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",just like UP and closer.....can anyone confirm this? Ian Curtis, Joy Division. One can only wonder what could have been if Ian Curtis was still here. Hook tells the story of this stop-start transformation well. But Ian Curtis is the star, and the reverb-drenched austerity puts the spotlight on his chilling vocals. Lists There’s certainly a distance between Joy Division pieces like ‘Atmosphere’ and New Order’s 1989 football anthem ‘World In Motion’, even through both group’s share common musical elements. Elsewhere, ‘Passover’ is another beautiful tune, while the refrain “Heart and soul, one will burn” is deeply unsettling. Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2018. Those three are the essential Joy Division releases, imo. –1960s It will also come as a shock to anyone who has taken New Order’s often solemn, hairshirt image at face value. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Joy Division were one of several prominent bands who were inspired by the Sex Pistols’ famous 1976 gig in Manchester – members of The Buzzcocks, The Fall, The Smiths, and Simply Red were reportedly also in attendance. It has very little crossover with the two studio albums – the only track in common is an inferior version of Unknown Pleasures‘ ‘She’s Lost Control’. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Several pages here usefully and drolly demystify the job of being a rock star, and one details the physical toll of decades of bass-playing, worsened by Hook’s idiosyncratic, low-slung, Viking-warrior style: “trapped nerves in neck … bent lower spine … one arm longer than the other”. Beautiful music. New Order still exist, and last year released their tenth album, Music Complete, to decent reviews. doesn't quite scratch the surface by containing enough of their best music for even newer fans to discover. Great review as always. Hook portrays his bandmates as inspired, if sometimes careless, musicians, but pretty poor human beings. Music Quiz: Who’s That With Stevie Wonder? Album Rating: 4.5Everybody should be forced to listen to this. None of this receives much attention from Hook here. "Permanent" wasn't bad but at least you'll hear newer versions of "Interzone" and "Ice Age" on their box set. “After the show we met ... two girls who both looked like Raquel Welch.” The “only other thing of note” was their tour manager Terry Mason “getting so sunburned that when he dived in the pool the next day” he and “his top layer of skin parted company ... Everyone around the pool ran away screaming.”. And rightly so, up to a point. It's aight. I thought the song "Something Must Break" was on this album, which is my favorte song by Joy Division. In 2014, Sumner published his own memoir of Joy Division and New Order, Chapter and Verse. Disabling it will result in some disabled or missing features.
It’s emotionally unsettling, but Closer is a surprisingly gorgeous album, successfully fusing beauty to Joy Division’s omnipresent intensity. I think I might start with this. Buy with confidence. I Have No Download & My Covercolour Is Grey!
1987, 7.5/10 Loooove the CD. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. you just can't go wrong. I remember seeing an uk first press on ebay with the addition:"vinyl is translucent when held against strong light source. He includes on-the-road anecdotes about groupies and drink and drugs with such glee and tirelessness that even the most rock’n’roll readers will probably find themselves skipping sections. Free UK p&p over £10, online orders only. • Substance is published by Simon & Schuster.