Brighter than a Thousand Suns (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Brighter Than a Thousand Suns
Type = studio
Artist = Killing Joke


Released = Start date|1986|11
Recorded = Hansa Tonstudio, Berlin, Germany
Genre = Post-punk, New Wave
Length = 41:17 (LP), 60:32 (CD)
Label = EG Records
Producer = Chris Kimsey, Chris Tsangarides, Stewart Levine
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ne508qntbtx4 link]
Last album = "Night Time"
(1985)
This album = "Brighter Than a Thousand Suns"
(1986)
Next album = "Outside the Gate"
(1988)
Misc = Singles
Name = Brighter Than a Thousand Suns
Type = studio
Single 1 = Adorations
Single 1 date = Start date|1986|8
Single 2 = Sanity
Single 2 date = Start date|1986|10

"Brighter Than a Thousand Suns" is the sixth album by English post-punk group Killing Joke. It was released in 1986 on LP, on CD and on cassette by EG Records. The CD and cassette versions have three bonus tracks.

At the request of the band, the 2008 remastered CD restored Chris Kimsey's mixes in place of Julian Mendelsohn's, which appeared on the original release. The reissue also features extra bonus tracks, including "Ecstasy", a rare b-side from one version of the single "Adorations".

Track listing

All songs written by Coleman/Walker/Raven/Ferguson.
#"Adorations" – 4:43
#"Sanity" – 4:44
#"Chessboards" – 5:54
#"Twilight of the Mortal" – 4:15
#"Love of the Masses" – 4:40
#"A Southern Sky" – 4:39
#"Victory"* – 7:11
#"Wintergardens" – 5:24
#"Rubicon" – 7:03
#"Goodbye to the Village"* – 5:27
#"Exile"* – 6:38

Tracks marked with an asterisk (*) only appear on the CD and cassette versions. The cassette version has the tracks in this order:
#"Adorations"
#"Sanity"
#"Chessboards"
#"Goodbye to the Village"
#"Wintergardens"
#"Twilight of the Mortal"
#"Love of the Masses"
#"A Southern Sky"
#"Victory"
#"Exile"
#"Rubicon"

2008 re-issue:
#"Adorations" – 4:28
#"Sanity" – 4:15
#"Chessboards" – 5:47
#"Twilight of the Mortal" – 4:14
#"Love of the Masses" – 6:07
#"A Southern Sky" – 4:38
#"Victory" – 3:57
#"Wintergardens" – 5:32
#"Rubicon" – 6:35
#"Goodbye to the Village" – 5:17
#"Exile" – 6:27
#"Ecstasy" – 4:10
#"Adorations (Supernatural Mix)" – 6:39
#"Sanity (Insane Mix)" – 6:15

Personnel

*Jaz Coleman - vocals, synthesizer
*Kevin "Geordie" Walker - guitar
*Paul Raven - bass guitar
*Paul Ferguson - drums, vocals
*Dave Kovacevic - synthesizer