Revelations (Killing Joke album)

Revelations was released in April 1982 by E.G. Records. It reached number 12 in the UK Albums Chart. Youth was disappointed the way the album turned out, as it later contributed to him leaving the band, saying "It came out a bit dirgy". Two singles were released from the album: "Empire Song" and "Chop-Chop". "Empire Song" was performed on Top of the Pops, but without singer Jaz Coleman, who had departed for Iceland fearing nuclear holocaust at the time. "Chop-Chop" suffered the same fate as "Empire Song". At the band's performance on Top of the Pops, the "Fake Coleman" keyboardist was used again with drummer Paul Ferguson as singer. At this time, frontman Jaz Coleman was the only member of Killing Joke to have moved to Iceland. However, by the end of the year, the other three members also moved to Iceland to avoid the Apocalypse, as predicted by Coleman. A remastered version was released in 2005, including an alternate recording of "We Have Joy". == Reception ==

Revelations has generally received mixed-to-favourable reception by critics. Nick Lancaster of Drowned in Sound praised the album, calling it "a less individual work – record company pressures and an outside producer necessarily toning down the band's nihilistic excesses – but it's all the better for it." == Track listing ==

; Killing Joke • Jaz Coleman – vocals, synthesizer • Kevin "Geordie" Walker – guitar • Martin "Youth" Glover – bass guitar • Paul Ferguson – drums, vocals ; Technical • Conny Plank – recording engineer, mixing, production • Rob O'Connor – sleeve design == Charts ==