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"Adorations" is Killing Joke's first single off their sixth studio album, Brighter than a Thousand Suns. It was released in August, 1986.^[1]

"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 (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.

Throughout all the releases, "Adorations" was mixed by Julian Mendelsohn and Zeus B. Held, and produced by Chris Kimsey and Stewart Levine.

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."^[2] 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 due to the fact that the members of Killing Joke did not agree on the material to write, and as a result, Paul Raven and Paul Ferguson were fired in 1988 by Coleman.

Track listings

7" single

Side A

"Adorations" – 04:09^{[tln 1]}

Side B

"Exile" – 06:09

7" limited edition double vinyl 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" E'G Records 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" Virgin Records Extended Mix

Side A

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

Side B

"Exile" – 06:04^{[tln 2]}
"Ecstasy (the Extended mix)" – 06:30^{[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 ^d Mixed by Julian Mendelsohn
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Produced by Chris Kimsey
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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.
^ "Adorations". Kerrang!. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
^ Chart Stats - Killing Joke. chartstats.com. Retrieved on 2010-07-05

External links

Adorations music video

[JM-3] Mixed by Julian Mendelsohn

[CK-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j 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.

[Kerrang!-2] "Adorations". Kerrang!. Retrieved 17 February 2009.

[chartstats-7] Chart Stats - Killing Joke. chartstats.com. Retrieved on 2010-07-05

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 {{Infobox single
 | Name           = Adorations
-| Cover          = Adorations_12"_ext_1986.jpg|
+| Cover          = Adorations_12"_ext_1986.jpg
 | Artist         = [[Killing Joke]]
 | from Album     = [[Brighter than a Thousand Suns (album)|Brighter than a Thousand Suns]]
 | A-side         = "Adorations (the Extended mix)"
-| B-side         = "Exile"<br>"Ecstasy (the Extended mix)"
+| B-side         = "Exile"<br />"Ecstasy (the Extended mix)"
 | Released       = {{Start date|August, 1986}}
-| Format         = [[12-inch single|12" single]]<br>[[7" single]]<br>[[maxi single{{!}}Cassette Maxi single]]
+| Format         = [[12-inch single|12" single]]<br />[[7" single]]<br />[[maxi single|Cassette Maxi single]]
-| Genre          = [[Synthpop]]<br>[[New Wave music|New wave]]
+| Genre          = [[Synthpop]]<br />[[New Wave music|New wave]]
 | Length         = 17:39
-| Label          = [[E'G Records]]<br>[[Virgin Records]]<br>[[Virgin Schallplatten GmbH]]
+| Label          = [[E'G Records]]<br />[[Virgin Records]]<br />[[Virgin Schallplatten GmbH]]
-| Writer         = [[Jaz Coleman]]<br>[[Kenneth Walker|Kevin "Geordie" Walker]]<br>[[Paul Raven]]<br>[[Paul Ferguson]]
+| Writer         = [[Jaz Coleman]]<br />[[Kenneth Walker|Kevin "Geordie" Walker]]<br />[[Paul Raven]]<br />[[Paul Ferguson]]
-| Producer       = [[Chris Kimsey]]<br>[[Stewart Levine]]
+| Producer       = [[Chris Kimsey]]<br />[[Stewart Levine]]
-| Last single    = "''[[Kings and Queens (Killing Joke song)|Kings and Queens]]''"<br>(1985)
+| Last single    = "[[Kings and Queens (Killing Joke song)|Kings and Queens]]"<br />(1985)
-| This single    = "'''''Adorations'''''"<br>(1986)
+| This single    = "'''Adorations'''"<br />(1986)
-| Next single    = "''[[Sanity (song)|Sanity]]''"<br>(1986)
+| Next single    = "[[Sanity (song)|Sanity]]"<br />(1986)
 | Misc           =
   {{Extra chronology 2
-  | Artist = [[Killing Joke]] cassette
+  | Artist         = [[Killing Joke]] cassette
-  | Type   = single
+  | Type           = single
-  | This single    = "'''''Adorations<br>(The Cassette Maxi Single)'''''"<br>(1986)
+  | Last single    = —
+  | This single    = "'''Adorations<br />(The Cassette Maxi Single)'''"<br />(1986)
-  | Next single    = "''[[Sanity (song)|Sanity<br>(The Cassette Maxi Single)]]''"<br>(1986)
+  | Next single    = "[[Sanity (song)|Sanity<br />(The Cassette Maxi Single)]]"<br />(1986)
   }}
   {{Extra track listing
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   | this_track     = "'''Adortaions'''"
   | track_no       = 1
-  | next_track     = "[[Sanity (song){{!}}Sanity]]"
+  | next_track     = "[[Sanity (song)|Sanity]]"
   | next_no        = 2
   }}
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 }}
-'''''Adorations''''' is [[Killing Joke]]'s first single off 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|accessdate=24 December 2008}}</ref>
+"'''Adorations'''" is [[Killing Joke]]'s first single off 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'' 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 (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.
+"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.
-Throughout all the releases, ''Adorations'' was mixed by [[Julian Mendelsohn]] and [[Zeus B. Held]], and produced by [[Chris Kimsey]] and [[Stewart Levine]].
+Throughout all the releases, "Adorations" was mixed by [[Julian Mendelsohn]] and [[Zeus B. Held]], and produced by [[Chris Kimsey]] and [[Stewart Levine]].
-==Reception==
+== 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|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 due to the fact that the members of Killing Joke did not agree on the material to write, and as a result, Paul Raven and Paul Ferguson were fired in 1988 by Coleman.
+"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 due to the fact that the members of Killing Joke did not agree on the material to write, and as a result, [[Paul Raven]] and [[Paul Ferguson]] were fired in 1988 by Coleman.
-==Track listings==
+== Track listings ==
-;7" single
+=== 7" single ===
-Side A:
+;Side A
-#"Adorations" (04:09)*
+#"Adorations" – 04:09<ref group="tln" name="JM">Mixed by Julian Mendelsohn</ref>
-Side B:
+;Side B
-#"Exile" (06:09)
+#"Exile" – 06:09
-;7" limited edition double vinyl single
+=== 7" limited edition double vinyl single ===
-Side A:
+;Side A
+#"Adorations" – 04:38<ref group="tln" name="JM" /><ref group="tln" name="CK">Produced by Chris Kimsey</ref>
-#"Adorations" (04:38)* **
-Side B:
+;Side B
-#"Exile" (06:04)**
+#"Exile" – 06:04<ref group="tln" name="CK" />
-Side C:
+;Side C
-#"Ecstasy" (04:08)***
+#"Ecstasy" – 04:08<ref group="tln" name="SL">Produced by Stewart Levine</ref>
-Side D:
+;Side D
-#"Adorations (instrumental mix)" (04:02)** †
+#"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" E'G Records Extended Mix ===
-Side A:
+;Side A
-#"Adorations (the Extended mix)" (05:08)* **
+#"Adorations (the Extended mix)" – 05:08<ref group="tln" name="JM" /><ref group="tln" name="CK" />
-Side B:
+;Side B
-#"Exile" (6:04)**
+#"Exile" – 6:04<ref group="tln" name="CK" />
-#"Ecstasy (the Extended mix)" (06:27)***
+#"Ecstasy (the Extended mix)" – 06:27<ref group="tln" name="SL" />
-;12" Virgin Records Extended Mix
+=== 12" Virgin Records Extended Mix ===
-Side A:
+;Side A
-#"Adorations (the Extended mix)" (05:08)* **
+#"Adorations (the Extended mix)" – 05:08<ref group="tln" name="JM" /><ref group="tln" name="CK" />
-Side B:
+;Side B
-#"Exile" (06:04)**
+#"Exile" – 06:04<ref group="tln" name="CK" />
-#"Ecstasy (the Extended mix)" (06:30)***
+#"Ecstasy (the Extended mix)" – 06:30<ref group="tln" name="SL" />
-;12" Supernatural Mix†
+=== 12" Supernatural Mix ===
-Side A:
+;Side A
-#"Adorations (the Supernatural mix)" (06:34)
+#"Adorations (the Supernatural mix)" – 06:34<ref group="tln" name="ZBH" />
-Side B:
+;Side B
-#"Love Like Blood (the '86 Remix)" (06:17)
+#"Love Like Blood (the '86 Remix)" – 06:17<ref group="tln" name="ZBH" />
-#"Exile" (06:02)
+#"Exile" – 06:02<ref group="tln" name="ZBH" />
-;Cassette Maxi single
+=== Cassette Maxi single ===
-Side One:
+;Side One
-#"Adorations (the Supernatural mix)" (06:41)** †
+#"Adorations (the Supernatural mix)" – 06:41<ref group="tln" name="CK" /><ref group="tln" name="ZBH" />
-#"Ecstasy" (04:10)***
+#"Ecstasy" – 04:10<ref group="tln" name="SL" />
-Side Two:
+;Side Two
-#"Exile" (06:09)**
+#"Exile" (06:09<ref group="tln" name="CK" />
-#"Love Like Blood (the '86 Remix)" (06:29) ** †
+#"Love Like Blood (the '86 Remix)" – 06:29<ref group="tln" name="CK" /><ref group="tln" name="ZBH" />
+=== Track listings notes ===
-(*) mixed by Julian Mendelsohn<br>(**) produced by Chris Kimsey<br>(***) produced by Stewart Levine<br>(†) mixed by Zeus B. Held
+{{Reflist|group=tln}}
-==References==
+== Charts ==
+{|class="wikitable"
+!Year
+!Chart
+!Peak<br />Position
+|-
+|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>
+|align="center"| 42
+|}
+== References ==
 {{reflist}}
-==External links==
+== External links ==
+<div class="references-small">
 *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFAVCYgcg3U Adorations music video]
+</div>
 {{Killing Joke}}
 {{DEFAULTSORT:Adorations}}
-[[Category:Killing Joke songs]]
 [[Category:1986 songs]]
+[[Category:Killing Joke songs]]

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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