Wilful Days

Killing Joke | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 13, 1995)
• Original Release Date: June 9, 1995
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Venture / Caroline
• ASIN: B000003RUU
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #328,003 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, but a wasted opportunity, June 21, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Wilful Days (Audio CD)

A collection of Killing Joke rarities and B-sides is an excellent idea, since many of KJ's best tracks were never released on albums (and, therefore, never reissued on CD). Unfortunately, while "Wilful Days" collects some superb tracks, it is staggeringly incomplete. Why not include the mega-rare live EP "HA!", only one track of which is currently available? Where are all the early singles-"Wardance", "Requiem"-that were different from the versions on KJ's first album? Why only some B-sides and not others? (Why have "Are You Receiving" but not "Almost Red" or "Pssyche", for instance?) Maybe such completism would have made this a 2-CD set, but then it would have been a real treat for fans. As it is, it has some great music, to be sure, but feels like something of a letdown.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, but could have been better, January 1, 2005

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Alan Kelly (Toronto, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wilful Days (Audio CD)

This is a compilation of rarer B-sides and remixes from the pre-Extremities era Killing Joke. Some of it is great to have, especially if you're a completist who's come to their career late in the game (when the original vinyl is hard to come by). Be warned, however: that version of "A New Day" (the one non-album single I've always wanted) is NOT the regular 7" version, but is the b-side "dub" version with half of the verses missing (not as in, we've got 1 and 4, but not 2 and 3... more like you only get half of each verse). A minor quibble, perhaps, but it soured the overall purchase for me, which is why I've only given it a 4 instead of a full 5.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Dance Day, December 14, 2000

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Michael Heminger "pantherboy" (Pardeeville, WI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wilful Days (Audio CD)

I made a passionate plea to a bandmember backstage once that I'd give ANYTHING to have a version of "Wilful Days" on cd, and months later, this gem appeared.

The serious Jokester already has this stuff, and I was never partial to these 'dance' mixes, which seemed to dilute the irony of their relentless use of rhythm in order to appeal to dance clubs. But this one is also a must if you don't already own the singles containing "Sun Goes Down" (the muted studio version), the radiant "A New Day", or the colossal warble of the title track, which is worth the purchase price alone.

Not the compilation I would have birthed (where are those master tapes for the "HA" concert, anyway?) but still partially essential.