The Best of Joy Division

Greatest hits album by

Joy Division

Released

24 March 2008

Recorded

1978–1980

Length

55:13

Label

London (UK)
Rhino (U.S.)

Producer

Martin Hannett

Joy Division compilations chronology

Martin Hannett's Personal Mixes
(2007)

The Best of Joy Division
(2008)

Total: From Joy Division to New Order
(2011)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
musicOMH	^[2]
Pitchfork	6.0/10^[3]
PopMatters	^[4]

The Best of Joy Division is a compilation album of material from 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 US release is a single disc. The Best of Joy Division reached #97 in April 2008 in Australia, which marks only their second appearance on the ARIA Charts after Substance reached #53 in 1988.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Joy Division

No.	Title	Original release	Length
1.	"Digital"	A Factory Sample (1979)	2:51
2.	"Disorder"	Unknown Pleasures (1979)	3:27
3.	"Shadowplay"	Unknown Pleasures	3:50
4.	"New Dawn Fades"	Unknown Pleasures	4:44
5.	"Transmission"	"Transmission" (1979)	3:36
6.	"Atmosphere"	"Atmosphere" (1980)	4:10
7.	"Dead Souls"	"Licht und Blindheit" (1980)	4:56
8.	"She's Lost Control" (12" single version)	"She's Lost Control" (1980)	4:46
9.	"Love Will Tear Us Apart"	"Love Will Tear Us Apart" (1980)	3:27
10.	"These Days"	"Love Will Tear Us Apart"	3:25
11.	"Twenty Four Hours"	Closer (1980)	4:26
12.	"Heart and Soul"	Closer	5:51
13.	"Incubation"	"Komakino" (1980)	2:52
14.	"Isolation"	Closer	2:53

Bonus CD – The Complete BBC Recordings

"Exercise One" (Peel Session) – 2:32
"Insight" (Peel Session) – 3:53
"She's Lost Control" (Peel Session) – 4:11
"Transmission" (Peel Session) – 3:58
"Love Will Tear Us Apart" (Peel Session) – 3:25
"Twenty Four Hours" (Peel Session) – 4:10
"Colony" (Peel Session) – 4:05
"Sound of Music" (Peel Session) – 4:27
"Transmission" (live) – 3:18
"She's Lost Control" (live) – 3:44
"Ian Curtis & Stephen Morris interviewed by Richard Skinner" – 3:3

Notes

Tracks 1 to 4 first released on The Peel Sessions EP in 1986.
Tracks 5 to 8 first released on The Peel Sessions EP in 1987.
Tracks 9 to 11 first released on the Joy Division The Complete BBC Recordings album in 2000.

Charts

Chart (2008)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[5]	97

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)^[6]	Gold	100,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ The Best of Joy Division at AllMusic
^ "Joy Division – The Best Of – Albums". MusicOMH. 23 March 2008. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
^ "Joy Division: The Best of Joy Division Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
^ "Joy Division: The Best of Joy Division". Popmatters. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 149.
^ "British album certifications – Joy Division – The Best Of". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 21 July 2022.

External links

The Best of Joy Division at MusicBrainz (list of releases)

v t e Joy Division
Ian Curtis Bernard Sumner Peter Hook Stephen Morris
Studio albums	Unknown Pleasures Closer
Extended plays	An Ideal for Living The Peel Sessions (1986) The Peel Sessions (1987)
Compilation albums	Still Substance Peel Sessions Warsaw Permanent Heart and Soul The Complete BBC Recordings Martin Hannett's Personal Mixes The Best of Joy Division Total: From Joy Division to New Order
Live albums	Preston 28 February 1980 Les Bains Douches 18 December 1979
Songs	"Warsaw" "Digital" "Disorder" "She's Lost Control" "Shadowplay" "Transmission" "Komakino" "Dead Souls" "Atmosphere" "Atrocity Exhibition" "Isolation" "New Dawn Fades" "Love Will Tear Us Apart" "Ceremony"
Related	Discography New Order Rob Gretton Touching from a Distance Control Joy Division A Means to an End: The Music of Joy Division Earcom 2: Contradiction

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