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The Best Of Joy Division
''The Best of Joy Division'' is a compilation album of material from Joy Division. It was released and the UK version includes The Complete BBC Recordings as a bonus disc. The US release is a single disc. ''The Best of Joy Division'' reached #97 in April 2008 in Australia, which marks only their second appearance on the ARIA Charts after ''Substance'' reached #53 in 1988. Track listing ; ;Bonus CD – ''The Complete BBC Recordings'' # "Exercise One" (Peel Session) – 2:32 # "Insight" (Peel Session) – 3:53 # "She's Lost Control" (Peel Session) – 4:11 # "Transmission" (Peel Session) – 3:58 # "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (Peel Session) – 3:25 # "Twenty Four Hours" (Peel Session) – 4:10 # "Colony" (Peel Session) – 4:05 # "Sound of Music" (Peel Session) – 4:27 # "Transmission" (live) – 3:18 # "She's Lost Control" (live) – 3:44 # " Ian Curtis & Stephen Morris interviewed by Richard Skinner" – 3:3 ;Notes * Tracks 1 to 4 first released on '' The Peel Sessions' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joy Division
Joy Division were an English rock band formed in Salford in 1976. The group consisted of vocalist Ian Curtis, guitarist/keyboardist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook and drummer Stephen Morris. Sumner and Hook formed the band after attending a June 1976 Sex Pistols concert. While Joy Division's first recordings were heavily influenced by early punk, they soon developed a sparse sound and style that made them one of the pioneers of the post-punk movement. Their self-released 1978 debut EP ''An Ideal for Living'' drew the attention of the Manchester television personality Tony Wilson, who signed them to his independent label Factory Records. Their debut album ''Unknown Pleasures'', recorded with producer Martin Hannett, was released in 1979. Frontman Curtis struggled with personal problems including a failing marriage, depression, and epilepsy. As the band's popularity grew, Curtis's health condition made it increasingly difficult for him to perform; he occasionally experi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Closer (Joy Division Album)
''Closer'' is the second and final studio album by English rock band Joy Division, released on 18 July 1980 by Factory Records. Produced by Martin Hannett, it was released two months after the suicide of the band's lead singer and lyricist Ian Curtis. The album reached No. 6 on the UK Albums Chart and peaked at No. 3 in New Zealand in September 1981. ''Closer'' was also named ''NME'' Album of the Year. It was remastered and re-released in 2007. Today, ''Closer'' is widely recognised as a seminal release of the post-punk era. Following the release of the non-album single "Love Will Tear Us Apart" in June 1980, the remaining members re-formed as New Order. Composition and recording The songs on ''Closer'' were drawn from two distinct periods. The earlier guitar-driven compositions were written during the latter half of 1979: " Atrocity Exhibition", "Passover", "Colony", "A Means to an End" and "Twenty Four Hours". All were played live during that year, with some being recorded f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Complete BBC Recordings (Joy Division Album)
''Joy Division The Complete BBC Recordings'' is a collection of the two Peel Sessions recorded by Joy Division, two songs from the BBC Television programme '' Something Else'' and a live interview. It was released in 2000. The album was re-released as "Before and After – The BBC Sessions" in 2004, the Joy Division tracks included were the same, but it also contained a New Order album. The entire track listing of the album was later released as the second disc in the UK edition of ''The Best of Joy Division'' in 2008. Reception '' Select'' gave the album a five out of five rating. ''Select'' praised songs that were not included into Joy Division's studio albums such as "Exercise One" and "Sound of Music", referring to them as "about as profound as pop music can be". Track listing All tracks written by Joy Division. ;LP (SFRSLP094) and CD (SFRSCD094) # "Exercise One" – 2:32 # "Insight" – 3:53 # " She's Lost Control" – 4:11 # "Transmission Transmis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Peel Sessions (Joy Division)
The Joy Division Peel sessions are a series of sessions recorded by English post-punk band Joy Division for John Peel's radio show on BBC Radio 1 between January and November 1979. Releases ''The Peel Sessions'' EP (1986) The first EP, ''The Peel Sessions'', was released in 1986 by record label Strange Fruit. It features recordings made for John Peel's show broadcast on 14 February 1979, and was recorded at the BBC Studios in Maida Vale, London, England on 31 January 1979. None of the songs had been released prior to the broadcast. The version of "Transmission" is one of the few recordings available where both Curtis and Sumner play guitar at the same time. The EP spent thirteen weeks on the UK Indie Chart, peaking at number 4. Track listing ''The Peel Sessions'' EP (1987) The second EP, also titled ''The Peel Sessions'', was released in 1987 by Strange Fruit. It features the recordings made for John Peel's show broadcast on 10 December 1979, and was reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Paul David Morris
Stephen Paul David Morris (born 28 October 1957) is an English drummer who is best known for his work with the rock band New Order and, previously, Joy Division. He also wrote and performed in The Other Two, a band consisting of Morris and his girlfriend and later wife, Gillian Gilbert. Morris also participated in the New Order spin-off band Bad Lieutenant. Career Stephen Paul David Morris was born on 28 October 1957, in Macclesfield, Cheshire. His father was a travelling salesman who also put on dances. His uncle was a musician. When Morris told his father he wanted to be a drummer, he replied: "Drummers, Stephen. I’ve never met a sane one yet... They all end up taking morphine and drinking absinthe, rotting their brains. You don’t want to end up like that, do you?" He attended the King's School, Macclesfield, as did Joy Division singer Ian Curtis. After Joy Division (then called Warsaw) tried three other drummers, they eventually recruited Morris, who responded to a w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Curtis
Ian Kevin Curtis (15 July 1956 – 18 May 1980) was an English musician, singer, and songwriter. He was best known as the lead singer, guitarist, and lyricist of the post-punk band Joy Division, with whom he released the albums ''Unknown Pleasures'' (1979) and '' Closer'' (1980). He was noted for his bass-baritone voice, unique dancing style, and songwriting that was typically filled with imagery of loneliness, emptiness, and alienation. Curtis had epilepsy and depression and died by suicide on the eve of Joy Division's first North American tour, shortly before the release of ''Closer''. Shortly after his death, the three surviving members of the band renamed themselves New Order. Despite their short career, Joy Division have exerted a wide-reaching influence. John Bush of AllMusic argues that they "became the first band in the post-punk movement yemphasizing not anger and energy but mood and expression, pointing ahead to the rise of melancholy alternative music in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Komakino
"Komakino" is a song by English post-punk band Joy Division. It was released in June 1980 by record label Factory as a flexi disc intended to be given away free in select record shops. 75,000 copies were pressed. The tracks are outtakes from the recording session for the album '' Closer''. The single's B-sides The A-side and B-side are the two sides of phonograph records and cassettes; these terms have often been printed on the labels of two-sided music recordings. The A-side usually features a recording that its artist, producer, or record company ..., "Incubation" and "As You Said", are both instrumentals. "Komakino" and "Incubation" appear on the 1988 compilation '' Substance'', and "As You Said" was added in the expanded reissue of the album in 2015 and in the B-side of New Order's Video 586 single. All three tracks are also collected on the 4-CD 1997 compilation '' Heart and Soul''. The Komakino Site, also known as the Komakino Remains or the Komakino Stone Circ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Will Tear Us Apart
"Love Will Tear Us Apart" is a song by English rock band Joy Division, released in June 1980 as a non-album single. Its lyrics were inspired by lead singer Ian Curtis's marital problems and struggles with epilepsy. The single was released the month after his suicide. The song was certified platinum in the UK, selling over 600,000 copies, and has an ongoing legacy as a defining song of the era. In 2002, ''NME'' named "Love Will Tear Us Apart" as the greatest single of all time, while ''Rolling Stone'' named it one of the 500 best songs ever in 2004, 2011, and 2021. Background "Love Will Tear Us Apart" was written about Ian Curtis' troubled relationship with his wife, Deborah Woodruff, whom he married in August 1975. Additionally, it deals with his own struggles with epilepsy, which he was diagnosed with in 1979, and the overwhelming stress of holding down a day job and his growing career as a singer. At a Joy Division gig in October 1979, Curtis met Belgian journalist and music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
She's Lost Control
"She's Lost Control" is a song by British post-punk band Joy Division. Released on their 1979 debut album, ''Unknown Pleasures'', "She's Lost Control" was first performed live by the band in June 1978 and draws primary lyrical inspiration from a young woman experiencing a violent epileptic seizure. Two separate recordings of the song have been released: the version appearing on the band's debut album, and an extended, more electronic version released in 1980 as a 12" single. This 12" single version contains an additional verse not present on the initial version of the song, and was recorded in March 1980 at Strawberry Studios, Stockport, making this song one of the last studio recordings recorded by the band prior to the May 1980 suicide of their lead singer, Ian Curtis. On the US release of the 12" single, "She's Lost Control" appeared as the A-side (with "Atmosphere" as the B-side), as opposed the UK version, where the song appeared as the B-side to "Atmosphere". Lyrical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Souls (song)
"Dead Souls" is a U.S. 1980 B-side by the English post-punk band Joy Division. It was never released on a single in their native UK. Co-written by band members Ian Curtis (vocals and lyrics), Peter Hook (bass guitar), Bernard Sumner (lead guitar) and Stephen Morris (drums). Centred on a circular bassline by Hook that had a significant influence on 1980s Gothic rock, the song was named by Curtis after Nikolai Gogol's 1842 novel ''Dead Souls''. The song contains a lengthy intro designed as the opening for live gigs. The track was recorded in late 1979 during the same sessions as "Atmosphere". "Dead Souls" and "Atmosphere" were released in March 1980 by the Sordide Sentimental label as the "Licht und Blindheit" (German for "Light and Blindness") package, a France-only limited edition single with "Atmosphere" as the A-side. After lead singer Ian Curtis's suicide and Joy Division's disbandment, "Dead Souls" appeared on compilations such as 1981's '' Still''. It has become o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Dawn Fades
"New Dawn Fades" is a song by English rock band Joy Division from their 1979 debut album ''Unknown Pleasures''. The song opens with a backwards and heavily modified sample from a previous song, "Insight", presumably added by Martin Hannett, post-production. The song relies on an ascending guitar riff by Bernard Sumner played against a descending bass riff by Peter Hook. The song uses the same progression throughout, but grows in intensity as the song progresses, reaching its peak with Ian Curtis singing "Me, seeing me this time, hoping for something else", and ending with a guitar solo. The song closes side one of ''Unknown Pleasures''. It's also one of few Joy Division songs with two distinct guitars playing, one distorted and one a clean electric guitar picking notes from the guitar chords. Cover versions It has been covered by Moby, and he later featured on New Order's cover for the ''24 Hour Party People'' soundtrack. There is also a version from Red Hot Chili Peppers gui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shadowplay (song)
"Shadowplay" is a song by the English rock band Joy Division. The song appeared on their 1979 debut album ''Unknown Pleasures''. Lyrics Early recordings of the lyrics on the ''Warsaw'' album show the first line of the song as saying "To the centre of the city where all roads meet ''looking'' for you". In later recordings the word ''looking'' is replaced with ''waiting''. The Killers version The Killers recorded a version of "Shadowplay" for the 2007 film ''Control''; this version plays during the film's credits and was included on the soundtrack album. The song became a live staple for the band's 2006-2007 ''Sam's Town Tour''. The band's recording of "Shadowplay" was also included on the group's b-sides and rarities album, ''Sawdust''. ''Rolling Stone'' magazine said the recording "should have stayed in the vaults".Hoard, Christian (11/29/2007), "Sawdust".'' Rolling Stone''. (1040):84 In April 2013, the Killers were joined onstage by Joy Division and New Order guitarist Berna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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