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| Released | 9 October 1981 | |||
| Recorded | October 1978 – 2 May 1980 | |||
| Genre | Post-punk | |||
| Length | 83:25 | |||
| Label | Factory – FACT40 | |||
| Producer | Martin Hannett | |||
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Still is a compilation album by English rock band Joy Division, consisting of previously released and unreleased studio material and a live recording of Joy Division's last concert, performed at Birmingham University. It was released on 9 October 1981 by Factory Records.
Still was released after the death of the band's frontman Ian Curtis. It consists of previously unused or unavailable studio material and live recordings. [1] The album includes the only live performance by the group of the song "Ceremony", which later became a New Order single. The recording abruptly begins just before the song's first chorus; like all surviving Joy Division recordings of "Ceremony", Curtis's vocals are barely audible, though in this instance the final chorus is unusually clear. Another song featured is a cover version of the Velvet Underground's "Sister Ray", recorded at the Moonlight Club in London on 2 April 1980.
Originally planned for release in August, Still was eventually released in October 1981. It reached No. 5 in the UK upon its release, [2] and peaked at No. 3 in New Zealand in February 1982.[ citation needed ]
The CD version of the album was released in March 1990 and was the first edition to delete "Twenty Four Hours".
Still, along with Closer and Unknown Pleasures , was remastered and reissued on 17 September 2007. The remaster was packaged with a bonus disc of live recordings from the Town Hall, High Wycombe on 20 February 1980. [3]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| BBC Music | (mixed) [5] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [6] |
| Pitchfork | 8.4/10 [7] |
| Q | [8] |
Joshua Klein of Pitchfork called the album "a ragged, enigmatic coda; an uneven odds-and-ends collection of lost tracks that fills in some gaps in Joy Division's history and legacy". [7] BBC Music called it "a partly frustrating compilation". [5]
All tracks are written by Joy Division (Ian Curtis, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris and Bernard Sumner), except "Sister Ray", written by John Cale, Sterling Morrison, Lou Reed and Maureen Tucker
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Exercise One" (recorded in April 1979 at Strawberry Studios, Stockport during sessions for Unknown Pleasures ) | 3:06 |
| 2. | "Ice Age" (recorded in October–November 1979 at Cargo Studios, Rochdale during sessions for the "Licht und Blindheit" single) | 2:24 |
| 3. | "The Sound of Music" (recorded in January 1980 at Pennine Sound Studios, Oldham during sessions for the "Love Will Tear Us Apart" single) | 3:55 |
| 4. | "Glass" (recorded in October 1978 at Cargo Studios, Rochdale; originally released on A Factory Sample ) | 3:56 |
| 5. | "The Only Mistake" (recorded in April 1979 at Strawberry Studios, Stockport during sessions for Unknown Pleasures) | 4:17 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 6. | "Walked in Line" (recorded in April 1979 at Strawberry Studios, Stockport during sessions for Unknown Pleasures) | 2:47 |
| 7. | "The Kill" (recorded in April 1979 at Strawberry Studios, Stockport during sessions for Unknown Pleasures) | 2:15 |
| 8. | "Something Must Break" (recorded in July 1979 at Strawberry Studios, Stockport during sessions for the "Transmission" single) | 2:48 |
| 9. | "Dead Souls" (recorded in October–November 1979 at Cargo Studios, Rochdale. Originally released as the b-side of the "Licht und Blindheit" single) | 4:53 |
| 10. | "Sister Ray" (The Velvet Underground cover; recorded live at the Moonlight Club, London on 2 April 1980) | 7:36 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 11. | "Ceremony" (recorded live at High Hall, Birmingham University on 2 May 1980) | 3:50 |
| 12. | "Shadowplay" (recorded live at High Hall, Birmingham University on 2 May 1980) | 3:57 |
| 13. | "Means to an End" (recorded live at High Hall, Birmingham University on 2 May 1980) | 4:01 |
| 14. | "Passover" (recorded live at High Hall, Birmingham University on 2 May 1980) | 5:10 |
| 15. | "New Dawn Fades" (recorded live at High Hall, Birmingham University on 2 May 1980) | 4:01 |
| 16. | "Twenty Four Hours" (recorded live at High Hall, Birmingham University on 2 May 1980; extra track on original vinyl and cassette versions only) | 4:26 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 17. | "Transmission" (recorded live at High Hall, Birmingham University on 2 May 1980) | 3:40 |
| 18. | "Disorder" (recorded live at High Hall, Birmingham University on 2 May 1980) | 3:24 |
| 19. | "Isolation" (recorded live at High Hall, Birmingham University on 2 May 1980) | 3:05 |
| 20. | "Decades" (recorded live at High Hall, Birmingham University on 2 May 1980) | 5:47 |
| 21. | "Digital" (recorded live at High Hall, Birmingham University on 2 May 1980) | 3:52 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Sound of Music" (recorded live at High Wycombe Town Hall on 20 February 1980) | 4:19 |
| 2. | "A Means to an End" (recorded live at High Wycombe Town Hall on 20 February 1980) | 3:57 |
| 3. | "Colony" (recorded live at High Wycombe Town Hall on 20 February 1980) | 4:06 |
| 4. | "Twenty Four Hours" (recorded live at High Wycombe Town Hall on 20 February 1980) | 4:20 |
| 5. | "Isolation" (recorded live at High Wycombe Town Hall on 20 February 1980) | 2:49 |
| 6. | "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (recorded live at High Wycombe Town Hall on 20 February 1980) | 3:14 |
| 7. | "Disorder" (recorded live at High Wycombe Town Hall on 20 February 1980) | 3:13 |
| 8. | "Atrocity Exhibition" (recorded live at High Wycombe Town Hall on 20 February 1980) | 5:58 |
| 9. | "Isolation" (soundcheck: recorded live at High Wycombe Town Hall on 20 February 1980) | 3:00 |
| 10. | "The Eternal" (soundcheck: recorded live at High Wycombe Town Hall on 20 February 1980) | 3:36 |
| 11. | "Ice Age" (soundcheck: recorded live at High Wycombe Town Hall on 20 February 1980) | 3:16 |
| 12. | "Disorder" (soundcheck: recorded live at High Wycombe Town Hall on 20 February 1980) | 3:14 |
| 13. | "The Sound of Music" (soundcheck: recorded live at High Wycombe Town Hall on 20 February 1980) | 4:05 |
| 14. | "A Means to an End" (soundcheck: recorded live at High Wycombe Town Hall on 20 February 1980) | 3:45 |
| Total length: | 53:12 | |
| Chart (2022) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [9] | 56 |
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom (BPI) [10] | Gold | 100,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
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