Extremities, Dirt & Various Repressed Emotions
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Extremities, Dirt & Various Repressed Emotions is the ninth album of English
post-punk
group Killing Joke
. It was released on CD
and double LP in November 1990. This album featured both Martin Atkins
(formerly of Public Image Ltd.
and Brian Brain
) on drums and Dave "Taif" Ball on bass-guitar.
The album was rereleased on October 15, 2007 by Candlelight Records in three editions: double LP, normal CD and a deluxe edition with a cd and a dual disc.
"Money Is Not Our God" was the only single from the album, and failed to chart.
The riff from "Intravenous" would be reprised on 2006's "Majestic".
, and it was perhaps the closest they had come to making a metal album. The eyes on the cover of the album are not the band's, but belong to actor Conrad Veidt
, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
: the top pair is upside-down. The cover for the cassette version shows all four pairs upside-down. The back of the CD bears two Latin
phrases: the first, "hoc volo, sic iubeo, sit pro ratione voluntas" means: "I wish it, I command it. Let my will take the place of a reason", and was quoted from Roman poet Juvenal
; the second, "semper imitatum nunquam idem" means: "always imitated, never replicated".
The double LP edition features the track "Age of Greed" (live) as a bonus, whereas both CD reissues also feature four tracks from a very rare 1989 Cassette demo. One of these tracks, "Jubilation", is actually an early version of "The Beautiful Dead" and had been released previously on a flexi disc
. Of the other tracks, only "The Fanatic" was known, having been performed live at several concerts in 1989. The deluxe edition featured all bonus tracks on a separate dual disc, with the DVD-side containing the music video
for "Money Is Not Our God".
, Geordie Walker
and Martin Atkins
.
2007 CD reissue bonus tracks
Cassette release
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
post-punk
Post-punk
Post-punk is a rock music movement with its roots in the late 1970s, following on the heels of the initial punk rock explosion of the mid-1970s. The genre retains its roots in the punk movement but is more introverted, complex and experimental...
group Killing Joke
Killing Joke
Killing Joke are an English post-punk band formed in October 1978 in Notting Hill, London, England; other sources report the band formed in early 1979.Related news articles: Founding members Jaz Coleman and Geordie Walker have been the only constant members.A key influence on industrial rock,...
. It was released on CD
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
and double LP in November 1990. This album featured both Martin Atkins
Martin Atkins
Martin Clive Atkins is an English drummer and session musician, best known for his work in post-punk and industrial groups including Public Image Ltd., Ministry, Pigface, and Killing Joke...
(formerly of Public Image Ltd.
Public Image Ltd.
Public Image Ltd are an English post-punk band formed by vocalist John Lydon , guitarist Keith Levene and bassist Jah Wobble, with frequent subsequent personnel changes. Lydon is the sole constant member of the band....
and Brian Brain
Brian Brain
Brian Maurice Brain is a former English cricketer whose career with Worcestershire and Gloucestershire stretched over more than two decades...
) on drums and Dave "Taif" Ball on bass-guitar.
The album was rereleased on October 15, 2007 by Candlelight Records in three editions: double LP, normal CD and a deluxe edition with a cd and a dual disc.
"Money Is Not Our God" was the only single from the album, and failed to chart.
The riff from "Intravenous" would be reprised on 2006's "Majestic".
Production and release
Extremities, Dirt & Various Repressed Emotions saw a return to a rawer, guitar-based sound from the keyboards of their previous album Outside the GateOutside the Gate
Outside the Gate is the seventh album by English post-punk group Killing Joke and is arguably the most controversial release among their fans....
, and it was perhaps the closest they had come to making a metal album. The eyes on the cover of the album are not the band's, but belong to actor Conrad Veidt
Conrad Veidt
Conrad Veidt was a German actor best remembered for his roles in films such as The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari , The Man Who Laughs , The Thief of Bagdad and Casablanca...
, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is a 1920 silent horror film directed by Robert Wiene from a screenplay by Hans Janowitz and Carl Mayer. It is one of the most influential of German Expressionist films and is often considered one of the greatest horror movies of the silent era. This movie is cited as...
: the top pair is upside-down. The cover for the cassette version shows all four pairs upside-down. The back of the CD bears two Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
phrases: the first, "hoc volo, sic iubeo, sit pro ratione voluntas" means: "I wish it, I command it. Let my will take the place of a reason", and was quoted from Roman poet Juvenal
Juvenal
The Satires are a collection of satirical poems by the Latin author Juvenal written in the late 1st and early 2nd centuries AD.Juvenal is credited with sixteen known poems divided among five books; all are in the Roman genre of satire, which, at its most basic in the time of the author, comprised a...
; the second, "semper imitatum nunquam idem" means: "always imitated, never replicated".
The double LP edition features the track "Age of Greed" (live) as a bonus, whereas both CD reissues also feature four tracks from a very rare 1989 Cassette demo. One of these tracks, "Jubilation", is actually an early version of "The Beautiful Dead" and had been released previously on a flexi disc
Flexi disc
The flexi disc is a phonograph record made of a thin, flexible vinyl sheet with a molded-in spiral stylus groove, and is designed to be playable on a normal phonograph turntable...
. Of the other tracks, only "The Fanatic" was known, having been performed live at several concerts in 1989. The deluxe edition featured all bonus tracks on a separate dual disc, with the DVD-side containing the music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
for "Money Is Not Our God".
Track listing
All songs written by Jaz ColemanJaz Coleman
Jeremy "Jaz" Coleman is a musician, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer. He is notable for his vocal contributions to rock band Killing Joke...
, Geordie Walker
Geordie Walker
Kevin "Geordie" Walker is a rock musician, best known as the guitarist from the post-punk group Killing Joke.-Life and career:...
and Martin Atkins
Martin Atkins
Martin Clive Atkins is an English drummer and session musician, best known for his work in post-punk and industrial groups including Public Image Ltd., Ministry, Pigface, and Killing Joke...
.
- "Money Is Not Our GodMoney Is Not Our God"Money Is Not Our God" is Killing Joke's second and only official single off their eighth studio album, Extremities, Dirt & Various Repressed Emotions. It was released on January 3, 1991, under Aggressive Rockproduktionen....
" – 5:16 - "Age of Greed" – 7:23
- "The Beautiful DeadThe Beautiful Dead"The Beautiful Dead" is an unofficial single by Killing Joke. It was released in 1990 under ODIC Production as a 7" Flexi disc single. The song originally appeared on their eighth studio album, Extremities, Dirt & Various Repressed Emotions....
" – 5:57 - "Extremities" – 5:19
- "Intravenous" – 7:02
- "Inside the Termite Mound" – 7:49
- "Solitude" – 4:56
- "North of the Border" – 5:52
- "Slipstream" – 7:07
- "Kaliyuga" – 2:08
- "Struggle" – 6:13
2007 CD reissue bonus tracks
- "The Party" (Demo) – 5:09
- "The Fanatic" (Demo) – 4:22
- "Solitude" (Demo) – 5:10
- "Jubilation" (Demo) – 4:37
- "Age of Greed" (Live) – 12:05
Cassette release
- "Money Is Not Our God" – 5:26
- "Age of Greed" – 6:49
- "The Beautiful Dead" – 5:41
- "Extremities" – 5:16
- "Intravenous" – 6:58
- "Inside the Termite Mound" – 8:03
- "Solitude" – 4:56
- "North of the Border" – 5:59
- "Slipstream" – 7:05
- "Kaliyuga-Struggle" - 8:18
Personnel
- Jaz ColemanJaz ColemanJeremy "Jaz" Coleman is a musician, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer. He is notable for his vocal contributions to rock band Killing Joke...
- vocals, synthesizerSynthesizerA synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones... - Kevin "Geordie" WalkerGeordie WalkerKevin "Geordie" Walker is a rock musician, best known as the guitarist from the post-punk group Killing Joke.-Life and career:...
- guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with... - Paul Raven - bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
(tracks 1-11) - Dave "Taif" Ball - bass guitar (tracks 12-16)
- Martin AtkinsMartin AtkinsMartin Clive Atkins is an English drummer and session musician, best known for his work in post-punk and industrial groups including Public Image Ltd., Ministry, Pigface, and Killing Joke...
- drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, vocals - John BechdelJohn BechdelJohn Bechdel is a keyboardist, and has been a part of many bands over the years including Ministry, Fear Factory, Abstinence, Prong, Killing Joke, Murder, Inc. and Brian Brain to name a few...
- synthesizerSynthesizerA synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...
(tracks 1-11) - Dave Kovacevic - synthesizerSynthesizerA synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...
(track 16) - Hodge: RappingRappingRapping refers to "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics". The art form can be broken down into different components, as in the book How to Rap where it is separated into “content”, “flow” , and “delivery”...
Production
- Produced By Killing Joke & J.M. Rex
- Engineer, Mixing: J.M. Rex
- Assistant & Second Engineers: Michael Butterworth & Dominic Robson