Released 5 July 1982 Length 37:24 Artist Killing Joke Producer Conny Plank Genres Post-punk, Gothic rock | Recorded Cologne, Germany Revelations
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(1983) Release date 5 July 1982 Label E.G. Records | |
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Revelations is the third studio album by English rock band Killing Joke, released in July 1982 by record label E.G.
Contents
Recording
Revelations was recorded in Cologne, Germany. It is the first Killing Joke album not to be produced by the band themselves; Conny Plank took over production duties.
Release
Revelations was released in July 1982 by record label E.G.. It reached number 12 in the UK Albums Chart.
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.
A remastered version with one bonus track was released in 2005.
Reception
Revelations has received a mixed-to-favourable reception by critics.
In his retrospective review, Alex Ogg of AllMusic cited the album as "the epitome of the 'difficult third album syndrome'" which "manifests itself in [a] lack of cohesion and direction". Trouser Press wrote that the album "suffers from an uninvolving lethargy". 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." Christopher Gray of Austin Chronicle called it "faster" and "sleeker" than previous albums. Fact put the album at no. 11 on their list titled "20 Best: Goth Records Ever Made".
Track listing
All tracks written by Killing Joke (Jaz Coleman, Paul Ferguson, Youth and Geordie Walker).
Personnel
Songs
1The Hum4:59
2Empire Song3:19
3We Have Joy2:57