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Revelations
Studio album by Killing Joke
Released July 1982 (1982-07)
Recorded Cologne, Germany
Genre Post-punk
Length 37:24
Label E.G. Records
Producer Conny Plank
Killing Joke chronology
What's THIS For...!
(1981)		 Revelations
(1982)		 Birds of a Feather (EP)
(1982)
Singles from Revelations
  1. "Empire Song"
    Released: April 1982 (1982-04)
  2. "Chop-Chop"
    Released: June 1982 (1982-06)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[1]
Metal Storm 8.5/10 stars[2]

Revelations was the third album of the English post-punk group Killing Joke. "Empire Song" and "Chop-Chop" were released as singles. "Empire Song" was performed at Top of the Pops, but without singer Jaz Coleman, who had just departed for Iceland. A remastered version with one bonus track was released in 2005.[3]

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Coleman/Ferguson/Glover/Walker.

[edit] Side one

  1. "The Hum" – 4:58
  2. "Empire Song" – 3:19
  3. "We Have Joy" – 2:56
  4. "Chop-Chop" – 4:19
  5. "The Pandys Are Coming" – 4:27

[edit] Side two

  1. "Chapter III" – 3:13
  2. "Have a Nice Day" – 3:13
  3. "Land of Milk and Honey" – 2:38
  4. "Good Samaritan" – 3:28
  5. "Dregs" – 4:57

[edit] 2005 CD reissue bonus track

  1. "We Have Joy" (Alternate Mix) – 4:21

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Charts

Chart (1982) Peak
position
UK Albums Chart[4] 12
France[5] 33

[edit] References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Metal Storm review
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ Chart Stats - Killing Joke. chartstats.com. Retrieved on 2010-07-05
  5. ^ "Discographie Killing Joke". lescharts.com. Retrieved on 2010-07-05.

[edit] External links

Killing Joke
Jaz Coleman · Kevin "Geordie" Walker · Martin "Youth" Glover · Paul Ferguson
Paul Raven · Martin Atkins · Dave Kovacevic · Nick Holywell-Walker · Ben Calvert · Geoffrey Dugmore · Reza Udhin · Ted Parsons · Dave "Taif" Ball · Dave Grohl · Chris Kimsey · Troy Gregory
Studio albums
Extended Plays
Turn to Red · Almost Red · Birds of a Feather (EP) · Jana Live EP · In Excelsis
Singles
Live albums
Ha! · BBC in Concert · The Courtauld Talks · No Way Out But Forward Go! · XXV Gathering: Let Us Prey · The Original Unperverted Pantomime · Live at the Forum · Requiem · The Gathering 2008
Compilations
An Incomplete Collection 1980-1985 · Laugh? I Nearly Bought One! · Wilful Days · Alchemy: The Remixes · Wardance: The Remixes · The Unperverted Pantomime · Chaos for Breakfast · For Beginners · Inside Extremities: Mixes, Rehearsals and Live · Bootleg Vinyl Archive Vol. 1 · Bootleg Vinyl Archive Vol. 2 · Rmxd · The Peel Sessions 1979–1981 · Duendes - The Spanish Sessions
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