| Les Bains Douches 18 December 1979 | ||||
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| Released | April 2001 | |||
| Recorded | 18 December 1979 – 18 January 1980 | |||
| Genre | Post-punk [1] | |||
| Length | 65:27 | |||
| Label | NMC | |||
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Les Bains Douches 18 December 1979 is a live album by English post-punk band Joy Division, partly recorded on 18 December 1979 at Le Bains Douches in Paris. It was released in 2001 by record label NMC. Additional tracks are drawn from two other concerts.
The artwork was done by Peter Saville. The CD booklet contained a reprint of the original poster for the show. [2]
Pitchfork , commenting on Joy Division's live output, wrote: "Les Bains Douches, by itself, is flawless; of the available recordings there are none better". [3]
All tracks written by Joy Division (Ian Curtis, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris and Bernard Sumner).
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