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This is more of a generic overview of the Joke's material between 1979-1990 rather than a greatest hits / best of collection (they only had one real hit with Love Like Blood, which made #16 in 1985).
The omission of great tracks such as Are You Receiving, Complications, The Wait, A New Day, Rubicon (and absolutely nothing from the great Fire Dances album) is surprising. Perhaps this was through lack of space although there are a number of somewhat limited tracks here, such as Butcher, Exit and Unspeakable, which show KJ at their post-punk musical extreme. A double-CD compilation would have done proper justice to their generally fantastic work.
Nevertheless, with gems such as Turn To Red, Follow The Leaders, Love Like Blood, Eighties and Wintergardens all present and correct, this is certainly a pretty good place to start.
OK, commercially Killing Joke never achieved the sales of some of their contemporaries, but in terms of importance, this album serves to bring you examples of why they were as important as PIL, Gang Of Four and a number of other undersold bands of the day.
You may well be better served buying their individual albums, expecially the first three superb releases, but this should serve you if you just want to dip your toe in their icy dark water.
From the abrasive beginnings, Killing Joke went on a journey into some dark and wonderful places. From the searing 'The Wait', Wardance' and 'Requiem' onwards through 'Empire Song' you feel unsettled yet drawn into their world of terrifying reality.
It's worthy of note to understand that without Killing Joke, there would be no NIN, 'Come as you are' would never have been written (hear Eighties) and many of Depeche Modes darkest moments could not have taken shape.
These tracks well and truly stand the test of time. If you're not convinced, buy it, then the recent 25th anniversary live album and enter their world. You will not be dissapointed.
I'll tell you the stary about how I ended up buying this album. I was actually looking through the latest charts; don't ask me why I was doing this; I am not a supporter of modern stuff or the crap they now come out with on radio 1. But I noticed an album by Killing Joke in that chart and not selling too badly either. I wondered what it would sound like since I remembered the old band but thought I had bought an album or two and purhaps a single (Empire Song) but that was about it. Anyway I bought the album, enjoyed it then went on to buy a few more of the old albums which are now available as downloads and are a lot better quality than the old LP's.
Try Killing Joke and you might pleasently be surprised.
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