Total: From Joy Division to New Order

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Compilation album by
Released6 June 2011 (2011-06-06)
Recorded1978–2004
Genre Post-punk
Length77:12
Label Rhino
Joy Division compilations chronology
The Best of Joy Division
(2008)
Total: From Joy Division to New Order
(2011)
New Order albums chronology
iTunes Originals – New Order
(2007)
Total: From Joy Division to New Order
(2011)

Total: From Joy Division to New Order is a compilation album of material from the British bands Joy Division and New Order. It was released in the United Kingdom on 6 June 2011 by Rhino Entertainment and is the first album to feature songs from both bands in one album. It features five Joy Division tracks, including "Love Will Tear Us Apart", and thirteen New Order tracks, including a previously unreleased track, "Hellbent". [1] A digital deluxe version also includes music videos.

Contents

In October 2019, the album was certified Gold by British Phonographic Industry (BPI). [2]

Background

The record label were unhappy with calling the record a "Best Of", so after brainstorming with New Order, the title Total was eventually chosen by Bernard Sumner.

The album cover was created by Howard Wakefield who previously served as understudy to Peter Saville. Saville was involved in art direction and told The Guardian : "I realised this was a record that would be sold in supermarkets and advertised on television. So the cover has a 'pile it high, sell it cheap' aesthetic. As you open it out, it says Total, but folded up you just see the 'O's. It says, 'From Joy Division to New Order'. I couldn't bear the words 'Best of'. It's a long way from the independent record shop to Tesco, almost 33 years. At Factory, I had a freedom that was unprecedented in communications design. We lived out an ideal, without business calling the shots. It was a phenomenon." [3]

The A&R for the release was handled by the band, Andrew Robinson (co-manager) and Gary Lancaster of Warner Music. In a bid to offer fans something new compared to previous compilations the album included four never-before on CD versions of the bands' tracks, including the original 7″ version of "True Faith" and Shep Pettibone's 7″ remix of "Bizarre Love Triangle". It also includes the shorter 4:24 edit of "The Perfect Kiss". All tracks were mastered from original source tapes by Frank Arkwright.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Irish Independent Negative [5]

John Meagher, who wrote for the "Day & Night" section of The Irish Independent , wrote that "there's nothing here to attract existing fans of either bands. Instead, all Total does is to reinforce the idea that Joy Division/New Order was a hugely exciting source of music between 1978 and 1990 and New Order has been a pitiful shadow of their once-visionary selves ever since." [5]

Track listing

CD edition
No.TitleWriter(s)AlbumLength
1."Transmission" Ian Curtis, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Bernard Sumner Non-album single (1979)3:38
2."Love Will Tear Us Apart"Curtis, Hook, Morris, SumnerNon-album single (1980)3:26
3."Isolation"Curtis, Hook, Morris, Sumner Closer (1980)2:54
4."She's Lost Control" (12" Version)Curtis, Hook, Morris, Sumner"Atmosphere" single (1980)4:46
5."Atmosphere"Curtis, Hook, Morris, SumnerNon-album single (1980)4:10
6."Ceremony" (Version 1)Curtis, Hook, Morris, SumnerNon-album single (1981)4:37
7."Temptation" (7" Version) Gillian Gilbert, Hook, Morris, SumnerNon-album single (1982)5:24
8."Blue Monday"Gilbert, Hook, Morris, SumnerNon-album single (1983)7:29
9."Thieves Like Us" (7″ Promo Edit) Arthur Baker, Gilbert, Hook, Morris, SumnerNon-album single (1984)3:56
10."The Perfect Kiss" (QWEST/US 7″ Edit)Gilbert, Hook, Morris, Sumner Low-Life (1985)4:26
11."Bizarre Love Triangle" (Shep Pettibone 7″ Remix Edit)Gilbert, Hook, Morris, Sumner Brotherhood (1986)3:46
12."True Faith" (7″ Version)Gilbert, Stephen Hague, Hook, Morris, Sumner Substance (1987)4:12
13."Fine Time" (7″ Version)Gilbert, Hook, Morris, Sumner Technique (1989)3:10
14."World in Motion" Keith Allen, Gilbert, Hook, Morris, SumnerNon-album single (1990)4:32
15."Regret"Gilbert, Hague, Hook, Morris, Sumner Republic (1993)4:10
16."Crystal" (Radio Edit)Gilbert, Hook, Morris, Sumner Get Ready (2001)4:20
17."Krafty" (Single Edit) Phil Cunningham, Hook, Morris, Sumner Waiting for the Sirens' Call (2005)3:47
18."Hellbent"Hook, Morris, SumnerPreviously unreleased [upper-alpha 1] 4:29
  1. Later released on Lost Sirens (2013)
Digital deluxe edition bonus videos
No.TitleLength
1."Love Will Tear Us Apart"3:39
2."Atmosphere"4:33
3."Temptation"7:01
4."Blue Monday '88"4:07
5."The Perfect Kiss"10:39
6."Bizarre Love Triangle"3:52
7."True Faith"4:21
8."World in Motion"4:04
9."Fine Time"3:23
10."Regret"3:58
11."Crystal"4:20
12."Krafty"3:48

Charts

Chart (2011)Peak
position
Irish Albums (IRMA) [6] 77
Scottish Albums (OCC) [7] 53
UK Albums (OCC) [8] 51

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [9] Gold100,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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