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~ Joy Division
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)

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  • Audio CD (4 Oct 1999)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: London
  • ASIN: B00002MDFA
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 6,170 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. She's Lost Control
2. Dead Souls
3. Atmosphere
4. Love Will Tear Us Apart
5. Warsaw
6. Leaders Of Men
7. Digital
8. Transmissions
9. Autosuggestion
10. Incubation
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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32 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An Essential Purchase, 14 Sep 2004
By R. Hamilton "Lenny Banter" - See all my reviews
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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.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The biography of an empowering band, 29 May 2004
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I would describe this compilation as a sampled biography from the beginning to the end of their short but phenominally brilliant existence in musical history. I would suggest obtaining the two albums 'Unknown pleasures' and 'Closer' if you are new to the band first, and then buy this as a compliment to those. This album shows how the band and most notabily Ian Curtis developed from the fast moving and quite heavy early tracks such as 'Warsaw' and 'Failures' to the remarkable masterpiece - like later tracks such as 'Dead Souls', 'Atmosphere' and 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' I cannot really put into words how much I like some of the tracks on this album but the fact that I listened to it almost non - stop for a good few weeks after I bought it should give you a clue of how much I adore it.
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars As relevant now as then., 13 April 2000
By paul_prowse@notcutts.co.uk (Cambridge, England) - See all my reviews
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.
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4.0 out of 5 stars 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 5 months ago by D. Simmons

5.0 out of 5 stars 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 18 months ago by diarmuid hickey

5.0 out of 5 stars 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

5.0 out of 5 stars 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

3.0 out of 5 stars 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

5.0 out of 5 stars 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 Jul 2007 by P. Philips

4.0 out of 5 stars 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... Read more
Published on 13 April 2006 by dynamitekid156

5.0 out of 5 stars Darker than the imaginable
How can one actually sit down and write a review for this band? I can't, just listen to this album and you will know what I mean, this is all about atmosphere and Ian bringing... Read more
Published on 12 Feb 2005 by James Lappin

3.0 out of 5 stars Not the best intro. Possibly redundant now.
When this first came out, it was pushed as a Best of Joy Division. It is nothing of the sort. Most of their best tracks were on their two studio LPs, not represented here. Read more
Published on 9 Mar 2003 by John David Charles Hilton

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential
"Substance" is a collection of Joy Division material not included on the now landmark LPs "Unknown Pleasures" & "Closer". Read more
Published on 15 Jan 2003 by phillipcranmer

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