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Joy Division - Let The Movie Begin Audio CD

A fair review of the Joy Division "Let The Movie Begin" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Joy Division reviews here, or go back to the Joy Division tabs.

Joy Division Band: Joy Division
Title: Let The Movie Begin
Rating:
Release Date: 2007-07-16
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Love Will Tear Us Apart 2: Ian Curtis Interview 3: Leaders of Men 4: Steve Morris and Ian Curtis Interview 5: Failures 6: Ian Curtis Interview 7: Novelty 8: Martin Hannet Interview 9: New Dawn Fades 10: Ian Curtis Interview 11: Ice Age 12: Steve Morris and Ian Curtis Interview 13: Shadowplay 14: Ian Curtis Interview 15: Passover 16: Martin Hannet Interview 17: Transmission 18: Steve Morris and Ian Curtis Interview 19: At a Later Date 20: Ian Curtis Interview 21: Digital [Live] 22: Bernard Summer Interview 23: Colony [Live] 24: Ian Curtis Interview 25: Auto Suggestion [Live] 26: Dead Souls [Live]

The LP is great artistically, but lacks sound quality
I loved listening to Joy Division when I was younger. I recieved my LP set today and this is a big dissapointment. The interviews are horrible, and the music is recorded much too high of a level. Sounds like a recording of a cassette on a boombox, or when you try to recored music using your cel phone. In these days of digital remastering and 180 gram vinyl this LP is total disrespect to Ian Curtis. .


big disappointment
but the interviews are mostly from some taping in a bar; you can't actually make out much of what is said. well, I was excited to see interviews, snippets, and band info offered. What is discernable is uninformative drivel eg,"we just like playin' what we like to play". The songs themselves are live versions, and very rough recordings for the most part,even for live. though 2 or 3 capture good live atmosphere,[so to speak!]toward the end. The album notes have a transcript of another interview which has been censored at interesting bits. I guess if you gotta have, you gotta have it,[hey, I did] but I suggest you save your money for the film.


Some great concert moments, but don't buy for the short interviews
While Young Mario's review of this CD is rather accurate (the interviews are awful. . a couple are ok, but many are in a crowded room of people talking, and they are sprinkled throughout as if one idea will lead into the next song, which certainly is not the case) I found the live tracks great to have. I'm also not sure why "Love Will Tear us Apart" was highlighted, especially since the first few seconds was somehow missing, and upcut with some annoying sound bite: "right, we all start when the drum machine starts, lets---" and then the beat FADES in. However, I think the live version of "Ice Age" makes this CD worth it alone; sung in unison w/ other band member(s), this already energetic cut has an extra almost punk edge that reminds me of something Agent Orange would do.

The Amazon review mentions an "eight page fold out full colour cd booklet". . . keep in mind that it is an eight PANEL fold-out, meaning four squares total. However it does contain one of the first interviews of the band typed out by Mick Middles in 1978, which was a nice bonus. I'm not going to give this CD a 5-star just because it is Joy Division, which I think some people may be tempted to do. I paid an import price, so if you can find it for around $10 then it's definitely worth it. And of course, for the JD collector/enthusiast.


Horrible interviews
As fo the music some track appear in other cds like Still or Les Baines. The interviews on this dic forthe most part have to be run by an EQ to hear the the heck Ian Curtis is saying. The Love will tear us Apart track is worth getting the cd for. A good addition to the true Joy Division fans collection.


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