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WITH A reputation forged in fire, brimstone and magic, Killing Joke have long been one of rock’s most iconic & influential outfits with a string of revered recordings to their name.
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  • Audio CD (11 July 2005)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Extra tracks
  • Label: EMI
  • ASIN: B0009S2F7E
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 26,430 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Listen  1. The Fall Of Because (2005 Digital Remaster) 5:12£0.89
Listen  2. Tension (2005 Digital Remaster) 4:33£0.89
Listen  3. Unspeakable (2005 Digital Remaster) 5:19£0.89
Listen  4. Butcher (2005 Digital Remaster) 6:13£0.89
Listen  5. Follow The Leaders (2005 Digital Remaster) 5:37£0.89
Listen  6. Madness (2005 Digital Remaster) 7:43£0.89
Listen  7. Who Told You How? (2005 Digital Remaster) 3:37£0.89
Listen  8. Exit (2005 Digital Remaster) 3:44£0.89
Listen  9. Follow The Leaders (Dub) (2005 Digital Remaster) 4:06£0.89
Listen10. Madness (Dub) 7:28£0.89
Listen11. Brilliant (2005 Digital Remaster) 3:59£0.89

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Killing Joke started on the unemployment line. Whether fact or fiction, it was while waiting in line at a British unemployment office in late 78/early 79, that singer/keyboardist Jeremy "Jaz" Coleman ran into a friend and started discussing his musical aspirations. Upon hearing Coleman speak, the friend said, "I have someone you should meet," and later brought him to a London flat, where drummer Paul Ferguson was waiting. Just over 25 years since the release of their first album Killing Joke, the band return to the gig circuit on support slots for Motley Crue’s arena tours in June 2005. Following this tour, their albums, now newly remastered and with added bonus tracks, are being re-released. The artwork for each album has been cleaned up by original designer Mike Coles and all bonus tracks have been carefully chosen by the band themselves.

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KILLING JOKE Whats This For...! (2005 UK FULLY AUTOGRAPHED 11-track remastered CD issue of their 1981 album includes 3 bonus tracks - Follow The Leaders & Madness [Dub Versions] and Brilliant picture sleeve. The front of the sleeve has been signed in black marker pen by Jaz Geordie Paul Raven temporary drummer Ben Calvert and live keyboardist Reza Udhin - at a charity gig in Camden London in 2005. A great item)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
high point 26 July 2006
By jek
Format:Audio CD
one of the best albums ever written , period, a masterful sonic wall of noise, butcher is the ultimate climate change song,no tree hugging here,instead u have a song that spits bile at the psychotic self harm that is modern neo con capitalisml.there's a masterpiece
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The dark, apocalyptic Terry Gilliam inspired artwork of WHAT"S THIS FOR....! sums up its style - a terrifying war-cry challenging conformity and apathy. This is a thunderous LP which invokes a terrific sonic assault. The lyrics are constructed by Jaz Coleman with precision, delivered with an intense and, when you grasp the dark sense of humour which the Joke fire at their targets, exhilirating bite. It hasn't dated at all.
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Acid optional 6 Sep 2009
Format:Audio CD
This album broke the mould for me. It showed me what could happen with talent, anger and insight. It summed up the crazy time in the UK when it was released and I played it to death. None of it has dated, just more ominous and menacing.
A stupendous record.
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Come inside boy...they call this fun...
Despite the body of immense work that they have produced since 1980, this, their second album 'what's THIS for...!', is unquestionably the Joke's finest (half) hour. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Dark Forces
Twisted, bleak, nasty, great!
Rating: 7.5/10

Best tracks: `Butcher', `Tension', `Follow the Leaders'

Darker, nastier and heavier than its predecessor, the second Killing Joke album is not... Read more
Published 17 months ago by New Gold Dreamer
Dub Masters
The second, is an actual refinement of the first, the Siamese twin bolted and then twisted. Dubbed with aural strangeness, this explores the DSM manual of a-z madness, but with an... Read more
Published on 22 May 2010 by Dr. Delvis Memphistopheles
the difficult second album
but unlike many other groups, killing joke, typically, refuse to conform, bucking the trend by releasing arguably their best album... Read more
Published on 12 Nov 2008 by I. M. Fazackerley
Unspeakably Good
What’s THIS For..! Is a carnal, visceral experience. This is the point at which Killing Joke realised their potential to channel fundamental, primal forces through themselves... Read more
Published on 21 May 2003
Full on aural and mental distortion of the world
Killing Joke's second album caught them at a peak both in terms of sonic assault and ideology of lyrics. Read more
Published on 16 Jun 2002 by Yue Ting Cheng
Listen to this if you're in a particularly bad mood.
Jaz Coleman & Co's 2nd outing from 1981, after their promising eponymopus 1980 debut, is perhaps their most extreme and perhaps inacessable album to date. Read more
Published on 14 Aug 2000 by "chrishyams"
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