Adorations

"Adorations" is Killing Joke's first single from their sixth studio album, Brighter than a Thousand Suns, released in August 1986.^[1] All of the releases were mixed by Julian Mendelsohn and Zeus B. Held, and produced by Chris Kimsey and Stewart Levine.

"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 (August 1986)
Genre	Post-punk, new wave, cold wave
Length	17:39 (maxi single) 4:39 (album version)
Label	E.G. Records Virgin Records Virgin Schallplatten GmbH
Songwriter(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 singles chronology
"Adorations (The Cassette Maxi Single)" (1986) "Sanity (The Cassette Maxi Single)" (1986)

The single was accompanied by a music video of the band performing the song in a cathedral.^[2]

Track listings

"Adorations" was released in several versions including remixes. The 7" vinyl single, released in the UK, France, and Spain, was a shorter edit of "Adorations", with "Exile" (also from Brighter Than A Thousand Suns) as its B-side. The 12" featured an extended mix as its A-side, with "Exile" and an extended mix of "Ecstasy" on the B-side.

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

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. A cassette maxi single was also released.

7" single

Side A

1. "Adorations" – 04:09^{[tln 1]}

Side B

1. "Exile" – 06:09

Limited double 7" 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" 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" 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. Killing Joke - Adorations, retrieved 9 May 2021
3. Official Charts Company - Killing Joke. OfficialCharts.com. Retrieved on 2010-07-05

External links

• "Adorations" music video on YouTube