Substance: Joy Division: Amazon.ca: Music

1. Warsaw

2. Leaders Of Men

3. Digital

4. Autosuggestion

5. Transmission

6. She's Lost Control

7. Incubation

8. Dead Souls

9. Atmosphere

10. Love Will Tear Us Apart

11. No Love Lost

12. Failures

13. Glass

14. From Safety To Where

15. Novelty

16. Komakino

17. These Days

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À ne pas confondre avec la compilation du même nom qui concerne New Order, le Substance de Joy Division partage néanmoins avec son successeur le même goût pour l'exhumation de raretés en tout genre. Indispensable, même pour ceux qui possèdent les albums studio, cet objet fait clairement honneur à la démarche compilatoire puisque ne sont présents que des titres (ou des versions) hors albums. On retrouve ainsi le premier EP du groupe, des morceaux parus sur différentes compilations, les singles et leurs face B sans qu'il n'y ait à aucun moment une perte de… substance, justement. Loin s'en faut, et c'est sans doute la marque des plus grands que de pouvoir aligner en toutes circonstances des titres aussi percutants. Cette collection montre également à merveille la rapide mutation du groupe depuis ses débuts punk en 1977 ("Failures") jusqu'aux prémices de New Order en 1980 ("Love Will Tear Us Apart") en passant par l'affirmation d'un son nouveau, climatique et claustrophobique ("Transmission"). Un parcours passionnant, riche et tourmenté, sur lequel la présente compilation braque une lumière belle et crue. --Fabrice Privé

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Own., July 2 2004

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Cary S. Whitt "Tune Junkie" (Columbus,Ohio USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Substance (Audio CD)

Joy Division are one of those bands that will always stay with me. Even though I was rather young when they were actually playing together, I discovered them quite early on in my New Order obsession. That helped me to define both bands, their musical catalogs, as well as their place in my cd collection.

I am reviewing (and recommending) this record because if someone out there wants and introduction to Joy Division, they would be hard-pressed to get a better deal than the well-priced Substance LP. Sure, if you've got the dough go ahead and pony up for the beautifully realized box set (designed by Factory Records mainstay, Peter Saville).

Substance has all the singles that any American has probably heard on any good jukebox. Atmosphere, Love Will Tear Us Apart and She's Lost Control are all here and sound great for a 1988 release. You'll get a better recording on the box set versions, but that's your 60 bucks compared to your 11 bucks. The main draw of substance is, like the box set, the nice mix of tunes from the band's brief and brilliant time together. A task not as easliy done as one might think. Some of the best bits, are earlier, yet rougher tracks like, Warsaw. The band were finding their sound and making new incredible music all at the same time. Later songs, like Love Will Tear Us Apart, are far more polished, and a bit more accessible to the masses, but none-the-less, great. All in all, this is a great addition to any post-punk, brit-punk, alternative, indie music fans' collection. I give it my highest praise, and I think you might too.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Solid singles collection--not as brilliant as albums though, April 13 2004

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Trawicks (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Substance (Audio CD)

The only reason that I'm not giving this album 5 stars is that, despite loving JD with a passion, I've always had somewhat mixed feelings about their singles.

The songs themselves are flat-out great, of course. But Hannett's production always worked better when he pared things down rather than expanding them (hence the genius of the minimalist Unknown Pleasures).

A classic illustration of this is Atmosphere. On the Heart and Soul collection, there's a haunting early version of the song featuring what sounds to be a simple organ line in the background (it might have been a synth, but it sounds like an organ). Simple, sad and beautiful. Hannett's single, however, features many layers of synth strings that make a song of bitter disillutionment overly sentimental.

Ditto for the dance version of She's Lost Control. I admit that this version works alot better in a pub, but it doesn't compare with menacing proto-grunge guitar of the album recording.

Of course, these are the greatest rock songs ever written, so take what I've said with a grain of salt.

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5.0 out of 5 stars An eerie slice of Ian Curtis' psyche, Jan 13 2004

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AliBelle (Bowling Green, OH~Go BG!) - See all my reviews

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When I was a little girl, my Dad would always listen to Joy Division. At the time I was kind of freaked out and I really did not enjoy the music. As I grew older I appreciated the music more and more. The best music evokes memories, be it painful or wonderful. Whenever I hear "She's Lost Control" I am always reminded of one of my close friends and her problems. However the creme de la creme of my Joy Division experience will always be "Love Will Tear Us Apart." As a small child I had no idea how love could tear someone apart and as I grew older, and experienced love for the first time, I finally understood what Ian Curtis was trying to say. What I love about the song was that it could be sung by a man or a woman and have the same emotional power. As a writer I find it interesting how different writing styles between the sexes is so apparent. However the song is so raw and heartfelt I can never listen to it without crying. This review is very biased towards my childhood but I would highly recommend this CD to people who are looking for raw emotion and powerful lyrics.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Great CD, incudes their best hits
I was not a big fan of Joy Division until I watched the movie Control. It took awhile before the songs started to catch on. Read more

Published on Jun 17 2008 by Wariner

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Published on July 15 2004 by Evan McDermott