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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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i can't believe all the fuss there is over this one.it isn't all that different to the previous 2 albums-melodic pop with an edge,as for jaz saying about singing in tune he sang in tune on nightime and even more in tune on btats!!!!apart from the song "america"which is way too commercial for me all the rest are cracking tunes with excellent rythyms and not as poppy as people will tell you-it's just good music.it wouldn't do if all their albums were the same anyway.i can listen to any of their albums and see it for what it is-stop labelling bands!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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A very strange album, and not immediatley accesible, but after several listens I've decided I do like this album. It's aged very well, it's quite atmospheric and sticks in your head for quite a long time afterwards. The only song I'm not keen on is The Calling which is a bizarre rant of a song with little melody to it. Not in the same league as Night Time or Brighter Than 1000 Suns, but a very inventive album and hugely underrated.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Apart from the occasional flourish by guitarist Geordie, this was more of a Jaz Coleman solo album than a Killing Joke one. Without the input from the rhythm section that had featured on the previous three Joke albums, Jaz was given free rein to indulge his more bombastic and pretentious side. The result is an overblown, pompous mess, made worse by very dated production. In the place of Paul Raven's simple but hypnotic bass playing, there's the kind of funk bass that would have sounded at home on a Level 42 record. The keyboards have changed from the odd analogue drones and strings of albums like Night Time to the cheesy sounds used by late 80s pop bands. The songs have little coherence, and appear to be little more than Jaz showing off that he knows the odd scale or two. Basically, avoid this album like the plague unless you're a Joke completist or the type who likes really naff, late 80s pop music. Instead, check out the previous two albums (Night Time and Brighter Than A Thousand Suns) to see what this album could have been. Then check out Killing Joke's earlier, spikier albums, before moving onto their later stuff that took the aggression of their early material to a whole new level.
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For (very) devoted fans only!
The closest thing to a turkey that KJ have ever produced, I would only recommend this as the last album in the collection, worse than the rather uneven effort Democracy. Read more
Published on 4 Jan 2009 by Cam
Be afraid...
As a long-time Joke fan, I feel the need to write a note of caution.
This record does not sound like any other of the bands L. Read more
This record does not sound like any other of the bands L. Read more
Published on 22 Jun 2008 by Si
Heed The Calling
My favourite KJ era is the 80s. Night Time, Brighter Than 1000 Suns and Outside The Gate have the right balance of melody, clever arrangements and underlying KJ earthiness. Read more
Published on 16 May 2008 by M. Taylor
Forgotten & unfairly maligned classic
There is much dislike for this album. Joke fans will know that it was meant to be either a Jaz Coleman solo album or Coleman/Walker album but the record company insisted on it... Read more
Published on 6 May 2008 by Mick L
Not that bad at all!
Yeh, why not?! A complete contrast to the early 80s output, but still satisfying. The bonus tracks make this release even more worthwhile. Read more
Published on 10 April 2008 by C. Spear
Criminally Underrated
There has always been much argument amongst KJ fans as to whether this should have been a KJ album at all or a Jaz/Geordie side-project. I couldn't care less really. Read more
Published on 4 Feb 2008 by Imaginata
Not the best but brilliant!
Being the only Killing Joke album(cassette actully)i had fore
3 or 4 years it is very dear to my heart. Read more
3 or 4 years it is very dear to my heart. Read more
Published on 29 Jan 2006 by Georg Pétur Sveinbjörnsson
Don't bother!
This isn't Killing Joke. It is Jaz Coleman indulging his symphonic tendencies but with terrible synths. Geordie's guitar is poorly produced and the songs are weak. Read more
Published on 10 Dec 2004 by "matt2097"
A classic album
We are all different, but I consider my music taste to be pretty good, and like a lot of decent music from Rock to classical. Read more
Published on 7 Jun 2004 by "marcusburton"
Enough with Commonplaces
I'm so tired in continuing to hear "Outside The Gate" is the worst Killing Joke album I'm beginning to believe it myself. Read more
Published on 18 Jun 2003 by Piccinini Claudio
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