Night_Time_(album)
Night Time (album)
1985 studio album by Killing Joke
Night Time is the fifth studio album by English post-punk band Killing Joke, released in February 1985 by E.G. through Polydor Records and produced by Chris Kimsey.
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| Released | February 11, 1985 | |||
| Recorded | August and September 1984 | |||
| Studio | Hansa Tonstudio (West Berlin, West Germany) | |||
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| Length | 39:54 | |||
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Night Time was released in late February 1985 by E.G. Records. It was an international hit, reaching number 11 in the United Kingdom in its first week on 9 March,[1] number 8 in New Zealand[2] and number 50 in Sweden.[3]
The album was remastered and reissued on CD in 2008 with nine bonus tracks, including 1984 Kid Jensen BBC radio sessions, the non-album single "A New Day" and the previously-unreleased complete version of "Blue Feather" (previously only available as an instrumental remix on the B-side to "Love Like Blood").
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  [5] |
| PopMatters | 9/10[6] |
| MusicHound Rock | [7] |
| Select | [8] |
| Smash Hits | 5/10[9] |
The album generally received favourable response. In retrospective reviews, PopMatters opined that the band "perfected" their "balance between antagonism and accessibility", commenting "the band are simply on fire on this record".[6] AllMusic commented that the album found the band "caught between their earlier aggression and a calmer, more immediately accessible approach".[4]
Ned Raggett of AllMusic remarked that ""Eighties" turned out to be the retrospectively most well-known song, due to a surprising and not always remembered example of Killing Joke's influence -- Nirvana, of all groups, thoroughly cloned the watery guitar line at the heart of the track for "Come as You Are"".[4]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Night Time" | 4:58 |
| 2. | "Darkness Before Dawn" | 5:22 |
| 3. | "Love Like Blood" | 6:50 |
| 4. | "Kings and Queens" | 4:41 |
All tracks are written by Killing Joke (Jaz Coleman, Paul Ferguson, Geordie Walker, Paul Raven), except as noted
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Tabazan" | 4:36 |
| 2. | "Multitudes" | 4:59 |
| 3. | "Europe" | 4:38 |
| 4. | "Eighties" | 3:51 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9. | "Eighties" (Kid Jensen Session, 17/04/84) | 2:53 | |
| 10. | "New Culture" (Kid Jensen Session, 17/04/84) | 3:12 | |
| 11. | "Blue Feather" (Kid Jensen Session, 17/04/84) | 4:33 | |
| 12. | "All Play Rebel" (Kid Jensen Session, 17/04/84) | 3:23 | |
| 13. | "A New Day" |
| 4:23 |
| 14. | "The Madding Crowd" | 5:10 | |
| 15. | "Blue Feather" (Joke Mix) | 3:59 | |
| 16. | "Love Like Blood" (Gestalt Mix) | 5:10 | |
| 17. | "Kings and Queens" (Geordie's Dub Mix) | 5:00 |
Killing Joke
- Jaz Coleman – vocals, keyboards
- Kevin "Geordie" Walker – guitar
- Paul Raven – bass guitar
- Paul Ferguson – drums, vocals
Production and artwork
- Chris Kimsey – production, mixing
- Brian McGhee – engineering
- Thomas Stiehler – engineering
- Jeff Veitch – photography
- Rob O'Connor - sleeve design
- Alex Zander – crew
- Brad Nelson – crew
- Fil. E. – crew
| Chart (1985) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| New Zealand Albums Chart[2] | 8 |
| Swedish Albums Chart[3] | 50 |
| UK Albums Chart[1] | 11 |
- "Killing Joke | Artist | Official Charts". Official Charts. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- "charts.nz – Discography Killing Joke". charts.nz. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- "swedishcharts.com – Discography Killing Joke". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- Raggett, Ned. "Night Time – Killing Joke | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
- Begrand, Adrien (30 April 2008). "Fun & Games: Killing Joke in the Mid-'80s | PopMatters". PopMatters. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- Holtje, Steve (1999). "Killing Joke". In Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel (eds.). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Detroit: Visible Ink Press. pp. 629–630. ISBN 978-1-57859-061-2 – via the Internet Archive.
- Heath, Chris (28 February – 13 March 1985). "Albums: Killing Joke – Night Time (EG)". Smash Hits. Vol. 7, no. 5. Peterborough: EMAP National Publications, Ltd. p. 21. ISSN 0260-3004. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- Night Time at Discogs (list of releases)