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Definately worth the money, IF . .. .
Alright you have to understand that I am obsessed with the band so this does not apply to me as I have all three albums in those recent collectors editions and this box set but IF you are not that insane over them and just like them a lot I would only suggest buying this if you dont have Closer or Unknown Pleasures the price may be a little steep.
Publié il y a 7 mois par D. Storey
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Insanely brilliant music, but the presentation is flawed...
I have nothing new to say that has already been said about the content of this box set, so I'll cut to the point. I don't know how the original 1997 version of this set was packaged, but the 2001 edition is done very poorly. The digipak is very thin which makes it succeptible to dents and is marred very easily. If you are like me, shelling out (dollar amount) for poor...
Publié le Nov. 14 2001
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Definately worth the money, IF . .. ., Avril 10 2009
Alright you have to understand that I am obsessed with the band so this does not apply to me as I have all three albums in those recent collectors editions and this box set but IF you are not that insane over them and just like them a lot I would only suggest buying this if you dont have Closer or Unknown Pleasures the price may be a little steep.
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THE meaning of Heart and Soul..., Sep 10 2004
I had more than a passing knowledge of Joy Division when I decided to purchase this box set, and from the time I bought it, untill the time I put the cds into my stero, I was nervous it would be a waste of money. I was VERY quickly realizing that those fears were silly at best...This collection is astounding. With songs like Atmosphere, The Eternal, New Dawn Fades, and Atrocity Exhibition, you get a real sense of what thoughts and emotions drove Ian Curtis to be one of the most haunting vocalists on record. In Atrocity Exhibit, the lyrics paint the picture of himself, and make it quite apparent why he would eventually kill himself. Joy Division's music is Ian Curtis's Heart and Soul, he put everything he was into his lyrics, and in the end that is his legacy. This collection is a must for anyone who loves music, or who loves poetry.
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Fix This Box, Juil 10 2004
I would never think about giving this set anything but 5 stars. I have nothing to add to the reviews of this set. It is perfect. I just want to encourage the industry to package their material better than they do. When I shell out $60 for a box set, I would love it if the book didn't fall apart, or if the cd trays would stay glued to the box.
Word of advise-don't count on the industry to fix this. Buy yourself a hot glue gun (their inexpensive) and you can fix the trays as thy fall off. I used it on this one and the echo and the bunnymen box.
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The past has become the future., Mai 26 2004
First of all, I have reviewed several items and this is only the second time I have granted one with 5 stars (the other being The Wipers box-set) so don't confuse me with the kind of people who give an album five stars if they like the way a singer phrases some of the words on the fifth track. I only give the best 5 stars. This means, obviously, that this is the best. On disc one, you have Disorder, a song which takes the listener straight to Manchester at night time with all the shining lights being viewed from a passing car. I've yet to meet someone who doesn't see those things when they hear that song. Insight, Candidate, Wilderness...it goes on & on. Interzone doesn't sound great on this disc compared to the version on disc three. The highlights, in my opinion, are New Dawn Fades, Day Of The Lords and Excercise One. One is shocked when they hear The Only Mistake or Something Must Break because you wonder how these songs were not included on any of the bands LP's. Disc two contains the most touching music I have ever heard. The Closer material is exceptionnaly astonishing. Sound Of Music is a very good rarity. Isolation is a song that nobody in this world could possibly dislike. Colony = adrenaline. A Means To An End is possibly my favourite JD song. Heart & Soul is one of Curtis' best pieces of poetry. Twenty Four Hours is another frantic slice of brilliance. Then come The Eternal and Decades - no words could describe, no actions determine. Love Will Tear Us Apart + These Days are just...unexplainable. Then comes disc three : absolute enjoyment. Lot's of intriuging stuff. The Drawback is great. These Days and Interzone sound better than ever. Transmission sounds a bit dull and flat but yet doesn't fail to arouse interest. It closes with Ceremony and In A Lonely Place, two songs that you will not care about the bad quality if you listen to the beautiful melodies. Curtis must have been aware of his fates coming, because Ceremony couldn't be more poignant. Disc four is unexplainable. Joy Division were a live band. No doubt about it. Just when Dead Souls sounds as if it's about to break, Curtis comes in and powers it straight ahead. Every song is breathtaking live. The only flaws are towards the end from the later concerts : Peter Hook has gone terribly wrong during Heart & Soul (what is he playing?) and Isolation sounds a bit lifeless although is still very listenable. This is more than just music. It's a whole way of life. There are hundreds of people out there waiting to hear this music and be taken away by it's stunning power and, whether you like it or not, as Curtis did, they will live and die for the unexplainable beauty that he sings about in the last verse of Isolation.
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Joy Division Could Have Been Recorded Next Year, Janv. 9 2004
It strikes me how ahead of their time this band was. A mostly guitar band who's production sensibilities forshadowed some of what "electronica" has done over the past twenty years..or a least in the progressive margins. Not so surprising when you know that the surviving members of this band made many great dance classics and were big supporters of dance music life. Whether any of us would have seen Ian Curtis boping around at a rave party in ' 91 if he had lived that long is another perplexing Joy Division question. Certainly none of this sounds like the Junior Vasquez mix of New Order's "Regret" that came out ten years ago now. But you do get Joy Division, and more perspective on history, human organizations and their flaws and human frailty in general than I am sure going to get from my state college education. I just watched a Dead Kennedys live tape that was buried in my collection made the same time as Joy Division was doing their work. Ian Curits in his take on the horrors of humanity and what we seem capable of doing to each other as well as the vast sorrows that this creates...does lack the sarcasm and more straight forward "**** you!" that Jello Biafra had while they both were intellects. Additonally, punk purists may not have had patience for their evolution into studio processing, synthsizers and very early drum machines. Some may find a band's or an artists' evolution very exciting and downright inspiring. This is music for people that make music. Again, that shows how close to the "punk" spirit they really were. They make YOU want to form a band. But..one warning..my box set was not made very well..and the cardboard fell apart. I just have the CD's in a disc folder ...a disappointment considering how packaging and quality were always New Order, Factory and Joy Division mainstays.
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The Best Punk/Post Punk/New Wave Band, Déc 29 2003
Of all the bands to come out of the punk era and its aftermath, I would view Joy Division as the best and, possibly, the most influential. From the perspective of uniqueness, nobody sounds quite like Ian Curtis, whose voice is characterized by a largely monotone self-expression of his longing and despair, or Peter Hook who, with his haunting and propulsive yet melodic sound, is the best bass player of the past 25 years for my money. As another reviewer has touched upon, I would approach listening to this music as a cathartic act to be taken in small doses. It cannot be denied that much that lies within these discs is depressing to varying extents. However, there is also a sense of poetic beauty in songs like "Atmosphere," "Heart and Soul," and "Love Will Tear Us Apart." Unlike their contemporaries, Joy Division also infused a degree of intellectualism and deconstructionism into their music, thanks to Curtis's literary sense and the band's production sensibilities. Deciphering the lyrics on some songs conjures up abstract paintings, emotional trauma, and metaphors of infamous historical events. This box set aptly encapsulates the enigma that is Joy Division, a rock band for the ages.
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Almost the only JD you need, Déc 28 2003
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As the back of this boxset says, "With few exceptions, everything Joy Division recorded and released is contained here". The only other recording I can recommend in addition to this would be the live Amsterdam recording. Passover, Day of the Lords, and New Dawn Fades all sound much different and more majestic done live than the studio recordings. Worth every penny.
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I am at a loss for words, Déc 11 2003
There are so many things that I could say about this band, but they would be irrelevant because everyone who has posted has already expressed my deepest sentiments. They changed my outlook on music, on life, on myself. They are my life. Ian makes everything real. Yes, their tunes (especially "closer") may be quite drab at times, but i find the majority fo their songs uplifting and enough to stir my soul at any given point of the day, month, or year. Thank you Ian. Thank you Stephen. Thank you Peter. Thank you Bernard. I've got the spirit and i won't lose the feeling. goodnight ian. R.I.P.
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Heart and Soul, Sep 17 2003
If you are reading this, then you probably are thinking about getting the Joy Division box set, "Heart and Soul", and you are to be commended for excellent taste. I don't care if you are a punk, goth, art rock kid, emo kind, mall kid, it doesn't matter. Few bands before hand and few bands since were or are able to convey one tenth of the emotion that Ian Curtis shows in one note. Joy Division are a brilliant band, and will be forever missed. You need "Heart and Soul" in one capacity or another like you need oxygen.
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What more could you want in a box set?, Sep 11 2003
The premise of HEART AND SOUL is simple: take nearly everything ever recorded by Joy Division, add some alternate versions and live tracks, and put them on 4 CDs.Granted, this is only possible because Joy Division's career was cut short by the suicide of singer/lyricist Ian Curtis, but that doesn't make HEART AND SOUL any less monumental. This is one of the few box sets that one might even consider purchasing as an introduction to a band. Of course, there are very few people (and I'm one of them) who would be willing to pay for a high priced box set when their only previous exposure is "Love Will Tear Us Apart" and perhaps NIN's cover of "Dead Souls," but I digress. This box set is essential for any fan of Joy Division, even those who have already purchased all their previous albums (UNKNOWN PLEASURES, CLOSER, SUBSTANCE, and STILL), because of the aforementioned unreleased tracks, as well as the stunning booklet, which includes not only the standard band history and and waxing peotic, but all of Joy Division's lyrics, as well as a complete discography and sessionography, making it an invaluable resource to fans. In short, if you've heard enough Joy Division songs to know that you like them, then it's worth your money to get HEART AND SOUL and discover that you love them.
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