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( - This 'best of' collection catalogues seminal Manchester post-punk band Joy Division's brief but influential career. Having only recorded two studio albums 'Unknown Pleasures' and 'Closer', the band have left a lasting legacy which continues to inspire musicians to this day. There is a brooding intensity and mesmerising beauty about the songs which makes them timeless. From 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' to 'She's Lost Control' all the well-known tracks are here which makes it perfect for newcomers. Also included are recordings from the band's famed Peel session and the iconic performance on Something Else which will please ardent fans.
Disc 1
- Digital
- Disorder
- Shadowplay
- New Dawn Fades
- Transmission
- Atmosphere
- Dead Souls
- She's lost control
- Love will tear us apart
- These days
- hours
- Heart and Soul
- Incubation
- Isolation
Disc 2 - The John Peel Sessions '79
- Exercice One (John Peel Show 31 Jan 79)
- Insight (John Peel Show 31 Jan 79)
- She's Lost Control (John Peel Show 31 Jan 79)
- Transmission (John Peel Show 31 Jan 79)
- Love Will Tear Us Apart (John Peel Show 26 Nov 79)
- Twenty Four Hours (John Peel Show 26 Nov 79)
- Colony (John Peel Show 26 Nov 79)
- Sound of Music (John Peel Show 26 Nov 79)
- Transmission (Recorded live for Something Else 4 Sept 79)
- She's Lost Control (Recorded live for Something Else 4 Sept 79)
- Ian Curtis And Stephen Morris Interviewed By Richard Skinner
Average rating (5 reviews)
The best British band you've not yet appreciated........
PorcupineTree | 03/05/2008 | See all PorcupineTree's reviews (6) »
So then, did you buy Unknown Pleasures at some point? No? Closer? No? Surely you bought one of the compilations - Substance or Permanent? No? Then buy this and see what you've been missing!! For fans there's nothing here that we don't already have. For others, it's a one-stop-shop for the best British band of the last 30 years [and that includes New Order, sorry Barney et al]. The inclusion of the BBC tracks makes this a "must have", and if you've not yet heard Ian Curtis' genuis lyrics and the rest of the band's excellent musicianship - then I can't recommend this highly enough.
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simonwrightpegg | 24/03/2008 | See all simonwrightpegg's reviews (4) »
For the Peel Sessions tracks this is worth buying. The first discs tracks have been released numerous times afore in some variation or other. Why not just re-release the Peel Sessions CD? Five Stars for the Peel Sessions. No stars for the pointless re-re-re-releasing of such ubiquitous tracks on the 1st disc.
Best Rock band well ahead of there time
chancy | 23/03/2008 | See all chancy's reviews (31) »
I probably won;t buy this as i already have the substance album which was there first compilation releas after ian curtis died. But for anyone who hasn't bought it buy this you will not regret it. This was New Order before they formed and still beat alot of bands today even bono said he was the best lead singer at the time for all rock bands.
Also buy control on DVD the Joy Division Biography
