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"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)"
ReleasedAugust 1986 (August 1986)
GenrePost-punk, new wave, cold wave
Length17:39 (maxi single)
4:39 (album version)
LabelE.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)

"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.

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

Track listings

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"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

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Side A
  1. "Adorations" – 04:09[tln 1]
Side B
  1. "Exile" – 06:09

Limited double 7" single

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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

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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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ a b c Mixed by Julian Mendelsohn
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Produced by Chris Kimsey
  3. ^ a b c Produced by Stewart Levine
  4. ^ a b c d e f Mixed by Zeus B. Held

Charts

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

References

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  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
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