• Artist: Killing Joke
• Flags: Live
• Type: Live Album
• Rating:
• Style: Post-Punk

Review

Though barely six songs and 26-minutes long, Ha! Killing Joke Live packs more ferocity and impact than most live recordings twice as long. Killing Joke was still in its punk-derived infancy when this was recorded in 1982, and the intensity of Jaz Coleman's vocals and Geordie Walker's guitar is brutal. What's more, the track selection serves as a nice primer to Killing Joke's early years. The previously unreleased "Take Take Take" is impressive enough, but the fearsome versions of classics such as "Pssyche" and "Wardance" are corrosive. The sound is surprisingly clear, too. Even upon its release, Ha! was not easy to find (and since it was deleted almost immediately, it became even less so) but listeners are urged to track down this superlative recording. [This 2005 U.K. version of the album contains three bonus tracks: "Sun Goes Down," "Birds of a Feather" and "Flock the B Side."] ~ Victor W. Valdivia, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	iTunes	Composers	Performers	Time
Pssyche		Killing Joke	Killing Joke	(4:47)
Sun Goes Down		Killing Joke	Killing Joke	(3:53)
The Pandys Are Coming		Killing Joke	Killing Joke	(3:54)
Take Take Take		Killing Joke	Killing Joke	(4:56)
Unspeakable		Killing Joke	Killing Joke	(5:19)
Wardance		Killing Joke	Killing Joke	(3:46)
Sun Goes Down [*]	...	Killing Joke	Killing Joke	(4:18)
Birds of a Feather [*]	...	Killing Joke	Killing Joke	(3:45)
Flock the B Side [*]	...	Killing Joke	Killing Joke	(3:46)

Credits

Killing Joke (Producer), Konrad Plank (Producer), Steve Rooke (Digital Remastering), Nigel Reeve (A&R), Mike Coles (Design)