The Best of Joy Division

The Best of Joy Division
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
Martin Hannett's Personal Mixes (2007) The Best of Joy Division (2008) Total: From Joy Division to New Order (2011)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
musicOMH	[2]
Pitchfork	6.0/10[3]
PopMatters	[4]

The Best of Joy Division is a compilation album of material from Joy Division. It was released March 24, 2008 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 written by Joy Division.

CD

1. "Digital" – 2:51
2. "Disorder" – 3:27
3. "Shadowplay" – 3:50
4. "New Dawn Fades" – 4:44
5. "Transmission" – 3:36
6. "Atmosphere" – 4:10
7. "Dead Souls" – 4:56
8. "She's Lost Control" – 4:46
9. "Love Will Tear Us Apart" – 3:26
10. "These Days" – 3:25
11. "Twenty Four Hours" – 4:26
12. "Heart and Soul" – 5:51
13. "Incubation" – 2:52
14. "Isolation" – 2:53

Bonus CD – The Complete BBC Recordings

1. "Exercise One" (Peel Session) – 2:32
2. "Insight" (Peel Session) – 3:53
3. "She's Lost Control" (Peel Session) – 4:11
4. "Transmission" (Peel Session) – 3:58
5. "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (Peel Session) – 3:25
6. "Twenty Four Hours" (Peel Session) – 4:10
7. "Colony" (Peel Session) – 4:05
8. "Sound of Music" (Peel Session) – 4:27
9. "Transmission" (live) – 3:18
10. "She's Lost Control" (live) – 3:44
11. "Ian Curtis & Stephen Morris interviewed by Richard Skinner" – 3:32

Notes

CD

• Track 1 first released on the A Factory Sample EP in 1979.
• Tracks 2 to 4 first released on the Unknown Pleasures album in 1979.
• Track 5 first released on the "Transmission" single in 1979.
• Tracks 6 and 7 first released on the Licht und Blindheit single in 1980.
• Track 8 first released on the "Atmosphere" single in 1980.
• Tracks 9 and 10 first released on the "Love Will Tear Us Apart" single in 1980.
• Tracks 11, 12 and 14 first released on the Closer album in 1980.
• Track 13 first released on the "Komakino" single in 1980.

Bonus CD

• 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.

References

1. The Best of Joy Division at AllMusic
2. "Joy Division - The Best Of - Albums". MusicOMH.com. 23 March 2008. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
3. "Joy Division: The Best of Joy Division Album Review". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
4. "Joy Division: The Best of Joy Division". Popmatter.com. Retrieved 10 June 2016.

External links

• The Best of Joy Division at MusicBrainz (list of releases)