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Heart and Soul 
| 100% Recommended by our customers. Label: Rhino / Wea Catalog: Music Release date: 2001-08-28 Media: Audio CD discs number: 4 Format: Box set, Explicit Lyrics, Original recording remastered Ean: 0081227840624 Upc: 081227840624  Tip: compare prices with similar music CDsArtist:
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Written on September 27, 2004 Summary: Heart and Soul= Ecstasy and Desolation. Since watching that most unbelievably bipolar film, "24 Hour Party People," (amazing first third- unwatchable later part. Christ how awful. The Happy Mondays make me shudder with revulsion, as does the whole disgusting Madchester scene: hippies + dance music... Anti Joy Division, makes me fight with my gag reflex, oh I digress...) Anyway, this is a special group for me. Joy Division is something very, VERY close to my heart. Like most of the music I love, they were one of those extremes of human creation- they either pull you into the room or exorcise your presence, quickly. Ian Curtis is the only singer I've heard who can shout out, "dance, dance, dance to the radio!" And have the sentiment sound searching, betrayed, needful, desperate... In no short part because he was so ably backed by a group of supremely talented and visionary muthas... The songs. Ian's voice. Ian's LYRICS. Ian's legend... Language breaks down under the weight of describing this music, this power. It simply has to be heard to be believed. First off: 'Heart And Soul' has damn near everything, and I mean EVERYTHING, a Joy Division fan of any caliber could want... And even if that isn't the case (the hardcore JD fans are known for their 30+ bootlegs, rarities, badges, LPS, unauthorized bios, etc...) it certainly has everything a neophyte could need. 4 CDs. Wow. You could get hurt lifting this. About 80 songs. Those who have been in the know for forever and a day (or at least since 1979) will (...)about some exclusions (some of those Warsaw demos) or the frivolous extras... Whatever... This is codeine for the soul. This is the answer. This is the proverbial file in the cake. Better than almost every drug I have ever tried (I'm lying). For about $60 you get: both studio albums (79's "Unknown Pleasures" and 80's "Closer") in their entirety and ALL their non-LP singles (and ALL b-sides)- in full!!!! And that's just the first two discs!!! Disc 3 contains the complete John Peel Sessions, parts of the RCA Sessions and Picadilly Radio Sessions, as well as the only (known) Joy Division recording of 'In A Lonely Place,' also there's some pre-Joy Division material, from Warsaw. Disc four is full of assorted soundboard recordings from a handful of live shows. The live stuff- you either love its unbelievable rawness (hey all you Todd Solondz, "Storytelling" fans: this is the rawness of truth! hahahaha!!!) (Oh, there is very little lack of fidelity in the live stuff- it sounds real good) or you can't stand the noise and go for the cold, 'atmospheric' studio recordings... I dunno. I dig both. Give me more. Dive in. Buy this. It's true what they say, for all you Interpol fans- Joy Division were the real thing, fleshed out. Pick it up. And if you absolutely must have every single extant Joy Division track released (on cd), there's also the BBC sessions, 'Still', 'Les Baines Douches,' and 'Preston Warehouse' each of which has live material not present on this set, of high quality. If you get this you wno't need "Substance," or "Permanent" or either of the CD studio albums... BUT. I'd get Les Baines Douches first, if you really want to ge into the live element. Be warned, it's a short step to spending hours on Ebay, searching for that one next bootleg to complete your collection- a search that never ends... ...Great booklet too. The Savage piece is comprehensive and interesting... The Paul Morley piece is pompous and the Obnoxious Frog piece even more so (he compares Joy Division with BRENTANO and KLEIST and BATAILLES and he feels the need to CAPITALIZE their NAMES, as only a name-dropping frenchman can do...) Oh: ALL of Curtis' lyrics are accounted for which is a nice change. The photos are great- and there's a discography, a sessionography and all other kinds of 'ographies a fan could want. Fairly informative stuff, and interesting. CAVEAT: The packaging falls apart quick, especially if (like me) you haul the set around with you everywhere. Oh, Avoid the "24 Hour party people" schlock or- No. Don't. Just watch it up until Ian comes home and quietly faces the inevitable... After that the movie becomes some kind of dance-loving, creeping Lovecraftian Slime Horror. it becomes the Atrocity Exhibition... Ugh. And not at all in a good way. Written on September 10, 2004 Summary: THE meaning of Heart and Soul... I had more than a passing knowledge of Joy Division when I decided to purchase this box set, and from the time I bought it, untill the time I put the cds into my stero, I was nervous it would be a waste of money. I was VERY quickly realizing that those fears were silly at best...This collection is astounding. With songs like Atmosphere, The Eternal, New Dawn Fades, and Atrocity Exhibition, you get a real sense of what thoughts and emotions drove Ian Curtis to be one of the most haunting vocalists on record. In Atrocity Exhibit, the lyrics paint the picture of himself, and make it quite apparent why he would eventually kill himself. Joy Division's music is Ian Curtis's Heart and Soul, he put everything he was into his lyrics, and in the end that is his legacy. This collection is a must for anyone who loves music, or who loves poetry. Written on August 4, 2004 Summary: should be in every collection I do not have anything to say about Joy Division that previous reviewers have already said with regard to their cutting-edge genius and ability to depict the gray areas of life that no other musical collective has ever been able to do, in my opinion. Buy this four-disc set. Save your money and buy it. It will be the greatest musical investment of your entire life. And by the way, here's a theory I just thought of today: With regard to the "Closer" song, "A Means to an End," I believe that it is NOT autobiographical (as some think all Joy Division's songs are directly related to the late Ian Curtis). Rather, I believe that it is a song about Ceasar and Brutus. Ian was obsessed with the Romans and was a voracious reader when it came to Roman history, so perhaps that song is reminiscent of the classic tragedy. Ceasar put his trust in Brutus and Brutus failed him, but Joy Division has not and will not ever fail me. Written on July 27, 2004 Summary: The complete picture There isn't much more that I can say about this except that it is the absolute best encapsulation of Joy Division's music and era. It's a bit pricey, but it's worht it. Written on July 10, 2004 Summary: Fix This Box I would never think about giving this set anything but 5 stars. I have nothing to add to the reviews of this set. It is perfect. I just want to encourage the industry to package their material better than they do. When I shell out $60 for a box set, I would love it if the book didn't fall apart, or if the cd trays would stay glued to the box. Word of advise-don't count on the industry to fix this. Buy yourself a hot glue gun (their inexpensive) and you can fix the trays as thy fall off. I used it on this one and the echo and the bunnymen box. |
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| Our price | $51.98 | $14.98 | $21.99 |
| List price | $64.98 | $14.98 | $24.98 |
| Lowest used price | $29.99 | $7.25 | $15.96 |
| Lowest new price | $42.76 | $7.23 | $16.58 |
| Catalog | Music | Music | Music |
| Release date | 2001-08-28 | 1995-11-21 | 2007-10-30 |
| Media | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD |
| discs number | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Format | Box set, Explicit Lyrics, Original recording remastered | Extra tracks, Import | Collector's Edition, Extra tracks |
| Ean | 0081227840624 | 8712177021284 | 0081227996048 |
| Upc | 081227840624 | - | 081227996048 |
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