Warsaw (Joy Division album)

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Warsaw
Warsaw cover
Compilation album by Joy Division
Released 1994
Recorded 1977, 1978, 1980
Genre Post-punk
Producer Bob Auger, John Anderson, Joy Division
Joy Division chronology
Substance
(1988)
Warsaw
(1994)
Permanent
(1995)

Warsaw was the planned debut album by the English post-punk band Joy Division. Recorded in May 1978 it consisted of eleven tracks, however the band were disappointed by the post production done by RCA producers and the album was scrapped. The album circulated on bootlegs bearing the same title until it was commercially released in 1994 (along with a number of other tracks). The commercial release included the original Warsaw album plus "As You Said" which was recorded in 1980 and the band's first recorded music, The Warsaw Demo, songs from which were noted as 'bonus tracks'.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "The Drawback"
  2. "Leaders of Men"
  3. "They Walked in Line"
  4. "Failures"
  5. "Novelty"
  6. "No Love Lost"
  7. "Transmission"
  8. "Ice Age"
  9. "Interzone"
  10. "Warsaw"
  11. "Shadowplay"
  12. "As You Said"

[edit] Bonus tracks

  1. "Inside the Line"
  2. "Gutz"
  3. "At a Later Date"
  4. "Kill"
  5. "You're No Good for Me"

[edit] Recording studio

Tracks 1-11 recorded at Arrow Studios, Manchester, May 1978
Track 12 recorded at Britannia Row, March 1980
Tracks 13-17 recorded at Pennine Sound Studios, Manchester, July 18, 1977