| The Key to Joy Is Disobedience | |
| Type: | box set |
| Artist: | Coil |
| Cover: | Thekeytojoyisdisobedience.jpg |
| Released: | July 2003 |
| Genre: | Experimental |
| Length: | 7:07:57 |
| Label: | Threshold House |
| Producer: | Coil |
| Prev Title: | Live One |
| Prev Year: | 2003 |
| Next Title: | Megalithomania! |
| Next Year: | 2003 |
The Key to Joy Is Disobedience was a box set released by the group Coil. It contains the following releases: Live Four, Live Three, Live Two, Live One, ANS, and Megalithomania!.
The set is often incorrectly referred to as "Live Box". Upon its release, the set cost just under $200. Other than CDs, the set contains four art prints, one of which is signed and one of which contains an actual drawing. A list of beast boxes is included as well. A black glass disc and a clear glass disc are also included, supposedly for scrying use. The set is sealed with a sticker that must be broken in order to access its contents.
The box set's title is based on a line from Aleister Crowley's "Hymn to Lucifer": "The Key of Joy is disobedience."
This box set is limited to an edition of 100 normal copies and 23 special copies, which are subtitled "Beast Box". These so-called "beast boxes" each have their own individual titles. The titles are as follows:[1]
The "beast boxes" were hand decorated by John Balance as well as a few other known Coil acquaintances.
In 2022, indie rock artist Ariel Pink released an album entitled "The Key of Joy Is Disobedience" with the project Ariel Pink's Dark Side.