[kj] Democracy

[Paul Rangecroft]

I remember I got a postcard saying 'vote Killing Joke' which included
details of a phone line you could ring to hear a preview clip. It
sounded terrible but I just thought it was a bad line. It wasn't.

It's called Democracy, and Jaz has described KJ as such, but this must
be one of their most undemocratically produced albums.

It has a nice positivity - that's about the only positive thing I can
say about it!

Hollywood Babylon and Drug at least don't have acoustic guitars turned up to 11.

On 7/20/14, Nick Scott <npscott at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> Remember it being released on April Fools Day here in the UK and
> wondering if it actually was.  After the Democracy single and the
> "Mass" B-Side I was expecting far more promise than the album
> delivered.
>
> There again the muddiness of the mixing was evident even beforehand
> with "Hollywood Babylon" and continued after Democracy era with "Drug"
>
> On 20 July 2014 19:01, wessidetempest . <wessidetempest at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> The majority of Democracy had good song writing but the production was
>> weak and you can tell they were burned out by that point. I think Big Paul
>> could breathe some great life into it.
>>
>>> On Jul 20, 2014, at 1:14 PM, "GREG SLAWSON" <gregslawson at msn.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Sounds too thin & trebly.
>>> Don't forget other good songs--Intellect, Democracy, Med Wheel.
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>> On Jul 20, 2014, at 10:38 AM, "Alexander Smith" <vassifer at earthlink.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'd love to hear them give "Aeon" another try in the studio. With all
>>>> due respect to Youth, it sounds so muddled and needlessly busy.
>>>> Geordie's riff there deserves better treatment.
>>>>
>>>> Alex in NYC
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Jul 19, 2014, at 5:44 PM, adrianwason at btinternet.com wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I wasn't around either for the btats shows
>>>>>
>>>>> I think with kj we have to be grateful for what we have seen
>>>>>
>>>>> It was disappointing Democracy, I travelled to the oldest pub in the
>>>>> country to listen to it the day it came out,,,the live shows always
>>>>> looked good from that era although they omitted us in the uk.
>>>>>
>>>>> to me there is always a gaping hole on the right hand side of the stage
>>>>> now that can never be replaced
>>>>>
>>>>> I did have a vhs of a live democracy show but I lent it to jerry butson
>>>>> and never got it back
>>>>>
>>>>> Always remember it for Aeon, even the shit Uk music press noticed this
>>>>> track!
>>>>>
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