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Baker's Dozen

Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives

2. Killing JokeKilling Joke

We were still kids, skateboarding, and I’m a couple of years younger than Dave and Bon. My best mate Dave Ford bought that album. When you’re somewhere between 12 and the dole you can’t all afford to buy the music you want, so you’d decide who would buy what, and then you’d tape it and share it around. Mark bought this one, and honestly just the start of this, [sings ‘Requiem’], even now it creates a massive response. I remember just seeing the cover, listening to it, and it’s the time when you’re a kid, and I don’t even know if kids do it anymore because it’s a different time, but you’d sit listening to the album looking at the cover. 

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