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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 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.
It was released in 2000. The album was re-released as "Before and After – The BBC Sessions" in 2004, the Joy Division tracks included were the same, but it also contained a New Order album. The entire track listing of the album was later released as the second disc in the UK edition of The Best of Joy Division in 2008.
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]
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 ...
Closer [n 1] is the second and final studio album by the English rock band Joy Division, released on 18 July 1980 by Factory Records. [4] Produced by Martin Hannett, it was released two months after the suicide of the band's lead singer and lyricist Ian Curtis.