Joy Division - Heart and Soul Audio CD
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Simply Awesome!!! A must for any Joy Division fan. This is absolutely one of the best catalogs I've heard in years. Cannot say enough great things about this collection. Do yourself a favor and get this catalog!!!.
a good example of a box set.
if you like Joy Division. buy this, relentless of you having all of their albums, and everything, this truly completed my collection. . and was worth the buy. especially the great book that comes with it.
for the newbie and the groupie
Now I'm 39 and was pleased when my brother lent me his copy. Well for me as a teenager, JD was about the most important thing going, and certainly a major influence. I'd suggest everyone also rent/buy 24 hour party people (Ian the jerk) and then Control (Ian the unfortunate), but mostly I'd say this is good for the JD lover in your life. However, for the Newbie perhaps you'd want to get him/her the albums Unknown Pleasures and Closer instead of start with this collection. Collections lack something that the originals do have. The order of the songs, the tightness, the completeness. I suppose you could organize those two albums out of the contents of this collection. Do that, listen to the albums for 2 or so years and then you're ready for this and for "Still".
Great music, poor packaging
It's just about their complete discography of official releases and contains everything you need - both studio albums, all the singles, and a nice bunch of live recordings. If you want to get some Joy Division on CD, you need to get this box set. The music is outstanding - kind of a blend of the Doors, The Cure, mixed with a Sex Pistols edge. . . you can tell JD were a huge influence on U2 and many other bands that followed. Really they have a unique sound all their own that stands out from everything else before or since. The packaging on this box set though flat out stinks. The 2nd time I opened mine it fell apart, seriously. And while the book is thick, the information isn't that good - the writer tried to be artsy and it doesn't come off well; I would prefer a detailed band bio and stuff about the songs. But if you want Joy Division, Heart and Soul is THE item to get. Highly recommended.
box set...
all i can say is i love this box set, it is perfect and i love joy division. . . . buy this set now!!!!11.
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