Total: From Joy Division to New Order

Total: From Joy Division to New Order is a compilation album of material from Joy Division and New Order. It was released in the United Kingdom on 6 June 2011, and is the first album to feature songs from both Joy Division and New Order 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] An online "Deluxe version" also includes music videos.

Creation

The record label were unhappy with calling the record a 'Best Of' and so after brainstorming with the band, the title 'TOTAL' was finally chosen by Bernard Sumner.

The album cover was created by Howard Wakefield who previously served as understudy to Peter Saville. Peter 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".^[2]

The compilation marks the first appearances for several songs on CD, 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".

Reception

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

Joy Division

1. "Transmission" – 3:38
2. "Love Will Tear Us Apart" – 3:26
3. "Isolation" – 2:54
4. "She's Lost Control" – 4:46
5. "Atmosphere" – 4:10

New Order

6. "Ceremony" – 4:37
7. "Temptation" – 5:24
8. "Blue Monday" – 7:29
9. "Thieves Like Us" (7" Edit) – 3:56
10. "The Perfect Kiss" (QWEST/US 7" Edit) – 4:26
11. "Bizarre Love Triangle" (Shep Pettibone 7" Remix) – 3:46
12. "True Faith" (7" Version) – 4:12
13. "Fine Time" (7" Edit) – 3:10
14. "World in Motion" – 4:32
15. "Regret" – 4:10
16. "Crystal" (Radio Edit) – 4:20
17. "Krafty" (Radio Edit) – 3:47
18. "Hellbent" – 4:29

Deluxe version

Joy Division

1. "Love Will Tear Us Apart" video – 3:39
2. "Atmosphere" video – 4:33

New Order

3. "Temptation" video – 7:01
4. "Blue Monday '88" video – 4:07
5. "The Perfect Kiss" video – 10:39
6. "Bizarre Love Triangle" video – 3:52
7. "True Faith" video – 4:21
8. "World in Motion" video – 4:04
9. "Fine Time" video – 3:23
10. "Regret" video – 3:58
11. "Crystal" video – 4:20
12. "Krafty" video – 3:48

References

1. ^ "Previously-unreleased New Order song 'Hellbent' appears online - audio". New Musical Express. 19 May, 2011. http://www.nme.com/news/new-order/56758#. Retrieved 6 June, 2011. 
2. ^ Grundy, Gareth (29 May, 2011). "Peter Saville on his album cover artwork". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/gallery/2011/may/29/joydivision-neworder#/?picture=375035036&index=9. Retrieved 10 June, 2011. 
3. ^ Allmusic review
4. ^ Meagher, John (10 June, 2011). "REVIEWS: 'Joy Division and New Order' by John Meagher". The Irish Independent. http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/reviews-joy-division-and-new-order-by-john-meagher-2671126.html. Retrieved 10 June, 2011. 
5. ^ Meagher, John (10 June, 2011). "REVIEWS: 'Joy Division and New Order' by John Meagher". The Irish Independent. http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/reviews-joy-division-and-new-order-by-john-meagher-2671126.html. Retrieved 10 June, 2011.