For Beginners

For Beginners Artist: Killing Joke
Label: Caroline
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 724357171120
EAN: 0724357171120
ASIN: B0002FHA92


Release Date: 2004-10-19

For Beginners


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Tracks:

  1. The Wait
  2. Primitive
  3. Butcher
  4. The Fall Of Because (Live)
  5. Chapter Three
  6. We Have Joy (Remix)
  7. Fun And Games
  8. Harlequin (Single Version)
  9. Wilful Days
  10. Tabazan
  11. Night Time
  12. Victory (Single Mix)
  13. Twilight Of The Mortal
  14. My Love Of This Land
  15. Obsession
  16. Rubicon (Chris Kimsey Mix)

Similar Items:

  1. Ha! Killing Joke Live
  2. Hosannas from the Basement of Hell
  3. Democracy
  4. Killing Joke - XXV Gathering: The Band That Preys Together Stays Together
  5. Laugh? I Nearly Bought One!

Album Description

UK retrospective for the quasi-metal band spanning from 1981 with the release of the self-titled debut to 1988's 'Outside The Gate', features 16 tracks taken from their first 7 albums including B-sides & previously unreleased versions, 'The Fall Of Because' (Live - single B-side), 'We Have Joy' (Previously Unreleased Mix), 'Harlequin' (Previously Unreleased Single Version), 'Victory' (Previously Unreleased Version), & 'Rubicon' (Previously Unreleased Chris Kimsey Mix). EMI. 2004.

Album Details

2004 Compilation. Few Groups have Ever Matched Killing Joke for Sheer Rock 'n' Roll Intensity, Formed in Notting Hill in 1978 by Jaz Coleman, Geordie, Youth and Paul Ferguson, They Lit Up the Post Punk Music Scene in the UK, Thanks to a Rhythmic Fury, Inflammatory Imagery and Borderline Psychotic Stage Antics. Often Misunderstood for Both their Doom Laden Lyrics and their Black Humour, Killing Joke Nonetheless Harboured a Near Uncontrollable Rage at Authority to Match their Political Pretensions.

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Great tunes, but an odd selection for an introduction..........2005-04-07

"For Beginners" is a compilation of material from Killing Joke's EMI catalog. I think like any sort of introduction to the band, the faithful (such as myself) will have complaints about what was included, what wasn't, etc., and such arguements are quite honestly difficult. In this case though, there may be a point to those arguments.

It looks as though they were concerned with even distribution-- two songs were pulled from each album on EG (i.e. "Outside the Gate" and earlier), with a third one from "Brighter Than a Thousand Suns", this evenness gets in the way of the track selection-- I think most folks in trying to introduce the band would emphasize their first two records and "Night Time", but regardless of that, teh track selection-- "Primitive" instead of "Wardance" or "Requiem" (I can understand "The Wait" what with Metallica covering it.....), "Butcher" instead of "Unspeakable", "Chapter III" over "Empire Song"... the list can go on.

If you're new to the band, this could be an interesting introduction, but I think I'd recommend getting "Laugh? I Nearly Bought One!" instead, which reaches one album further and has a much superior track selection.

Of course, if you're a collector, there's some reason for this-- the sound quality is much better, there's a few alternate mixes (including the drum obsessed version of "We Have Joy" and a much more in-your-face "Harlequin", though that could be remastering talking), but for anyone else, look elsewhere for an intro.

4 out of 5 stars Great Compilation.......2004-12-26

This compilation is a great starter CD for your KJ collection. It is easy to see where Trent Reznor, System of a Down and Metallica recieved some of their inspiration from. The music is a hybrid of punk and 80's alternative rock. An important segment of music history.

5 out of 5 stars

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  2. Shipwrecked ~ The Sultans
  3. Eufaula ~ Atlanta Rhythm Section (ARS)
  4. The Futureheads ~ The Futureheads
  5. War of the Worlds ~ Bad Astronaut , and Amchair Martian
  6. Far Out ~ Far East Family Band
  7. Slide on This ~ Ron Wood
  8. Oh! Suzy-Q ~ Dale Hawkins
  9. Gold ~ Squeeze
  10. In Medias Res

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Lonely Woman ~ The Modern Jazz Quartet

At The Meadowbrook Ballroom ~ Glenn Miller

Inventions & Dimensions ~ Herbie Hancock

1943-1944 ~ Sonny Dunham & His Orchestra

Return To Birdland, 1964 ~ Bud Powell

Simply Alaap ~ Alaap

Cowboy Der Landstrasse ~ Jonny Hill

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Eu So Quero Um Forro ~ Luiz Gonzaga