Warsaw (album)

Warsaw was the planned debut album by the English post-punk band later known as Joy Division. Recorded in May 1978 it consisted of eleven tracks, however the band was 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 original track listing included all four tracks from An Ideal for Living EP. The commercial release included the original Warsaw album plus "As You Said" which was recorded and released in 1980 on the "Komakino" single, as well as the band's first recorded music, "The Warsaw Demo", songs from which were noted as 'bonus tracks'. Incidentally, Bernard Sumner sings the chorus in this album's version of "They Walked In Line".

Track listing

All tracks written by Warsaw/Joy Division.

LP and CD

1. "The Drawback" – 1:42
2. "Leaders of Men" – 2:28
3. "They Walked in Line" – 2:50
4. "Failures" – 2:22
5. "Novelty" – 3:36
6. "No Love Lost" – 4:34
7. "Transmission" – 4:20
8. "Living in the Ice Age" – 2:19
9. "Interzone" – 2:02
10. "Warsaw" – 2:06
11. "Shadowplay" – 3:53
12. "As You Said" – 2:01

LP bonus tracks

13. "Inside the Line" – 2:43
14. "Gutz" – 1:59
15. "At a Later Date" – 3:14
16. "The Kill" – 2:08
17. "You're No Good for Me" – 3:02

Notes

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

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