POLL Will Tear Us Apart – ILM Artist Poll #86 - JOY DIVISION – New Order solo or other groups Poll (aka the Electronic poll) – a NEW ORDER (#37) supplement poll --- Results Thread

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Mother Ship: I feel so extraordinary somePoll's got a hold on me: NEW ORDER artist poll #37 (RESULTS thread)

A pre and post New Order supplement poll:

28 Ballots Received
38 Joy Division Songs
33 Solo or other Group Songs
16 Albums/EPs

I wanted to say thanks to all the voters out there to make this all possible. In the end it turned out we got enough ballots to make this poll worthwhile. Artist poll are not dead after all on ILM.

Where this all came from: Love Will POLL Us Apart – Joy Division – New Order Solo or other groups Poll (aka the Electronic poll) – Artist Poll #37 A New Order supplement poll (Voting is open until Friday, Dec. 8, 2017)

I have yet to do images for this poll. It’s a fluid situation but I have an idea and will work on while running this poll. Will be the first time I try this sort of thing and might turn out to be the worst image poll in ILM history.

Here we Go!

Top 11 Albums

btw, i called it "POLL Will Tear Us Apart" after about the fifth ballot had that as the title, even thou i sort of used it already it just seemed appropo.

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11. Still
120 Points, 3 Votes
By: Joy Division
Released: October 8, 1981

Excited for this!

I was just about to bump the other thread and ask when the roll out started. I have 2 preliminary comments. 1) I should have voted for Out it Control. 2) Compilations are not albums and all Substance votes are disqualified and I will mentally recount the votes to remove the compilations, which are not albums. This type of mental illness is why I spend more time on message boards than with people irl.

Compilations are not albums and all Substance votes are disqualified

generally this is true but most of Substance is material not on any other album

I usually don't include compilations, but with JD & NO having such crucial non-album singles - and both Substance comps being pivotal introductions to both bands for me - I said fuck it, why not? But I'd rather listen to the rougher material on Still most days than Unknown Pleasures or Closer.

Normally I'd agree that compilations shouldn't count as albums but New Order's "Substance" is a special case. Nearly all of their most famous songs are there and most New Order fans would pick at least four or five songs from "Substance" among their top ten favourite tracks. That would make it their favourite NO album by default, and I wouldn't argue with anyone who claimed it was their best album, case closed. But that means their other albums would be unfairly overlooked, and justifies disqualifying it in a discussion of the best New Order albums. Does that make sense?

How did I miss this!?

are we ready to get this party started?

This party is officially started

I'm coming up so you better

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10. Movement
163 Points, 4 Votes, 1 Number One
By: New Order
Released: November 13, 1981

If they were including their singles on their albums, this would be their best. Ceremony, Procession, and Everything's Gone Green would put this near the top of everyone's list.

i have never really warmed up to Movement i like but like everything else from their original run better.

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9. Brotherhood
232 Points, 6 Votes
Released: 29 September 1986

Not unexpected but too low imo. My second-favourite not counting the Substances. I can understand the criticisms, but I love it for all its faults.

I picked up the promo 12" for Way of Life finally after passing on it for years. I love the line "You told me a pack of lies that I can't even reason with".

I didn't vote in this but I'll be following closely.

So these are gonna place lower than Music Complete? Interesting.

I'd have picked NO's Substance. It's probably my favourite ALBUM.

sick burn on me!

Lol, with a wink.

I don't think Music Complete will place. Don't forget this poll includes JD and Electronic albums.

Wait, why are we listing NO Albums again?

it's a poll of every joy division-related album which includes no

This poll could also include Monaco, The Other Two, Bad Lieutenant, and Revenge too! Can't wait to see where One True Passion places.

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8. Electronic
322 Points, 8 Votes, 1 Number One
Released: 28 May 1991

Wait, why are we listing NO Albums again?

i wanted to see what kind of ranking we would get with everything included.

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7. Substance
405 Points, 10 Votes
By: Joy Division
Released: 11 July 1988

the cover of "electronic" put me off ever listening to the album.

well that's a huge shame

imo it's the best album that's going to place here

I love the first Electronic album, but not as much as I love Technique or Closer. I'll take it over Unknown Pleasures with no hesitation.

"It's an open act of defiance and it's aimed directly at you" pops up in my head at all kinds of occasions.

That makes my life sound more interesting than it is, but OK.

Substance is the only Joy Division album (not-album) I really really care for.

Electronic is my favorite album of all time.

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6. Low-Life
423 Points, 11 Votes
Released: 13 May 1985

for anyone interested, Billboard interviewed me for its Substance-at-30 podcast in August.

speaking of

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5. Substance 1987
471 Points, 11 Votes, 3 Number Ones
Released: 17 August 1987

If not for Technique, Electronic would be my favorite album of all time.

Brotherhood is way too low! my second favourite (not including New Order's Substance) too. never understood why it isn't loved more.

the best of Electronic is as great as Technique but I don't really like Idiot Country or Feel Every Beat much

Brotherhood would be higher if people didn't vote for compilations in an album poll. ;)

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4. Closer
473 Points, 11 Votes, 1 Number One
Released: 18 July 1980

Cool, this thing has started. I only voted in the Joy Division part of this poll.

closer too low

i still have never really gotten into closer as a whole

get very high then sad, or vice versa

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3. Technique
504 Points, 11 Votes, 5 Number Ones
Released: 30 January 1989

the first poll upset.

lol i guess i should’ve voted in the albums poll

more later, after i post two and one, which will come along sooner rather than later.

whoa figured that this was a lock for #1. basically a perfect album except for guilty partner

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2. Unknown Pleasures
Released: 15 June 1979
526 Points, 12 Votes, 5 Number Ones

and another shocker...

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1. Power, Corruption & Lies
Released: 2 May 1983
596 Points, 15 Votes, 0 Number Ones

Fuckin Pitchfork babies

I love Guilty Partner. One of Bernard’s best lyrics (seriously low bar there). I enjoy the songs that feel the most autobiographical, and this is one of those.

Zero number 1 votes.

that was crazy and still managed to come in first.

I should have voted in the albums poll, not sure if it would have made a difference.

Fuckin Pitchfork babies

lol. i had them both in there but Technique was higher.

Unknown Pleasures and Technique both had 5 number one votes, so that ended up being a draw. Unknown Pleasures did get an extra vote, 12 vs 11, so that is what tipped the scales. Power, Corruption & Lies was on just about ever ballot submitted.

Album Full Results

16 Albums
16 Ballots

1 Power, Corruption & Lies 596 Points 15 Votes
2 Unknown Pleasures 526 Points 12 Votes 5 #1
3 Technique 504 Points 11 Votes 5 #1
4 Closer 473 Points 11 Votes 1 #1
5 Substance 1987 - New Order 471 Points 11 Votes 3 #1
6 Low-Life 423 Points 11 Votes
7 Substance - Joy Division 405 Points 10 Votes
8 Electronic 322 Points 8 Votes 1 #1
9 Brotherhood 232 Points 6 Votes
10 Movement 163 Points 4 Votes 1 #1
11 Still 120 Points 3 Votes
12 Republic 071 Points 2 Votes
13 Singles (2013) 046 Points 1 Votes
14 The Complete BBC Recordings 040 Points 1 Votes
15 Waiting For The Sirens' Call 036 Points 1 Votes
16 1981-Factus 8-1982 035 Points 1 Votes

Unknown Pleasures is the best, I think it made up 7/10 of my tracks ballot

I will always have a soft spot for Movement. I was the #1. Almost included 1981-1982 but disqualified it due to being an EP and opted for Substance (NO) instead.

81-82 EP is the best single piece of vinyl in their entire catalog to me. My favorite New Order thing to listen to is my expanded 81-82 playlist with this EP, plus Ceremony, and tracks from Peel Sessions and Movement.

Unknown Pleasures is the best, I think it made up 7/10 of my tracks ballot

6/10 of mine (but I started out higher).

well you don't get a tan like this for nuthin'

I love Try All You Want so much. It sounds so huge on a big system. It's too bad Kevin Saunderson wasn't asked to remix this one at the time. It has a great bassline.

It's interesting that the albums that ended up at 3 & 4 are vastly superior to the ones that ended up at 1 & 2.

I'd forgotten that PC&L finished a close second in the New Order poll, so I guess it's not that much of an upset ... but still, ahead of both Technique and Unknown Pleasures? Maybe because it's the perfect bridge between what JD was and what NO would become?

Technique was my #1. PC&L is more uneven, but the highs are pretty high. Your Silent Face", "Leave Me Alone" and "Age of Consent" are all top-10 New Order tracks for me.

i' up and ready to go

New Order Solo or other Groups

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lPmTQUggok

20. Didn't Know What Love Was
From: Hot CHip
Featuring: Bernard Sumner (vocals, keyboards, production)
Released: 2010
81 Points, 2 Votes

i see Stephen Morris is also in the video playing drums but not sure if he is actually on this track. in fact i can't find any information in regards to this track. if anyone knows any history of this track please share.

that should read:

From: Hot Chip, Bernard Sumner & Hot City

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sOpbRL8R4g

19. Out of Control
From: The Chemical Brothers
Featuring: Bernard Summer (vocals, guitar)
Released: 11 October 1999

83 Points, 3 Votes, 1 Number One

sorry, 2 Votes

I think i need some coffee.

The music video of the song was directed by W.I.Z.. The video's cast includes actress Rosario Dawson and Michel Brown, and depicts a Mexican conflict between government and EZLN, a revolutionary group that appeared during the 1990s. Then is revealed to be an advertisement for a fictional Coca-Cola-type beverage. The camera pans out to reveal it being displayed in an electronic shop, before the storefront is smashed in and the video ends with shaky night-time footage of violent urban riots, shot on handheld cameras.

Interesting start and two songs I really don't know.

ok, i changed the formatting a little bit. you would think this was my first poll.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31Q-0fbJla4

18. Dark Angel
By: Electronic
From: Raise the Pressure
Released: 8 July 1996
84 Points, 2 Votes, 1 Number One

I didn’t vote in this part of the poll but I really do love Out Of Control.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXWZrHke8Hw

17. Feel Every Beat
By: Electronic
From: Electronic
Single Released: September 9, 1991
101 Points, 3 Votes

The A-side is a combination of rock and house music, and is a favourite of both the two members Johnny Marr and Bernard Sumner. Marr began an early version of "Feel Every Beat" with the intention of releasing it on a solo album. Sumner's lyrics are about the criminalisation of rave culture in Britain.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROGn_3tyBhI

16. Spanish Heart
By: 808 State
From: ex:el
Featuring: Bernard Summer (vocals)
ReleasedL 4 March 1991
104 Points, 3 Votes

i saw this 808 State tour and according to my ticket stub it was on Saturday Night September 14, 1991. it was a rave, when they were a big thing here in Los Angeles. i will never forget as it was at where they housed the Spruce Goose. so here you have all these kids jacked up on ecstasy, watching 808 State and then it because one huge party. it was trippy as you were at a club with this huge gigantic plane in the middle of it all. i had such an advantage living in Los Angeles when the rave culture stated here. i have so many stories with other exotic locations like the Spruce Goose.

I've seen 808 State three times, every gig tremendous. "Spanish Heart" had the advantage of coming out at the same time as Electronic's debut and my discovering the New Order universe, therefore I love it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zEZAij6vGw

15. Tasty Fish
By: The Other Two
From: The Other Two & You
Released: 28 October 1993 (UK), 1 November 1994 (US)
105 Points, 3 Votes

Pleasant, inessential.

That video is so hilariously bad. But hopefully this means a top ten finish for "Selfish"!

i do like her voice. i know it really wasn't New Order's style but i would have thought they would let her sing on a b-side or something.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivUi8l0uMqA

14. For You
By: Electronic
From: Electronic
Single Released: September 16, 1996
116 Points, 3 Votes

damn there is no information about the video. i wanted to hear the story about the tank rolling over that camper.

i mean, you can't just rent a tank.

can we meet
on the street
maybe tomorrow?

oh damn:

For You is from Raise the Pressure.

Thanks for making me listen to Spanish Heart for the 1st time in 25 years. Such a fascinating mix of styles

One of Barnie's more delightful haiku:

I feel so good
when I look at you
I refuse to believe
there was ever a question.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzWT5uio9uw

Try All You Want
By: Electronic
From: Electronic
Released: 28 May 1991
164 Points, 4 Votes, 1 Number One

when did Wiz change his name to W.I.Z.?

13.

i mean, you can't just rent a tank.

i don't think it's hard to acquire such decommissioned vehicles in the uk. iirc aphex twin owned a tank at one point. super furry animals did too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HETySgf-SYs

12. Forbidden City
By: Electronic
From: Raise the Pressure
Single Released: 24 June 1996
172 Points, 5 Votes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49LBrMmJU4c

11. Selfish
By: The Other Two
From: The Other Two & You
Released: 28 October 1993 (UK), 1 November 1994 (US)
182 Points, 5 Votes

i will have images for Joy Division.

Top 10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRBeaaRk0jU

10. Idiot Country
By: Electronic
From: Electronic
Released: 28 May 1991
248 Points, 8 Votes (1 vote for "Idiot Country Two" (AKA ultimatum mix))

Selfish is the best St Etienne track never released.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl_ifR2qHlQ

9. Reality
By: Electronic
From: Electronic
Released: 28 May 1991
273 Points, 7 Votes

i thought there would be live videos for Electronic's deep cuts.

The acid house breakdown in the middle is glorious.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jf5JxeDuoPI

8. Gangster
By: Electronic
275 Points, 7 Votes

"The Patience of a Saint" predated the album Electronic, having been written with Pet Shop Boys soon after their collaborating with singer Neil Tennant on "Getting Away with It" in 1989.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wXQZNC1864

7. The Patience of a Saint
By: Electronic
326 Points, 9 Votes

did that in the wrong order, too many open windows.

"gangster" >>>>>> most songs

agree, it was my number four on this thing. i read somewhere where "Gangster" was written for an aborted Bernard Sumner solo album.

I'm trying to imagine Sumner sitting down, as he claims, to write a narrative. Sober.

Nothing in 1991 sounded like "The Patience of a Saint." It doesn't sound like PSB, it doesn't sound like New Order, and Sumner shows how much he learned as a vocalist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3NjRQJmeXA

6. Tighten Up
By: Electronic
346 Points, 9 Votes, 1 Number One

yay, finally another video. it was stale.

man "Tighten Up". When that programming and those acoustic guitars collide, I understand why the project was necesssary.

Writing in Melody Maker, Paul Lester described the song "Tighten Up" as "the devastating marriage of Smiths guitars and New Order technology that nervously excited fans the globe over were anticipating from Electronic. Imagine a sublime splicing of 'Bigmouth Strikes Again' and 'Dream Attack', then multiply by 12". In Vox Keith Cameron wrote: "'Tighten Up' gives Marr a chance to relive The Smiths' halcyon days with an exhilarating semi-acoustic dynamism".

Top 5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK0vXVUl2nE

5. Some Distant Memory
By: Electronic
352 Points, 8 Votes, 3 Number Ones

there were two black and white fan video's and i picked the best one.

^^^ this one is an entire universe

I really can't listen to this song too often, to me the apotheosis of Sumner as lyricist and vocal melodist and what he and Marr could do as arrangers.

And the garnishes after each verse: the chimes! Marr's flamenco solo! the oboe! And we can discuss the pizzicato synth strings.

interesting fact:

"Some Distant Memory" beat both "The Patience of a Saint" and "Tighten Up" despite getting one fewer vote. the three number ones is what pushed it over those and "Tighten Up" even got a number one vote too.

i was one of the "Some Distant Memory" number one vote. in the end it was a no doubter.

Over the yeras I've been astounded that so many of y'all agreed with me. Through the '90s and beyond I thought "Some Distant Memory" was my secret.

i hope people are having fun, i did drag this out a bit more than i anticipated doing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUTJCIPsWwE

4. Disappointed
By: Electronic
From: Songs from the "Cool World" Soundtrack
Released: June 22, 1992
366 Points, 9 Votes, 1 Number One

I did my ballot in such a rush that I nearly forgot to include "Disappointed". Such a jam

"Disappointed" was based on a piano riff by Marr's brother Ian; and worked up into a full backing-track by Johnny Marr and Bernard Sumner. They decided to ask Neil Tennant to complete the song and he wrote the lyrics and vocal melody. Some of the words ("Disenchanted once more...") were partly inspired by Mylène Farmer's 1991 hit "Désenchantée".[2] Tennant travelled to Manchester to record the lead vocal and a few weeks later went to Paris to attend the final mix of the song by Stephen Hague.

Although Electronic would enjoy three more Top 20 singles in the UK, "Disappointed" was the last major commercial success for the band on an international level, becoming a dance chart hit in America and reaching the Top 20 in Germany as well as #6 in Britain (their highest UK position).

Until the release of Get the Message - The Best of Electronic in 2006, the track was not available on an Electronic album release. However, since "Disappointed" was featured in the 1992 film Cool World, the song was available on the soundtrack album Songs from the Cool World. It was also featured on Now That's What I Call Music (NOW) 22, where it appeared as track 14.

haha, i did forget about it and i didn't vote for it.

I remember "Disappointed" getting play on my college station that summer as one of the last classic Brit alternative hits before Nirvana rewrote everything.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRhIAQAiTtY

3. What Do You Want from Me?
By: Monaco
From: Music For Pleasure
Single Released: 24 February 1997
395 Points, 10 Votes, 1 Number One

i was wondering where this one would place. very surprised it ended up at number three, WOW.

here is the US video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhZKh0sXT1s

not on US YOutube:

The music video for the song features group members Peter Hook and David Potts entering a fancy casino along with many other glamorous people, including two women who appear to be with the both of them, plus two gothic-looking characters (male and female), a midget, and a glamorous-looking woman. As Potts plays roulette with a group of people, Hook plays his bass and sings beneath the glass table. Just before the chorus, Hook appears outside and Potts assists in singing the chorus from underneath the glass. Later on, two back-up singers also appear underneath the glass. At another table, a dealer hands Hook some cards. He sneaks a peek at them as he sings. When he wins, the midget, along with many other people, appear at the table. The midget jumps up and down, cheering. The band then appear in a white room performing the song and also at what appears to be the front of the casino. The guests continue to enjoy themselves and the glamorous looking woman who entered with the midget throws something away in the trash. The midget appears in another part of the casino playing the featured piano solo while the gothic-looking man sits with the gothic-looking woman. He gestures to her as if to say he needs to be excused and goes off with the glamorous-looking woman as his former date looks on. Later on, a man grabs a woman's behind and she shoos him away while the back-up singers sing in to a microphone in another part of the casino. A woman kisses the midget on the head and another man has a drink poured on him by a woman as the band continues to play in the white room. At the end, the four women featured in the video leave the hotel smiling and Hook and Potts follow them out.

i'm trying

my spacing sucked today, usually i'm a lot more uniformed.

are we ready?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7sVSSb2mU4

2. Get The Message
By: Electronic
From: Electronic
Single Released: April 15, 1991
652 Points, 16 Votes, 2 Number Ones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSfjtdnUsls

1. Getting Away with It
By: Electronic
From: Electronic
Single Released: December 4, 1989
753 Ppints, 17 Votes, 5 Number Ones

hope you had fun?

"Get the Message" -- god

Two music videos were made for "Getting Away with It". The first, directed by Chris Marker and produced by Michael Shamberg for European use in 1989, featured Sumner, Marr and Tennant in a studio environment miming to the single edit of the song. Additional footage of Marker's muse Catherine Belkhodja, strolling among peacocks through Paris Zoo and also singing to the track, was left out. The second, shot in 1990, was made for the US release. Sumner and Tennant appeared, alternately, against a series of coloured background, with artistic effects superimposed. Two women's faces are also panned in close-up.

other one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svz0USluN50

"Getting Away With It" sounds too much like "Love My Way" for me to fully engage with it

Solo or other Groups Full Results

33 Songs
18 Ballots

1 Getting Away With It - Electronic 753 Points 17 Votes 5 Number Ones
2 Get the Message - Electronic 652 Points 16 Votes 2 Number Ones
3 What Do You Want From Me? - Monaco 395 Points 10 Votes 1 Number One
4 Disappointed - Electronic 366 Points 9 Votes 1 Number One
5 Some Distant Memory - Electronic 352 Points 8 Votes 3 Number Ones
6 Tighten Up - Electronic 346 Points 9 Votes 1 Number One
7 The Patience of a Saint - Electronic 326 Points 9 Votes
8 Gangster - Electronic 275 Points 7 Votes
9 Reality - Electronic 273 Points 7 Votes
10 Idiot Country - Electronic 248 Points 6 Votes (1 vote for "Idiot Country Two" (AKA ultimatum mix))
11 Selfish - The Other Two 182 Points 5 Votes
12 Forbidden City - Electronic 172 Points 5 Votes
13 Try All You Want - Electronic 164 Points 4 Votes 1 Number One
14 For You - Electronic 116 Points 3 Votes
15 Tasty Fish - The Other Two 105 Points 3 Votes
16 Spanish Heart - 808 State 104 Points 3 Votes
17 Feel Every Beat - Electronic 101 Points 3 Votes
18 Dark Angel - Electronic 84 Points 2 Votes 1 Number One
19 Out of Control - The Chemical Brothers 83 Points 2 Votes 1 Number One
20 Don't Know What Love Was - Hot Chip, Bernard Sumner & Hot City 81 Points 2 Votes
21 Soviet - Electronic 75 Points 2 Votes
22 Vivid - Electronic 68 Points 2 Votes
23 Twisted Tenderness - Electronic 67 Points 2 Votes
24 Shoot Speed/Kill Light - Primal Scream (Bernard Sumner (guitar 2000)) 50 Points 1 Vote 1 Number One
25 This Time I'm Not Wrong - Sub Sub feat: Bernard Sumner (vocals, guitar, 1997) 50 Points 1 Vote 1 Number One
26 Love Tempo - Quando Quango 46 Points 1 Vote
27 The Real Thing* - Gwen Stefani 43 Points 1 Vote
28 Elephant Stone (12" version) – The Stone Roses 40 Points 1 Vote
29 Wheels Over Indian Trails - Stanton Miranda 38 Points 1 Vote
30 Imitation of Life - Electronic 36 Points 1 Vote
31 Until the End of Time - Electronic 36 Points 1 Vote
32 Looking From a Hilltop (Megamix) - Section 25 34 Points 1 Vote
33 Freefall - Electronic 33 Points 1 Vote

Loving this.

Here's the amazing extended version of "Getting Away With It"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KflzQYOaf1I

Just spun the Unknown Pleasures LP. It still sounds so good. I actually feel like there's something oddly warm and comforting about it.

From: Songs from the "Cool World" Soundtrack
Released: June 22, 1992

this is from the Disappointed single, which came out before the Cool World film or (presumably) soundtrack

Cool results! 'Getting Away With It' is possibly my favourite song of all time.

I need to revisit the first Electronic album, I've only heard it in full a couple of times.

Selfish is the best St Etienne track never released.

I was waiting until the poll results to say the same thing ... "Selfish" could have been a minor classic along the lines of "Avenue" if St. Etienne had recorded it, rather than the nearly forgotten second single by the Other Two.

"What Do You Want From Me?" was my #1. Like "Regret" or "Crystal", it's catchy and propulsive from the opening notes and is immediately recognizable as New Order (even though it isn't). It also has one of the few great Peter Hook vocals outside of "Dreams Never End".

Getting Away With It is such a perfect song, glad to see it win. I love Reality, Gangster, and Some Distant memory so much too.

haha i used to love that monaco track

"Some Distant Memory" was my #1, for reasons mentioned upthread, and I also didn't think there were others who felt as strongly about it as I do. I completely forgot about "Spanish Heart", which is great, and don't think I'd ever consciously heard anything by The Other Two. Thanks to this poll I'll check those records out asap, because *both* these tracks sound like Saint Etienne trying to do their version of "Bizarre Love Triangle" - total catnip to me.

I'm still as unimpressed by Raise The Pressure as I was then, though.

The studio version of "Getting Away With It" was the version shown on MuchMusic. I wonder why the US needed a different video? I mean, it couldn't get better than Barney's shirt in that one.

Stephen & Gillian both play in the Stanton Miranda track that only I voted for. Recommended. They also played on & produced the first album by Miranda's project Thick Pigeon which is pretty good.

the main event

Top 20

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20. These Days
143 Points, 4 Votes

collaborated playlist, please help me keep up (I<M Joy Division):

https://open.spotify.com/user/beeok/playlist/5jWdl7QBLtDJvmhCzw77l2

Ian Riese-Moraine Joy Division?

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/0xbLWfRhu1QK0IwnECuKru9kRc2f0LSsIUX_FnpDzxp8cKO-m2ZAjbNbl_LyXtYAyb2CWCmbAHSXNV1WQs2cPoYCsz2dQNzTiYRSsoOSgWiMd0B_ZJOfXw56fgpkFg6XHZyl6t2UB8r8znj9BmmyEgbgOzLVhqy_imiW39noTrgUJ2al5TCkJSXPbgdK1G6Ebc787W7V0wFCceYNl59OsaGKJJ5ZOI8yhdUmtwyG5aACDvmIpYEAe4t7UPPkXp5hh-xMZsRTsK0K8hvarPAeKnlXXTd28ZRRfdjOcrYxyvDg2SruAcuJCgVoqNcFzwpHyxyGtGDamny5wR24J_II9lAU3x3O09vuHlxXvEKEqa3YHnSsRQ0hcOiJoBSjSCVfWXHeHaAyfpbckqp0e1BwHeGzwyNFtELQvInfFI_Ja4osHQAR8ec0sKsBTLXnW2sPvnVNBPbxTxuQh9bdnLDfJz6I-dxI4umTji7LIHhIEWUUO9AK9RUGjRJFaWlDuoV_hyiW99dLmcnspJam0LghKcm7ly5Rg_TeM__inFuKfvd-L-5Ev6-EmhGq6FgfkfDyPZRMo9iryiODjwucC0fZ9k9UBS9Jd-aGHKQ7UYQUB8VYRk8VihPND-rBVFXcMgEKiYMO16DRe_YpWXXu3wY5qVKgdsxXBhpLbGI=w870-h401-no

19. Insight
151 Points, 4 Votes

This one is a long-time favourite for me. Surprised it's not higher.

my no. 4

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/kn3fY-2hrJC81YZ4JxBJXTu86y7C1Ts4GjUYmD_g40IENjgk4Rudbdq8mCb664I841-OFKp7lo50Mfj5XTatcXRD111NVF4S3UsIKrA_fdeR9b35v07qaNxZiuDMgCY4RLg0eEToiNPExUmnpdxrkj7u1_IU4USGol_Lpk42ZFWDKO3wd9xYZodmetRzjIahbGM3OQOu3G9EksBMuZY45cjToXx8Z5zUgXleXGSOfwuhjck1ChEpaGTdFQzjCJZC8OKS7bjgzDhzJelM5xJd5sytn0Wl6Zp42QN719zWYjcBfe7Hx7A6Gat7FhHwjC4Uxrsq4LwMrW1XyI-Pb5nE9bC08k5hPghpX_yYp82AAhhBIXgvQ_VAAnqNq3oROpfHn42LlqiDK5h5eCwl-1juZXZ5HyfPS_PS0avxm2JoH4kEPoGjmgODegCIdcRb921GyAQCzZgcY845H2YJwGGegaFp_yOvR7JZ7sXH7XBoPI7JE7cFVZQ07KqjmHVypk0MLTn4m5Tbl_tEjqil6c9_PGARR7IrUdcbtGyQ7KZN0jM4oZHjxZ3EtX8EmixpchqNblNmJfOn_W4Dk1TrQa5hzuifp2C6IEvZa_JCnvnNuJxRF5XSkcrcTTgimto4ODdoYnttlTHbXC32OKZvXzJPjXxieb9iBlMIdBg=w817-h417-no

18. A Means to an End
197 Points, 6 Votes

too low, though i guess i put it at the end of my ballot. my first favorite joy division song, i.e. the first moment on closer where i wasn't completely baffled

I find it kinda stodgy.

(I was a bit baffled and didn't pay enough attention to vote. Apols.)

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17. Atrocity Exhibition
216 Points, 6 Votes

Love both of these but they didn't make my ballot (could easily have ended up voting for all of Closer).

this was my number three, so powerful and what a way to start an album.

Hannett's production has been highly praised, with Pitchfork describing it as "sepulchral".[7] However, as with their debut album Unknown Pleasures, both Hook and Sumner were unhappy with Hannett's work. Hook said that "Atrocity Exhibition" was mixed on one of his days off, and when he heard the final product was disappointed that the abrasiveness of his guitar part had been laden with effects and toned down. He wrote; "I was like, head in hands, oh fucking hell, its happening again. Unknown Pleasures number two...Martin [Hannett] had melted the guitar with his Marshall Time Waster. Made it sound like somebody strangling a cat, and to my mind, absolutely killed the song. I was so annoyed with him and went in and gave him a piece of my mind but he just turned around and told me to fuck off"

Bassist Peter Hook and guitarist Bernard Sumner swapped instruments when writing and recording the track; according to Hook, they "were bored writing on our instruments so we just thought let's swap. Barney played bass and I played guitar. I was nowhere as proficient a guitarist as him, mind you, but I liked the way it sounds. Great riff, great bass too.

hannett otm

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/plwccarYkWrYUaSv6yj-bJk-Izr9U34XyWJQuRzdGERaSvOO3C6GSrs3vlU5xkUcr86KoxNiDtKGVR3CKX5S3nqR_2za2IQ4xo9cdZAwpteEjA2SHHyrav62HWSCHEegr98TBALNNn-KH7YVfdz8qIg6Whrc29g_6WTFaCGCrpdxkzsPnXekkVK9qzwvxGGwEBEYDLSyrcFbbDa76RPMgrxUgspNOiftHLdm9qznlsvwtDdKb9It81qTKUgvFiacn-BxLy7RzIENf9Cqp60abMpk_8jRPXJ6rM9OW_OnnQJdm_DEpbxikhh28yUOBPUI59WfVfNdGipdwJUy0ngiMEGcSCvUe3wi-WAWCLbquq81R7whmAiQUghStXsIvcnZMHnhO4Tu5Y9mg7u_lZmwU9p-qNC5kBVuADAge8lGEyV9dMAqGuS-cUWRXqBYgRsUa-Gdx0-DRwiJVuXpXdxVutQiDEs3MqwM5eAG-MD4OG99EUBPs5hPx5D5qBBoNcAK3_PKEeQ8_i4fVEaJlyOi0xnfhuSKohT4snsnRaAx2mANs_j0zNUK7NXL4LARjx9LcKXwOuxjFAmAwftWpcdhT1xrrxMeZFi-RwmQwXgqrhENxiSFj3r58aQRLlqpNBMqZ6KkQp4rBZpKuZkGxhSu61ijszcTqsJETWc=w871-h401-no

16. Day of the Lords
233 Points, 6 Votes, 1 Number One

this might turn out to be my last poll...

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/98ZPFJNb04R6U8DIIrxVht4BJIDxkjHYc1ynr20xzjh41oheYArREmNs_2Q_ROj-hx89-tj81UUBGY3VeZXJjuObdEXN8HjMAmesuLqCBT4sUg5Ah3WMpby3TVUpMjnmPdmTIO9SpDDnWcdCQnaNE28YBjAMA_RcMk-lhd1GuPLkkbdLV8N19XcJd7fZ9yyYpFIxt6hpk3fsEClRT-CH42fYokZI6iqaleDCdYxH7IMSkUSZPR-p_Ka46eehc75AaKQ-db5BtRA192Zd9Y77WxPATjw7YPT7_00nO075W7FyLQuPgg8qNGAPofAG6N4lvbZeUbGpXBdHAGLBZTeYEjV5bwPEI_E-EMZ_WlDpBSq2l7mb13SSoL68UCUc_FbYkJyZHRXZCMaLgV4-R-hjUpzzRPaeYWMf9GSUqitg7c1q-Xc4-gmSQdwNQFeZcLzF9yuBXOCBIa7_RVxqoDw3H6DG3bjFvowSUJkxP_kJ7VHCjrDzApakGoWGdms6dFLN_Hu8-Yy-zFKpudR3UBVNSoV8JIMxR0lqZItvKV7tYOMPdxwzBc21aZctDbb8EDYxdEc5IVE91gIAZeEi4Pn6JPcBhWx6FMyzwXseCLgzufAOMkVOSygQkf7i8vBXYZaXe6XtkWmrSWo1nwUGZYUSBxlJNyF0wNisgGY=w870-h400-no

15. The Eternal
238 Points, 6 Votes, 1 Number One

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/JBrWJlUXOf674eid3TYFcPtHcvg611-bYsFNlV-nSGZoaRnYAVQzpRwPZfaITjVK3AAG1_8DkjbRrG9i4wglihiAsW8QjJM7N3pANuLuSzX97K20qiv4Bc4LpmcB4cZ080rX3hR8AtKrrq2s8BNI0YdovON-SOhWt1mv-1L9JQ8QZ6ubZ_7tXNrJ1ljeCSg1URUUm13TE8KuyRNp6a2TcdEFCn_L88WVG7t4O6P5ymBEiPlvECyuM89J0k5wTHKFuPicKpXzoTN8R3PP-6ugpGJOIrgPjf_wTDynKqh2H48EILtpEe3Cts3owyPkG-KbigEplrKx8Eu5xZMVdR7e7hLtmWkBidNPVm4G8x1vV__r4eD1AexdcNiFvNXirXbV2m1nN9weaESr3tmpPiOixnE-wLlkf-0PhfmfbydnYV3iS-dy3esfeYSWjwUY79UZgBTeL9dsijNI-wvRfELymHmOPRE4ZjEK05136MVqmILOH-BwQP1oICT4-RbUW67kpn56ChwOOyGf9K8pofOxgRZlE9VGk_30HBWxUTgvx5-GbPq3Ar4mmAE6kr9ICbH-ZJHAuAEuOtdriJf-iFAA24I4xLfrU1uUhueZSNrKPbxtqSh977uhD8hxhbIYWvRAfHYMe5B-PmtR6iejyWlstY4SkyPrPt5IadQ=w875-h400-no

14. Digital
252 Points, 7 Votes

day of the lords just missed my ballot. it was really great rediscovering how much i like unknown pleasures

"Digital" was recorded in the band's first session with Martin Hannett as producer. Recording took place at Cargo Studios in Rochdale, Lancashire on 11 October 1978.

It was the last song ever performed by Joy Division, as it was the final song of the last gig recorded on 2nd May 1980 at Birmingham University.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/xn9WsZycRGJUkMtVxgD1qttayPJRpzX350BIJrty65zUNl_zu-b2_zb75_2kU6jnnxo-iwU77e17trH0ZrUUuKn1Z9ewC2c1gTbZygVUNbBJeSAFrMm2jCCSj0NeR6NorZYm6afDCVICIbm63GVxcJ2PvDXmvv5bcK4zHrXIYUZpZ4_lEdbKisYs_5I3_oXioQ9fg8c1lloGhpTvN_J7rB8ZYlcNbfCG81uXiY5dU07ziOIUYh4snpgYiNufaUmnVQmbqqn7SRzkHxPxRnRlqnli6Ekp3MmBBpqtj10OGLbOKE6FsCcy_tFzSiv8RMWXjQ_iqJVzplBhXrRI3V4s6gxUVpCx7cTnUAXA95e41jyec3tmuE83tjSQvJTF92uXbZjDCy0HEuq8lFQNa5NmrXh6hEl52ujAYO-tdb0yz4JnsdRT-Nv_ld3JdUCfJmxOtHkW9IkLlcImYxFYJ771_iwpr-C8D3mTUDka7Be-qREA-J_VgaIlmVazXpr4zXD6_K15nkHKnzWpBTsycGVgQ3oD2OQGgVpz3Lt7G1d_piauJx7FpSuJnayzZZVvoLqCL3hlJCkjRJJLZifRpVg-2pydi09X1v2iKi3555K9PXfypj6Lqn32VHZBDc6D7CDoHF8FgMqi4PYG1TFM4nzi6vqOw06YMZe64ms=w871-h401-no

13. Ceremony
258 Points, 6 Votes

Just got here. None of my votes showed up yet, though it was hard leaving "Atrocity Exhibition" off my ballot. I realized while voting that I loved Closer more as an album than individual tracks.

my #2 but understandable that not everyone voted for it

"Ceremony" was one of the last Joy Division songs to be composed, with lyrics written by Ian Curtis. There are three recorded versions by Joy Division in existence. The first is a live version, available on the Still album, from their final concert at High Hall, Birmingham University on 2 May 1980. The second, available on the Heart and Soul four-disc box set, is from a studio session on 14 May 1980,[4] four days before Curtis's suicide. It was the band's last recording. The third is a version recorded at the soundcheck on the afternoon of 2 May 1980 (along with "Decades") and is only available on bootleg. In all recordings, the vocals are only partially audible.

"digital"!

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/I3ruRuvrexyAbsdQxSN2F5f-KxxdCORz9WvQ0h-HDgBx8x2FOZXhM3p4B6P8AQ4lPfMVX8TVTSUeYT_NpOEdRn7ckobQkEs-vYfSeyx-n6uXvqqWdgMS4zsyccJe5I5p2C6Mk-LMNXm6gW4RiJMAFaTYt-fQ4dj-re3imkODYxYvrXF_QLM_N578L3tgwjQ7A65-JKG6FKnytYRrzxRikdpwSE2SHOCvJ4UfSzm6F7ZgAjam4pz9t4HNqxyIDMM3nJoWhmbRZ3jfrLCYgf4fWghYKKXYazjKnx86_LHA06fsqyaOLL8qq29OFfm8USWw7sxu8Rk-QtHh3VpL7C6A6uDROc-6jr2h8td7M-wL7h_P6rHbmdfIMTvGzIAV5-q3VGcKxqUBCQiX-VRcPTYSr6OP6dr8J9BM8UtWnR8zLGc2CPKv2ALfU86GzgwOsw-JONEw8CzGdH7DxISlD1YDbHWsexRThe8fJ7j0ZPdN2SoThoVMBiD4aCsAgp4b03_PO83SnXjdbkKM9DKiaC4z1rA9Jkemjx6o8bHj7Qn93vksza161C4VbLn8NLIDibtW6zY5kROjb0n493PLY5cnAv6TMopndQ4M9794DR8hFgfzKa_hhNg8uwmSsspSqy6fR4g0D_ADJfKh0s_qh9PotBlXdHclCy3SGlg=w871-h404-no

12. Isolation
323 Points, 9 Votes

Isolation is so fantastic. I really like the version New Order started doing in 1998 as well, one of their best reworks of a Joy Division track

Bassist Peter Hook said the ending of "Isolation" came as the serendipitous result of Martin Hannett's efforts to rescue the original master tape from a botched edit by a junior sound engineer.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/lLgCSBkGPzoU6lLWzMJtpc64zZdNe6jvvgpViV7BVoDmXYTa25deGm3VuLne07i7Y0l9hL5OfrfQ9iE8djmRd5RH7fAk9N5emtUSY6ZdaedxvcHZItmIcDP09BE2yJHxcp4n9yeyvL_RjJCvQmHmdcUhiCcHQ5j85vXqEPiVMTjRwsxOxsMfSFywmIgmkysa9xWSAXne_ZJ_7X0gCXR9y8gjcvjhuZrpzLOS-NTrdAnLihfQRjYf8iVH5rgpSuhV4k7yEQ59ccN62-wXmTkYU0Yt4jSzOcA59Qkd_mPVG3KTw4SJyJAuX5ZYpdcdBewIafQbqB_1LNI_L8ApRBSOy9X4a3uCvcli0tp25sxsML7W52r0EPdm7t6AyYU54OfZbARX03lzOeN9D6CgGkKHimzj-zUC-9Q1GCVD24LHxVCuUkU8wYmv3IkFeMx41mOFtEZJ1Y8CG6n4_CAeygohmPn5F0R0pHxl9c3BhEBStJifs1Yu8sDnim-krPvKW3VsxxPjFDYwao4jwqddst5mSDTsop99pAAhr-1UXHX43Lp5JmIDuP4hQ94lgvDfIc54QgUiJQXjs5ENlUayliuo4ZLMM_79aqUFZvLt9lP_mFO5LXNfKUQCYZKJP-aKv0jc9d1iY1K4qQrtP_XgRC3gz4hE9vXxjp7e7LY=w869-h400-no

11. Heart and Soul
351 Points, 9 Votes

I like that song but I always had a problem with the way Ian Curtis sings the chorus off key most of the time.

Ha, when I heard Unknown Pleasures in a coffeeshop over the summer, it really hit me that he sounds like he's in a different key than the band much of the time. It still manages to work for me (maybe because of this?).

so powerful but didn't crack my Top 10.

the drumming in this song is such a highlight.

the somewhat off key vocals bug me a lot more on Closer than Unknown Pleasures for some reason

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/0O4q0RWb86gQdi5ldLKOleUre4W7o5uqbKuxPxvGjB7tSWnI5TeRQmr8q5YJHTAo5_aTlRQt6kr8eR5DRR_PaBkP3m5J_Ai2ngeiLQVYJH19Dz2FHNPYR81GXy0Rg_7L7ptXzWMb0lsSsZdAO2sRIgRZW0IRHmt_wCNzNPKXP0cO_JBRJuhFlRg9I0OZJnmiGKlPyD-DHWXdGfXnpZuDXwa9LaifbIK9F1qoCZfe2nb3fhCNKAtHDCo-V7UMgm4CIDINokD0X4Fci2SC6FBIgOTzR3slZEOezYqBDjdnROBKWr1F0EiMb5CnO4nDUXFIQMwCEDnS4t3_aPsZA3ckAqhMZoo7P6KANIfbqS7BgFa1mtX9Q0NTdnk2BYeXOQzmEaBX5psLYroYJ3N-X6xuKxd72SXJ_D4BYRkU9xh13SjbdbnpwrRxK7qR8zKiRlMXxef5VBpoidjdUZCKwtqgOA9CaOLkUVa8osJEkwwimqSrlK1pcm_i0CLZdS9RRKuzBDmWIJNK1FkcV7F3R0G_IGzorPqXUlXraXwbZ_4n8S2UWzaVXzQXLHlI3pzEl_gKMcfEpGzc63_fBeQro_N78LsUysHzTfSMZ_CpFwiqNA-RfKHyi0NB7fhcjDznE47F0qu_Y6oj_XbtnNpdn20ybAJZheprWb-TgNw=w870-h400-no

10. Decades
425 Points, 11 Votes, 1 Number One

Top 10

decades is a fucking unreal song

the somewhat off key vocals bug me a lot more on Closer than Unknown Pleasures for some reason

I think they're actually key to what affected me about Joy Division in the first place. Like, if he sang like Bono or someone, I don't think it would have worked the same way. I've never really analysed how or why, though. Probably something I should attempt.

Just catching up, voted "Decades" as my number ten too.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/fIA0_v6igumaG-ooqBrE1DHD3wmUHmO6mRU36pXsMuwl-TQHiVFOKla41l632cdQ7icwczlcQs6ILV21veuBUrKk5ER2SCrfIfBatJSz98jTHl5Fiv4atRZfB9OdHPRs_DkzBKzMOazmBcsiW7Cl4NgCKLGxdP8G_c4cRE-0ISRpKqthfyac0NbHsgxS1nxFKGiHTM7UP0aaTL1pFUAWY7pwWPjc-XTVZnOKRrPoqUskI7LQn3mGBruVxJRvZtreB93ADOyMoyswpJZ8oEzwNKLvbrIlvMiWvvimdOBdimuoZjgy5o6qxa8uhVa8Se8J8y0m1v2gvtRWU2lQvQ5mYqd1Xudg8jV9eEog7j9sXhZ4dqmaVDNZo9AZymoPJ_lK0g_mG6k9F0x_aLyDE5yH59xmMhgQWzmTLlQBbbHE-mRLtfbuKDj7OuAmTL_uPY0BCxve-49LFBE_S9eWb0qUnTeBoqS9jRKHeorMtOBiSZvT-wdRqYOxXfVHNNquM7dOWZzkw7l0AMyzf_I2VR0kzKkyeNCNrw7QhVFfIcexPNzzOC1DT6-TkIvyxIISQmrgA_DGCPHQxQogp6bZo20C5kx-8bZNhOOZktFh-ts_aLfgFi-SG6EEMtrgmZxcc6MrKk8Oi2D-mSOTQ7N9o6qON9ur7mwblFJq8Wc=w870-h400-no

9. Dead Souls
444 Points, 12 Votes, 1 Number One

Solid track. Just missed my ballot.

"Day of the Lords" def made it, though.

"Someone take these dreams away
That point me to another day"

i just been reminded of the Nine Inch Nail's version of this song: https://youtu.be/sDHqywS6un0

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/GDxVT9m5xFENNm3WpAFrBHzgtTSWz_4Pekx7kY5Upb6_B1z9sKeYbxA5kYViW2pHbDoA6sMkOsrRQBQUJ_UA3KXjN96CuPtoMNJ6sTJbUeWuZYiTXrvuOx8MQFfRDaJLpv4rSFtCpbE4k6LRBDtvfSSzNmscxQ4XwRZblYi-vzy0H_Gky7lwj8az6OT1e7iBYBWiBj4YClQcpGJIaoWxttiqdwrzFrPsI1vwgIOmVPNqV4QSVerglo9WfOdcVpK4kE9fU72RhtUJJziG5z3JL8DDdNXA4fnoEZyeaqPaaRy0E4De-JBBWOS7_CZ5SV4WJOx82kDT8NrIZsCshiUvKKTJXLJ8ZcUBXnWrMRr3NCiRqjQpiZ8l86tFoUYItz6KR84ELjHi3J2zQwXeUvi5JWdnNWvV8YyQ3P2puOfwsnaQhcPt10le-WzGfOEumNlfC2mvca84JG35WpjBX1Hvdy1_VnkyDiE7XNoqQih_Z88l-st5o3GHMYwlcR7a7MzjAKf3wZLDTv5iu7NkpBwltmiSLWjuYaE8g1B6vRw9YovKbvNb4-Ln5zRlpLtGQ4HIbqgbfdkh6ucqCl-JfTyiEo4udXvSjyhbzUgdb1iZ0b3JedMibjwcO2TWOtxVNf7Ke5RpwTe3i1wSbOLEV5Zan70KiWUSOFTTk8U=w870-h400-no

8. New Dawn Fades
506 Points, 13 Votes, 1 Number One

:New Dawn Fades" opens with a backwards and heavily modified sample from previous song "Insight", presumably added by Martin Hannett, post-production. The song relies on an ascending guitar riff by Bernard Sumner played against a descending bass riff by Peter Hook. The song uses the same progression throughout, but grows in intensity as the song progresses, reaching its peak with Ian Curtis singing "Me, seeing me this time, hoping for something else", and ending with a guitar solo. The song closes side one of Unknown Pleasures. It's also one of few Joy Division songs with two distinct guitars playing, one distorted and one a clean electric guitar picking notes from the guitar chords.

"New Dawn Fades" has been featured in several films. In the 1995 film Heat, an instrumental version of Moby's cover plays during the car chase leading up to Al Pacino's and Robert De Niro's first on-screen meeting. It was also used in the 2005 remake of House of Wax, and a live version was featured in the 2006 Academy Award nominee Reprise. An instrumental version was produced by Christopher Drake on the Batman Year One Soundtrack. It was most-recently used in the soundtrack for Antoine Fuqua's 2014 movie, The Equalizer, starring Denzel Washington. It's in the soundtrack of ACAB - All Cops Are Bastards.

and "New Dawn Fades" did make my ballot.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/zxBD52O8KtdrqzHvzzhcESH_zlXPezgXHBcRG_D-2AAsq4wkJGzvI0WDTteeZocAnB_cVkQCw2B0j8mx7wbmFj0EEG8xRWnwt8S57oMYg6gbeIxMtGpjgOY-GUo1WD-bScH7_BzYssuQjc8bbZjgICqjv6z0MHUQasJAK3fX70DqrV7QgfoaoP0Eal7ajAsgRQTRlsPGYBwz4WgoVPJ4AOT8sPcY3k4WjHPxgESlOODpUz4LueagBBAmrUUpP0Z60eobLp7D5DioEKP-sGsqJbvgKe33iZRPJv18JRQ-3FHh3A15uMsQSl7FyPPfCTCTIPdLsA53VRhooX1tvsH_grIaZBHHguGke28LtbYpyEUikLVf09TfTYukSGsC-yGB2fw6Z-BzWlcl8dhzuoNZdIfWkMkSaHahBJgsg_5GHtTkRlociPMc5MH7KCUaKxdWvy47bvaBaKQjWDByDZGQwME4Y7BRgpgg7tLT9glD9Fl72wIln96Nz8kdPmc1_Y-Hx_MlG-3RpB-8U6HYerj48CYTpwW3dyovAypxyTBiRY7AFsmdKSsE8Wac57KB0aDyOPWbVomUjA5urosmq3rKflMR7YIu2Xc-0MRghfxZVSdHhDQfexcT5r9LWF2VbU8-0hqoHp2HcZl2fcgDIHqZNoFitxLgQXqzc0k=w870-h400-no

7. She Lost Control
620 Points, 16 Votes, 2 Number Ones
(*1 Vote for "Evidently Chicken/BBC")

over 100 point jump

Two separate recordings of the song have been released: the version appearing on the band's debut album, and an extended, more electronic version was released in 1980 as a 12" single.[4] This 12" single version contains an additional verse not present on the initial version of the song, and was recorded in March 1980 at Strawberry Studios, Stockport, making this song one of the last studio recordings recorded by the band prior to the May 1980 suicide of their lead singer, Ian Curtis. On the US release of the 12" single, "She's Lost Control" appeared as the A-side (with "Atmosphere" as the B-side), as opposed the UK version, where the song appeared as the B-side to "Atmosphere"

The composition of "She's Lost Control" centres upon Peter Hook's bassline, played high up on the neck, and a mechanistic drum beat played by Stephen Morris. For the song's recording, each drum was recorded completely separately, as producer Martin Hannett obsessively pursued clean drum sounds with no "bleed through" (when one drum's sound is added to the signal of another drum unintentionally) on songs he considered potential singles.

Live, this song would be played at a faster pace than that upon the album, and much more aggressively, with Curtis often shouting the lyrics before the bridge sections. The syndrum used upon live performances of this song would often be more abrasive and louder in the mix than that used upon the studio recordings. On later live recordings, Curtis would play a keyboard line during the coda, one of only a few songs on which he would play an instrument.

Curtis primarily drew the lyrical inspiration for "She's Lost Control" from a young woman he met while working at a Macclesfield occupational rehabilitation centre between 1978 and 1979. The woman had epilepsy and had been desperate to find employment, yet she suffered seizures whenever she came to the exchange, which would greatly disturb Curtis. At one stage, this young woman ceased attending her appointments at the occupational rehabilitation centre. Initially, Curtis assumed she had found a job, but he would later discover she had died of an epileptic seizure.

Her unexpected death and Curtis's subsequent awareness and experiences of the stigma endured by individuals suffering from neurological impairments formed the lyrical inspiration for the song.

wow!

Curtis would later inform his wife he had been informed this woman had choked to death in her sleep as a result of an epileptic seizure. Consequently, one of Ian Curtis's greatest fears was his dying in his sleep as a result of an epileptic seizure. Due to this fear, he and his wife would establish a ritual whereby, upon evenings following a Joy Division gig in which Curtis did not experience an epileptic seizure, Ian would either sit in a chair and wait for an epileptic seizure to occur in his wife's presence, or lie in bed with his wife as both listened in silence, to await a change in his breathing rhythm (which would signal an impending seizure), in order that his wife could help him, before he would sleep.

"New Dawn Fades" was my #1. Still flows so well and feels so powerful.

Last concert playlist High Hall, Birmingham University on 2 May 1980:

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/QY4lujnk3t9loMB4PP8uqpoHismkkpOLNuGjFHRBMbWILmWSAFmoDQuavvIY50WvvYrx1BEzxKLBkjR68s6z7F-vH2JXuSocrHcvrm0DLfKogDDfE3ff_svq-hwyMCXj-EdWTkfnP8GN30WEdTPKxVQXjKq7JAmzb-SfqjiVJldo17Gmn_iKIkbOATaCzPirM68cPW_-w__5XE7RZPWqQ5dfML71x6hgXYn8WEpc5wJGiTXn3Ye65Tzk6bQNO8QWnevpxVf8UE8H0W9sNJl5BTioKUL-C_Rcw5cDiqSCUYaO3KRghBvvgxGcFsuwtsSm5eMmChYta99bgo_8cp1JvQaKKIJnXLA76mo2QiIBQ0aPEWGvdm-k_hBSd8QX5G6Pa0ZhG6D_0xtBnr_jhTwGGowr8QxgeBhblO4KTlPHUUUB_Ta0MoLg4YhY8FHSQcaWFSBgFYsRTyGNcS43NNOKeje39xTm-FCJBmktj7TK-VgKyMA0V-K-JV2vhps4aqMmsouAHIXmZEO9lji0RLEB6k8zpCXssU12IHTCrfZPMG9vMcRK1YrniwUusgAAuxCE8YYFvtuMGf1LdV0vbkJRYFZWkuvVNINphByowit3Fole2wuljBAH2tLfZ6quLVe5cSNrPCCICNA7l6mTqcfW6RT8vx-i3rlaBWg=w564-h949-no

https://youtu.be/xqHF3hdxz_M

Unpopular opinion - I'm sick to death of "Dead Souls." Never want to hear it again.

Only one of my votes has charted yet (Atrocity Exhibition). I guess I prefer different things from JD than most of you.

i give up

tomorrow will be the Top 6

i still have yet to watch "Control" going to try now:

https://youtu.be/japVdQlB5wE

I hasten to add that I do like most of these songs a lot, but not top 10.

I thought this was going to finish tonight.

This poll is great! Fully agree on the 'other projects' results.

And I was happy to discover The Other Two, who, I'm ashamed to admit, had note heard until now. To me "Selfish" sounds even more like Dubstar than Saint Etienne.

BTW, loving this countdown!

Really enjoying the reveal.

Great stuff. I'd have voted A Means To An End higher. Agree w. Brad it was the first chink of comprehending Closer.

This is my favorite version of Day of the Lords and it's pretty much the peak of JD live, at anytime, anywhere:

https://youtu.be/bQ4duQx0Zv0

The sound quality is iffy, but the intensity is off the charts. The volume overload destroying the recording helps you to appreciate it more.

This is the version I love, great sound https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K29bLvLka9A

^^^ Les Bains Douches is the only JD I need in my life

Great pictures Bee OK, thanks for doing this! I've voted for every song in the Top 10 so far. I have a feeling my whole Top 10 will show up. I thought "New Dawn Fades" would be higher.

a poster that used to post here, even ran an artist pol in the past, brought this up to me when they submitted their ballot. they just lurk now, so here it is, an Ian Curtis memorial:

http://salient.org.nz/2015/10/the-ian-curtis-memorial-wall-wallace-street-an-investigation/

Spotify is up to date thanks Nate!

ILM Joy Division: https://open.spotify.com/user/beeok/playlist/5jWdl7QBLtDJvmhCzw77l2

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6. Love Will Tear Us Apart
640 Points, 16 Votes, 3 Number Ones

My number 6 too. Perfect song but it has suffered a bit from overplay for me.

My number one. I figured it'd be the default winner of the poll, but I can understand how people would find it overplayed and want to vote for other songs.

It's a perfect song in every way, I've always found it equally romantic and heartbreaking. In the hands of almost any other band, the lyrics would give rise to a maudlin dirge of a melody, a weepy candlelit confessional. In Joy Division's hands it's an anthem, a jolt of fire to the heart.

i agree with both of you. it was my number 8 in the end, i just couldn't leave it out of my ballot.

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5. Twenty Four Hours
661 Points, 17 Votes, 3 Number Ones

also got three number 1 votes!

Top 5

Twenty Four Hours woulda been my number 1! (OK, probably Atmosphere, but that feels like a given, a track carved into the mountains.)

My number 8 and my favorite song on Closer. Re-listening to it now I should've put it higher. The tempo change in the instrumental breaks is great.

I love "Twenty Four Hours" - the Peel session is so much rawer than the album version so that's my go-to listen.

I'd no chance to vote in this, but love the roll-out. The pictures are amazing, too. Don't be too down on this Bee OK, you're doing a great job imo.

thanks, i needed that. it has been a little disheartening running this poll.

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4. Shadowplay
787 Points, 20 Votes, 1 Number One

another 100 point jump

this is pretty special:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mpZUPPTyjo

One of the hardest decisions of only having 10 spots on my ballot was leaving out "Shadowplay." I'm glad to see it didn't need my help.

"Shadowplay" was also my number 4. so it placed perfectly for me.

My favorite Sumner guitar work. Going from Electronic to "Shadowplay" was a shock for me.

I had it at number 4 too. Great guitar hook that is somewhat a bit different for them. Almost hard rock?

Haha x-post with both of you.

Shadowplay is fucking great

Everything on the first Peel Session was bettered by their proper studio versions, but everything on the second Peel Session slays their studio counterparts (Love Will Tear Us Apart being a possible exception, I've gone back and forth with my preference for each version for the past twenty five years).

i just got in golfed with this: http://joydiv.org.

1980 Cancelled US Tour:

Little is known about the venues that Joy Division intended to play on their US tour. We know that Hurrah's and Tuts were planned, and we know that New Order played at some of the same venues when they got out to the States in September. From this information it seems likely that the cancelled tour included the following venues. The dates in brackets are when New Order eventually played.

21 May Hurrah - New York (26 Sept) Info
22 May Hurrah - New York (26 Sept) Info
23 May Hurrah - New York (26 Sept) Info
25 May The Edge - Toronto Info
26 May Bookies Detroit Info
27 May Tuts - W.Belmont, Chicago Info
28 May Merlyn's - Madison, Wisconsin Info
29 May Duffy's - Minneapolis Info
31 May 9:30 Club, Washington Info
1 June Tier 3 (aka TR3) - New York (27 Sept) Info
3 June American Indian Center, San Francisco or Info
4 June American Indian Center, San Francisco Info
7 June Madame Wong's, Los Angeles Info
8 June Flipper's Roller Boogie Palace, Los Angeles Info
9 June The Starwood, Sunset Blvd - Los Angeles Info
?? Maxwell's - Hoboken, New Jersey (20 Sept) Info
?? Bogart's Cincinnati Info
?? The Underground - Boston (30 Sept) Info

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3. Atmosphere
811 Points, 20 Votes, 1 Number One

i think this was my first exposure to Joy Division through this video.

https://youtu.be/1EdUjlawLJM

This falls under "great but overplayed" for me. I'm glad it wasn't number one, but I would have been fine with it going the poll too, even though I didn't vote for it.

Fine with it topping the poll...

Yeah I expected it to win. Majestic. Probably their greatest moment.

I'm missing a song. Which is dumb.

Dance, dance, dance... and?

and it's the song that seems to be the most direct antecedent of the sound of New Order

Walked In Line! Obvs.

lol

The song was originally released on 18 March 1980 by the label Sordide Sentimental as a France-only single under the title "Licht und Blindheit" (German for "Light and Blindness"). It was limited to 1578 copies[citation needed] and featured the track "Dead Souls" as the B-side. John Peel played "Atmosphere" for the first time on his show on 11 March 1980 and "Dead Souls" the following night.

Following the death of lead singer Ian Curtis in May 1980, "Atmosphere" was released as a single along with "She's Lost Control". "Atmosphere" was the A-side for the UK release but the B-side for the USA release. "She's Lost Control" is an alternative version of the one that appears on the band's debut album Unknown Pleasures. The single peaked at number 1 in New Zealand in August 1981, and it would later re-chart there in July 1984 (number 17) and when it was reissued in August 1988 (number 5). "Atmosphere" also hit number 34 in the UK Singles Chart during June 1988, and pick the number 2 spot on the UK indie chart in July 1988.

The single was re-released in 1988 to coincide with the release of the compilation album Substance.

I've been waiting for a guide to come and ... tell me what's #1

Oh

this poll has been interesting, to say the least.

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2. Transmission
825 Points, 19 Votes, 5 Number Ones

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1. Disorder
848 Points, 21 Votes, 6 Number Ones

there it is

Awesome stuff Bee. Thanks for the fun. I'm now gonna listen to the vinyl copy of Closer that so, so confused me at 15. I bought it really cheap cos the guy in a Chester record shop thought it was an ep. Still think A Means To An End got a raw deal. Top 5 for me.

Joy Division Full Results

26 Ballots
38 Songs

1 Disorder 848 Points 21 Votes 6 Number Ones
2 Transmission 825 Points 19 Votes 5 Number Ones
3 Atmosphere 811 Points 20 Votes 1 Number One
4 Shadowplay 787 Points 20 Votes 1 Number One
5 Twenty Four Hours 661 Points 17 Votes 3 Number Ones
6 Love Will Tear Us Apart 640 Points 16 Votes 3 Number Ones
7 She Lost Control 620 Points 16 Votes 2 Number Ones
8 New Dawn Fades 506 Points 13 Votes 1 Number One
9 Dead Souls 444 Points 12 Votes 1 Number One
10 Decades 425 Points 11 Votes 1 Number One
11 Heart and Soul 351 Points 9 Votes
12 Isolation 323 Points 9 Votes
13 Ceremony 258 Points 6 Votes
14 Digital 252 Points 7 Votes
15 The Eternal 238 Points 6 Votes 1 Number One
16 Day of the Lords 233 Points 6 Votes 1 Number One
17 Atrocity Exhibition 216 Points 6 Votes
18 A Means To An End 197 Points 6 Votes
19 Insight 151 Points 4 Votes
20 These Days 143 Points 4 Votes
21 Passover 135 Points 4 Votes
22 Warsaw 111 Points 3 Votes
23 Something Must Break 104 Points 3 Votes
24 ice age 72 Points 2 Votes
25 Novelty 70 Points 2 Votes
26 Interzone 68 Points 2 Votes
27 Sound of Music 67 Points 2 Votes
28 The Only Mistake  46 Points 1 Vote
29 The Kill 43 Points 1 Vote
30 Candidate 40 Points 1 Vote
31 Exercise One 40 Points 1 Vote
32 autosuggestion 38 Points 1 Vote
33 No Love Lost 35 Points 1 Vote
34 Colony (Peel Session) 34 Points 1 Vote
35 I Remember Nothing 34 Points 1 Vote
36 Wilderness 34 Points 1 Vote
37 leaders of men 33 Points 1 Vote
38 Incubation 32 Points 1 Vote

thanks everyone, especially to all the voters!

I really would have voted for Walked in Line as well.

great to see Disorder at #1, what a perfect song. some of my favourite guitar from Sumner, the eerie background ambience, and feeling, feeling, feeling, feeling, feeling, feeling, feeling!

Thanks for running the poll Bee OK!

my ballots:

Disorder
Ceremony
Atmosphere
Transmission
New Dawn Fades
Shadowplay
Twenty Four Hours
Love Will Tear Us Apart
She's Lost Control
Isolation

Getting Away With It
Reality
Some Distant Memory
Gangster
Disappointed
Get The Message
For You
Dark Angel
Tighten Up
What Do You Want From Me

New Order - Technique
New Order - Substance
New Order - Brotherhood
New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Electronic - Electronic
New Order - Low-Life

my ballot:

Joy Division:

1. Atmosphere
2. Transmission
3. Atrocity Exhibition
4. Shadowplay
5. Digital
6. New Dawn Fades
7. Twenty Four Hours
8. Love Will Tear Us Apart
9. Passover
10. Disorder

New Order solo or other groups:

1. Some Distant Memory
2. Get the Message
3. Getting Away With It
4. Gangstar
5. For You
6. Try All You Want
7. What Do You Want From Me?
8. The Patience of a Saint
9. Feel Every Beat
10. Tighten Up

Albums:

1. Unknown Pleasures
2. Technique
3. Power, Corruption & Lies
4. Closer
5. Substance – Joy Division
6. Substance – New Order
7. Low-Life

on #1,#2 and #4, ILM and I are of one mind
1. Disorder
2/ Transmission
3 Heart and Soul
4. Shadowplay
5. Digital
6. 24 Hours
7. Atmosphere
8. Dead Souls
9. Warsaw
10. New Dawn Fades

Let me know if anyone wants me to post your ballot?

(For those who have lost theirs)

I would have expected "Disorder" to fall behind "Transmission" and "Atmosphere," but hey, what do I know? Interesting results. Thanks Bee!

Top to bottom...

Transmission
Atmosphere
The Kill
Exercise One
Ice Age
Disorder
Atrocity Exhibition
Colony (Peel Session)
Sound of Music (Peel Session)
Twenty Four Hours (Peel Session)

Out of Control (Chemical Brothers)
Getting Away With It (Electronic)
What Do You Want From Me? (Monaco)
Get The Message (Electronic)
Wheels Over Indian Trails (Stanton Miranda)
Tighten Up (Electronic)
The Patience of a Saint (Electronic)
Forbidden City (Electronic)
Tasty Fish (The Other Two)
Selfish (The Other Two)

Movement
Still
Substance (Joy Division)
The Complete BBC Recordings
Power, Corruption & Lies
Substance (New Order)
Unknown Pleasures

My ballot. I included a Sumner production; I could've included Hooky's production of "Elephant Stone" too, I suppose.

1. Transmission
2. Decades
3. Isolation
4. Shadowplay
5. Heart and Soul
6. Love Will Tears Us Apart
7. Atmosphere
8. She’s Lost Control
9. Disorder
10. Atrocity Exhibition

1. Electronic – Get the Message
2. Quando Quango – Love Tempo
3. Electronic – Getting Away with It
4. Monaco – What Do You Want From Me
5. The Other Two – Selfish
6. Electronic – Forbidden City

My ballot

Joy Division Tracks

Disorder
Love Will Tear Us Apart
Transmission
Atmosphere
Digital
She's Lost Control
Twenty Four Hours
Dead Souls
Shadowplay
Interzone

Solo or other tracks

All Electronic except where noted:

Getting Away With It
Idiot Country
Disappointed
Tighten Up
Reality
Feel Every Beat
Forbidden City
Tasty Fish (The Other Two)
Selfish (The Other Two)
Get the Message

Albums

Substance 1987
Technique
Unknown Pleasures
Low-Life
Brotherhood
Electronic
Power, Corruption & Lies
Closer
Republic

Love that Twenty Four Hours placed so high. I used to listen to the live version from the 'Still' cassette over and over:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQl5tpEEHM0

I never would have predicted "Disorder" at #1. Cool result though!

My ballot:

Part 1 (JD):

Love Will Tear Us Apart
New Dawn Fades
Shadowplay
Twenty Four Hours
Transmission
Day of the Lords
Disorder
Sound of Music
A Means To An End
Warsaw

Part 2 (songs):
Monaco, What do You Want From Me
Electronic, Getting Away With It
The Other Two, Selfish
Electronic, Get the Message
Electronic, Idiot Country
Electronic, Gangster
808 State feat. Bernard Sumner, Spanish Heart
Electronic, Tighten Up
Electronic, Some Distant Memory
Electronic, Reality

Part 3 (albums):
Joy Division, Unknown Pleasures
New Order, Technique
Joy Division, Substance
New Order, Power Corruption and Lies
Electronic, Electronic
Joy Division, Complete BBC Recordings
New Order, Substance

Unless I've missed something, "Failures", "Komakino", "From Safety To Where", and "As You Said" were the only JD tracks that didn't receive votes (not including pre-1978 Warsaw era demo recordings that were never released on Factory).

Ballot. Next time The Other Two would definitely make it in before the two Twisted Tenderness tracks.

Joy Division tracks:
Transmission
Disorder
Atmosphere
Love Will Tear Us Apart
Decades
Twenty Four Hours
Dead Souls
Isolation
Insight
Passover

Solo or other group - these are all by Electronic:
Some Distant Memory
Get the Message
Reality
Tighten Up
Try All You Want
Getting Away With It
The Patience of a Saint
Idiot Country
Twisted Tenderness
Vivid

Albums
New Order - Technique
New Order - Substance 1987
Joy Division - Substance
New Order - Brotherhood
New Order - Power, Corruption and Lies
Electronic - Electronic
New Order - Low-life

my ballot

Twenty Four Hours
The Only Mistake
Decades
Insight
Atmosphere
Something Must Break
Novelty
The Eternal
Transmission
A Means to an End

My ballot

Part One (Joy Division, ranked):

Day of the Lords
New Dawn Fades
Disorder
Shadowplay
Atmosphere
Interzone
She's Lost Control
Wilderness
Digital
A Means To An End

Part Three (albums, ranked):

Unknown Pleasures
Closer
Movement
Power, Corruption & Lies
Substance (Joy Division)
Substance (New Order)

My ballot

Twenty Four Hours
Transmission
Heart & Soul
Shadowplay
Love Will Tear Us Apart
Passover
Decades
Disorder
She's Lost Control
Atmosphere

Joy Division:
Transmission
Ceremony
Atmosphere
Insight
Decades
Love Will Tear Us Apart
Isolation
Disorder
Shadowplay
Incubation

Solo etc. (ALL ELECTRONIC)
Some Distant Memory
Idiot Country
Soviet
Gangster
Tighten Up
Disappointed
Patience of a Saint
Get the Message
Getting Away With It
Feel Every Beat

Wow, great JD results. My ballot:

New Dawn Fades
Twenty-Four Hours
Shadowplay
Candidate
Insight
Disorder
Novelty
Atrocity Exhibition
Day of the Lords
Transmission

I thought "New Dawn Fades" was a fan favourite. I'm a little surprised I was the only #1 vote.

It's definitely one of my favorites.

My whole Top 10 made the Top 10, so great results!

1. Transmission
2. Atmosphere
3. New Dawn Fades
4. Shadowplay
5. She's Lost Control
6. Love Will Tear Us Apart
7. Dead Souls
8. Twenty Four Hours
9. Decades
10. Disorder

Thanks for the poll Bee OK!

JD tracks

1 Disorder Preston 1980
2 She’s lost control Evidently Chickentown/BBC vers
3 Ceremony (Still v)
4 New Dawn Fades (UP vers)
Shadowplay
Isolation
Love will tear
ice age
dead souls
atmosphere

ALBUMS

U Pleasures
Preston 1980
Still
Closer
Les Bains

JD

The eternal
Atmosphere
Decades
Love will tear us apart
Transmission
She's lost control
Isolation
Shadowplay
New Dawn fades
24 hours

OTHER

Electonic - Getting away with it
Disappointed
Get the message
Some distant memory
Idiot country two
Imitation of life
Patience of a saint
Monaco - What do you want from me

ALBUMS

Technique
Electonic
Closer
Power corruption & lies
Low life

1. Love Will Tear Us Apart
2. Shadowplay
3. Ceremony
4. Transmission
5. She's Lost Control
6. Days of the Lords
7. Dead Souls
8. I Remember Nothing
9. Heart and Soul
10. Decades

thanks to those who kept the Spotify up to date!

Spotify (ILM Joy Division) https://open.spotify.com/user/beeok/playlist/5jWdl7QBLtDJvmhCzw77l2

Albums Full Results

16 Albums
16 Ballots

1 Power, Corruption & Lies 596 Points 15 Votes
2 Unknown Pleasures 526 Points 12 Votes 5 #1
3 Technique 504 Points 11 Votes 5 #1
4 Closer 473 Points 11 Votes 1 #1
5 Substance 1987 - New Order 471 Points 11 Votes 3 #1
6 Low-Life 423 Points 11 Votes
7 Substance - Joy Division 405 Points 10 Votes
8 Electronic 322 Points 8 Votes 1 #1
9 Brotherhood 232 Points 6 Votes
10 Movement 163 Points 4 Votes 1 #1
11 Still 120 Points 3 Votes
12 Republic 071 Points 2 Votes
13 Singles (2013) 046 Points 1 Votes
14 The Complete BBC Recordings 040 Points 1 Votes
15 Waiting For The Sirens' Call 036 Points 1 Votes
16 1981-Factus 8-1982 035 Points 1 Votes

New Order Solo or other Groups Full Results

33 Songs
18 Ballots

1 Getting Away With It - Electronic 753 Points 17 Votes 5 Number Ones
2 Get the Message - Electronic 652 Points 16 Votes 2 Number Ones
3 What Do You Want From Me? - Monaco 395 Points 10 Votes 1 Number One
4 Disappointed - Electronic 366 Points 9 Votes 1 Number One
5 Some Distant Memory - Electronic 352 Points 8 Votes 3 Number Ones
6 Tighten Up - Electronic 346 Points 9 Votes 1 Number One
7 The Patience of a Saint - Electronic 326 Points 9 Votes
8 Gangster - Electronic 275 Points 7 Votes
9 Reality - Electronic 273 Points 7 Votes
10 Idiot Country - Electronic 248 Points 6 Votes (1 vote for "Idiot Country Two" (AKA ultimatum mix))
11 Selfish - The Other Two 182 Points 5 Votes
12 Forbidden City - Electronic 172 Points 5 Votes
13 Try All You Want - Electronic 164 Points 4 Votes 1 Number One
14 For You - Electronic 116 Points 3 Votes
15 Tasty Fish - The Other Two 105 Points 3 Votes
16 Spanish Heart - 808 State 104 Points 3 Votes
17 Feel Every Beat - Electronic 101 Points 3 Votes
18 Dark Angel - Electronic 84 Points 2 Votes 1 Number One
19 Out of Control - The Chemical Brothers 83 Points 2 Votes 1 Number One
20 Don't Know What Love Was - Hot Chip, Bernard Sumner & Hot City 81 Points 2 Votes
21 Soviet - Electronic 75 Points 2 Votes
22 Vivid - Electronic 68 Points 2 Votes
23 Twisted Tenderness - Electronic 67 Points 2 Votes
24 Shoot Speed/Kill Light - Primal Scream (Bernard Sumner (guitar 2000)) 50 Points 1 Vote 1 Number One
25 This Time I'm Not Wrong - Sub Sub feat: Bernard Sumner (vocals, guitar, 1997) 50 Points 1 Vote 1 Number One
26 Love Tempo - Quando Quango 46 Points 1 Vote
27 The Real Thing* - Gwen Stefani 43 Points 1 Vote
28 Elephant Stone (12" version) – The Stone Roses 40 Points 1 Vote
29 Wheels Over Indian Trails - Stanton Miranda 38 Points 1 Vote
30 Imitation of Life - Electronic 36 Points 1 Vote
31 Until the End of Time - Electronic 36 Points 1 Vote
32 Looking From a Hilltop (Megamix) - Section 25 34 Points 1 Vote
33 Freefall - Electronic 33 Points 1 Vote

Joy Division Full Results

26 Ballots
38 Songs

1 Disorder 848 Points 21 Votes 6 Number Ones
2 Transmission 825 Points 19 Votes 5 Number Ones
3 Atmosphere 811 Points 20 Votes 1 Number One
4 Shadowplay 787 Points 20 Votes 1 Number One
5 Twenty Four Hours 661 Points 17 Votes 3 Number Ones
6 Love Will Tear Us Apart 640 Points 16 Votes 3 Number Ones
7 She Lost Control 620 Points 16 Votes 2 Number Ones
8 New Dawn Fades 506 Points 13 Votes 1 Number One
9 Dead Souls 444 Points 12 Votes 1 Number One
10 Decades 425 Points 11 Votes 1 Number One
11 Heart and Soul 351 Points 9 Votes
12 Isolation 323 Points 9 Votes
13 Ceremony 258 Points 6 Votes
14 Digital 252 Points 7 Votes
15 The Eternal 238 Points 6 Votes 1 Number One
16 Day of the Lords 233 Points 6 Votes 1 Number One
17 Atrocity Exhibition 216 Points 6 Votes
18 A Means To An End 197 Points 6 Votes
19 Insight 151 Points 4 Votes
20 These Days 143 Points 4 Votes
21 Passover 135 Points 4 Votes
22 Warsaw 111 Points 3 Votes
23 Something Must Break 104 Points 3 Votes
24 ice age 72 Points 2 Votes
25 Novelty 70 Points 2 Votes
26 Interzone 68 Points 2 Votes
27 Sound of Music 67 Points 2 Votes
28 The Only Mistake 46 Points 1 Vote
29 The Kill 43 Points 1 Vote
30 Candidate 40 Points 1 Vote
31 Exercise One 40 Points 1 Vote
32 autosuggestion 38 Points 1 Vote
33 No Love Lost 35 Points 1 Vote
34 Colony (Peel Session) 34 Points 1 Vote
35 I Remember Nothing 34 Points 1 Vote
36 Wilderness 34 Points 1 Vote
37 leaders of men 33 Points 1 Vote
38 Incubation 32 Points 1 Vote

Thanks for running the poll, Bee! This was a fun poll -- I wasn't sure what to expect from such an odd mishmash of mini-polls but the results turned out better than I expected.

I don't think Bee OK has posted since this poll, sad face.

I watched Control last night and made me think of this poll.