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Joy Division  - discography
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Publications
Studio albums	2
Live albums	2
Compilations	9
EPs	3
Tribute albums	11+
Singles	5
Video albums	1
Music videos	4th
Box sets	6th
Guest Posts	3

This discography is an overview of the musical works of the Joy Division music group .

The band released two studio albums , five singles and an EP until their official breakup after the death of the singer Ian Curtis . Of these publications, the limited to 1578 copies single light and blindness was distributed exclusively in France via Sordide Sentimental .

The self-published debut 7-inch single An Ideal for Living was revised shortly after its release due to poor sound quality and a controversial design and re-released as a 12-inch EP. The design of the single She's Lost Control was changed for the US market and given a varying catalog number.

The album Closer , and the singles Love Will Tear Us Apart and Komakino were released two months after Curtis' death. Closer entered the UK charts as the first Joy Division release. Shortly thereafter, the chart success of the debut album and the single Love will Tear us Apart followed . The highest chart placement was achieved by the compilation Still , published in 1981 , which entered the British album charts in October of the same year, held its own for 12 weeks and reached fifth place in the top ten .

After the group was renamed New Order , which was due to the singer's suicide, various compilations, live albums and radio session recordings from the group's active time were released.

Albums

Studio albums

The highest position is indicated for the charts. The total stay in weeks (weeks) is noted in the columns to the right of the charts. The studio albums have been reissued several times. On September 17, 2007, newly mastered versions of both albums were provided with extended booklets and supplemented with bonus CDs with concert recordings that have not been officially released since then. Information on the supplementary content of the new editions is given under Notes.

publication	title	Label	Catalog no.	Recording studio	production	Sound engineering	Charts	Where.	Charts	Where.	Charts	Where.	Charts	Where.	Charts	Where.	Remarks
June 20, 1979	Unknown pleasures	Factory Records	FACT-10	Strawberry Studios, Stockport	Martin Hannett	Chris Nagel	20th	1	23	1	98	1	5	...	-	-	The extended booklet of the re-release contains liner notes by Paul Savage and photographs by Kevin Cummins . The bonus CD contains recordings of the concert on July 13, 1979 at the Russels Club (Factory Club Night) in Manchester.
July 18, 1980	Closer	Factory Records	FACT-25	Strawberry Studios, Stockport	Martin Hannett	Martin Hannett	13	1	68	...	23	1	6th	9	-	-	The extended booklet of the re-release contains liner notes by Paul Morley and photographs by Anton Corbijn . The bonus CD contains recordings of the concert on February 8, 1980 at the University of London .

Live albums

There is an abundance of different bootlegs of varying quality. In addition to the two official concert albums, both of which were published by NMC Music , there are other live recordings on the Still compilation , as well as on the collector's editions of the Unknow Pleasures , Closer and Still albums released in 2007, as well as in the Heart and Soul and Refractured box sets .

publication	title	Label	Catalog no.	Location	Recording date
July 13, 1999	Preston February 28, 1980	NMC Music	FACD 2.60	The Warehouse, Preston, England	February 28, 1980
April 24, 2001	Les Bains Douches 18 December 1979	NMC Music	FACD 2.61	1 - 9: Les Bains Douches, Paris, France	18th December 1979
				10-12: Paradiso Club, Amsterdam, Netherlands	January 11, 1980
				13-16: Effenaar, Eindhoven, Netherlands	January 18, 1980

Compilations

The highest position is indicated for the charts. The total stay in weeks (weeks) is noted in the columns to the right of the charts. The compilations were reprinted several times. On September 17, 2007 a corresponding version of the compilation Still was released with the newly mastered versions of the two studio albums . The compilation was also provided with extended booklets and supplemented with bonus CDs with concert recordings that have not been officially released since then. Information on the supplementary content of the new editions is given under Notes. The Composition column provides information about the selection of songs and the content of the compilation.

publication	title	Label	Catalog no.	Compilation	production	Sound engineering	Charts	Where.	Charts	Where.	Remarks
October 8, 1981	Quiet	Factory	FACT-40	Unpublished recordings and concert recording of two concerts. The last concert of the band Birmingham University on May 2nd, 1980, as well as the piece Sister Ray as a concert recording from the Moonlight Club in London on April 2nd, 1980.	Martin Hannett	Chris Nagel	5	12	-	-	The extended booklet of the re-release contains liner notes by Jon Wozencroft and photographs by Jill Furmanovsky . The bonus CD contains recordings of the concert on July 13, 1979 at the Russels Club (Factory Club Night) in Manchester.
July 11, 1988	Substance 1977-1980	Factory	FACT-250	Singles and sampler contributions	Joy Division / Martin Hannett		7th	8th	146	8th	The CD version has been expanded to include seven more titles from the same selection. In 2015 a version expanded by 2 more tracks, including an unreleased version of Love will Tear Us Apart , was released.
September 1990	The peel sessions	Strange Fruit Records	SFRLP111	Both peel sessions	Bob Sargeant / Tony Wilson / Bob Jones		-	-	-	-	The first edition was reduced to 1000 copies. In 2000 the album was re-released as part of The Complete BBC Recordings .
August 15, 1995	Permanent	London	828624.1	Popular studio recordings	Martin Hannett		16	3	-	-	The release was accompanied by a single from Love will Tear us Apart .
October 24, 2000	The Complete BBC Recordings	Strange Fruit	SFRSCD094	Both peel sessions, including the sound recordings of the TV appearance on BBC 2's Something Else and an interview with Curtis and Morris conducted by Richard Skinner.	Bob Sargeant / Tony Wilson / Bob Jones / Nick Gomm		-	-	-	-	-
May 18, 2007	Matin Hannett's Personal Mixes	Interstate	CD10797	Individual recording tracks and alternative versions	Martin Hannett		-	-	-	-	The release was accompanied by a single from Love will Tear us Apart .
March 24, 2008	The Best of Joy Division	London	R2 474236	Popular studio recordings, plus The Complete BBC Recordings as a bonus disc	Martin Hannett / Joy Division / Bob Sargeant / Tony Wilson / Bob Jones / Nick Gomm		63	2	-	-	Published in the United States through Rhino under catalog number 5144-27302-2.
June 6, 2011	Total - From Joy Division to New Order	Rhino	5249-86479-5	Popular studio recordings by both groups with an emphasis on New Order	Martin Hannett		51	2	-	-	-
17th July 2015	The Many Faces of Joy Division	Music Broker	MBB7184	3 CDs including a compilation of popular pieces, a compilation of predecessors and simultaneous artists as well as the album Unknown Pleasures Live by Peter Hook & The Light	Joy Division / Martin Hannett / Chris Nagel / Chris McCarter		-	-	-	-	Part of a series of compilations dedicated to different artists in a similar form

EPs

The highest position is indicated for the charts. The total stay in weeks (weeks) is noted in the columns to the right of the charts. The recordings were all reused on later compilations.

publication	title	Label	Catalog no.	Recording studio	production	Charts	Where.	Charts	Where.	Remarks
October 10, 1978	To ideal for living	Anonymous	ANON 001	Pennin Sound Studio, Oldham	Paul Morley	-	-	-	-	The EP was released as a single shortly after its release. The single version suffered from poor sound quality due to a tight compression.
November 1, 1986	Joy Division Peel Session	Strange Fruit	SFPS 013	BBC Studios , London	Bob Sargeant / Joy Division	96	2	-	-	Released in September 1990 together with the second Peel Session as the album The Peel Session . In 2000 the album was re-released as part of The Complete BBC Recordings .
September 1, 1987	Joy Division Peel Sessions	Strange Fruit	SFPS 033	BBC Studios, London	Bob Jones / Tony Wilson	98	1	-	-	Released in September 1990 together with the second Peel Session as the album The Peel Session . In 2000 the album was re-released as part of The Complete BBC Recordings .

Singles

The highest position is indicated for the charts. The total stay in weeks (weeks) is noted in the columns to the right of the charts. Most of the singles were published several times and summarized in compilations. Information on special new editions are given under Notes.

publication	title	Label	Catalog no.	Recording studio	production	Charts	Where.	Charts	Where.	Remarks
June 3, 1978	To ideal for living	Enigma	PSS 139	Pennin Sound Studio, Oldham	Paul Morley	-	-	-	-	The single was remastered shortly after its release due to poor sound quality and re-released as an EP with a different design. The Enigma label was founded by Sumner to publish the single and was soon renamed Anonymus, as there was already a label called Enigma. The first edition was limited to 1,000 copies. The re-publication took place anonymously with the catalog number A-NON-1.
November 16, 1979	transmission	Factory	FAC-13	Strawberry Studios, Stockport	Martin Hannett	-	-	-	-	The first edition comprised 10,000 copies. In 1981 the original 7 "single was reissued as a 12" single with a different design.
March 18, 1980	light and blindness	Sordide Sentimental	SS 33022	Cargo Studios, Rochdale	Martin Hannett	-	-	-	-	The first edition, only available in France, comprised numbered 1578 copies and was published as part of the French fanzine Sordide Sentimental .
July 18, 1980	Komakino	Factory	FAC-28	Strawberry Studios, Stockport	Martin Hannett	-	-	-	-	Komakino was designed as a free Flexi-Disc. The single should be given away as a supplement to the album Closer . The single contained completed recordings of the studio session for the album. The first edition comprised 10,000 copies, a total of around 75,000 copies produced.
June 27, 1980	Love Will Tear Us Apart	Factory	FAC-23	Strawberry Studios, Stockport	Martin Hannett	13	17th	-	-	The single was reissued several times. 1983 and 1995 as a release of the compilation Permanent , both times the single reached the British charts.
2nd September 1980	Atmosphere / She's Lost Control	Factory	FACUS-2	Strawberry Studios, Stockport	Martin Hannett	34	5	-	-	Originally only released on the American market, the single was released internationally as FAC-213.12 in October 1980. In 1988 the single was released as a release of the Substance compilation again with a different design for the international market and reached the charts in the United Kingdom.

Video albums

• 1982: Here Are the Young Men ( Factory FACT 37v, VHS )

Here Are the Young Men contains concert recordings from October 27 (1 to 3 and 11) and 28 (4 and 9 to 13) October 1979 from the Apollo Theater in Manchester, from January 18, 1980 (5 to 8) from the Effenaar in Eindhoven and the music video for Love Will Tear Us Apart, recorded in the former rehearsal room .

Music videos

year	title	Director	Location	content	Remarks
1980	Love Will Tear Us Apart	Stuart Orme	TJ Davidson's Studio, Manchester, England	The group performs in their former rehearsal room	The video has been revised for Australian music television by deleting the audio track of the recording and replacing it with the regular version of the single. In 1995 the video was republished with a modified version of the song.
1988	Atmosphere	Anton Corbijn	Spain	Small figures in robes and hoods walk through a barren landscape and carry an oversized picture of Ian Curtis	Released in 1988 as part of the compilation Substance , the video can also be found on the DVD of the feature film Control , the documentation Director's Series Vol. 6 - Work of Director Anton Corbijn and the DVD The New Order Story .
1991	transmission	-	BBC Studios, London	Appearance at Something Else	Published under catalog number FACT 400 to promote the Factory Box Set.
2004	She's Lost Control	Malcolm Whitehead	Various	Editing of image and video material for album versions of New Dawn Fades and She's Lost Control	A total of seven minutes long music video by Malcolm Whitehead, who previously shot the concert video A Factory Flick .

Box sets

The highest position is indicated for the charts. The total stay in weeks (weeks) is noted in the columns to the right of the charts. The compilations were reprinted several times. On September 17, 2007 a corresponding version of the compilation Still was released with the newly mastered versions of the two studio albums . The compilation was also provided with extended booklets and supplemented with bonus CDs with concert recordings that have not been officially released since then. Information on the supplementary content of the new editions is given under Notes. The Composition column provides information about the selection of songs and the content of the compilation.

publication	title	Label	Catalog no.	Compilation	production	Charts	Where.	Charts	Where.	Remarks
December 8, 1997	Heart and Soul	London	828 968-2	4-CD retrospective including a rarity collection of unknown studio and demo recordings as well as various concert recordings	Martin Hannett / Joy Division / Chris Nagel	70	1	-	-	-
October 2, 2001	Fractured	NMC	FACD2.61z	Both concert albums Preston 28 February 1980 and Les Bains Douches 18 December 1979	-	-	-	-	-	A summary of the two concert albums limited to 1000 copies in a numbered cardboard box
January 2004	Refracturedboxone	Alchemy	REFRACTUREDBOXONE	3 CD box with the concert albums Preston 28 February 1980 and Les Bains Douches 18 December 1979 and further recordings of the concerts included	-	-	-	-	-	A compilation of concert recordings limited to 3000 copies, most of which were already available on the well-known concert albums. Including a T-shirt with the words Refractured and a replica of the concert poster for the performance at Les Bains Douches . Contrary to the publications, the recordings have been rearranged as separate albums, which means that there are spaces between the individual songs and the list of titles varies from the original releases.
September 17, 2007	In memory	London	2564 69929 1	4-LP retrospective of the two studio albums and the Still double album	Martin Hannett / Chris Nagel	-	-	-	-	Released as a vinyl edition for Record Store Day 2007.
October 12, 2009	Les Coffret Culte Fnac Joy Division	Fnac	Without catalog number	The album Closer with a documentation on DVD, a multi-page booklet and 20 separate photographs of the band	Martin Hannett	-	-	-	-	Distributed exclusively in France. Part of a series of compilations dedicated to different artists in a similar form.
December 6, 2010	+ -	Rhino	2564672145	10 singles box	Joy Division / Paul Morley / Martin Hannett	-	-	-	-	Editing of all published singles in their respective original design, extended by the sampler contributions, which are presented as single in the design of the respective sampler.
August 31, 2012	Closer / Unknown Pleasures	Warner	5249806162	Both studio albums as a package in cardboard boxes.	Martin Hannett / Chris Nagel	-	-	-	-	Inexpensive CD package. Part of a series of compilations dedicated to different artists in a similar form.
September 21, 2012	La Sélection Idéale	Rhino	5310533385	Summary of the three popular publications.	Martin Hannett / Chris Nagel / Joy Division	-	-	-	-	Distributed exclusively in France. Part of a series of compilations dedicated to different artists in a similar form.

Guest Posts

Posthumous collections such as New Wave Hits of the 80's , Wave Romantics or Rock & Wave as well as soundtrack contributions in which the band is represented with regular releases from their albums or singles are not listed. In the line Composition the other represented interpreters are named, in the line Songs the pieces played by Joy Division. The four studio recordings were released on the Substance compilation in 1988, along with pieces from various singles.

publication	title	Label	Catalog no.	format	Compilation	Songs	Remarks
June 16, 1978	Short Circuit: Live at the Electric Circus	Virgin	VCL5003	10 "vinyl EP	The Fall , John Cooper Clarke , The Drones , The Buzzcocks , Steel Pulse	At a later date	The sampler consists of concert recordings made during the last evening of the Electric Circus . Joy Division, which at that time still appeared as Warsaw, are represented with only one title, since the clay car does not start until the first piece. Since the band name was changed before production, the band is noted as Joy Division on the compilation.
January 24, 1979	A factory sample	Factory	FAC 002	2 × 7 "vinyl singles	The Durutti Column , Cabaret Voltaire , John Dowie	Digital, glass	The label's first sound carrier release. The sleeve, made of silver-colored rice paper, was glued together by Joy Division members in Alan Erasmus's apartment.
October 1979	Earcom 2: Contradiction	Fast Product	Almost 9b	12 "vinyl EP	Thursdays , Basczax	Auto-suggestion, From Safety to Where ...?	Both songs contained by Joy Division were recorded while working in the studio for Unknown Pleasures , but were not used for the album.

Tribute albums

The abundance of tribute albums cannot be clearly quantified due to the many small publications. Most of the tribute albums are mainly represented by dark wave , black music or alternative music . In addition to many nationally limited tribute compilations, which are predominantly designed by small companies and which largely fall back on unknown interpreters, there are also albums by individual artists who are completely dedicated to the processing of Joy Division's music. An almost complete list including digital publications and existing string quartet adaptations is not given here.

• 1990: Walk in Line, Walk in Silence ( Red Nail Music . With contributions from Murray The Cop , Midget Lambada and Purple Plush )
• 1995: A Means to an End ( Virgin . With contributions from Moby , Low and Face to Face )
• 1995: Ceremonial ( Mere Mortal Productions . With contributions from Lycia , Corpus Delicti and You Shriek )
• 1997: Balance ( Ego Development . Norwegian metal tribute album with contributions from Theater of Tragedy , Beyond Dawn and The Tubs )
• 2003: Ceremony ( NIL . Tribute EP by Ikon )
• 2005: Love Shattered Pride ( FTC . With contributions from In the Nursery , and Unto Ashes )
• 2006: Warszawa ( Kuka . Polish tribute album with contributions from Agressiva 69 , One Million Bulgarians , Disco Heine Medina , Not and Pustki )
• 2010: Unknown Pleasures Live ( Pylon . Live album by Peter Hook & the Light )
• 2013: Shadowplay ( Syborgmusic . Tribute album with contributions from The Tors of Dartmoor , Collection D'Arnell-Andrea , IMR , Arndt & Koch and Paul Roland )
• 2014: 3.5 Decades ( Darkitalia . Italian tribute album with contributions by Schonwald , Stardom , NID´ and Der Himmel über Berlin )
• 2015: A Change of Speed, a Change of Style ( OVR . Tribute album with contributions from The Eternal Afflict , Die Krupps , Plastic Noise Experience , The Invincible Spirit and Phillip Boa and the Voodooclub )

Awards for music sales

Silver record  United Kingdom 2013: for the album Unknown Pleasures 2015: for the album Still Golden record  Italy 2018: for the album Unknown Pleasures 2019: for the single Love Will Tear Us Apart  United Kingdom 2006: for the album Substance 2009: for the album The Best Of 2013: for the video album Their Own Story in Their Own Words 2013: for the album Permanent 2013: for the album Closer 2019: for the album Total - From Joy Division to New Order Platinum record  United Kingdom 2019: for the single Love Will Tear Us Apart

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Italy (FIMI)	-	2 × gold2	-	50,000	fimi.it
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × silver2	6 × gold6th	platinum1	1,245,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	2 × silver2	8 × gold8th	platinum1

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