The Best of Joy Division

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 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. 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

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

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

1. The Best of Joy Division at AllMusic
2. "Joy Division – The Best Of – Albums". MusicOMH. 23 March 2008. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
3. "Joy Division: The Best of Joy Division Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
4. "Joy Division: The Best of Joy Division". Popmatters. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
5. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 149.
6. "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)