Released July 1983 (1983-07) Fire Dances
(1983) Night Time
(1985) Release date 13 July 1983 Genres Post-punk, Gothic rock | Length 39:25 Artist Killing Joke Label E.G. Records | |
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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 | ||
Killing joke fire dances full album 1983
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
Songs
1The Gathering3:11
2Fun and Games4:06
3Rejuvenation4:01