To celebrate the 35th Anniversary of the single 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' which was written in August 1979 and released in June 1980, Warner  proudly reissues iconic Joy Division albums on heavyweight 180g vinyl including Still on double LP, with replicated artwork, remastered from Original Master Tapes and cut at Abbey Road by Frank Arkwright.

• 180 Gram Vinyl
• Double LP
• Cut from the 2007 audio remasters
• Cut by Frank Arkwright at Abbey Road
• Replicating original album artwork
• Gatefold Cover
• Pressed at Optimal Media in Germany

Joy Division recorded two albums before singer Ian Curtis tragically took his own life in 1980. But what the Manchester quartet lacked in longevity, it more than made up for in quality. The band’s only two studio albums were groundbreaking and helped shape the sound and mood of the alternative music that followed in the band’s wake.

Curtis (guitar/vocals), Bernard Sumner (keyboard), Peter Hook (bass), and Stephen Morris (drums) released their debut, Unknown Pleasures, in 1979. By the end of the year, the album’s atmospheric sound had won over fans and critics with tracks like “She’s Lost Control” and “Day of the Lords.” Closer, the group’s second album, arrived the following year and its dark and melancholy tones continued to earn rave reviews for songs like “Isolation” and “Heart and Soul.”

The compilations Still and Substance fill in the missing pieces of the band’s history with non-album singles (“Transmission” and “Love Will Tear Us Apart”), unreleased studio tracks (“Something Must Break” and “Ice Age”), and choice live recordings (“Disorder” and the only live performance of “Ceremony”).


Track Listing:

01. Exercise One
02. Ice Age
03. The Sound of Music
04. Glass
05. The Only Mistake
06. Walked In Line
07. The Kill
08. Something Must Break
09. Dead Souls
10. Sister Ray (Live at the Moonlight Club, London, April 1980)
11. Ceremony (Live at Birmingham University)
12. Shadowplay (Live at Birmingham University)
13. A Means To An End (Live at Birmingham University)
14. Passover (Live at Birmingham University)
15. New Dawn Fades (Live at Birmingham University)
16. Twenty Four Hours (Live at Birmingham University)
17. Transmission (Live at Birmingham University)
18. Disorder (Live at Birmingham University)
19. Isolation (Live at Birmingham University)
20. Decades (Live at Birmingham University)
21. Digital (Live at Birmingham University)

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