Ha (Killing Joke album)

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Ha
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Released4 November 1982
Recorded9–10 August 1982
Genre
Length26:35
Label E.G.
Producer Conny Plank, Killing Joke
Killing Joke live albums chronology
Ha
(1982)
BBC in Concert
(1995)
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"Ha" or "Ha": Killing Joke Live is the first commercially distributed live recording by English post-punk band Killing Joke. It was recorded at Larry's Hideaway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on 9 and 10 August 1982 by producer Conny Plank, and released on 4 November by E.G. Records. Rob O'Connor did the artwork for the album. [2]

Contents

Release

Ha was originally released on 4 November 1982, in 10-inch and cassette EP formats, by E.G. Records. It reached number 66 in the UK Albums Chart. [3]

It was re-released on CD in 2005 by Virgin Records, with three bonus tracks taken from Killing Joke's 1982 single, Birds of a Feather .

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jaz Coleman, Paul Ferguson, Martin Glover and Kevin "Geordie" Walker.

No.TitleLength
1."Pssyche"4:47
2."Sun Goes Down"3:53
3."The Pandys Are Coming"3:54
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Take Take Take"4:56
2."Unspeakable"5:19
3."Wardance"3:46
CD reissue bonus tracks, from the Birds of a Feather single
No.TitleLength
7."Sun Goes Down"4:18
8."Birds of a Feather"3:46
9."Flock the B-Side"3:46

Personnel

Killing Joke

Charts

YearChartPeak
position
1982 UK Albums Chart 66 [3]

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References

  1. Valdivia, Victor W. "Ha: Killing Joke Live – Killing Joke | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  2. Hämäläinen, Jyrki "Spider" (2020). Killing Joke: Are You Receiving?, p. 81. Milton Keynes: New Haven Publishing. ISBN   978-1912587407.
  3. 1 2 "Killing Joke | Official Charts Company". Official Charts . Retrieved 28 February 2015.