Birds of a Feather (Killing Joke song)

"Birds of a Feather" is a song by English rock band Killing Joke. It was released as a 7" single in October 1982 by record labels E.G. and Polydor in The Netherlands and also as a three-track EP by E.G. and Passport.

Content

Birds of a Feather was Killing Joke's first EP with new bass guitarist Paul Raven. It contained music that was artier and relatively calmer than the music from the band's first three studio albums, thus beginning a new direction. The new style was continued with the non-album singles "Me or You?" (1983) and "A New Day" (1984).^[1]

Release

The single reached No. 64 in the UK Singles Chart.^[2]

Track listing

Single

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Birds of a Feather"	3:46

Side B
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Flock the B-Side"	3:46

EP

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Birds of a Feather"	3:46
2.	"Sun Goes Down"	4:19

Side B
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Flock the B-Side"	3:46

Charts

Year	Chart	Peak position
1982	UK Singles Chart	64^[2]

References

↑ Hightower, Laura; DeRemer, Leigh Ann (2001). "Killing Joke". Contemporary Musicians. Profiles of the People in Music (Volume 30) 30. Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research. ISBN 0-7876-4641-5. OCLC 51547697.
1 2 "Official Charts Company". Official Charts. Retrieved 26 February 2015.

Killing Joke

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

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

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 (Love Like Blood) The Peel Sessions 1979–1981 Requiem

Compilation albums	Laugh? I Nearly Bought One!

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" "Money Is Not Our God" "Change: Spiral Tribe Mix" "Exorcism" "Pandemonium"

Related articles	Discography Pigface Murder, Inc. The Damage Manual Transmission

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