Revelations (Killing Joke album)

Infobox Album
Name = Revelations
Type = studio
Longtype =
Artist = Killing Joke


Released = Start date|1982|7
Recorded = Cologne, Germany
Genre = Post-punk
Length = 37:24
Label = E.G. Records
Producer = Conny Plank
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:z6he4j470wal link]
Last album = "What's THIS For...!"
(1981)
This album = "Revelations"
(1982)
Next album = "Fire Dances"
(1983)
Misc = Singles
Name = Revelations
Type = studio
Single 1 = Empire Song
Single 1 date = Start date|1982|4
Single 2 = Chop Chop
Single 2 date = Start date|1982|6

"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. The album was remastered and re-released with a single bonus track in 2005 by EMI.

Track listing

"All songs written by Coleman/Ferguson/Glover/Walker."
#"Hum" – 4:58
#"Empire Song" – 3:19
#"We Have Joy" – 2:56
#"Chop-Chop" – 4:19
#"The Pandys Are Coming" – 4:27
#"Chapter III" – 3:13
#"Have a Nice Day" – 3:13
#"Land of Milk and Honey" – 2:38
#"Good Samaritan" – 3:28
#"Dregs" – 4:57
#"We Have Joy" (Alternate mix)* – 4:21

(*) Bonus track on the remastered version.

Personnel

*Jaz Coleman - vocals, synthesizer
*Kevin "Geordie" Walker - guitar
*Martin "Youth" Glover - bass guitar
*Paul Ferguson - drums, vocals

External links

* [http://www.killingjokeremasters.com Remasters Website]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgvId7SNhEU Empire Song TOTP]