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词条 Fire Dances
释义

  1. Recording

  2. Content

  3. Release

  4. Reception

  5. Track listing

  6. Personnel

  7. Charts

  8. References

  9. External links

{{Infobox album
| name = Fire Dances
| type = studio
| artist = Killing Joke
| cover = Fire Dances Killing Joke.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1983|7}}
| recorded = February–March 1983 at Basing Street Studios, London, England
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Post-punk
| length = 39:25
| label = E.G.
| producer = Killing Joke, John Porter
| prev_title = Revelations
| prev_year = 1982
| next_title = Night Time
| next_year = 1985
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Fire Dances
| type = studio
| single1 = Let's All Go (To the Fire Dances)
| single1date = June 1983
}}
}}Fire Dances is the fourth studio album by English post-punk band Killing Joke, recorded from February to March 1983 and released in July 1983 by record label E.G.

Recording

Fire Dances was recorded at Basing Street Studios in London between February and March 1983.[1]

Content

Fire Dances was Killing Joke's first album to feature new bass player Paul Raven.

Release

Fire Dances was released in July 1983 by record label E.G. It reached No. 29 in the UK Albums Chart.[2]

The album was remastered and reissued in 2008, with eight bonus tracks: the non-album single "Me or You?", an alternate version of "Dominator" (B-side to "Let's All Go (To the Fire Dances)"), an unreleased early version of "The Gathering" and four tracks from a John Peel session from 1983.

Reception

{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}[3]
| rev2 = NME
| rev2score = favourable[4]
| rev3 = PopMatters
| rev3score = 8/10[5]
| rev4 = MusicHound Rock
| rev4score = {{rating|2.5|5}}[6]
}}

Fire Dances was well received by critics.

Mat Snow of NME called it "their best [album] yet, and also likely to be their biggest."[4] PopMatters and Trouser Press both qualified the album as "superb",[5][7] with the latter describing the album's mood as "brighter" and "more joyous" than previous records.[7]

Track listing

{{track listing
| headline = Side A
| all_writing = Killing Joke (Jaz Coleman, Paul Ferguson, Paul Raven and Geordie Walker)
| title1 = The Gathering
| length1 = 3:11
| title2 = Fun and Games
| length2 = 4:05
| title3 = Rejuvenation
| length3 = 4:01
| title4 = Frenzy
| length4 = 3:46
| title5 = Harlequin
| length5 = 3:57
}}{{track listing
| headline = Side B
| title1 = Feast of Blaze
| length1 = 3:35
| title2 = Song and Dance
| length2 = 5:13
| title3 = Dominator
| length3 = 4:28
| title4 = Let's All Go (To the Fire Dances)
| length4 = 3:19
| title5 = Lust Almighty
| length5 = 3:50
}}{{track listing
| collapsed = yes
| headline = 2008 CD reissue bonus tracks
| title11 = Me or You?
| length11 = 3:11
| title12 = Wilful Days
| length12 = 5:01
| title13 = Dominator (Alternate Version)
| length13 = 5:33
| title14 = The Gathering (Original Version)
| length14 = 3:25
| title15 = Dominator (John Peel Session, 12/07/83)
| length15 = 5:40
| title16 = Frenzy (John Peel Session, 12/07/83)
| length16 = 3:40
| title17 = Wilful Days (John Peel Session, 12/07/83)
| length17 = 6:00
| title18 = Harlequin (John Peel Session, 12/07/83)
| length18 = 3:56
}}

Personnel

Killing Joke
  • Jaz Coleman – vocals, synthesizer, production
  • Kevin "Geordie" Walker – guitar, production
  • Paul Raven – bass guitar, production
  • Paul Ferguson – drums, vocals, production
Technical
  • John Porter – production

Charts

Year Chart Peak
position
1983UK Albums Chart29[2]

References

1. ^{{cite AV media notes |title=Fire Dances |others=Killing Joke |year=2008 |type=Reissue liner notes |publisher=Virgin Records}}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/killing%20joke/#albums |title=Killing Joke | Artist | Official Charts |website=Official Charts |accessdate=1 February 2015}}
3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/fire-dances-mw0000196897 |title=Fire Dances – Killing Joke | Albums, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic |last=Jeffries |first=David |website=AllMusic |accessdate=5 December 2014}}
4. ^{{cite journal |last=Snow |first=Mat |date=20 August 1983 |title=He Man and All That Jaz: Killing Joke |magazine=NME |url=http://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/he-man-and-all-that-jaz-killing-joke |accessdate=1 February 2015}}
5. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.popmatters.com/feature/fun-games-killing-joke-in-the-mid-80s/ |title=Fun & Games: Killing Joke in the Mid-'80s | PopMatters |last=Begrand |first=Adrien |date=30 April 2008 |website=PopMatters |accessdate=5 December 2014}}
6. ^{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781578590612|title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide|last=Holtje|first=Steve|publisher=Visible Ink Press|year=1999|isbn=978-1-57859-061-2|editor-last=Graff|editor-first=Gary|editor-link=Gary Graff|location=Detroit|pages=629–630|chapter=Killing Joke|type=loan required|editor-last2=Durchholz|editor-first2=Daniel|via=the Internet Archive}}
7. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=killing_joke |title=TrouserPress.com :: Killing Joke |last1=Grant |first1=Steven |last2=Sheridan |first2=David |last3=Fasolino |first3=Greg |last4=Robbins |first4=Ira |website=TrouserPress.com |accessdate=5 December 2014}}

External links

  • {{Discogs master|15619}}
{{Killing Joke}}

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