Oh Joy! Joy Division Reissues to Hit Stores in September

BY Cam LindsayPublished Aug 8, 2007

While the members of New Order are busy fighting over whether they're still in fact together, their former band Joy Division couldn't be more active. (How's that for irony?)

On top of the Unknown Pleasures design New Balance trainers and the new Anton Corbijn-directed Ian Curtis biopic Control, die-hard Joy Division fans can get excited over Warner Music's announcement that it will reissue remastered versions of the entire Joy Division catalogue in the UK on September 10.

Set to coincide with the UK release of Control on October 5 (a limited North American release is scheduled for October 10), the reissues will be for all three of the band's albums - Unknown Pleasures, Closer and Still - as well as live recordings from performances in Manchester, London, High Wycombe and West Hampstead, showcasing the different phases in the band's career.

The tracklistings are as follows:

Live at High Wycombe and Still
'Isolation'
'The Eternal'
'Ice Age'
'Disorder'
'The Sound Of Music'
'The Eternal'
'The Sound Of Music' (sound check)
'A Means To An End'
'Colony'
'24 Hours'
'Isoloation'
'Love Will Tear Us Apart'
'Disorder'
'Atrocity Exhibition'

Live at ULU and Closer
'Dead Souls'
'Glass'
'A Means To An End'
'24 Hours'
'Shadowplay'
'Insight'
'Colony'
'These Days'
'Love Will Tear Us Apart'
'Isolation'
'The Eternal'
'Digital'

Live at Factory Manchester and The Moonlight Club, Westhampstead and Unknown Pleasures
'Dead Souls'
'The Only Mistake'
'Insight'
'Candidate'
'Wilderness'
'She's Lost Control'
'Shadowplay'
'Disorder'
'Interzone'
'Atrocity Exhibition'
'Novelty'
'Transmission'
'Novelty' (Mono)
'Transmission' (Mono)
'Love Will Tear Us Apart'
'Glass'

In addition, the label will kick the dead horse yet again and re-release Joy Division's classic single "Love Will Tear Us Apart" via CD and seven-inch on September 17 to promote the cinematic release of Control.

Joy Division "Love Will Tear Us Apart"

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