Killing Joke

1980 self-titled debut studio album by Killing Joke
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Killing Joke

Summary

Killing Joke is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,256 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Killing Joke's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Killing Joke's genre is new wave[4].
  • Killing Joke's genre is gothic rock[5].
  • Killing Joke's genre is post-punk[6].
  • Killing Joke's genre is industrial rock[7].
  • Among the performers on Killing Joke was Killing Joke[8].
  • Killing Joke's record label is recorded as E.G. Records[9].
  • Killing Joke's place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[10].
  • Killing Joke is part of Killing Joke's albums in chronological order[11].
  • Killing Joke's language of work or name is recorded as English[12].
  • Killing Joke was distributed by music streaming[13].
  • Killing Joke was released on August 1980[14].
  • Killing Joke's tracklist is recorded as Wardance[15].
  • Killing Joke's title is recorded as Killing Joke[16].
  • Killing Joke's has characteristic is recorded as debut album[17].
  • Killing Joke's has characteristic is recorded as eponymously titled work[18].
  • Killing Joke's different from is recorded as (The) Killing Joke[19].
  • Killing Joke's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'amount': '+8'}[20].
  • Killing Joke's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[21].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[22]

  • First release date: 1980-10-05[23]

  • Genre(s): electronic, industrial rock, new wave, post-punk, punk, rock[24]

  • Community tags: 80s, british, classic pop and rock, electronic, industrial rock, new wave, post punk, post-punk, punk, rock[25]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 30a8c233-66ab-3ceb-87e2-bda76f4164ca[26]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Killing Joke was it[8].

Publication

Killing Joke was published on August 1980[14]. Its place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[12]. Genres include new wave[4], gothic rock[5], post-punk[6], and industrial rock[7]. It is part of its albums in chronological order[11]. It was distributed by music streaming[13].

Why It Matters

Killing Joke ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,256 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · ChloeDrowssap · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Performer → Killing Joke
    Record label → —
    Part of → —
    Form of creative work → studio album
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P136]]: [[Q38848]]"
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