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| Released | 2 August 1994 | |||
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| Length | 62:37 | |||
| Label | Butterfly/Zoo | |||
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Pandemonium is the ninth studio album by English post-punk band Killing Joke, released on 2 August 1994 by Butterfly Records. The album marked Killing Joke's return after a four-year hiatus, the longest the band had taken since it was founded. It also featured the return of founding member Youth, who replaced Paul Raven on bass.
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The vocal tracks for "Pandemonium", "Exorcism" and "Millennium" were recorded in the King's Chamber of The Great Pyramid of Giza. The session was filmed by director Shaun Pettigrew and features in the Killing Joke documentary The Death And Resurrection Show (2013) which also details alleged paranormal experiences during the recording. [1] [2]
Frontman Jaz Coleman considered Pandemonium to be a conceptual album on the external influence of Arabic music, which was spread throughout the album.[ citation needed ] It also incorporated his perspective on life, which is apparent in songs such as "Labyrinth" and "Pleasures of the Flesh".[ citation needed ]
A track called "Hallucinations of a Cynic" was also recorded, but left off the album. [3]
The title track, as well as "Communion" and "Whiteout", would become live staples of the band.[ citation needed ]
Pandemonium was released on 2 August 1994 by Youth's record label Butterfly Records.
The singles "Millennium" and "Pandemonium" both reached the UK top 40 and the album is the band's best selling work. [2]
It was reissued in remastered form in 2005, featuring two additional tracks: a remix of "Another Cult Goes Down" and an experimental dub remix of "Pandemonium".
In 2020, Spinefarm Records reissued Pandemonium as part of the band's 40th anniversary. [4]
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [5] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 7/10 [6] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [7] |
| Kerrang! | 4/5 [8] |
| PopMatters | 7/10 [9] |
| MusicHound Rock |  [10] |
| Select | [11] |
Pandemonium has been generally moderately-well received by critics.
Kerrang! magazine wrote, "Gargantuanly heavy, catchy and hilarious at turns, Pandemonium yokes pounding slabs of techno-metal to Coleman's cosmic visions, to exhilarating, trance-inducing effect". [8] Trouser Press described it as "a significant upgrade from Extremities, Dirt and Various Repressed Emotions ". [12]
The Guardian described the album as a return to form for the band. [13]
All tracks are written by Killing Joke (Jaz Coleman, Youth and Geordie Walker)
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Pandemonium" | 6:42 |
| 2. | "Exorcism" | 7:26 |
| 3. | "Millennium" | 5:34 |
| 4. | "Communion" | 6:56 |
| 5. | "Black Moon" | 5:19 |
| 6. | "Labyrinth" | 5:55 |
| 7. | "Jana" | 4:06 |
| 8. | "Whiteout" | 5:43 |
| 9. | "Pleasures of the Flesh" | 5:42 |
| 10. | "Mathematics of Chaos" | 7:24 |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 11. | "Pandemonium" (A Thread of Steel in the Suspension Bridge of Time and Space Mix) | 9:18 |
| 12. | "Another Cult Goes Down" (Portobello Mix) | 6:19 |
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| Chart (1994) | Peak position |
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| UK Albums Chart | 16 |
| U.S. Billboard Heatseekers | 39 |
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