The Best of Joy Division
2008 greatest hits album by Joy Division
The Best of Joy Division | ||||
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Greatest hits album by Joy Division | ||||
Released | 24 March 2008 | |||
Recorded | 1978–1980 | |||
Length | 55:13 | |||
Label | London (UK) Rhino (U.S.) | |||
Producer | Martin Hannett | |||
Joy Division compilations chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Pitchfork | 6.0/10[3] |
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The Best of Joy Division is a compilation album of material from the British post-punk band Joy Division. It was released 24 March 2008 (2008-03-24) 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
All tracks are written by Joy Division
No. | Title | Original release | Length |
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1. | "Digital" | A Factory Sample (1979) | 2:51 |
2. | "Disorder" | Unknown Pleasures (1979) | 3:27 |
3. | "Shadowplay" | Unknown Pleasures | 3:50 |
4. | "New Dawn Fades" | Unknown Pleasures | 4:44 |
5. | "Transmission" | "Transmission" (1979) | 3:36 |
6. | "Atmosphere" | "Atmosphere" (1980) | 4:10 |
7. | "Dead Souls" | "Licht und Blindheit" (1980) | 4:56 |
8. | "She's Lost Control" (12" single version) | "She's Lost Control" (1980) | 4:46 |
9. | "Love Will Tear Us Apart" | "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (1980) | 3:27 |
10. | "These Days" | "Love Will Tear Us Apart" | 3:25 |
11. | "Twenty Four Hours" | Closer (1980) | 4:26 |
12. | "Heart and Soul" | Closer | 5:51 |
13. | "Incubation" | "Komakino" (1980) | 2:52 |
14. | "Isolation" | Closer | 2:53 |
- 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 EP in 1986.
- Tracks 5 to 8 first released on The Peel Sessions EP in 1987.
- Tracks 9 to 11 first released on the Joy Division The Complete BBC Recordings album in 2000.
Charts
Chart (2008) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[5] | 97 |
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI)[6] | Gold | 100,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
References
- ^ The Best of Joy Division at AllMusic
- ^ "Joy Division – The Best Of – Albums". MusicOMH. 23 March 2008. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
- ^ "Joy Division: The Best of Joy Division Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
- ^ "Joy Division: The Best of Joy Division". Popmatters. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 149.
- ^ "British album certifications – Joy Division – The Best Of". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
External links
- The Best of Joy Division at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
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- Ian Curtis
- Bernard Sumner
- Peter Hook
- Stephen Morris
- Unknown Pleasures
- Closer
- An Ideal for Living
- The Peel Sessions (1986 and 1987)
- Warsaw
- Still
- Substance
- Peel Sessions
- Permanent
- Heart and Soul
- The Complete BBC Recordings
- Martin Hannett's Personal Mixes
- The Best of Joy Division
- Total: From Joy Division to New Order
- "Warsaw"
- "Digital"
- "Disorder"
- "She's Lost Control"
- "Shadowplay"
- "Transmission"
- "Komakino"
- "Dead Souls"
- "Atmosphere"
- "Atrocity Exhibition"
- "Isolation"
- "New Dawn Fades"
- "Love Will Tear Us Apart"
- "Ceremony"
- Discography
- New Order
- Rob Gretton
- Touching from a Distance
- Control
- Joy Division
- A Means to an End: The Music of Joy Division
- Earcom 2: Contradiction