Night Time is the fifth studio album by Killing Joke, released in 1985. It was an international hit, featuring some of their best-known tracks like "Night Time", "Eighties", "Love Like Blood", and "Kings and Queens".
The album was remastered and reissued in 2008, with nine bonus tracks. The bonus tracks include the non-album single "A New Day/The Madding Crowd", three remixes, and four tracks from a 1984 Kid Jensen BBC radio session..
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Night Time is the fifth studio album by Killing Joke, released in 1985. It was an international hit, featuring some of their best-known tracks like "Night Time", "Eighties", "Love Like Blood", and "Kings and Queens".
The album was remastered and reissued in 2008, with nine bonus tracks. The bonus tracks include the non-album single "A New Day/The Madding Crowd", three remixes, and four tracks from a 1984 Kid Jensen BBC radio session..
The song "Eighties" was allegedly considered stolen by Nirvana for their 1992 song "Come as You Are", primarily because the riffs of both songs are so similar. A supposed lawsuit, claimed by Kerrang!, was issued against Nirvana by Killing Joke for appropriation of the riff. Because no accusation was recorded, Kerrang! claimed that it was dropped shortly after Kurt Cobain's death in 1994. According to Rolling Stone magazine, Killing Joke did not file a copyright infringement lawsuit, because of "personal and financial reasons". However, conflicting...
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