Favorite Track On ... Killing Joke - Killing Joke

Wardance is so fulla energy - my vote

It probably won't get many votes, but Bloodsport remains my fave despite the unbelievable riffage of Requiem.

"Change" VERY easily.

"Change" wasn't on the original album, so I go with "Wardance."

Wardance is easily my fave KJ song.

"Change" was on the original U.S. album, which is good enough for me; always liked that one and "Requiem" as a single, too. And "The Wait" and "Wardance" would be justifiable votes as well, obviously, but I'm gonna go with "$0.36" (which I've always thought of its title as -- 36 Cents also being change, obviously) for inventing Voivod.

(I actually agree that "Change" is the best track, just figured that one would get enough votes as is.)

Actually -- Alex should know the answer do this -- why do people call that track "S.O. 36"? That title looks pretty consistent on line, but the cover clearly calls it "$,0,36" as far I can tell.(Not sure why they used commas instead of decimal points, or put any punctuation at all after the dollar sign. But what the hell, they were still young.)

Listening to this now, it's some pretty good music.

you just got round to hearing this for the 1st time?

how many 22 year-old English folk have heard this album? i'm willing to bet it's well into double-figures

more than have heard cardiacs albums.

not completely sure that's true

not allowed to mention that band here anyway coz AINYC will drop by and casually inform me that my two favourite albums ever are crap post-shark-jumpage flights of fancy

and you say he's wrong?

this KJ album is one of the greatest albums of all time. The cardiacs albums aren't.

and if you want to start a KJ vs Cardiacs poll go ahead.

i laugh at your puny bait

mind you this is a nice record indeed

and i have a full week to think of a favourite! early frontrunner is possibly Tomorrow's World but S.O. 36 is currently making something of a concerted effort

Only ILM contrariness will stop Wardance and Requiem taking the 1st 2 spots.

I see how voting for "$0.36" like I did means being "contrary", but not "Change" or "The Wait." ("Change" was the closest thing to a hit on the album, right? Didn't it even hit the dance charts? And people voting for "The Wait" are probably just Metallica fans.)

Plus "The Wait" was the first KJ song I ever heard, off the great Burning Ambitions comp. And I hear people praise "Change" more than any other KJ song. So I don't see how voting for either would be contrariness either.

Hard to go past Wardance. 'Music to DAANCE to?!?'

The Wait. definitely. followed by Wardance.

I think LJ should be praised for his willingness to investigate this kind of stuff, Pfunk, not taunted.

Gonna willfully disqualify "Change" - I've got the Brit vinyl, though I play the CD way more - and go with the incredible death-disco of "Bloodsport".

Alex will disagree, but I much preferred Youth to Paul Raven.

Wooohoo! Another comrade for Bloodsport! Thanks Myonga. You've made my night.

Whoops, looks like I downloaded the Duende Spanish Sessions version, which is fine, but must get back to the album version.

Oh my god, it's going to be a Killing Joke night, I can feel it.

Okay got the album version of Bloodsport and I think that Giorgio Moroder would have to eat some disco heavy metal hairspray for this.

I'm just happy that people are discussing Killing Joke in earnest, and not just winding me up. And the Cardiacs should have hung it up after Heaven Born.., but that's just my opinion.

You also missed me discovering Cop Shoot Cop the other day :D

("Room 429", in case you were wondering...a totally scorching, brilliant song)

why do people call that track "S.O. 36"?

Because it's named after the SO36, a venue in West Berlin at the time

"Requiem", by the way

Because it's named after the SO36, a venue in West Berlin at the time

ooooh, Tom pWned it! Ouch! Is this true, Alex?

Someone is repping for Requiem! Oh my god, I don't feel so lonely now.

I'll go for "Requiem" as well, tricky choice up against "wardance" and "change", though. Cracking album, this one.

I just found some BBC live thing from 1995 or whatever. Oh my god. I don't see how it could be from 1995, though, cause the songs are from 1986 and before. I'm flabbergasted. Jesus H. where did this come from? For early songs, it's got Requiem, Wardance, Complications, Psyche, Tension, too...and a bunch of stuff from Brighter Than A Thousand Suns which I know Alex doesn't like too much, and of course stuff from Night Time, but damnit, these guys SHREDDED live. I've got a '85 Rockpalast DVD to prove it, and I'm tempted to go in the next room and put it on. Geordie was fucking STYLIN' on that, man. Even the shape of his guitar is part of his style, man. Can't fucking beat it.

I don't know why but they're just exactly what I want to hear right now. Thanks ILM!

they're still amazing live; original lineup shows at london forum last year were mindblowing. put
magazine who also played there recently to shame.
and i get to see em (KJ) again next month :-)

Yes, it's a venue, although I've never been sure what that has to do with the song in question. When they played here in NYC last October, before launching into it, Jaz spake: "And now a word from our sponsor." Didn't remember to ask him.

COMPLICATIONS

Alex lots of ppl here secretly or not-so-secretly like killing joke, it's just more fun to wind you up tbh!

I've been playing this album all fucking day. Can't get over "Change" either. I hope you're happy.

Change was never one of my favourites.

I get the feeling Bimble likes Killing Joke

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

i decided to vote Requiem since Wardance seems to be getting the votes from other posters.

"The Wait", for the synth squiggles.

One the best album cover's ever btw.

But of course.

Alex what album got you into KJ?

(this was the 1st one I heard but that was in 1992)

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

Wow! Nice bunch of votes for this one, I'm pleased at the sheer numbers. Haha. Pisses me off about Wardance, though. Not a bad track, but folks, really...come now.

wtf?? I'm the only one who voted for "Change????" Seems as if Alex in NYC was going to vote for it too. What happened?

Yeah, that's fucked up. It's the best song on the record. I didn't vote for it because I figured it would get plenty of votes without me! (But I think Alex said he wasn't voting for it because it wasn't on the original UK album.)

Right but that suggests that our resident KJ expert thinks it's the best song on the album too.

Yeah, I voted for Bloodsport, but how Change got only one vote is absolutely crazy.

Yeah, that's fucked up. It's the best song on the record. I didn't vote for it because I figured it would get plenty of votes without me!

― xhuxk

Yep, me neither, same reason!

I voted for "Wardance" because "Change" wasn't on the original LP, and I'm pathetic and pedantic like that.

The album that got me into KJ was NightTime, and I worked backwards from there.

Technically, it was actually the 12" of "Eighties" which came out the summer before the release of NightTime.

I agree with the 1st 3.

I thought change was going to win this after the posts it got

Backlash!

how in the double blue blazes did Tomorrow's World get 0

it's my favourite fwiw

yeah wtf these are some bad results imo. "$0.36" and "change" are my two favourite songs on this album probably and they're way at the bottom. wardance and requiem are the two most obvious / boring choices.

yeah, much prefer "the wait" and "primitive" to the winner here. healthy debate.

the new album is gr8 btw

Didn't check them out early enough to vote in this poll, but listened a bit on Spotify and "Wardance" is indeed a great song.

requiem got my vote, discovering that song was like finding gold to me

Well there's much more treasure where that came from!