[kj] Perceptions so far.

[nicholas fitzpatrick]

I tend to agree with Rob more than PR. I like this album a lot and don't 
think there's a duff track on it. I played it back-to-back virtually all 
weekend.
I've always benchmarked KJ output against Fire Dances, but this sets the new 
standard going forward. I don't care if they never do Wardance live ever 
again.


>From: "Paul Rangecroft" <paul.rangecroft at gmail.com>
>Reply-To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the 
>band!)"<gathering at misera.net>
>To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
><gathering at misera.net>
>Subject: Re: [kj] Perceptions so far.
>Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 11:03:20 +0100
>
>Yeah, it must be good cuz The Sun said so!
>
>'Lightbringer' is a weak track. 'Invocation' is cheesy and too long.
>'Hasannas...' has boring verses. So does 'Walking with Gods'. There are 
>many
>dodgy lyrics (as there have been on pretty much all albums since
>REVELATIONS). jaz's voice is very poor in parts. 'Majestic' is too similar
>to 'Extremities'. The production is over-complicated.
>
>On 4/11/06, Robert Mallett <Robert at jrcardwell.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > Bob
> >
> > OK... why? (By the way, I'm prone to agree with you).
> >
> > That's a big question, and one I can't answer in one go. For me 
>Hosanna's
> > has no weak track; it sees the Joke ( and Geordie in particular) back on
> > form and, dammit, scary again; the drumming is the best since BPF, ahem,
> > left; lyrically it is a definite return to form, but without the Crowley
> > obsessed content of the first six albums; it is a piece of incredible
> > poetry
> > that reminds us all that we are living in the final century. In short,
> > it's
> > awesome, epic, sweeping, tribal, visceral and of its time. I think the
> > media
> > reviews speak for themselves  -  and I remember those days back in the 
>80s
> > when much of the press hated them.
> >
> > bob


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