Extremities, Dirt and Various Repressed Emotions

Extremities, Dirt and Various Repressed Emotions is the eighth studio album by English rock band Killing Joke, recorded in August 1990 and in November 1990 by record label Noise. This is the only Killing Joke album to feature drummer Martin Atkins (formerly of Public Image Ltd and Brian Brain).

Content

The eyes on the cover of the album belong to actor Conrad Veidt as featured in the film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. The top pair is original,the other three are upside down, and the cover for the cassette version shows all four pairs original. The back of the CD bears two Latin phrases: the first, "hoc volo, sic iubeo, sit pro ratione voluntas", means: "I wish it, I command it. Let my will take the place of a reason", and was quoted from Roman poet Juvenal; the second, "semper imitatum nunquam idem", means: "always imitated, never replicated".

The riff from "Intravenous" would be reprised on 2006's "Majestic".

Musical style

Extremities, Dirt and Various Repressed Emotions saw a return to a rawer, guitar-based sound from the keyboards of their previous album Outside the Gate. Trouser Press wrote, "Perhaps inspired by all the new industrial bands aping their early style, Killing Joke reformed for a tour, demonstrating new resolve to recapture the old formula", describing it as having "all the intoxicating intensity and righteous fury missing from Outside the Gate mated to a timelier Ministry-like feel."^[1]

Release

Extremities, Dirt and Various Repressed Emotions was released in November 1990 by record label Noise.

The album was re-released on 15 October 2007 by Candlelight Records in three editions: double LP, normal CD and a Deluxe Edition with a CD and a dual disc.

"Money Is Not Our God" was the only single released from the album, and failed to chart.

The double LP edition features the track "Age of Greed (Live)" as a bonus, whereas both CD reissues also feature four tracks from a very rare 1989 cassette demo. One of these tracks, "Jubilation", is actually an early version of "The Beautiful Dead" and had been released previously on a flexi disc. Of the other tracks, only "The Fanatic" was known, having been performed live at several concerts in 1989. The Deluxe Edition featured all bonus tracks on a separate dual disc, with the DVD side containing the music video for "Money Is Not Our God".

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]

In his retrospective review, Ned Raggett of AllMusic wrote that the album "[recaptures] the sprawling spirit of the early days" of the band, after the "gaggingly awful monstrosity of Outside the Gate".^[2]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Jaz Coleman, Geordie Walker and Martin Atkins.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Money Is Not Our God"	5:16
2.	"Age of Greed"	7:23
3.	"The Beautiful Dead"	5:57
4.	"Extremities"	5:19
5.	"Intravenous"	7:02
6.	"Inside the Termite Mound"	7:49
7.	"Solitude"	4:56
8.	"North of the Border"	5:52
9.	"Slipstream"	7:07
10.	"Kaliyuga"	2:08
11.	"Struggle"	6:13

2007 CD reissue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
12.	"The Party (Demo)"	5:09
13.	"The Fanatic (Demo)"	4:22
14.	"Solitude (Demo)"	5:10
15.	"Jubilation (Demo)"	4:37
16.	"Age of Greed (Live)"	12:05

Cassette version

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Money Is Not Our God"	5:26
2.	"Age of Greed"	6:49
3.	"The Beautiful Dead"	5:41
4.	"Extremities"	5:16
5.	"Intravenous"	6:58

Side B
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Inside the Termite Mound"	8:03
2.	"Solitude"	4:56
3.	"North of the Border"	5:59
4.	"Slipstream"	7:05
5.	"Kaliyuga-Struggle"	8:18

Personnel

Killing Joke

Jaz Coleman – vocals, synthesizer, production
Kevin "Geordie" Walker – guitar, production
Paul Raven – bass guitar (tracks 1–11), production
Dave "Taif" Ball – bass guitar (tracks 12–16), production
Martin Atkins – drums, vocals, production

Additional personnel

John Bechdel – synthesizer (tracks 1–11)
Dave Kovacevic – synthesizer (track 16)
Hodge – rapping

Technical

Martin Rex (as J.M. Rex) – production, engineering, mixing
Michael Butterworth – engineering assistance
Dominic Robson – engineering assistance

References

↑ Grant, Steven; Sheridan, David; Fasolino, Greg; Robbins, Ira. "TrouserPress.com :: Killing Joke". Trouser Press. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
1 2 Raggett, Ned. "Extremities, Dirt & Various Repressed Emotions – Killing Joke | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 February 2015.

External links

Extremities, Dirt and Various Repressed Emotions at Discogs (list of releases)

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

Book:Killing Joke Category:Killing Joke

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