Night Time (album)

Night Time
Studio album by Killing Joke
Released February 1985
Recorded August and September 1984
Studio
Genre
Length 39:54
Label E.G.
Producer
Killing Joke chronology
Fire Dances
(1983)Fire Dances1983		 Night Time
(1985)		 Brighter Than a Thousand Suns
(1986)Brighter Than a Thousand Suns1986
Singles from Night Time
  1. "Eighties"
    Released: April 1984
  2. "Love Like Blood"
    Released: January 1985
  3. "Kings and Queens"
    Released: March 1985

Night Time is the fifth studio album by English post-punk band Killing Joke. It was released in February 1985 through E.G..

Release

Night Time was released in February 1985 by record label E.G. It was an international hit, reaching number 11 in the United Kingdom,[1] number 8 in New Zealand[2] and number 50 in Sweden.[3]

The album was remastered and reissued in 2008, with nine bonus tracks. The bonus tracks include the non-album single "A New Day", three remixes and four tracks from a 1984 Kid Jensen BBC radio session.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
PopMatters9/10[5]

In his retrospective review, Ned Raggett of AllMusic opines that the album finds the band's music "caught between their earlier aggression and a calmer, more immediately accessible approach. The tension between the two sides had a perfect balance, and as a result, Night Time is arguably the quartet's freshest album since its debut, with a warm, anthemic quality now supplementing the blasting, driving approach that made the band's name".[4] Adrian Begrand of PopMatters opined that, with the album, the band "perfected" their "balance between antagonism and accessibility" and that "the band are simply on fire on this record".[5]

"Eighties" lawsuit

Kerrang! magazine claimed that Killing Joke filed suit against Nirvana because the latter's "Come as You Are" (1991) was musically similar to "Eighties," primarily the guitar riffs used. When no actual suit could be identified as having been filed, Kerrang! claimed the matter had been dropped shortly after Kurt Cobain's death in 1994.[6]

According to Rolling Stone, Killing Joke did not file a copyright infringement lawsuit due to "personal and financial reasons".[7]

Track listing

All tracks written by Killing Joke (Jaz Coleman, Paul Ferguson, Geordie Walker, Paul Raven), except as noted.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Night Time"4:58
2."Darkness Before Dawn"5:22
3."Love Like Blood"6:50
4."Kings and Queens"4:41
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Tabazan"4:36
2."Multitudes"4:59
3."Europe"4:38
4."Eighties"3:51

Personnel

Additional personnel
  • Chris Kimsey – production
  • Brian McGhee – engineering
  • Thomas Stiehler – engineering
  • Jim Veitch – sleeve photography
  • Brad Nelson – sleeve photography
  • Alex Zander – sleeve photography
  • Fil. E. – sleeve photography

Charts

Chart (1985) Peak
position
New Zealand Albums Chart[8] 8
Swedish Albums Chart[9] 50
UK Albums Chart[1] 11

References

  1. 1 2 "Killing Joke | Artist | Official Charts". Official Charts. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "charts.org.nz – Discography Killing Joke". charts.org.nz. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  3. ↑ "swedishcharts.com – Discography Killing Joke". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  4. 1 2 Raggett, Ned. "Night Time – Killing Joke | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  5. 1 2 Begrand, Adrien (30 April 2008). "Fun & Games: Killing Joke in the Mid-'80s | PopMatters". PopMatters. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "historylink.org– The Free Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History". historylink.org. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  7. ↑ Borzillo-Vrenna, Carrie (10 April 2003). "Rolling Stone : Nirvana Pay Back Killing Joke". rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on 14 February 2007. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  8. ↑ "charts.org.nz – Discography Killing Joke". charts.org.nz. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  9. ↑ "swedishcharts.com – Discography Killing Joke". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
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