BBC in Concert (Killing Joke album)

BBC in Concert is a live album by English post-punk band Killing Joke, released in October 1995 by Windsong International Records.[1][2]

BBC in Concert
Live album by
ReleasedOctober 1995
Recorded6 March 1985, 22 August 1986
Genre
Length57:33
LabelWindsong International
Killing Joke live albums chronology
Ha
(1982)
BBC in Concert
(1995)
No Way Out but Forward Go
(2001)

Content edit

Tracks 1–10 were recorded at the 1986 Reading Festival in England (on 22 August), while the final three songs were recorded during a 1985 Paris Theatre appearance (on 6 March).[1][2][3]

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music     [4]
MusicHound Rock     [2]

It has been reviewed as a "better-than-average bootleg" due to the sound quality.[1][2]

Track listing edit

  1. "Twilight of the Mortals" – 4:47
  2. "Chessboards" – 5:36
  3. "Kings & Queens" – 4:11
  4. "Darkness Before Dawn" – 5:02
  5. "Love Like Blood" – 4:44
  6. "Sanity" – 4:48
  7. "Love of the Masses" – 4:07
  8. "Requiem" – 3:19
  9. "Complications" – 3:20
  10. "Wardance" – 3:50
  11. "Tabazan" – 4:34
  12. "Tension" – 3:50
  13. "Pssyche" – 5:26

Personnel edit

Killing Joke

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d Rabid, Jack. "BBC in Concert (22nd August 1986) – Killing Joke | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d Holtje, Steve (1999). "Killing Joke". In Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel (eds.). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide (loan required). Detroit: Visible Ink Press. pp. 629–630. ISBN 978-1-57859-061-2 – via the Internet Archive.
  3. ^ Hämäläinen, Jyrki "Spider" (2020). Killing Joke: Are You Receiving?, p. 109. Milton Keynes: New Haven Publishing. ISBN 978-1912587407.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.