For Beginners

Killing Joke | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 19, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Caroline
• ASIN: B0002FHA92
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #453,899 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Wait

2. Primitive

3. Butcher

4. The Fall Of Because (Live)

5. Chapter Three

6. We Have Joy (Remix)

7. Fun And Games

8. Harlequin (Single Version)

9. Wilful Days

10. Tabazan

11. Night Time

12. Victory (Single Mix)

13. Twilight Of The Mortal

14. My Love Of This Land

15. Obsession

16. Rubicon (Chris Kimsey Mix)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great tunes, but an odd selection for an introduction..., April 6, 2005

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Michael Stack (North Chelmsford, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: For Beginners (Audio CD)

"For Beginners" is a compilation of material from Killing Joke's EMI catalog. I think like any sort of introduction to the band, the faithful (such as myself) will have complaints about what was included, what wasn't, etc., and such arguements are quite honestly difficult. In this case though, there may be a point to those arguments.

It looks as though they were concerned with even distribution-- two songs were pulled from each album on EG (i.e. "Outside the Gate" and earlier), with a third one from "Brighter Than a Thousand Suns", this evenness gets in the way of the track selection-- I think most folks in trying to introduce the band would emphasize their first two records and "Night Time", but regardless of that, teh track selection-- "Primitive" instead of "Wardance" or "Requiem" (I can understand "The Wait" what with Metallica covering it.....), "Butcher" instead of "Unspeakable", "Chapter III" over "Empire Song"... the list can go on.

If you're new to the band, this could be an interesting introduction, but I think I'd recommend getting "Laugh? I Nearly Bought One!" instead, which reaches one album further and has a much superior track selection.

Of course, if you're a collector, there's some reason for this-- the sound quality is much better, there's a few alternate mixes (including the drum obsessed version of "We Have Joy" and a much more in-your-face "Harlequin", though that could be remastering talking), but for anyone else, look elsewhere for an intro.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Compilation, December 25, 2004

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David E. Thompson (Moline, Il) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: For Beginners (Audio CD)

This compilation is a great starter CD for your KJ collection. It is easy to see where Trent Reznor, System of a Down and Metallica recieved some of their inspiration from. The music is a hybrid of punk and 80's alternative rock. An important segment of music history.

0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Punk in 2004!, December 9, 2004

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BALACI MARCEL (Craiova,Romania) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: For Beginners (Audio CD)

The best album for KJ is a real punk album for 2004!Buy or die!:)