''Joy Division The Complete BBC Recordings'' is a collection of the two
Peel Sessions recorded by
Joy Division, two songs from the
BBC Television
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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
''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'' reache ...
'' 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.
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# "Exercise One" – 2:32
# "Insight" – 3:53
# "
She's Lost Control" – 4:11
# "
Transmission
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" – 3:58
# "
Love Will Tear Us Apart" – 3:25
# "Twenty Four Hours" – 4:10
# "Colony" – 4:05
# "Sound of Music" – 4:27
# "Transmission" – 3:18
# "She's Lost Control" – 3:44
# "
Ian Curtis &
Stephen Morris interviewed by Richard Skinner" – 3:32
Notes
* Tracks 1 to 4 recorded 31 January 1979 at the
BBC Studios, Maida Vale, London, first released on
The Peel Sessions EP in 1986.
* Tracks 5 to 8 recorded 26 November 1979 at the BBC Studios, Maida Vale, London, first released on
The Peel Sessions EP in 1987.
* Tracks 9 to 10 recorded live for ''
Something Else'' 1 September 1979, previously unreleased.
* Track 11 recorded for
Radio One in 1979, previously unreleased.
References
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2000 live albums
2000 compilation albums
Joy Division live albums
Joy Division compilation albums
Peel Sessions recordings
Albums produced by Bob Sargeant
Live albums published posthumously
Compilation albums published posthumously
Strange Fruit Records live albums
Strange Fruit Records compilation albums