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Laugh? I Nearly Bought One! | 
 enlarge | Manufacturer: CAROLINE WORLD SERVICE CATALOG
Category: Digital Music Album
Buy New: $8.99
Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 46665
Genre: pop-music
Media: MP3 Download
Running Time: 0 Minutes
ASIN: B000X8KQ12
Publication Date: October 30, 2007
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recommended July 31, 2008
baphomette de medici (blue state of pennsylvania)
download it now. or at least what you don't have yet. geordie really is a unique guitarist...not that this is a comparison, but he is his own style just as brian may is...admirable, inspiring...
just the fine balance of dissonance and regal wall-of-sound chords...add to that the everpresent tribal thump and shamanistic-jester intonations of jaz...
recommended to fans of meshuggah...
Killing Joke Laugh? I Nearly Bought One! June 19, 2008
David Allen Zeigler
Heard this once many years ago and loved it. Great introduction to Killing Joke - especially if all you know is "Love Like Blood".
Unspeakably solid start for the beginner July 19, 2005
filterite (Dublin, Ireland)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Since Killing Joke have had a long and varied career. Some new to the game ( me being one of them for a while ) found it hard where to go first. I picked this up because it had Love Like Blood ( which I think is just gorgeous ) and it had an overview on their material from 1979-1990. I have not been disappointed with this release as it has made me buy even more of their material if and when I can. It's interesting to note that the cover was one of the first flyers the band had used for a gig and caused a lot of controversy for what you see on the cover ( A priest giving the Nazis his blessing ) that the organizer refused to let them play at the venue!
Overall a very good introduction to Killing Joke but I do find the last track to be somewhat out of place with the rest of them. But some of you may disagree with that view. However, buy this compilation and soon you may be buying more Killing Joke records than you would have thought possible
Brilliant overview of the band's earlier period. April 7, 2005
Michael Stack (North Chelmsford, MA USA)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
"Laugh? I Nearly Bought One!" is a superb compilation of material from Killing Joke's work from 1979 through 1990, with a track listing that I probably could have picked myself. It covers the band's history, but rather than making any attempt at evenness between releases, it picks tracks based on value and importance.
Admittedly, there's substitutions I'd make, but any fan would say this of any compilation-- you've got the essentials on this one and get a good vision of the bands evolution, from its early days as a post-punk genre blending monster singing about the coming armaggedon scenerios ("Wardance", "Unspeakable") to the later, smoother, more disenfranchised with the modern era feel of the later material ("Sun Goes Down", "Eighties"). To top it off, you even get a blazing live version fo "Pssyche" from the long unavailable "Ha!" EP.
As an introduction to the band, this is probably the way to go-- for fans, this is less essential (barring the aformentioned "Pssyche").
The sky is turning grey... May 19, 2004
Barbara Streisands Love Slave (MI)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is a good collection of Killing Joke tunes. Definately good for any new-comer to the group. It has some classics such as "Eighties", "Wardance", "Follow The Leaders", and "Wintergardens". There's also some rare tracks such as "Turn To Red", "Sun Goes Down" and a live version of "Pssyche". Even though there are quite a few great songs left off such as "Let's All Go (To The Fire Dances)" and "A New Day", this is still a great collection. Pick up a copy today.
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