- Audio CD (5 Oct 2010)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Indie Europe/Zoom
- ASIN: B0042B7WEU
- Other Editions: Audio CD | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
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19 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I've been lucky enough to hear a preview of this album, and am simply stunned. It is the best thing I've heard this year by by miles. Actually for several years. Every track is superb. It really demonstrates what peerless songsmiths Killing Joke are. It is up there with the very best of their previous output and as a complete work is probably their finest. Buy this as soon as it's released. I will be...
11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This album has just blown me away. After my disappointment with Hosannas and (I have to admit) the 2003 album as well, this will for me be one of their most definitive pieces of work. It's just about all there, nearly all the combined strengths of the band, drawing on their large canon of work from the last three decades.
I say nearly. Paul Ferguson's tribal drumming that so characterised the distinctive Killing Joke sound of the 80s is only hinted at, but this isn't a negative. It's still powerful in its raw style and, together with Youth's bass, keep most tracks thundering along from start to finish. Like Hosannas, there are a lot of tracks between 5 and 6 minutes long but unlike that previous album where I began to wish one or two of the tracks would just end, here they sit just fine. Of course, this is in no small part to do with the welcome return of Jaz Coleman's anthemic singing which made both the Night Time/BTATS and Pandemonium/Democracy 'eras' such great times for Killing joke fans. Thankfully too, Geordie has taken a step or two back from the simple 'thrash' guitar of the previous two records (where I thought he was completely wasting his unique talents) and in some parts returned to the 'classic' Killing Joke sound - check out the fantastic Eighties-style Here Comes the Singularity.
On some tracks the thrash is still there mind, as is Jaz's bellow, but this time around they are fused with the equally dissonant sound of the first three albums. Oh, we have joy indeed! With tracks like Fresh Fever From the Skies, Absolute Dissent and in particular Depthcharge we hear (or at least I hear) the colliding of the two eponymous albums, or Revelations vs. Hosannas. Throw in a bit of European Super State trance and Ghosts of Ladbroke Grove dub and you have Killing Joke's most eclectic album to date.
I don't have the musical jargon at my disposal to properly give justice to this album, but I can't think that there will be many Killing Joke fans from either the 80s, 90s or 2000s that will be disappointed with this latest offering (except maybe those who swear by Outside the Gate).
Brilliant. Uplifting. Stick the Raven King on loud and you'll know exactly what I mean. Sublime, just sublime. Back to their best? Only time will tell, but I for one have all ready decided.
I say nearly. Paul Ferguson's tribal drumming that so characterised the distinctive Killing Joke sound of the 80s is only hinted at, but this isn't a negative. It's still powerful in its raw style and, together with Youth's bass, keep most tracks thundering along from start to finish. Like Hosannas, there are a lot of tracks between 5 and 6 minutes long but unlike that previous album where I began to wish one or two of the tracks would just end, here they sit just fine. Of course, this is in no small part to do with the welcome return of Jaz Coleman's anthemic singing which made both the Night Time/BTATS and Pandemonium/Democracy 'eras' such great times for Killing joke fans. Thankfully too, Geordie has taken a step or two back from the simple 'thrash' guitar of the previous two records (where I thought he was completely wasting his unique talents) and in some parts returned to the 'classic' Killing Joke sound - check out the fantastic Eighties-style Here Comes the Singularity.
On some tracks the thrash is still there mind, as is Jaz's bellow, but this time around they are fused with the equally dissonant sound of the first three albums. Oh, we have joy indeed! With tracks like Fresh Fever From the Skies, Absolute Dissent and in particular Depthcharge we hear (or at least I hear) the colliding of the two eponymous albums, or Revelations vs. Hosannas. Throw in a bit of European Super State trance and Ghosts of Ladbroke Grove dub and you have Killing Joke's most eclectic album to date.
I don't have the musical jargon at my disposal to properly give justice to this album, but I can't think that there will be many Killing Joke fans from either the 80s, 90s or 2000s that will be disappointed with this latest offering (except maybe those who swear by Outside the Gate).
Brilliant. Uplifting. Stick the Raven King on loud and you'll know exactly what I mean. Sublime, just sublime. Back to their best? Only time will tell, but I for one have all ready decided.
11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I've been a joke fan for 25years.But every album they have made has momments of brilliance,but also a few tracks that ,for me were not really up to the mark! I've loved every album since Nightime, but there has always been filler tracks that have made listening to the whole album a slightly less than perfect experience. That is up untill now!
This album is powerful, passionate and euphoric.There is not a single track on this album that is not perfect.
LISTEN TO IT LOUD!
IT'S LIKE HOLDING THE HAND OF THE DEVIL WHILST LOOKING INTO THE FACE OF GOD!
AMAZING!
This album is powerful, passionate and euphoric.There is not a single track on this album that is not perfect.
LISTEN TO IT LOUD!
IT'S LIKE HOLDING THE HAND OF THE DEVIL WHILST LOOKING INTO THE FACE OF GOD!
AMAZING!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
It's a very good disc...
...but not a "great" one. It's not as crunchy and raw as 2003, not as polished as 2012.
Buy it anyway.
Buy it anyway.
Published 17 days ago by R. W. Taylor
Absolute killing
All killing no filling. Such a good loud album. European superstar still my personal favourite. Saw them live on tour recently and reminded me how good they are.
Published 1 month ago by G Tompkins
....all the bees are dying....
'Absolute Dissent', which appeared in the autumn of 2010, was the first proper Joke studio album following the tragic, untimely death of bass-player Raven in 2007. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Dark Forces
So far not bad but when did they become metal?
People have said it's powerful and it is that, and this is only on first listen, but this is as close to metal as I'm happy to go, in some places a bit closer. Read more
Published 5 months ago by PJ Sturdee
Almost a classic.... but not quite.
Absolute Dissent is certainly a marked improvement on both the Joke's 2003 second eponymous album and 2006's dinful Hosannas, which proved almost unlistenable (t'was like Ministry... Read more
Published 16 months ago by C. Hyams
Highly enjoyable - in parts. Just don't expect too much.
Having read the reviews here, and having listened to the CD for a few weeks (not at once - that would be Guantanamo-esque in its madness!), here are my thoughts. Read more
Published 16 months ago by D. Parkin
Killing Joke keep producing quality albums
For a die hard fan like myself, it is good to know that KJ can still produce the goods and have their sound still strong when half the rock/metal fraternity keep recycling their... Read more
Published 17 months ago by C. G. Lloyd-morley
Great album poor production and mixing
I agree this is a great Killing Joke album, but my ears fatigue after the first four tracks. As others have pointed out the drums and bass just sound awful. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Edward J Vargo Jr
Welcome Back
Having followed Killing Joke for a number of years I was pleasantly surprised to see they'd released a new album, but at first I wasn't sure whether or not to buy it. Read more
Published 18 months ago by STAMFORD
absolute dissent
A band i've loved for years and an eagerly awaited new album. The songwriting is up there as always but the one thing that surprised and dissappointed me was the production. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Templar
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