Fire Dances

Fire Dances
Studio album by Killing Joke
Released	July 1983 (1983-07)
Recorded	Basing Street Studios London
Genre	Post-punk, gothic rock
Length	39:25
Label	E.G. Records
Producer	Killing Joke, John Porter
Killing Joke chronology
Birds of a Feather (EP) (1982) Fire Dances (1983) Night Time (1985)
Singles from Fire Dances
"Let's All Go (to the Fire Dances)" Released: June 1983 (1983-06)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Metal Storm	[2]
PopMatters.com	[3]
Piero Scaruffi	6/10[4]

Fire Dances is the fourth studio album by English post-punk group Killing Joke and the first to feature new bass player Paul Raven. The album was remastered and reissued in 2008, with eight bonus tracks.^[5]

The bonus tracks include the non-album single "Me or You?"/"Wilful Days", an alternate version of "Dominator" (B-side to "Let's All Go (to the Fire Dances)"), an unreleased early version of "The Gathering" and four tracks from a John Peel session from 1983.^[6]

Track listing

All songs written by Killing Joke (Coleman, Ferguson, Raven, Walker).

Side one

1. "The Gathering" – 3:11
2. "Fun and Games" – 4:05
3. "Rejuvenation" – 4:00
4. "Frenzy" – 3:46
5. "Harlequin" – 3:57

Side two

1. "Feast of Blaze" – 3:35
2. "Song and Dance" – 5:13
3. "Dominator" – 4:28
4. "Let's All Go (to the Fire Dances)" – 3:19
5. "Lust Almighty" – 3:50

2008 CD reissue bonus tracks

11. "Me or You?" – 3:11
12. "Wilful Days" – 5:01
13. "Dominator" (Alternate Version) – 5:33
14. "The Gathering" (Original Version) – 3:25
15. "Dominator" (John Peel Session, 12/07/83) – 5:40
16. "Frenzy" (John Peel Session, 12/07/83) – 3:40
17. "Wilful Days" (John Peel Session, 12/07/83) – 6:00
18. "Harlequin" (John Peel Session, 12/07/83) – 3:56

Personnel

• Jaz Coleman - vocals, synthesizer
• Kevin "Geordie" Walker - guitar
• Paul Raven - bass guitar
• Paul Ferguson - drums, vocals

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