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Track Listings
| 1. Warsaw |
| 2. Leaders Of Men |
| 3. Digital |
| 4. Autosuggestion |
| 5. Transmission |
| 6. She's Lost Control [12-Inch Version] |
| 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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Released eight years after vocalist Ian Curtis's suicide, Substance comprises the material recorded by Joy Division concurrent to their two studio albums Unknown Pleasures and Closer in the form of singles and b- sides. With most bands, this would mean an odds and sods collection but Joy Division simply didn't produce odds and sods. When Joy Division made a single they treated it as a fresh artefact, rather than pull a track from their albums, which was unforgivable laziness in their eyes. Substance, then, contains some of Joy Division's greatest works. There are outtakes from their earliest days such as "Digital", which in spite of their scratchy punkiness and odd bum note hinted at a coming hurricane of intensity, a band poised on the brink of a terrible beauty. This was quickly realised with the epileptic frenzy of 1979's "Transmission", the glacial majesty of 1980's "Atmosphere" and the horribly apt "Love Will Tear Us Apart". --David Stubbs
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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
If there is one band I keep on returning to after all these years-it is this one, Joy Division. You know how you get bored with most of your collection? Not so with Joy Division. It is still an occasion when a Joy Division track plays, it is music which you listen to with all of your mind, it takes you away from the present and you get absorbed into the stunning drum and bass interplay. No one has matched the pulse of this music - it is different, masterfull, evocative and above all it still remains fresh and immediate. Buy this - it is an essential to any collection. Joy Division will be a key reference band for many years to come.
30 of 33 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
With the success of New Order's singles compilation Substance in 1987, it was a welcome relief that one for Joy Division was released a year later. Confusingly, both shared the same name. Joys Divisions Substance became the home for the bands long out of print singles which demonstrated that the band could bring the same energy to the more focused "7 or "12 released that they did on an album. Though the earliest tracks like "Warsaw" and "Leaders of Men" were the most punk orientated songs the band ever cut to disc and do stand out as being some what out of place. However, they do show how quickly the band found their sound and quickly got into the groove by producing some memorable sides that by the time they released Digital and Autosuggestion, it was perfectly apparent. All of the songs were brilliantly recorded by their producer, Martin Hannett. The cold clear sounds of CD gives it a very cold feel that only adds to the sound the band were trying to produce. By the time of the final singles, Joy Division were beginning to produce some of the greatest "7's ever recorded. Even though not to everyone's taste, Atmosphere and Dead Souls demand to be heard and then there is their swan song. Love Will Tear Us Apart, the song that the band will always be associated with is a portrait of love and connection endlessly turning in on itself to destruction. The melody is beautiful and this is one of the great lyrics. If anyone says that popular music lyrics and stupid and irrelevant, show them this. A true masterpiece. It is just a shame that they never got to go further due to the death of their lead singer Ian Curtis. Would they have ended up sounding like New Order anyway, we will never know. The CD edition also included the B-sides. This collection is essential and it is unfortunate that they never achieved success in their life time. A must buy for any music fan.
18 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
You don't 'enjoy' Joy Division. You admire and respect them. They're a bit like Orwell's 1984 - artistically accomplished but darker than the night. They are possibly the greatest band lyrically ever - the lyrics stalk and haunt you and are all the more chilling seeing as they were essentially the overture to Ian Curtis's suicide. Every song on here is enough to give you nightmares and make you feel decidedly uncomfortable - a very difficult thing to accomplish. The only really disappointing thing on here is the inferior version of the classic 'She's lost control.' 'Love will tear us apart' is simply perfect - the culmination of Joy Division's potential, and quite possibly the greatest song of the 20st century. Every song has merit, with it's trademark rhythmic drum or guitar riff driving the inevitably suicidal lyrics and exquistite intrumental work. Had Curtis not killed himself, they would have gone on to be stronger and stronger - they were cut short at their prime, but this record showcases the best of their melancholy beauty.
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One of the Most Influential Bands of the Last 30 Years
This compilation of Joy Division's early material is, for me, probably their best recorded effort. As well as containing the 4 tracks on the original Warsaw EP Ideal For Living,... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Keith M
'Joy' is not the word I'd use.....
Though I bought much of my music back when JD were hot and making their mark, their dour lyrics and disinterested sounding lead singer (Curtis) always seemed to put me off... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Tim Kidner
There's nothing bad to say
nothing bad at all.Joy Division are a band whoose excellence is frozen in amber for all time.You need unknown pleasures,closer and this and you have all you need.
Published on 8 Nov 2009 by D. L. Wilkinson
Good introduction to Joy Division
If you don't know anything about Joy Division's music and you don't know where to start, this would be the album that I recommend starting with. Read more
Published on 15 May 2009 by D. Simmons
Substance/Joy Division
This complimation picks up the odd bits and pieces not included in albums before and after Ian Curtis's suicide. Read more
Published on 22 April 2008 by diarmuid hickey
rediscovery!!!!
I Was into Joy Divsion back in the late seventies.Went to see the film - 'Control' recently and rediscovered the uniqueness of this band, as they were years ahead of their... Read more
Published on 13 Oct 2007 by L. Brown
The best
A lot of hype will now be forthcoming with the release of control about the legendary status of Ian Curtis. Read more
Published on 9 Oct 2007 by S. Hatch
Round-up of non-album tracks
Perfecly complementing their two essential studio albums, Unknown Pleasures and Closer, this expanded compilation re-issue rounds up their legendary singles, including... Read more
Published on 2 Aug 2007 by Laurence Upton
Excellent early Joy Division compilation.
I still have an original Factory pressing of this CD which was 1 of the first CD's I ever bought in 1988 and still play it sometimes now. Read more
Published on 29 July 2007 by P. Philips
A fine pre-Closer collection.
Substance is an interesting compilation that ignores Closer and most of Unknown Pleasures, instead mopping up the EPs and singles released by the band in between, right down to the... Read more
Published on 13 April 2006 by dynamitekid156
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