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Joy Division were an English post-punk band that consisted of singer Ian Curtis, guitarist and keyboardist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook and drummer Stephen Morris.From 1976 to 1980, the band recorded a total of 53 songs, all of which were credited to all four members of the group, with one exception, and almost all were produced by Martin Hannett.
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.
Joy Division have influenced many bands, including their contemporaries the Cure and U2. [102] In 1980, U2 singer Bono said that Joy Division were "one of the most important bands of the last four or five years". [103] Joy Division was an influence on Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, [104] and on Tears for Fears. [105]
The discography of English post-punk band Joy Division consists of two studio albums, four live albums, twelve compilation albums, three extended plays, and five singles.The list does not include material performed by former members of Joy Division that was recorded as New Order (formed by the surviving members of the band after the death of singer Ian Curtis) or related side projects.
It was released in the United Kingdom on 6 June 2011 by Rhino Entertainment and is the first album to feature songs from both bands in one album. It features five Joy Division tracks, including "Love Will Tear Us Apart", and thirteen New Order tracks, including a previously unreleased track, "Hellbent". [1]
It should only contain pages that are Joy Division songs or lists of Joy Division songs, as well as subcategories containing those things (themselves set categories). Topics about Joy Division songs in general should be placed in relevant topic categories .
Dig! concurred, ranking it as the band's eighth greatest song and commenting, "With hindsight, it seems almost perverse that Joy Division originally released it on the limited-edition, French-only Licht und Blindheit EP, though Factory later confirmed Dead Souls' status as one of the best Joy Division songs when they reclaimed it for Still." [10]
"Transmission" is a song by English post-punk band Joy Division. Originally recorded in 1978 for the band's aborted self-titled album , it was later re-recorded the following year at a faster tempo and released by record label Factory as the band's debut single.