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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.
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 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 song was named NME Single of the Year in 1980, [28] and was listed as the best single of all time by NME in 2002. In May 2007, NME placed it at number 19 in its list of the 50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever, one place ahead of another Joy Division song, "Transmission". The song is also listed as being one of the 5 best indie songs of all time ...
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.
In 1994, Joy Division's planned debut album, Warsaw, was released under the name "Warsaw". --> In 1994, Joy Division released their debut album under the name Warsaw. Done. I kept 'planned' in it because it wasn't their official debut. Yashthepunisher 15:42, 21 January 2018 (UTC) Yashthepunisher Thanks very much for the feedback! Comments above.
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John Meagher, who wrote for the "Day & Night" section of The Irish Independent, wrote that "there's nothing here to attract existing fans of either bands.Instead, all Total does is to reinforce the idea that Joy Division/New Order was a hugely exciting source of music between 1978 and 1990 and New Order has been a pitiful shadow of their once-visionary selves ever since."