Brighter than a Thousand Suns (album)

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Brighter Than a Thousand Suns
Brighter Than a Thousand Suns cover
Studio album by Killing Joke
Released November 1986 (1986-11)
Recorded Hansa Tonstudio, Berlin, Germany
Genre Post-punk
Length 41:17 (LP), 60:32 (CD)
Label EG Records
Producer Chris Kimsey, Chris Tsangarides, Stewart Levine
Professional reviews
Killing Joke chronology
Night Time
(1985)		 Brighter Than a Thousand Suns
(1986)		 Outside the Gate
(1988)
Singles from Brighter Than a Thousand Suns
  1. "Adorations"
    Released: August 1986 (1986-08)
  2. "Sanity"
    Released: October 1986 (1986-10)

Brighter Than a Thousand Suns is the sixth album by English post-punk group Killing Joke. It was released in 1986 on LP, on CD and on cassette by EG Records. The CD and cassette versions have three bonus tracks.

At the request of the band, the 2008 remastered CD restored Chris Kimsey's mixes in place of Julian Mendelsohn's, which appeared on the original release. The reissue also features extra bonus tracks, including "Ecstacy", a rare b-side from one version of the single "Adorations".

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Coleman/Walker/Raven/Ferguson.

  1. "Adorations" – 4:43
  2. "Sanity" – 4:44
  3. "Chessboards" – 5:54
  4. "Twilight of the Mortal" – 4:15
  5. "Love of the Masses" – 4:40
  6. "A Southern Sky" – 4:39
  7. "Victory"* – 7:11
  8. "Wintergardens" – 5:24
  9. "Rubicon" – 7:03
  10. "Goodbye to the Village"* – 5:27
  11. "Exile"* – 6:38

Tracks marked with an asterisk (*) only appear on the CD and cassette versions. The cassette version has the tracks in this order:

  1. "Adorations"
  2. "Sanity"
  3. "Chessboards"
  4. "Goodbye to the Village"
  5. "Wintergardens"
  6. "Twilight of the Mortal"
  7. "Love of the Masses"
  8. "A Southern Sky"
  9. "Victory"
  10. "Exile"
  11. "Rubicon"

2008 re-issue:

  1. "Adorations" – 4:28
  2. "Sanity" – 4:15
  3. "Chessboards" – 5:47
  4. "Twilight of the Mortal" – 4:14
  5. "Love of the Masses" – 6:07
  6. "A Southern Sky" – 4:38
  7. "Victory" – 3:57
  8. "Wintergardens" – 5:32
  9. "Rubicon" – 6:35
  10. "Goodbye to the Village" – 5:17
  11. "Exile" – 6:27
  12. "Ecstasy" – 4:10
  13. "Adorations (Supernatural Mix)" – 6:39
  14. "Sanity (Insane Mix)" – 6:15

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