THE INEVITABLE KILLING JOKE POLL: Because No One Asked For It

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Poll Results

OptionVotes
Killing Joke (1980) 33
What's THIS For...! 12
Night Time 9
Killing Joke (2003) 7
Revelations 4
Pandemonium 3
Extremities, Dirt And Various Repressed Emotions 3
Democracy 1
Hosannas From The Basement Of Hell1
Fire Dances 1
Brighter Than A Thousand Suns 0
Outside The Gate 0


Alex in NYC, Monday, 6 August 2007 23:22 (eighteen years ago)

Vote, ya bastards.

Alex in NYC, Monday, 6 August 2007 23:23 (eighteen years ago)

1st album

Herman G. Neuname, Monday, 6 August 2007 23:23 (eighteen years ago)

I don't care if voting for Night Time makes me a populist know-nothing...it's my favorite.

Johnny Fever, Monday, 6 August 2007 23:23 (eighteen years ago)

The first self-titled is probably the best, but I listen to Pandemonium the most, so my vote goes to that one.

Jeff Treppel, Monday, 6 August 2007 23:31 (eighteen years ago)

_Killing Joke 2003_ draws me back time and again. It totally encapsulates my feelings as a liberal Democrat in America under Shrub.

Mr. Odd, Monday, 6 August 2007 23:33 (eighteen years ago)

i wonder WHO is gonna vote for outside the gate -- you KNOW it's gonna happen in this place.

Eisbaer, Monday, 6 August 2007 23:40 (eighteen years ago)

lest we forget why outside the gate is such a travesty, see the album cover below and weep:

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000024A88.02._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg

Eisbaer, Monday, 6 August 2007 23:42 (eighteen years ago)

I've never even heard _Outside The Gate_. I even like _Brighter Than A Thousand Suns_. Maybe I should sample OTG, just to see what's what?

Mr. Odd, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 00:01 (eighteen years ago)

Whichever one has "Eighties" on it.

Spencer Chow, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 00:09 (eighteen years ago)

1. 1st album
2. 2nd album
3. 3rd album
4. Live Ha! EP which isn't even up there
5. Who cares

xhuxk, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 00:27 (eighteen years ago)

It's not up there because it's a live album, Chuck -- we're talking studio output. The live albums will be a separate poll.

Alex in NYC, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 00:52 (eighteen years ago)

oh boy, i can't wait...

Steve Shasta, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 00:56 (eighteen years ago)

I'll vote for What's THIS for.. just because it sounded like their second debut album. I vividly remember hearing the first two records for the first time. Very special moments in my musical upbringing. They never again came anywhere close to that in my opinion, but that's still twice more than almost every other band.

peepee, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 01:32 (eighteen years ago)

I went for my sentimental favorite Extremities. Might not be their best, but it was the first I heard.

John Justen, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 01:36 (eighteen years ago)

2003. I'm a sucker for the Post-Punkers' continuing competence. (Grinderman, Von Sudenfed, Read+Burn)

bendy, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 01:50 (eighteen years ago)

Debut - The version with "Change"

Myonga Vön Bontee, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 20:51 (eighteen years ago)

Another populist vote for Night Time from me! The Joke on the pop charts, blowing my teenage mind. I used to look at the TV and go, 'My God, how cool is Geordie and how ugly is Jaz'.

moley, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 21:53 (eighteen years ago)

What album is "A New Day" on? I guess I vote for the New Day 12".

Lie Bot, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 22:17 (eighteen years ago)

Which album did Alex vote for?

Herman G. Neuname, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 22:43 (eighteen years ago)

Debut - The version with "Change"

Wait ("Wait"), is there also a version of the debut without "Change"? Was that the original one? -- as in, was "Change" added after the original release, or what? (I also have a "Change"/"Requiem" 12-inch on my shelf somewhere, so it was obviously the single. Wasn't it a small hit at new wave dance clubs at the time?)

xhuxk, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 22:54 (eighteen years ago)

What album is "A New Day" on? I guess I vote for the New Day 12".

Not on any album (although you can inexplicably find an extended mix of it on the odds n' sods collection, Wilfull Days. That said, it will probably be appended to the re-release of NightTime which is slated for later this year (after many delays).

Alex in NYC, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 23:20 (eighteen years ago)

Wait ("Wait"), is there also a version of the debut without "Change"? Was that the original one? -- as in, was "Change" added after the original release, or what? (I also have a "Change"/"Requiem" 12-inch on my shelf somewhere, so it was obviously the single. Wasn't it a small hit at new wave dance clubs at the time?)

UK debut did not originally include "Change." US version did.

Alex in NYC, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 23:24 (eighteen years ago)

Oh...so hard for me...but, I'm going to go with the one that I've probably listened to the most out of them all, which is Night Time. However, the debut, What's THIS for...! and Revelations make a close second.

Aja, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 02:24 (eighteen years ago)

2nd Pandemonium

rockapads, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 04:15 (eighteen years ago)

I haven't heard all these, but I'm probably going to end up voting for Night Time. What's THIS For..! is tempting, though.

Curt1s Stephens, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 04:17 (eighteen years ago)

(X) none of them

am0n, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 04:34 (eighteen years ago)

Oh, you can't choose???

Or are you just stupid...

Aja, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 04:36 (eighteen years ago)

first album!! love it so much i have the thing framed on my den wall.....even have a tshirt with the cover on it.

drone/a/sore, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 05:54 (eighteen years ago)

<i>I went for my sentimental favorite Extremities. Might not be their best, but it was the first I heard.</i>

and that makes two of us, for the same reason. i think there's a deluxe reissue coming soon on candlelight.

GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 06:04 (eighteen years ago)

VERDAMMT BBCODE

GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 06:04 (eighteen years ago)

3rd album is the one. I was at a gig the other week to see some local 'rock band' they were competent but just basically pointless, I spent the time musing to myself that I should storm the stage armed with a set of powerpoint slides and do a presentation to the audience (and the band) about Killing Jokes 3rd.

Sandy Blair, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 07:05 (eighteen years ago)

Coudn't bring yourself to add the semi-oblig "hate" option, even in irony?

Mark G, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 07:50 (eighteen years ago)

Difficult to choose between the 1st 2... and the 3rd... no interest in the rest. I'll go with "What's THIS For...!"

Tom D., Wednesday, 8 August 2007 08:48 (eighteen years ago)

and that makes two of us, for the same reason. i think there's a deluxe reissue coming soon on candlelight.

This is true.

Alex in NYC, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 13:37 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.plastichead.com/catalogue.asp?ex=fitem&verb=F&target=LETV006LPR

Herman G. Neuname, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 13:54 (eighteen years ago)

Or are you just stupid...

-- Aja, Wednesday, August 8, 2007 12:36 AM (11 hours ago)

no u

am0n, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 15:49 (eighteen years ago)

I'm just fucking with ya.

I don't see why you bother posting on this thread if you don't care for KJ. That's all.

Aja, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 16:25 (eighteen years ago)

31st? that's ages away.

Herman G. Neuname, Tuesday, 14 August 2007 22:06 (eighteen years ago)

I picked up Brighter Than a Thousand Suns for cheap, and I've been enjoying it. Doesn't sound at all like Killing Joke, but it's pretty cool mid 80s gothy synthpop.

Jeff Treppel, Tuesday, 14 August 2007 22:17 (eighteen years ago)

what johnny fever said. i fuckin' love "night time".

but it was close between that and the first album.

grimly fiendish, Tuesday, 14 August 2007 22:22 (eighteen years ago)

I won't lie -- I gave my vote to NightTime

Alex in NYC, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 02:17 (eighteen years ago)

"I gave my vote to NightTime"

Hippie.

I mean it's a nice album, but it's not got the compelling creepy paranoia of the 1st album, the simmering barely controlled rage of the 2nd, or the, erm, simmering, slightly more controlled rage but with added creepy paranoia of the 3rd one.

Sandy Blair, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 07:28 (eighteen years ago)

Night Time was the one that recruited me, so to speak.

Alex in NYC, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 11:11 (eighteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

ILX System, Wednesday, 29 August 2007 23:01 (eighteen years ago)

What's to win then? 1st album or Night Time?

Herman G. Neuname, Thursday, 30 August 2007 00:27 (eighteen years ago)

Pandemonium!

Jeff Treppel, Thursday, 30 August 2007 00:29 (eighteen years ago)

Thought long and hard on this one - What's THIS for?! gets the most play for me so I'm going with that ... though I love the first and Brighter and the new stuff quite a bit too...

BlackIronPrison, Thursday, 30 August 2007 00:42 (eighteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

ILX System, Thursday, 30 August 2007 23:01 (eighteen years ago)

1st 3 in my order of preference actually.

Herman G. Neuname, Thursday, 30 August 2007 23:25 (eighteen years ago)

Only 9 votes for Night Time? Jesus H. what is WRONG, people?

Bimble, Friday, 31 August 2007 01:25 (eighteen years ago)

Not enough goths on the board, obviously.

aldo, Friday, 31 August 2007 06:57 (eighteen years ago)

I find that hard to believe!

Herman G. Neuname, Friday, 31 August 2007 15:26 (eighteen years ago)

Who the hell voted for Democracy??? I'm sorry, but that shouldn't be anyone's favorite Killing Joke!

Aja, Sunday, 2 September 2007 02:08 (eighteen years ago)

MORE GOTHS ON THE BOARD! PRONTO!

Bimble, Sunday, 2 September 2007 05:17 (eighteen years ago)

No surprises. Also, their 2003 album gets the credit it deserves, whatever Geordie's opinion of Dave Grohl's individually tracked drums.

moley, Sunday, 2 September 2007 05:59 (eighteen years ago)

Only 4 votes for "Revelations"?

Weird.

PhilK, Sunday, 2 September 2007 09:17 (eighteen years ago)

I was baffled by that too. I've heard the other early ones, but it was "Revelations" that always stuck with me.

Soukesian, Monday, 3 September 2007 21:41 (eighteen years ago)

wtf Fire Dances gettin robbed

sleeve, Monday, 3 September 2007 22:46 (eighteen years ago)

Soukesian - Yeah, "Revelations" and "What's THIS for....?" are IMMENSE, but I don't like the debut at all. Too soupy........

PhilK, Tuesday, 4 September 2007 09:21 (eighteen years ago)

one month passes...

NIGHT TIME REISSUE I AM FOAMING AT THE MOUTH

Bimble, Sunday, 14 October 2007 21:48 (eighteen years ago)

three years pass...

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61mO%2BsrXTBL._SL500_AA280_.jpg

this is the BUSINESS, this is

five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 21 March 2011 00:59 (fourteen years ago)

Yah, that early single box is off the charts good. That punk-reggae sound was imitated but no one else got the fusion as they did here. Wild to hear them revisit it on one track on their new album!

Gerald McBoing-Boing, Monday, 21 March 2011 02:19 (fourteen years ago)


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