_ref-Hämäläinen_2020_p._32_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hämäläinen_2020_p._32-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sputnikmusic called it a "<a href="/wiki/Post-punk" title="Post-punk">post-punk</a> masterpiece of tribal <a href="/wiki/Funk-rock" class="mw-redirect" title="Funk-rock">funk-rock</a> and grinding <a href="/wiki/Heavy_metal_music" title="Heavy metal music">heavy metal</a> with suitably doom-mongering lyrics and splenetic vocals".<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2019, <i><a href="/wiki/Pitchfork_(website)" title="Pitchfork (website)">Pitchfork</a></i> placed the album at No. 9 on their "33 Best <a href="/wiki/Industrial_music" title="Industrial music">Industrial</a> Albums of All Time" list.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The music critic <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Eddy" title="Chuck Eddy">Chuck Eddy</a> has praised the album for its "surprisingly potent gridlock-plot <a href="/wiki/Avant-garde" title="Avant-garde">avant</a>-<a href="/wiki/Drone_music" title="Drone music">drone</a> somberness, layers of fuzz over kamikaze electrobongos",<sup id="cite_ref-Eddy_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eddy-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and has highlighted the US bonus track "<a href="/wiki/Change_(Killing_Joke_song)" title="Change (Killing Joke song)">Change</a>", commenting that its music "marches the children of <a href="/wiki/Ozzy_Osbourne" title="Ozzy Osbourne">Ozzy</a>'s grave into land minds of <a href="/wiki/Dub_music" title="Dub music">dub</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-Eddy_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eddy-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Killing_Joke_(1980_album)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The album has been called "an underground classic" for fans of "heavy music".<sup id="cite_ref-Torreano_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Torreano-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Dave_Grohl" title="Dave Grohl">Dave Grohl</a> has cited it as one of his favorite albums.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "The Wait" was covered by <a href="/wiki/Metallica" title="Metallica">Metallica</a> on <i><a href="/wiki/The_$5.98_E.P._-_Garage_Days_Re-Revisited" class="mw-redirect" title="The $5.98 E.P. - Garage Days Re-Revisited">The $5.98 E.P. - Garage Days Re-Revisited</a></i> EP in 1987 and was later featured on <i><a href="/wiki/Garage_Inc." title="Garage Inc.">Garage Inc.</a></i> "Primitive" was covered by <a href="/wiki/Helmet_(band)" title="Helmet (band)">Helmet</a> in 1993 as the A-side to their "Primitive" single, and later added to their <i><a href="/wiki/Born_Annoying" title="Born Annoying">Born Annoying</a></i> compilation album. "Requiem" was covered by Foo Fighters in 1997 as a B-side to the "<a href="/wiki/Everlong" title="Everlong">Everlong</a>" single. <a href="/wiki/Prong_(band)" title="Prong (band)">Prong</a> frontman <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Victor" title="Tommy Victor">Tommy Victor</a> has praised <i>Killing Joke</i>, stating, "There is nothing phony, gimmicky or pretentious about this record or this band. Simplicity: powerful riffs and gang choruses over undeniable grooves. Nobody, nobody, did this before. Pure innovation." </p><p>Japanese band <a href="/wiki/The_Mad_Capsule_Markets" title="The Mad Capsule Markets">The Mad Capsule Markets</a> covered "Wardance" on their 2001 album "<a href="/wiki/010_(The_Mad_Capsule_Markets_album)" title="010 (The Mad Capsule Markets album)">010</a>". <a href="/wiki/Scar_the_Martyr" title="Scar the Martyr">Scar the Martyr</a> covered "Complications" as a bonus track on the Japanese and deluxe editions of their 2013 self-titled "<a href="/wiki/Scar_the_Martyr_(album)" title="Scar the Martyr (album)">Scar the Martyr</a>" album. </p><p>The album was included in the book <i><a href="/wiki/1001_Albums_You_Must_Hear_Before_You_Die" title="1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die">1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Track_listing">Track listing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Killing_Joke_(1980_album)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Track listing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236635009">.mw-parser-output .tracklist{border-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr{background-color:var(--background-color-base,#fff)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr:nth-child(2n-1){background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist caption{text-align:left;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .tracklist td,.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="row"]{vertical-align:top}.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="col"]{text-align:left;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist th.tracklist-length-header,.mw-parser-output .tracklist th.tracklist-number-header,.mw-parser-output .tracklist 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Walker">Geordie Walker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Youth_(musician)" title="Youth (musician)">Youth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Ferguson" title="Paul Ferguson">Paul Ferguson</a>), except as noted</p><table class="tracklist"><caption>Side A</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:60%">Title</th><th scope="col" style="width:40%">Music</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track1" scope="row">1.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Requiem_(Killing_Joke_song)" title="Requiem (Killing Joke song)">Requiem</a>"</td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">3:45</td></tr><tr><th id="track2" scope="row">2.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Wardance_(song)" title="Wardance (song)">Wardance</a>"</td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">3:49</td></tr><tr><th id="track3" scope="row">3.</th><td>"Tomorrow's World"</td><td> </td><td class="tracklist-length">5:31</td></tr><tr><th id="track4" scope="row">4.</th><td>"Bloodsport"</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Walker</li><li>Glover</li><li>Ferguson</li></ul></div></td><td class="tracklist-length">4:46</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236635009"><div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>Side B</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:100%">Title</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track5" scope="row">5.</th><td>"The Wait"</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:45</td></tr><tr><th id="track6" scope="row">6.</th><td>"Complications"</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:08</td></tr><tr><th id="track7" scope="row">7.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/SO36" title="SO36">S.O.36</a>"</td><td class="tracklist-length">6:52</td></tr><tr><th id="track8" scope="row">8.</th><td>"Primitive"</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:37</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236635009"><div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>Re-issue bonus tracks</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:100%">Title</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track9" scope="row">9.</th><td>"Change"</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:01</td></tr><tr><th id="track10" scope="row">10.</th><td>"Requiem" (Single version)</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:47</td></tr><tr><th id="track11" scope="row">11.</th><td>"Change" (Dub)</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:00</td></tr><tr><th id="track12" scope="row">12.</th><td>"Primitive" (Rough mix)</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:35</td></tr><tr><th id="track13" scope="row">13.</th><td>"Bloodsport" (Rough mix)</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:50</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <dl><dd><span style="font-size:85%;">Note: The original US release featured the track "<a href="/wiki/Change_(Killing_Joke_song)" title="Change (Killing Joke song)">Change</a>" in between tracks "Complications" and "S.O.36".</span></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personnel">Personnel</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Killing_Joke_(1980_album)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Personnel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Killing Joke</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jaz_Coleman" title="Jaz Coleman">Jaz Coleman</a> – lead vocals, synthesizer, production</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geordie_Walker" title="Geordie Walker">Kevin "Geordie" Walker</a> – guitar, production</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Youth_(musician_and_producer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Youth (musician and producer)">Martin "Youth" Glover</a> – bass guitar, production</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Ferguson" title="Paul Ferguson">Paul Ferguson</a> – drums, backing vocals, production</li></ul> <dl><dt>Technical</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Harding_(producer)" title="Phil Harding (producer)">Phil Harding</a> – recording engineer, mixing (uncredited)<sup id="cite_ref-Cythera_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cythera-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Mike Coles – sleeve design (uncredited)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_McCullin" title="Don McCullin">Don McCullin</a> – photography (uncredited)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Charts">Charts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Killing_Joke_(1980_album)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Charts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Chart </th> <th>Peak<br />position </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">1980 </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/UK_Albums_Chart" title="UK Albums Chart">UK Albums Chart</a> </td> <td align="center">39<sup id="cite_ref-UK_charts_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UK_charts-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Killing_Joke_(1980_album)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Bass, lead, to tell the killing joke, we mean it man !". Melody Maker. 24 February 1979.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-phil-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-phil_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFSutcliffe1980" class="citation magazine cs1">Sutcliffe, Phil (9 August 1980). 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No. 105.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=ZigZag&rft.atitle=Killing+Joke&rft.issue=105&rft.date=1980-09&rft.aulast=Needs&rft.aufirst=Kris&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKilling+Joke+%281980+album%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hämäläinen, Jyrki "Spider" (2020). <i>Killing Joke: Are You Receiving?</i>, pp. 35. 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Official Charts<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 December</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Official+Charts%3A+Killing+Joke+Page&rft.pub=Official+Charts&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.officialcharts.com%2Fartist%2F19038%2Fkilling-joke%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKilling+Joke+%281980+album%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://metalplanetmusic.com/2020/10/killing-joke-40th-anniversary-official-deluxe-re-issues-released-11th-december-via-spinefarm-records-worldwide-under-the-laugh-at-your-peril-banner/">"Killing Joke 40th Anniversary Official Deluxe Re-issues released 11th December via Spinefarm Records worldwide under the 'Laugh At Your Peril' banner"</a>. 9 October 2020.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Killing+Joke+40th+Anniversary+Official+Deluxe+Re-issues+released+11th+December+via+Spinefarm+Records+worldwide+under+the+%27Laugh+At+Your+Peril%27+banner&rft.date=2020-10-09&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fmetalplanetmusic.com%2F2020%2F10%2Fkilling-joke-40th-anniversary-official-deluxe-re-issues-released-11th-december-via-spinefarm-records-worldwide-under-the-laugh-at-your-peril-banner%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKilling+Joke+%281980+album%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Hämäläinen_2020_p._32-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Hämäläinen_2020_p._32_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hämäläinen_2020_p._32_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Hämäläinen, Jyrki "Spider" (2020). <i>Killing Joke: Are You Receiving?</i>, p. 32. 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"Jaz Odyssey". <i><a href="/wiki/Mojo_(magazine)" title="Mojo (magazine)">Mojo</a></i>. No. 314. p. 35.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Mojo&rft.atitle=Jaz+Odyssey&rft.issue=314&rft.pages=35&rft.date=2020-01&rft.aulast=Perry&rft.aufirst=Andrew&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKilling+Joke+%281980+album%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHoltje1999" class="citation book cs1">Holtje, Steve (1999). "Killing Joke". 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(17 June 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-33-best-industrial-albums-of-all-time/?page=3">"Music for the Dark: The 33 Best Industrial Albums of All Time"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Pitchfork_(website)" title="Pitchfork (website)">Pitchfork</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 June</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Pitchfork&rft.atitle=Music+for+the+Dark%3A+The+33+Best+Industrial+Albums+of+All+Time&rft.date=2019-06-17&rft.aulast=Collins&rft.aufirst=Sean+T.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpitchfork.com%2Ffeatures%2Flists-and-guides%2Fthe-33-best-industrial-albums-of-all-time%2F%3Fpage%3D3&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKilling+Joke+%281980+album%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Eddy-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Eddy_21-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Eddy_21-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEddy1991" class="citation book cs1">Eddy, Chuck (1991). <i>Stairway to Hell: The 500 Best Heavy Metal Albums in the Universe</i>. 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Universe. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7893-2074-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7893-2074-2"><bdi>978-0-7893-2074-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=1001+Albums+You+Must+Hear+Before+You+Die%3A+Revised+and+Updated+Edition&rft.pub=Universe&rft.date=2010-03-23&rft.isbn=978-0-7893-2074-2&rft.au=Robert+Dimery&rft.au=Michael+Lydon&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKilling+Joke+%281980+album%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Cythera-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Cythera_24-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Coleman, Jaz (2013). <i>Letters from Cythera</i>, p. 272. 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Ferguson</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Youth_(musician)" title="Youth (musician)">Youth</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Raven_(musician)" title="Paul Raven (musician)">Paul Raven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geordie_Walker" title="Geordie Walker">Geordie Walker</a></li> <li>Dave Kovacevic</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Atkins" title="Martin Atkins">Martin Atkins</a></li> <li>Dave "Taif" Ball</li> <li>John Bechdel</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Holywell-Walker" title="Nick Holywell-Walker">Nick Holywell-Walker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geoff_Dugmore" title="Geoff Dugmore">Geoff Dugmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troy_Gregory" title="Troy Gregory">Troy Gregory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Grohl" title="Dave Grohl">Dave Grohl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Parsons" title="Ted Parsons">Ted Parsons</a></li> <li>Ben Calvert</li> <li>Reza Udhin</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studio albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><i> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Killing Joke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/What%27s_THIS_For...!" title="What's THIS For...!">What's THIS For...!</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revelations_(Killing_Joke_album)" title="Revelations (Killing Joke album)">Revelations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fire_Dances" title="Fire Dances">Fire Dances</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Night_Time_(album)" title="Night Time (album)">Night Time</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brighter_Than_a_Thousand_Suns_(album)" title="Brighter Than a Thousand Suns (album)">Brighter Than a Thousand Suns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outside_the_Gate" title="Outside the Gate">Outside the Gate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extremities,_Dirt_and_Various_Repressed_Emotions" title="Extremities, Dirt and Various Repressed Emotions">Extremities, Dirt and Various Repressed Emotions</a></li> <li><a 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Chaos</li></ul> </i></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Live albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ha_(Killing_Joke_album)" title="Ha (Killing Joke album)">Ha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_in_Concert_(Killing_Joke_album)" title="BBC in Concert (Killing Joke album)">BBC in Concert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Courtauld_Talks" title="The Courtauld Talks">The Courtauld Talks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No_Way_Out_but_Forward_Go" title="No Way Out but Forward Go">...No Way Out but Forward Go</a> (<a href="/wiki/No_Way_Out_but_Forward_Go" title="No Way Out but Forward Go">Love Like Blood</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Peel_Sessions_1979%E2%80%931981" title="The Peel Sessions 1979–1981">The Peel Sessions 1979–1981</a></li></ul> </i></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Compilation albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Laugh%3F_I_Nearly_Bought_One!" title="Laugh? I Nearly Bought One!">Laugh? I Nearly Bought One!</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Nervous_System_(song)" title="Nervous System (song)">Nervous System</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wardance_(song)" title="Wardance (song)">Wardance</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Change_(Killing_Joke_song)" title="Change (Killing Joke song)">Change</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Requiem_(Killing_Joke_song)" title="Requiem (Killing Joke song)">Requiem</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Follow_the_Leaders" title="Follow the Leaders">Follow the Leaders</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Empire_Song" title="Empire Song">Empire Song</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Chop-Chop" title="Chop-Chop">Chop-Chop</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Birds_of_a_Feather_(Killing_Joke_song)" title="Birds of a Feather (Killing Joke song)">Birds of a Feather</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Let%27s_All_Go_(to_the_Fire_Dances)" title="Let's All Go (to the Fire Dances)">Let's All Go (to the Fire Dances)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Me_or_You%3F" title="Me or You?">Me or You?</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Eighties_(song)" title="Eighties (song)">Eighties</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_New_Day_(song)" title="A New Day (song)">A New Day</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Love_Like_Blood_(song)" title="Love Like Blood (song)">Love Like Blood</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Kings_and_Queens_(Killing_Joke_song)" title="Kings and Queens (Killing Joke song)">Kings and Queens</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Adorations" title="Adorations">Adorations</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sanity_(song)" title="Sanity (song)">Sanity</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/America_(Killing_Joke_song)" title="America (Killing Joke song)">America</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/My_Love_of_This_Land" title="My Love of This Land">My Love of This Land</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Money_Is_Not_Our_God" title="Money Is Not Our God">Money Is Not Our God</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Change_(Killing_Joke_song)" title="Change (Killing Joke song)">Change: Spiral Tribe Mix</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Exorcism_(song)" title="Exorcism (song)">Exorcism</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Pandemonium_(song)" title="Pandemonium (song)">Pandemonium</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Killing_Joke_discography" title="Killing Joke discography">Discography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niceland_(band)" title="Niceland (band)">Niceland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brilliant_(band)" title="Brilliant (band)">Brilliant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pigface" title="Pigface">Pigface</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murder,_Inc._(band)" title="Murder, Inc. 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