Joy Division
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Plus Minus: Singles 1976-1980
published: 17 /
12 /
2010
Label:
Rhino
Format: CD
Faultlessly packaged and presented vinyl only Joy Division box set, which is only nevertheless for the hardcore fan
Review
First things first: there isn’t one track on this compilation that Joy Division fans won’t already own. All the songs are widely available singles by the band, from ‘She’s Lost Control’ to ‘Transmission’ and ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’, going back to earlier tracks such as ‘Warsaw’ and ‘No Love Lost’.
All, of course, are great, timeless songs; the wonderfully glacial ‘Atmosphere’, the punky and paranoid ‘Digital’, the angular and flinty ‘Glass’, all of which are some of the bands best known and best loved songs. There’s no way that any self-respecting Joy Division fan won’t have any of these songs. In fact, most of them probably have them several times over.
What this box set is going for is the serious collector, and it is doing so with its packaging. The singles’ are presented as they were when first released; ten 7” records that come in a clamshell case. It is also limited edition, with the first 500 containing exclusive artwork by Factory Records’ Peter Saville. It’s all designed, of course, to get serious collectors drooling.
Musically, the compilation can’t be faulted, and the download version (priced at a more reasonable tenner) would make an excellent introduction to the band for the uninitiated. Then again, so would all the other Joy Division compilations. This one is strictly for the serious collectors, but props are due to the label for packaging and presentation.
Track Listing:-
1
Warsaw
2
Leaders Of Men
3
No Love Lost
4
Failures
5
Digital
6
Glass
7
Autosuggestion
8
From Safety To Where
9
Transmission
10
Novelty
11
Atmosphere
12
Dead Souls
13
Komakino
14
Incubation
15
As You Said
16
Love Will Tear Us Apart
17
These Days
18
She's Lost Control (12" Version)
19
Love Will Tear Us Apart (Pennine Version)
20
Isolation
21
Heart And Soul
22
Atmosphere
23
Glass
24
These Days
25
Komakino
26
She's Lost Control
27
Transmission
28
Digital
29
Incubation
30
Dead Souls
31
Love Will Tear Us Apart
Band Links:-
http://www.joydiv.org/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_Divi
https://www.facebook.com/JoyDivisionOf
https://www.joydivisionofficial.com/re
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