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"Adorations"
"Adorations"
Single by Killing Joke
from the album Brighter than a Thousand Suns
A-side	"Adorations (The Extended Mix)"
B-side	"Exile"; "Ecstasy (The Extended Mix)";
Released	August 1986
Genre	Post-punk, new wave, cold wave
Length	17:39 (maxi single); 4:39 (album version)
Label	E.G. Records; Virgin Records; Virgin Schallplatten GmbH
Songwriter(s)	Jaz Coleman; Kevin "Geordie" Walker; Paul Raven; Paul Ferguson
Producer(s)	Chris Kimsey; Stewart Levine
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"Adorations" is Killing Joke's first single from their sixth studio album, Brighter than a Thousand Suns, released in August 1986.^[1] All of the releases were mixed by Julian Mendelsohn and Zeus B. Held, and produced by Chris Kimsey and Stewart Levine.

The single was accompanied by a music video of the band performing the song in a cathedral.^[2]

Track listings

"Adorations" was released in several versions including remixes. The 7" vinyl single, released in the UK, France, and Spain, was a shorter edit of "Adorations", with "Exile" (also from Brighter Than A Thousand Suns) as its B-side. The 12" featured an extended mix as its A-side, with "Exile" and an extended mix of "Ecstasy" on the B-side.

"Adorations (The Supernatural Mix)" was released on 12" vinyl in the UK and featured "Love Like Blood (The '86 Remix)" and "Exile" as B-sides.

E.G. also released a 7" limited-edition double vinyl single exclusively in the UK featuring the remix of "Adorations" as the A-side, "Exile" as the B-side, "Ecstasy" as the C-side, and "Adorations (Instrumental Mix)" as the D-side. A cassette maxi single was also released.

7" single

Side A

"Adorations" – 04:09^{[tln 1]}

Side B

"Exile" – 06:09

Limited double 7" single

Side A

"Adorations" – 04:38^{[tln 1]}^{[tln 2]}

Side B

"Exile" – 06:04^{[tln 2]}

Side C

"Ecstasy" – 04:08^{[tln 3]}

Side D

"Adorations (Instrumental Mix)" – 04:02^{[tln 2]}^{[tln 4]}

12" Extended Mix

Side A

"Adorations (The Extended Mix)" – 05:08^{[tln 1]}^{[tln 2]}

Side B

"Exile" – 6:04^{[tln 2]}
"Ecstasy (The Extended Mix)" – 06:27^{[tln 3]}

12" Supernatural Mix

Side A

"Adorations (The Supernatural Mix)" – 06:34^{[tln 4]}

Side B

"Love Like Blood (The '86 Remix)" – 06:17^{[tln 4]}
"Exile" – 06:02^{[tln 4]}

Cassette Maxi single

Side One

"Adorations (The Supernatural mix)" – 06:41^{[tln 2]}^{[tln 4]}
"Ecstasy" – 04:10^{[tln 3]}

Side Two

"Exile" (06:09^{[tln 2]}
"Love Like Blood (The '86 Remix)" – 06:29^{[tln 2]}^{[tln 4]}

Track listings notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Mixed by Julian Mendelsohn
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Produced by Chris Kimsey
^ ^a ^b ^c Produced by Stewart Levine
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Mixed by Zeus B. Held

Charts

Year	Chart	Peak Position
1986	UK Singles Chart^[3]	42

References

^ "Adorations". Discogs. Retrieved 24 December 2008.
^ Killing Joke - Adorations, retrieved 9 May 2021
^ Official Charts Company - Killing Joke. OfficialCharts.com. Retrieved on 2010-07-05

External links

"Adorations" music video on YouTube

[JM-3] Mixed by Julian Mendelsohn

[CK-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Produced by Chris Kimsey

[SL-5] Produced by Stewart Levine

[ZBH-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Mixed by Zeus B. Held

[Discogs-1] "Adorations". Discogs. Retrieved 24 December 2008.

[2] Killing Joke - Adorations, retrieved 9 May 2021

[chartstats-7] Official Charts Company - Killing Joke. OfficialCharts.com. Retrieved on 2010-07-05

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+{{short description|Song by Killing Joke}}
-{{Infobox single
+{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
-| Name           = Adorations
+{{Use British English|date=July 2019}}
-| Cover          = Adorations_12"_ext_1986.jpg
+{{Infobox song
-| Artist         = [[Killing Joke]]
+| name       = Adorations
-| from Album     = [[Brighter than a Thousand Suns (album)|Brighter than a Thousand Suns]]
+| cover      = Adorations_12"_ext_1986.jpg
-| A-side         = "Adorations (the Extended mix)"
+| alt        =
-| B-side         = "Exile"<br />"Ecstasy (the Extended mix)"
-| Released       = {{Start date|August, 1986}}
+| type       = single
+| artist     = [[Killing Joke]]
-| Format         = [[12-inch single|12" single]]<br />[[7" single]]<br />[[maxi single|Cassette Maxi single]]
+| album      = [[Brighter than a Thousand Suns (album)|Brighter than a Thousand Suns]]
-| Genre          = [[Synthpop]]<br />[[New Wave music|New wave]]
-| Length         = 17:39
+| A-side     = Adorations (The Extended Mix)
+| B-side     = {{ubl|"Exile"|"Ecstasy (The Extended Mix)"}}
-| Label          = [[E'G Records]]<br />[[Virgin Records]]<br />[[Virgin Schallplatten GmbH]]
+| released   = {{Start date|August 1986}}
-| Writer         = [[Jaz Coleman]]<br />[[Geordie Walker|Kevin "Geordie" Walker]]<br />[[Paul Raven (musician)|Paul Raven]]<br />[[Paul Ferguson]]
+| recorded   =
-| Producer       = [[Chris Kimsey]]<br />[[Stewart Levine]]
+| studio     =
-| Last single    = "[[Kings and Queens (Killing Joke song)|Kings and Queens]]"<br />(1985)
+| venue      =
-| This single    = "'''Adorations'''"<br />(1986)
+| genre      = [[Post-punk]], [[new wave music|new wave]], [[cold wave (music)|cold wave]]
-| Next single    = "[[Sanity (song)|Sanity]]"<br />(1986)
-| Misc           =
+| length     = 17:39 (maxi single)<br>4:39 (album version)
+| label      = [[E.G. Records]]<br />[[Virgin Records]]<br />[[Virgin Schallplatten GmbH]]
-  {{Extra chronology
+| writer     = [[Jaz Coleman]]<br />[[Geordie Walker|Kevin "Geordie" Walker]]<br />[[Paul Raven (musician)|Paul Raven]]<br />[[Paul Ferguson]]
-  | Artist         = [[Killing Joke]] cassette
+| producer   = [[Chris Kimsey]]<br />[[Stewart Levine]]
-  | Type           = single
+| prev_title = [[Kings and Queens (Killing Joke song)|Kings and Queens]]
-  | Last single    = —
+| prev_year  = 1985
-  | This single    = "'''Adorations<br />(The Cassette Maxi Single)'''"<br />(1986)
-  | Next single    = "[[Sanity (song)|Sanity<br />(The Cassette Maxi Single)]]"<br />(1986)
+| next_title = [[Sanity (song)|Sanity]]
+| next_year  = 1986
-  }}
-  {{Extra track listing
+| misc       = {{Extra chronology
+ | artist     = [[Killing Joke]] cassette
-  | Album          = [[Brighter Than a Thousand Suns (album)|Brighter than a Thousand Suns]]
-  | Type           = single
+ | type       = single
+ | prev_title =
-  | this_track     = "'''Adortaions'''"
-  | track_no       = 1
+ | prev_year  =
+ | title      = Adorations (The Cassette Maxi Single)
-  | next_track     = "[[Sanity (song)|Sanity]]"
-  | next_no        = 2
+ | year       = 1986
+ | next_title = [[Sanity (song)|Sanity (The Cassette Maxi Single)]]
-  }}
+ | next_year  = 1986
+}}
 }}
-"'''Adorations'''" is [[Killing Joke]]'s first single from their sixth studio album, ''[[Brighter than a Thousand Suns (album)|Brighter than a Thousand Suns]]''.  It was released in August, 1986.<ref name="Discogs">{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/release/460568 |title=Adorations |publisher=Discogs |accessdate=24 December 2008}}</ref>
+"'''Adorations'''" is [[Killing Joke]]'s first single from their sixth studio album, ''[[Brighter than a Thousand Suns (album)|Brighter than a Thousand Suns]]'', released in August 1986.<ref name="Discogs">{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/release/460568 |title=Adorations |publisher=Discogs |accessdate=24 December 2008}}</ref> All of the releases were mixed by [[Julian Mendelsohn]] and [[Zeus B. Held]], and produced by [[Chris Kimsey]] and [[Stewart Levine]].
+The single was accompanied by a music video of the band performing the song in a cathedral.<ref>{{Citation|title=Killing Joke - Adorations|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV-cYH8udSk&list=RDMMqV-cYH8udSk|language=en|access-date=2021-05-09}}</ref>
-"Adorations" was released as several version including remixes, and even on cassette.  "Adorations (the Extended mix)" was featured as an A-side on a 12" vinyl, with the B-side of "Exile", and "Ecstasy (the Extended mix)".  Both original versions of the songs were originally featured on the CD and cassette releases of ''Brighter than a Thousand Suns''.  The single was released under [[E'G Records]] in the UK, [[Virgin Records]] in Spain, and [[Virgin Schallplatten GmbH]] in Germany.  "Adorations (the Supernatural mix)" was also released on a 12" vinyl in the UK and featured "[[Love Like Blood (song)|Love Like Blood (the '86 Remix)]]" and "Exile" as B-sides.  The 7" vinyl single release feature "Adorations", a shortened, non-remixed, version of the original "Adorations" featured on their studio album, as an A-side, with "Exile" as its B-side.  The single was released in the UK, France, and Spain.  E'G Records also released a 7" limited edition double vinyl single exclusively in the UK, and featured the remix of "Adorations" as the A-side, "Exile" as the B-side, "Ecstasy" as the C-side, and "Adorations (instrumental mix)" as the D-side.  The cassette maxi release of "Adorations" featured "Adorations (the Extended mix)" and "Ecstasy" as side one and "Exile" and "Love Like Blood (the'86 Remix)" as side two.
+== Track listings ==
-Throughout all the releases, "Adorations" was mixed by [[Julian Mendelsohn]] and [[Zeus B. Held]], and produced by [[Chris Kimsey]] and [[Stewart Levine]].
+"Adorations" was released in several versions including remixes. The 7" vinyl single, released in the UK, France, and Spain, was a shorter edit of "Adorations", with "Exile" (also from ''Brighter Than A Thousand Suns'') as its B-side. The 12" featured an extended mix as its [[A-side]], with "Exile" and an extended mix of "Ecstasy" on the B-side.
+"Adorations (The Supernatural Mix)" was released on 12" vinyl in the UK and featured "[[Love Like Blood (song)|Love Like Blood (The '86 Remix)]]" and "Exile" as B-sides.
-== Reception ==
-"Adorations" was the first single to show the "new sound" that [[Killing Joke]] had produced.  There was some appreciation - [[Kerrang!]] described "Adorations" as "a brilliant, uplifting slice of swooning synth romanticism, with [[Jaz Coleman]] in full croon. A guilty KJ pleasure if there ever was one."<ref name="Kerrang!">{{cite web |url=http://www.kerrang.com/wheretostartwith/artists/killing_joke |title=Adorations |publisher=Kerrang! |accessdate=17 February 2009}}</ref>  However, reviews were mixed at best.  As described by Jaz Coleman in a 1991 interview with [[MTV]] pertaining to their eighth studio album, ''[[Extremities, Dirt & Various Repressed Emotions]]'', "we went through hell."  This was primarily because the members of Killing Joke did not agree on the material to write, and as a result, [[Paul Raven (musician)|Paul Raven]] and [[Paul Ferguson]] were fired in 1988 by Coleman.
+E.G. also released a 7" limited-edition double vinyl single exclusively in the UK featuring the remix of "Adorations" as the A-side, "Exile" as the B-side, "Ecstasy" as the C-side, and "Adorations (Instrumental Mix)" as the D-side. A cassette maxi single was also released.
-== Track listings ==
 === 7" single ===
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 #"Exile" – 06:09
-=== 7" limited edition double vinyl single ===
+=== Limited double 7" single ===
 ;Side A
 #"Adorations" – 04:38<ref group="tln" name="JM" /><ref group="tln" name="CK">Produced by Chris Kimsey</ref>
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 ;Side D
-#"Adorations (instrumental mix)" – 04:02<ref group="tln" name="CK" /><ref group="tln" name="ZBH">Mixed by Zeus B. Held</ref>
+#"Adorations (Instrumental Mix)" – 04:02<ref group="tln" name="CK" /><ref group="tln" name="ZBH">Mixed by Zeus B. Held</ref>
-=== 12" E'G Records Extended Mix ===
+=== 12" Extended Mix ===
 ;Side A
-#"Adorations (the Extended mix)" – 05:08<ref group="tln" name="JM" /><ref group="tln" name="CK" />
+#"Adorations (The Extended Mix)" – 05:08<ref group="tln" name="JM" /><ref group="tln" name="CK" />
 ;Side B
 #"Exile" – 6:04<ref group="tln" name="CK" />
-#"Ecstasy (the Extended mix)" – 06:27<ref group="tln" name="SL" />
+#"Ecstasy (The Extended Mix)" – 06:27<ref group="tln" name="SL" />
-=== 12" Virgin Records Extended Mix ===
-;Side A
-#"Adorations (the Extended mix)" – 05:08<ref group="tln" name="JM" /><ref group="tln" name="CK" />
-;Side B
-#"Exile" – 06:04<ref group="tln" name="CK" />
-#"Ecstasy (the Extended mix)" – 06:30<ref group="tln" name="SL" />
 === 12" Supernatural Mix ===
 ;Side A
-#"Adorations (the Supernatural mix)" – 06:34<ref group="tln" name="ZBH" />
+#"Adorations (The Supernatural Mix)" – 06:34<ref group="tln" name="ZBH" />
 ;Side B
-#"Love Like Blood (the '86 Remix)" – 06:17<ref group="tln" name="ZBH" />
+#"Love Like Blood (The '86 Remix)" – 06:17<ref group="tln" name="ZBH" />
 #"Exile" – 06:02<ref group="tln" name="ZBH" />
 === Cassette Maxi single ===
 ;Side One
-#"Adorations (the Supernatural mix)" – 06:41<ref group="tln" name="CK" /><ref group="tln" name="ZBH" />
+#"Adorations (The Supernatural mix)" – 06:41<ref group="tln" name="CK" /><ref group="tln" name="ZBH" />
 #"Ecstasy" – 04:10<ref group="tln" name="SL" />
 ;Side Two
 #"Exile" (06:09<ref group="tln" name="CK" />
-#"Love Like Blood (the '86 Remix)" – 06:29<ref group="tln" name="CK" /><ref group="tln" name="ZBH" />
+#"Love Like Blood (The '86 Remix)" – 06:29<ref group="tln" name="CK" /><ref group="tln" name="ZBH" />
 === Track listings notes ===
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 |-
 |align="center"| 1986
-| [[UK Singles Chart]]<ref name="chartstats">[http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=3458 Chart Stats - Killing Joke]. chartstats.com. Retrieved on 2010-07-05</ref>
+| [[UK Singles Chart]]<ref name="chartstats">[https://www.officialcharts.com/artists/ Official Charts Company - Killing Joke]. OfficialCharts.com. Retrieved on 2010-07-05</ref>
 |align="center"| 42
 |}
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 == External links ==
-*{{YouTube|FFAVCYgcg3U|Adorations music video}}
+*{{YouTube|qV-cYH8udSk|"Adorations" music video}}
-* {{MetroLyrics song|killing-joke|adorations}}<!-- Licensed lyrics provider -->
 {{Killing Joke}}
+{{authority control}}
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 [[Category:Songs written by Geordie Walker]]
 [[Category:Song recordings produced by Chris Kimsey]]
+[[Category:E.G. Records singles]]
+[[Category:Virgin Records singles]]

v t e Killing Joke
Jaz Coleman Paul Ferguson Youth Paul Raven Geordie Walker 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 Lord of Chaos
Live albums	Ha BBC in Concert The Courtauld Talks ...No Way Out but Forward Go (Love Like Blood) The Peel Sessions 1979–1981
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"
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