Killing Joke discography
Killing Joke discography | |
---|---|
Studio albums | 15 |
Live albums | 17 |
Compilation albums | 16 |
Video albums | 4 |
Music videos | 15 |
EPs | 5 |
Singles | 32 |
The
In October 1979, shortly after they began the Malicious Damage
Their fifth album,
After the Democracy tour, the band went on an extended hiatus until 2002, when Coleman, Geordie and Youth reformed Killing Joke. Their
In 2008, Killing Joke released Duende - The Spanish Sessions and an album of radio session recordings, The Peel Sessions 1979-1981. The EP In Excelsis was released in 2010, and the following studio album,
On 23 October 2015, the band released their 15th studio album, Pylon.
Albums
Studio albums
Year | Album | Peak chart positions | sales thresholds )
| ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UK [4] |
FIN [8] |
FRA [9] |
NL [10] |
NZ
[11] |
SWE [12] |
US [13] | |||
1980 | Killing Joke
|
39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
1981 | What's THIS For...!
|
42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
1982 | Revelations
|
12 | — | — | — | 33 | — | — | |
1983 | Fire Dances
|
29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
1985 | Night Time
|
11 | — | — | 10 | 8 | 50 | — | UK: Gold[14] |
1986 | Brighter Than a Thousand Suns
|
54 | — | — | — | — | — | 194 | — |
1988 | Outside the Gate
|
92 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1990 | Extremities, Dirt & Various Repressed Emotions
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1994 | Pandemonium | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1996 | Democracy
|
71 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2003 | Killing Joke
|
43 | — | 108 | 100 | — | — | — | — |
2006 | Hosannas from the Basements of Hell
|
113 | — | 173 | — | — | — | — | — |
2010 | Absolute Dissent
|
71 | 37 | 113 | — | — | — | — | — |
2012 | MMXII
|
44 | 9 | 134 | — | — | — | — | — |
2015 | Pylon
|
16 | — | 98 | 70 | — | — | — | — |
Live albums
Year | Album | Peak chart positions |
---|---|---|
UK [4] | ||
1982 | The Unperverted Pantomime | |
Ha | 66 | |
1989 | The Courtauld Talks | — |
1995 | BBC in Concert | — |
2001 | No Way Out But Forward Go!
|
— |
2005 | XXV Gathering: Let Us Prey | — |
2008 | The Original Unperverted Pantomime | — |
Live at the Forum | — | |
2009 | Requiem | — |
2009 | The Gathering 2008 | — |
2011 | Down by the River | — |
2015 | Live at the Hammersmith Apollo 16.10.2010 Volume 1 | — |
Live at the Hammersmith Apollo 16.10.2010 Volume 2 | — | |
2016 | The Great Gathering | — |
2018 | Laugh at Your Peril (Live in London) | — |
Laugh at Your Peril (Live in Berlin) | — | |
2019 | Malicious Damage (Live at the Astoria) | — |
2021 | Total Invasion: Live in the USA | — |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. |
Compilation albums
Year | Title |
---|---|
1990 | An Incomplete Collection 1980-1985 |
1992 | Laugh? I Nearly Bought One! |
1995 | Wilful Days
|
1996 | Alchemy – The Remixes
|
1998 | Wardance – The Remixes
|
2003 | The Unperverted Pantomime |
2004 | Chaos for Breakfast |
For Beginners | |
2007 | Inside Extremities: Mixes, Rehearsals and Live |
Bootleg Vinyl Archive Vol. 1 | |
Bootleg Vinyl Archive Vol. 2 | |
2008 | Rmxd
|
The Peel Sessions 1979-1981
| |
Duende - The Spanish Sessions
| |
2013 | The Singles Collection 1979-2012[15][16] |
2014 | Killing Joke in Dub
|
Extended plays
Year | Title | ||
---|---|---|---|
1979 | Turn to Red
| ||
1995 | Jana Live
| ||
2010 | In Excelsis
| ||
2022 | Lord of Chaos
|
Singles
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UK
[4] |
GER [17] |
IRE [18] |
NL [19] |
NZ
[11] |
US Dance
[5] | |||
1979 | "Nervous System" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Turn to Red |
1980 | "Wardance" | — | — | — | — | — | 50 | Killing Joke |
"Change"[20] | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Requiem" | — | — | — | — | — | 43 | ||
1981 | "Follow the Leaders" | 55 | — | — | — | — | 25 | What's THIS For...! |
1982 | "Empire Song" | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | Revelations |
"Chop-Chop" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Birds of a Feather" | 64 | — | — | — | — | — | Birds of a Feather | |
1983 | "Let's All Go (to the Fire Dances)" | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | Fire Dances |
" Me or You? "
|
57 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album song | |
1984 | "Eighties" | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | Night Time |
"A New Day" | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album song | |
1985 | "Love Like Blood" | 16 | 24 | 30 | 5 | 6 | — | Night Time |
"Kings and Queens" | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1986 | "Adorations" | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | Brighter Than a Thousand Suns |
"Sanity" | 70 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1988 | "America" | 77 | — | — | — | — | — | Outside the Gate |
"My Love of This Land" | 89 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1990 | " The Beautiful Dead"[21]
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | Extremities, Dirt & Various Repressed Emotions |
1991 | "Money Is Not Our God" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
1992 | "Change: The Youth Mixes" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album song |
1994 | "Exorcism" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Pandemonium |
"Millennium" | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Pandemonium" | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1995 | "Jana" | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | |
1996 | "Democracy" | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | Democracy |
1998 | "Love Like Blood/Intellect" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Night Time and Democracy |
2003 | "Loose Cannon" | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | Killing Joke (2003) |
"Seeing Red" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2006 | "Hosannas from the Basements of Hell" | 72 | — | — | — | — | — | Hosannas from the Basements of Hell |
2011 | "European Super State" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Absolute Dissent |
2012 | "In Cythera" | — | — | — | — | — | — | MMXII |
"Corporate Elect" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2015 | "I Am the Virus" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Pylon |
"Euphoria" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Dawn of the Hive" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2020 | "Turn to Red 2020" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album song |
"War Dance (Liminal Twins Disorientation Mix)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Part of the book Killing Joke: A Prophecy Fulfilled by Chris Bryans | |
2023 | "Full Spectrum Dominance" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album song |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart. |
Videography
Year | Title |
---|---|
2002 | Rok ďábla/Year of the Devil (feat. Jaz Coleman)
|
2003 | No Way Out But Forward Go!
|
2005 | XXV Gathering: The Band That Preys Together Stays Together
|
2009 | Requiem (Live)
|
2019 | Malicious Damage - Live at the Astoria 12.10.03
|
Music videos
Year | Title | Director |
---|---|---|
1983 | " Let's All Go (To the Fire Dances) "
|
Tony Van Den Ende[22][23] |
1984 | "Eighties" | |
"A New Day" | ||
1985 | "Love Like Blood" | Peter Care[24] |
"Kings and Queens" | ||
1986 | "Adorations" | |
"Sanity" | ||
1988 | "America" | Ralph Ziman[25] |
1991 | "Money Is Not Our God" | |
1994 | "Millennium" | Jon Klein[26] |
"Pandemonium" | C.B.[27] | |
1996 | "Democracy" | Guy Guillet[28] |
2003 | "Loose Cannon" | |
"Seeing Red" | Oblong Box | |
2006 | Electronic Press Kit (EPK) | |
"Hosannas from the Basements of Hell" | Petr Zelenka[29] | |
2011 | "European Super State" | Digital Beast[30] |
2012 | "In Cythera" | Mike Coles[31] |
2013 | "Corporate Elect" | Mikee Goodman[32] |
2016 | "New Cold War" | Mike Coles[33] |
"Euphoria" | ||
2023 | "Full Spectrum Dominance" |
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