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Night Time by Killing Joke
Night Time is an album by Killing Joke, released in 1985. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 38 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Eighties”, on 29 lists with a best position of #37.
Night Time, Killing Joke's fifth album, arrived on 25 February 1985 on E.G. through Polydor, and it's the record where the London post-punk bruisers figured out how to make menace sound like a hit. Chris Kimsey produced it with the band and gave the din a sheen without draining off the dread. Geordie Walker's guitar still grinds like sheet metal, Paul Ferguson's drums stomp, Paul Raven, who had taken over the bass from Youth, holds the floor, and Jaz Coleman bellows over the top, his keyboards shading everything a deeper black.
"Love Like Blood", out as a single the month before, was the breakthrough: a brooding gothic rock anthem that went top 20 in Britain and top ten in Belgium, the Netherlands and New Zealand. The album climbed to 11 in the UK, the band's best showing yet, with "Eighties" and "Kings and Queens" riding along in its wake.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Night Time on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eighties | 29 | #37 | – | 1984–2023 | |
| 2 | Love Like Blood | 8 | #27 | – | 1988–2003 | |
| 3 | Kings and Queens | 1 | #879 | – | 2003 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.