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.

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.

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

If i didn't already have the BBC sessions, which has now become something of a rarity, i would probably, being such a die hard, buy this just to have those tracks (hence the 2 stars rather than 1).

BUT, either way it seems like some sly, money grabbing trick to get people to buy this.

just when you thought the joy division compilations had stopped......

they would have been the best band in the world. unlike the best bands in the world today..simple as that.