Album

Still

Joy Division

1981 · Rock

37 collectors on Gatefold own this

Still by Joy Division

Still is an Alt/Indie album by Joy Division, originally released in 1981. On Gatefold: 142 pressings tracked, owned by 37 collectors.

About

Culled from outtakes, an early Factory comp, and the band's fateful final gig, <i>Still</i> arrived a year and a half after Ian Curtis' death, a bittersweet epilogue to Joy Division's brief career and a powerful reminder of their brilliance. Unreleased songs from <i>Unknown Pleasures</i> sessions, like the now-classic "Exercise One," captured their stark, alien magnetism, while the Birmingham live set preserved their onstage fury for posterity (never mind the tape hiss). And a woozy cover of The Velvet Underground's "Sister Ray" is both gripping and terrifying in its narcotic abandon.

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Tracklist

  1. 1Exercise One3:05
  2. 2Ice Age2:23
  3. 3The Sound of Music3:56
  4. 4Glass3:55
  5. 5The Only Mistake4:16
  6. 6Walked In Line2:45
  7. 7The Kill2:15
  8. 8Something Must Break2:48
  9. 9Dead Souls4:53
  10. 10Sister Ray [Live At the Moonlight Club, London April 1980]7:35
  11. 11Ceremony [Live At Birmingham University]3:52
  12. 12Shadowplay [Live At Birmingham University]3:57
  13. 13A Means to an End [Live At Birmingham University]4:01
  14. 14Passover [Live At Birmingham University]5:10
  15. 15New Dawn Fades [Live At Birmingham University]4:01
  16. 16Transmission [Live At Birmingham University]3:51
  17. 17Disorder [Live At Birmingham University]3:24
  18. 18Isolation [Live At Birmingham University]3:05
  19. 19Decades [Live At Birmingham University]5:44
  20. 20Digital [Live At Birmingham University]3:38
  21. 21The Sound of Music - [High Wycombe Town Hall Live 13 July 1979]4:18
  22. 22A Means to an End - [High Wycombe Town Hall Live 13 July 1979]3:56
  23. 23Colony - [High Wycombe Town Hall Live 13 July 1979]4:06
  24. 24Twenty Four Hours - [High Wycombe Town Hall Live 13 July 1979]4:19
  25. 25Isolation - [High Wycombe Town Hall Live 13 July 1979]2:49
  26. 26Love Will Tear Us Apart - [High Wycombe Town Hall Live 13 July 1979]3:14
  27. 27Disorder - [High Wycombe Town Hall Live 13 July 1979]3:13
  28. 28Atrocity Exhibition - [High Wycombe Town Hall Live 13 July 1979]5:58
  29. 29Isolation - [High Wycombe Town Hall Live 13 July 1979] (Sound Check)3:00
  30. 30The Eternal - [High Wycombe Town Hall Live 13 July 1979] (Sound Check)3:35
  31. 31Ice Age - [High Wycombe Town Hall Live 13 July 1979] (Sound Check)3:15
  32. 32Disorder - [High Wycombe Town Hall Live 13 July 1979] (Sound Check)3:13
  33. 33The Sound of Music - [High Wycombe Town Hall Live 13 July 1979] (Sound Check)4:05
  34. 34A Means to an End - [High Wycombe Town Hall Live 13 July 1979] (Sound Check)3:45

Sound DNA

  • Alt/Indie
  • Post-Punk
  • cavernous
  • mournful
  • nocturnal

Still is a posthumous double album by Joy Division, consisting of previously unused/unavailable studio material and live recordings, including the track "Ceremony", which later became a New Order single.
Tracks A1, A5, B1 and B2 were recorded in April 1979 at Strawberry Studios, Stockport, during the sessions for "Unknown Pleasures".
Tracks A2 and B4 were recorded in October and November 1979 at Cargo Studios, Rochdale, during the sessions for "Licht und Blindheit".
Track A3 recorded in January 1980 at Pennine Sound Studios, Oldham, during the sessions for "Love Will Tear Us Apart".
Track A4 recorded in October 1978 at Cargo Studios, Rochdale, originally released on "A Factory Sample" in 1979.
Track B3 recorded in July and August 1979 at Strawberry Studios, Stockport, during the sessions for the "Transmission" single.
Track B5 was recorded at the Moonlight Club, London on 3 April 1980.
Tracks C1 to D5 were recorded at High Hall, Birmingham University on 2 May 1980.
Initially planned for release in August 1981 (hence the 1/8/81 on the centre labels), this was actually released on 8 October 1981.
- The "hessian" hardback cover with white or blue ribbons and grey labels was the initial release in an edition of 5000 copies.
- A cardboard embossed gatefold cover with cardboard inner sleeves, open to the centre, grey labels, also released in October 1981.
- A special / limited gatefold edition in white cardboard with blue letters, and with white/blue centre labels was issued in December 1981 (believed to be one of Factory's Christmas gifts).
The album peaked at #5 of the UK album charts, staying in the Top 100 for 5 months, hence there are several reissues / represses, with altered packaging.
The song "Twenty Four Hours" was also performed live at Birmingham University, but was left off the CD release due to time constraints. Despite not being listed on the sleeve, it appears on some releases as track C6.
UK re-releases and re-pressings:
April 1986: LP, MC, CD (cat# FACT 40 / FACT 40c / FACD 40).
August 1989: LP (cat# FACT 40 - records unload to the outside).
July 1993: LP, MC, CD (cat# 520 017-1 / 2 / 4), with repressings in 1994, 1996 and 1998.
January 2000: CD (cat# 3984 28222-2), with repressings in 2005.
September 2007: LP (cat# 2564 64032 1) - 180g remaster in original artwork.
September 2007: CD (cat# 2564 69779 0) - Collector's Edition.
July 2015: LP (FACT 40 / 25646 18392 0) - Vinyl Collector Edition.
2017: CD (FACD 40 / 25646 9779 0) - 2007 repress
February 2022: LP (FACT.40) - 40th anniversary edition, ruby red sleeve / 180g crystal clear pressing
US releases:
June 1989: MC, CD (cat# 9 26495-4 / 2), with CD repressings in 1997, 2002, 2005.
September 2007: LP (cat# RHI1 264636) - 180 gram remaster in original artwork.
September 2007: CD (cat# R2 330940) - Collector's Edition.
July 2015: LP (cat# R1 183920) - Vinyl Collector Edition.
Japanese releases:
July 1984: LP (cat# YZ-181→2).
February 1989: CD (cat# CY-4205→6).
November 1993: CD (cat# POCD-1881).
March 2000: CD (cat# AMCE-6110).
March 2008: CD (cat# WPCR 12842/3) - Collector's Edition.
The "Chicken Stops Here" reference included in the runouts to some early editions was a reference to the final scene, often referred to as 'The Dancing Chicken', in Werner Herzog's film 'Stroszek'.
Italian Base LP releases:
- Cloth sleeve, black labels with tracklist only (1981).
- Wrong mastering - grey gatefold sleeve with Castiglione address, black labels with tracklist only (1981).
- Corrected mastering - grey gatefold sleeve with Castiglione address, black labels with tracklist only (1981).
- Cream gatefold sleeve without address, black labels with "all songs by".
- Grey gatefold sleeve with Collamarini address, Made in Italy on back cover, black labels with tracklist and durations and "all songs by" (1986).
- Grey gatefold sleeve with Collamarini address, black labels with tracklist and durations and "all songs by".
- Black sleeve with Collamarini address and fax, black labels with tracklist and durations and "all songs by" (1988).
- Black sleeve with Collamarini address and fax, black labels with tracklist and durations, "all songs by", "Fractured Music (P) 1981".
Italian Base CS releases:
2xCS in longbox, Castiglione address, grey & black shells, yellow paper labels, FACT 40 MC.
2xCS in longbox, Castiglione address, grey shells, yellow paper labels, FACT 40 MC.
2xCS in longbox, Castiglione address, grey shells, white paper labels, FACT 40 MC.
2xCS in longbox, Castiglione address, black shells, yellow paper labels, FACT 40 MC.
2xCS in separate cases, Castiglione address, grey shells, blue & white paper labels, FACT 40 MC.
2xCS in separate cases, Castiglione address, grey shells, yellow paper labels, FACT 40 MC.
2xCS in separate cases, Castiglione address, black shells, yellow paper labels, FACT 40 MC.
1xCS in longbox, Castiglione address, grey shells, grey paper labels, FACT 402 MC.
1xCS, Castiglione address, grey shells, grey paper labels, FACT 402 MC.

Credits

The people behind it.

Production & Engineering

  • Chris NagleENGINEER
  • Chris NagleENGINEER [ENGINEERED BY]
  • Jon WozencroftCOMPILATION PRODUCER [EDITORIAL CONSULTANTS], RESEARCH [ARCHIVAL RESEARCH]
  • Martin HannettPRODUCER
  • Martin HannettPRODUCER [PRODUCED BY]
  • Robert ElfvingCOMPILATION PRODUCER [EDITORIAL CONSULTANTS], RESEARCH [ARCHIVAL RESEARCH]
  • Sam HabashCOMPILATION PRODUCER [EDITORIAL CONSULTANTS], RESEARCH [ARCHIVAL RESEARCH]
  • Duncan HaysomRECORDED BY [ORIGINAL]

Songwriting

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