Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures (Coll) (Dig)
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Free Music Review: A note on the remastering
Hit: 5 Stars
The superlatives heaped on Unknown Pleasures, which regularly makes the best albums of all time lists that magazines insist upon publishing, are well known: sonically groundbreaking, birth of postpunk, early Goth template, integration of electronica, etc. It is hard to imagine anyone remotely interested not having a copy already (or two, or three, between vinyl and previous CD issues). So the question is -- does the remastering justify purchase, despite the fact that all but two tracks on these two discs are on the Heart and Soul boxed set? The answer is yes -- far more space on the individual instrument tracks on the studio album than on the box set, and the mastering is louder, as most CDs are now by comparison to 10 years ago. The live album is still a bit ropey, but interesting, and the remastering definitely justifies repurchase.Free Music Review: Pleasurable Discovery
Hit: 5 Stars
I feel embarassed to admit I had never heard this album until this week. I saw a movie last week which featured one of the songs in it. (The movie was called "Reprise" (amazing film!) and the song was "New Dawn Fades.") Then I got the album the other day, put it on and was BLOWN away. The fact that more radio stations don't play the song "Disorder" even now is criminal. It's truly a classic song and the CD just takes off from there. Sure, it has dark themes and can be depressing at times. And I'll admit I've been a big fan of so-called goth music for decades, which is why I honestly feel embarassed to admit that I've never heard this album before. I've had "Closer" for years, but somehow missed this dark, beautiful, haunting gem. What a find!Free Music Review: Prefer Over Closer
Hit: 5 Stars
Love ALL that is Joy Division & I've gotten pretty much everything I can get that's available. As a whole, I prefer the first CD, UnkPleasures, to the last but not to say Closer isn't fantastic also. So unfortunate the band did not continue with it's original sound. However, the fact the original band members overcame tragedy, and continued playing together, is surely a testament to their musical talent and personal stamina. I'm checking out New Order now - don't know yet what the verdict will be - haven't received the music yet.Free Music Review: One of best rock albums ever recorded
Hit: 5 Stars
I know that's an extreme statement. But time distills truth.
And the truth is, this album distilled rock into a minimalist art form. Add the shockingly simple but profound lyrics, and this album anniliates pretentious rock. This album can't go out of style, because it was never in style.
Dark and foreboding, Unknown Pleasures uncovers too much reality to ever cross over into pop. It's not for the trendies. And that's what makes it monumental. And one of the best rock albums ever recorded.
Free Music Review: wrong tracks
Hit: 5 Stars
Unknown Pleasures is easily one of the greatest albums of the post-punk era.
This, however, isn't it! The cover art is correct...but the track listing of CD 1 is that for the title Still, which is the first live recording released after Ian Curtis died.
The tracks of Unknown Pleasures are:
Disorder
Day of the Lords
Candidate
Insight
New Dawn Fades
She's Lost Control
Shadowplay
Wilderness
Interzone
I Remember Nothing
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