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Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The discography of Killing Joke consists of fourteen studio albums, seven live albums, fourteen compilation albums, five extended plays (EPs), thirty-one singles and four video albums. The band formed in late 1978–early 1979 in Notting Hill, London, England.In October 1979, shortly after they began the Malicious Damage record label, Killing Joke released their debut EP, Turn to Red. It was shortly followed by their second EP, Almost Red, released in November, and by their first single, "Nervous System", released in December 1979. Their first studio album, Killing Joke was released in 1980. The album, which peaked at number thirty-nine on the UK Albums Chart, produced three singles "Wardance", "Change", and "Requiem". Their second studio album, What's THIS For...!, was released in 1981 and reached number forty-two in the UK. "Follow the Leaders", the only single to be released from the album, charted in the UK and in the U.S. Revelations, their third album released in 1982, peaked at number twelve in the UK, and number thirty-three in France. Two singles, "Empire Song" and "Chop-Chop", have been released from the album, but only "Empire Song" charted in the UK. After the release of their third EP, Birds of a Feather and the "single of the same name", which charted in the UK, Killing Joke released their fourth studio album, Fire Dances, in July 1983. The only single off Fire Dances, "Let's All Go (to the Fire Dances)", and the album both charted in the UK. In October they released "Me or You?", a non-album single that charted in the UK.Night Time, their fifth album released in 1985, achieved mainstream success and was number eleven in the UK, eight in the Netherlands, and fifty in Sweden, receiving the silver certification in the UK. It was preceded by the single for "Eighties", a non-album single, "A New Day", and "Love Like Blood". And, followed by "Kings and Queens". All the four singles charted in the UK, but "Love Like Blood" was an international hit and charted in Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, and New Zealand. The album itself peaked at number eleven in the UK, eight in Netherlands, and fifty in Sweden. In 1986 Killing Joke released their sixth studio album, Brighter than a Thousand Suns, and two singles, "Adorations" and "Sanity". The album charted in the UK and in the U.S., and both singles only in the UK. Outside the Gate, their seventh studio album, was published in 1988. While it was not promoted, the album and two singles from it, "America" and "My Love of This Land", charted in the UK. Coleman and Walker temporarily decided to disband the band. The Courtauld Talks, released in 1989, is essentially a spoken word album. Killing Joke's eighth album, Extremities, Dirt & Various Repressed Emotions, was released in 1990. It included two singles, "The Beautiful Dead" and "Money Is Not Our God". A Killing Joke anthology, Laugh? I Nearly Bought One!, and two singles featuring "Change" and "Wardance" in several new versions remixed by Youth, were released in 1992. Pandemonium released in 1994, and Democracy in 1996, saw five singles, "Exorcism", "Millenium", which was a UK Top 40 hit, "Pandemonium" (a UK Top 30 hit), "Jana", and "Democracy" (a UK Top 40 hit).After the Democracy tour, the band went on an extended hiatus until 2002 when Coleman, Geordie and Youth reformed Killing Joke. Their second self-titled album was released in 2003. The album reached the UK Top 40, and produced two singles, "Loose Cannon" (a UK Top 25 hit) and "Seeing Red". In February 2005, Killing Joke played two consecutive shows to commemorate their 25th anniversary. DVD and CD recordings from these concerts were released in the fall of 2005 as XXV Gathering: The Band that Preys Together Stays Together. In June, remastered and expanded editions of their two 1990s Butterfly Recordings albums, Pandemonium and Democracy, were released by Cooking Vinyl. These were followed in July by their first four albums (from Killing Joke to Ha!) on EMI. Hosannas from the Basements of Hell was released in April 2006 on Cooking Vinyl. The album made the UK Top 75. Early in 2007, Killing Joke released three archival collections via Candlelight Records, Inside Extremities, Bootleg Vinyl Archive Volumes 1 & 2, and, in October, the classic 1990 album Extremities, Dirt & Various Repressed Emotions. On January 28, 2008 the albums Fire Dances, Night Time, Brighter than a Thousand Suns, and Outside the Gate were re-issued in remastered form with bonus tracks by EMI. Each of these carries the message: “Dedicated to our brother Paul Vincent Raven 1961–2007”.In 2008 Killing Joke has released Duende - The Spanish Sessions and an album of radio session recordings, The Peel Sessions 1979-1981. The EP In Excelsis was released in 2010, and the following studio album, Absolute Dissent, was released in September 2010. On 2 April 2012 Killing Joke released their fifteenth studio album, MMXII on Spinefarm Records / Universal. It reached #44 un the UK albums chart upon its first week of release, and #9 on the Finnish albums chart.. }

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