Brighter Than a Thousand Suns
Studio album by Killing Joke
Released	1986
Recorded	Hansa Tonstudios, Berlin, Germany
Genre	Post-punk
Length	41:17 (LP), 60:32 (CD)
Label	EG Records
Producer(s)	Chris Kimsey, Chris Tsangarides, Stewart Levine
Professional reviews
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Killing Joke chronology
Night Time (1985)	Brighter Than a Thousand Suns (1986)	Outside the Gate (1988)

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Track listing

All songs written by Coleman/Walker/Raven/Ferguson.

1. "Adorations" - 4:43
2. "Sanity" - 4:44
3. "Chessboards" - 5:54
4. "Twilight of the Mortal" - 4:15
5. "Love of the Masses" - 4:40
6. "A Southern Sky" - 4:39
7. "Victory"* - 7:11
8. "Wintergardens" - 5:24
9. "Rubicon" - 7:03
10. "Goodbye to the Village"* - 5:27
11. "Exile"* - 6:38

Tracks marked with an asterisk (*) only appear on the CD version.

Personnel

• Jaz Coleman - vocals, synthesizer
• Kevin "Geordie" Walker - guitar
• Paul Raven - bass guitar
• Paul Ferguson - drums, vocals