Night Time

The song "Eighties" is claimed to have been copied by Nirvana for their 1991 song "Come as You Are", primarily because the riffs of both songs are so similar. A lawsuit, claimed by Kerrang!, was issued against Nirvana by Killing Joke for appropriation of the riff. Because no accusation was recorded, Kerrang! claimed that it was dropped shortly after Kurt Cobain's death in 1994.^[1] According to Rolling Stone, Killing Joke did not file a copyright infringement lawsuit, because of "personal and financial reasons".^[2] However, conflicting reports, such as Kerrang!, have stated differently.

A reassured interview with guitarist Geordie Walker^[3] in December of that year later proved that a lawsuit was issued after the manager of Nirvana responded rudely,^[2] saying "Boo, never heard of ya!".^[4]

In light of the events that occurred from 1992 to 1994, Dave Grohl took it upon himself to pay a sort of restitution for the appropriation by drumming on the 2003 album Killing Joke. Grohl is a long-time, vocal fan of Killing Joke, and has stated that he lobbied the band to be allowed to play on the album.^{[citation needed]}

Release

Night Time was an international hit, with "Night Time", "Eighties", "Love Like Blood" and "Kings and Queens" going on to be become Killing Joke's most well-known tracks.

The album was remastered and reissued in 2008, with nine bonus tracks. The bonus tracks include the non-album single "A New Day", three remixes and four tracks from a 1984 Kid Jensen BBC radio session.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[5]
Piero Scaruffi	5/10^[6]

AllMusic opines that the album finds the band's music "caught between their earlier aggression and a calmer, more immediately accessible approach. This turned out to be the band's Achilles heel in the end, with later albums in the '80s evidence that the group had turned into an unbelievably boring, generic modern rock band. At this point, however, the tension between the two sides had a perfect balance, and as a result, Night Time is arguably the quartet's freshest album since its debut, with a warm, anthemic quality now supplementing the blasting, driving approach that made the band's name".^[5]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Killing Joke (Jaz Coleman, Paul Ferguson, Kevin "Geordie" Walker, Paul Raven), except as noted.

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Night Time"	4:58
2.	"Darkness Before Dawn"	5:22
3.	"Love Like Blood"	6:50
4.	"Kings and Queens"	4:41

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Tabazan"	4:36
2.	"Multitudes"	4:59
3.	"Europe"	4:38
4.	"Eighties"	3:51

2008 CD reissue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
9.	"Eighties (Kid Jensen Session, 17/04/84)"		2:53
10.	"New Culture (Kid Jensen Session, 17/04/84)"		3:12
11.	"Blue Feather (Kid Jensen Session, 17/04/84)"		4:33
12.	"All Play Rebel (Kid Jensen Session, 17/04/84)"		3:23
13.	"A New Day"	Coleman, Ferguson, Chris Kimsey, Raven, Walker	4:23
14.	"The Madding Crowd"		5:10
15.	"Blue Feather (Joke Mix)"		3:59
16.	"Love Like Blood (Gestalt Mix)"		5:10
17.	"Kings and Queens (Geordie's Dub Mix)"		5:00

Personnel

Jaz Coleman – vocals, synthesizer, keyboards, drums
Kevin "Geordie" Walker – guitar
Paul Raven – bass guitar
Paul Ferguson – drums, vocals

Additional personnel

Chris Kimsey – production
Brian McGhee – engineering
Thomas Stiehler – engineering
Jim Veitch – sleeve photography
Brad Nelson
Alex Zander
Fil. E.

Charts

Chart (1985)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart	11^{[citation needed]}
Recording Industry Association of New Zealand	8^[7]
Sverigetopplistan	50^[8]

References

↑ "historylink.org– The Free Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History". historylink.org. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Borzillo-Vrenna, Carrie (10 April 2003). "Rolling Stone : Nirvana Pay Back Killing Joke". rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on 14 February 2007. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
↑ "BBC Manchester – Music – Interview with Killing Joke's Geordie". bbc.co.uk. 24 July 2003. Archived from the original on 1 August 2003. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
↑ Slater, Tim (December 1994). "[Guitarist interview]". Guitarist.
↑ 5.0 5.1 Raggett, Ned. "Night Time – Killing Joke : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
↑ Scaruffi, Piero. "The History of Rock Music. Killing Joke: Biography, Discography, Reviews, Links". scaruffi.com. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
↑ "charts.org.nz – Discography Killing Joke". charts.org.nz. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
↑ "swedishcharts.com – Discography Killing Joke". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 15 February 2013.

External links

Night Time at Discogs (list of releases)

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Jaz Coleman Kevin "Geordie" Walker Martin "Youth" Glover Paul Ferguson Paul Raven Martin Atkins Dave Kovacevic Nick Holywell-Walker Ben Calvert Geoffrey Dugmore Reza Udhin Ted Parsons Dave "Taif" Ball Dave Grohl Chris Kimsey Troy Gregory

Studio albums	Killing Joke What's THIS For...! Revelations Fire Dances Night Time Brighter than a Thousand Suns Outside the Gate Extremities, Dirt & Various Repressed Emotions Pandemonium Democracy Killing Joke Hosannas from the Basements of Hell Absolute Dissent MMXII

EPs	Turn to Red Almost Red Birds of a Feather

Live albums	Ha! BBC in Concert The Courtauld Talks No Way Out But Forward Go! Live at the Forum Requiem The Gathering 2008

Compilation albums	Laugh? I Nearly Bought One! Wilful Days The Peel Sessions 1979–1981

Singles	"Nervous System" "Wardance" "Change" "Requiem" "Follow the Leaders" "Empire Song" "Chop-Chop" "We Have Joy" "Birds of a Feather" "Let's All Go (to the Fire Dances)" "Me or You?" "Eighties" "A New Day" "Love Like Blood" "Kings and Queens" "Adorations" "Sanity" "America" "My Love of this Land" "The Beautiful Dead" "Money Is Not Our God" "Change: The Spiral Tribe Mix/The Youth Mixes" "Exorcism" "Pandemonium"

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