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Released
  
July 1983 (1983-07)

Fire Dances(1983)
  
Release date
  
13 July 1983

Genres
  
Post-punk, Gothic rock

Length
  
39:25

Artist
  
Label
  
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Recorded
  
February–March 1983 at Basing Street Studios, London, England

Producer
  
Killing Joke, John Porter

Similar
  
Killing Joke albums, Post-punk albums

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Fire Dances is the fourth studio album by English post-punk band Killing Joke, recorded from February to March 1983 and released in July 1983 by record label E.G..

Contents

Recording

Fire Dances was recorded at Basing Street Studios in London between February and March 1983.

Content

Fire Dances was Killing Joke's first album to feature new bass player Paul Raven.

Release

Fire Dances was released in July 1983 by record label E.G. It reached No. 29 in the UK Albums Chart.

The album was remastered and reissued in 2008, with eight bonus tracks: the non-album single "Me or You?", an alternate version of "Dominator" (B-side to "Let's All Go (To the Fire Dances)"), an unreleased early version of "The Gathering" and four tracks from a John Peel session from 1983.

Reception

Fire Dances was well received by critics.

Mat Snow of NME called it "their best [album] yet, and also likely to be their biggest." PopMatters and Trouser Press both qualified the album as "superb", with the latter describing the album's mood as "brighter" and "more joyous" than previous records.

Track listing

All tracks written by Killing Joke (Jaz Coleman, Paul Ferguson, Paul Raven and Geordie Walker).

Personnel

Killing Joke
  • Jaz Coleman – vocals, synthesizer, production
  • Kevin "Geordie" Walker – guitar, production
  • Paul Raven – bass guitar, production
  • Paul Ferguson – drums, vocals, production
  • Technical
  • John Porter – production
  • Songs

    1The Gathering3:11
    2Fun and Games4:06
    3Rejuvenation4:01

    References

    Fire Dances Wikipedia


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