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
Format	12" single 7" single Cassette maxi single
Genre	Alternative rock, new wave, synthpop
Length	17:39
Label	E.G. Records Virgin Records Virgin Schallplatten GmbH
Writer(s)	Jaz Coleman Kevin "Geordie" Walker Paul Raven Paul Ferguson
Producer(s)	Chris Kimsey Stewart Levine
Killing Joke singles chronology
"Kings and Queens" (1985) "Adorations" (1986) "Sanity" (1986)
Killing Joke cassette chronology — "Adorations (The Cassette Maxi Single)" (1986) "Sanity (The Cassette Maxi Single)" (1986)

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

"Adorations" was released in several versions including remixes.

The 12", released by E.G. Records in the UK, Virgin Records in Spain, and Virgin Schallplatten GmbH in Germany, featured "Adorations (The Extended Mix)" as the A-side, with the B-side of "Exile" and "Ecstasy (The Extended Mix)".

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

The 7" vinyl single, released in the UK, France, and Spain, featured a shortened, non-remixed version of the original "Adorations" from the album, with "Exile" as its B-side. 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.

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.

All of the releases were mixed by Julian Mendelsohn and Zeus B. Held, and produced by Chris Kimsey and Stewart Levine.

Reception

"Adorations" was the first single to display Killing Joke's "new sound". 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 MTV interview, "We went through hell." This was primarily because the members of Killing Joke did not agree on songwriting direction, and as a result, Paul Raven and Paul Ferguson were fired in 1988 by Coleman.

Track listings

7" single

Side A

1. "Adorations" – 04:09^{[tln 1]}

Side B

1. "Exile" – 06:09

7" limited edition double vinyl single

Side A

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

Side B

1. "Exile" – 06:04^{[tln 2]}

Side C

1. "Ecstasy" – 04:08^{[tln 3]}

Side D

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

12" E.G. Records Extended Mix

Side A

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

Side B

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

12" Virgin Records Extended Mix

Side A

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

Side B

1. "Exile" – 06:04^{[tln 2]}
2. "Ecstasy (The Extended Mix)" – 06:30^{[tln 3]}

12" Supernatural Mix

Side A

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

Side B

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

Cassette Maxi single

Side One

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

Side Two

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

Track listings notes

1. Mixed by Julian Mendelsohn
2. Produced by Chris Kimsey
3. Produced by Stewart Levine
4. Mixed by Zeus B. Held

Charts

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

References

1. "Adorations". Discogs. Retrieved 24 December 2008.
2. "Adorations". Kerrang!. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
3. Chart Stats - Killing Joke. chartstats.com. Retrieved on 2010-07-05

External links

• "Adorations" music video on YouTube
• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics