- post-punk
- 76 min
- 18 tracks
- [PIAS] Recordings Catalogue
Fire Dances is the fourth studio album by English post-punk band Killing Joke, released on 15 July 1983 by E.G. via Polydor Records. It was the band's first album to feature new bass player Paul Raven, recorded at Basing Street Studios in London between February and March 1983. According to Paul Ferguson the band's drug use contributed to the original mix of the album being "tinny".
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Grave, character-led, spare and earnest.
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
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Tracks
- 1The Gathering3:12
- 2Fun and Games4:06
- 3Rejuvenation4:01
- 4Frenzy3:47
- 5Harlequin3:57
- 6Feast of Blaze3:34
- 7Song and Dance5:12
- 8Dominator4:28
- 9Let’s All Go (to the Fire Dances)3:20
- 10Lust Almighty3:57
- 11Me or You3:13
- 12Wilful Days5:03
- 13Dominator (version)5:35
- 14The Gathering (original alt version)3:27
- 15Dominator (John Peel session)5:30
- 16Frenzy (John Peel session)3:39
- 17Wilful Days (John Peel session)5:59
- 18Harlequin (John Peel session)3:55
18 tracks, 76 minutes.
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- Artist
- Killing Joke
- Label
- [PIAS] Recordings Catalogue
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- XW
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