Laugh? I Nearly Bought One!

The album contained tracks from every album Killing Joke had released to that point except Fire Dances and Outside the Gate. It also featured a previously unreleased mix of "Wintergardens" and several non-album tracks.

The album's cover image of a priest blessing Nazi soldiers was previously used by the band for a concert poster in the early 1980s. Because of its theme, it caused quite a stir and the band were banned from playing a concert in Glasgow, Scotland. Contrary to popular belief, the priest in the picture was not Pope Pius XII, but German Nazi abbot Alban Schachleiter.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Ned Raggett of AllMusic wrote, "not the best compilation that could have been assembled [...] Laugh? is still a reasonable overview of the first decade of Killing Joke and its checkered [sic] but still important history".^[1] Trouser Press called the album "commendable", but "a few obscure tracks take the place of more essential choices".^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Turn to Red" (from Turn to Red)	Jaz Coleman, Kevin "Geordie" Walker, Martin "Youth" Glover, Paul Ferguson	4:01
2.	"Pssyche (Live)" (from Ha!)	Coleman, Walker, Glover, Ferguson	4:44
3.	"Requiem" (from Killing Joke)	Coleman, Walker, Glover, Ferguson	3:43
4.	"Wardance" (from Killing Joke)	Coleman, Walker, Glover, Ferguson	3:45
5.	"Follow the Leaders" (from What's THIS For...!)	Coleman, Walker, Glover, Ferguson	4:54
6.	"Unspeakable" (from What's THIS For...!)	Coleman, Walker, Glover, Ferguson	5:18
7.	"Butcher" (from What's THIS For...!)	Coleman, Walker, Glover, Ferguson	6:10
8.	"Exit" (from What's THIS For...!)	Coleman, Walker, Glover, Ferguson	3:39
9.	"The Hum" (from Revelations)	Coleman, Walker, Glover, Ferguson	4:56
10.	"Empire Song" (from Revelations)	Coleman, Walker, Glover, Ferguson	3:17
11.	"Chop-Chop" (from Revelations)	Coleman, Walker, Glover, Ferguson	4:17
12.	"Sun Goes Down" (from Birds of a Feather EP)	Coleman, Walker, Paul Raven, Ferguson	4:17
13.	"Eighties" (from Night Time)	Coleman, Walker, Raven, Ferguson	3:49
14.	"Darkness Before Dawn" (from Night Time)	Coleman, Walker, Raven, Ferguson	5:18
15.	"Love Like Blood" (from Night Time)	Coleman, Walker, Raven, Ferguson	4:23
16.	"Wintergardens (New Mix)" (original version from Brighter than a Thousand Suns)	Coleman, Walker, Raven, Ferguson	4:47
17.	"Age of Greed" (from Extremities, Dirt and Various Repressed Emotions)	Coleman, Walker, Martin Atkins	7:26

Personnel

Jaz Coleman – vocals, synthesizer
Kevin "Geordie" Walker – guitar
Martin "Youth" Glover – bass guitar on tracks 1 and 3–11
Paul Raven – bass guitar on tracks 2 and 13–17
Paul Ferguson – drums, vocals on tracks 1–16
Martin Atkins – drums, vocals on track 17

References

1 2 Raggett, Ned. "Laugh? I Nearly Bought One! – Killing Joke | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
↑ Grant, Steven; Sheridan, David; Fasolino, Greg; Robbins, Ira. "TrouserPress.com :: Killing Joke". Trouser Press. 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" "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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