“Love Will Tear Us Apart” / “These Days” (Factory FAC 23) June 1980
Joy Division | Love Will Tear Us Apart | (Factory) 1980 | You knew this was going to happen. I make no apologies. It’s impossible to supress the legend that will come to enfold this group like the magnificent gothic shrouds of their music.
Death can cast a terribly morbid spell. No wonder they themselves make jokes about it being all part of Factory Records’ five year plan.
The night before this was recorded Ian Curtis was given a copy of Frank Sinatra’s ‘Greatest Hits’ for reference.
Joy Division | Love Will Tear Us Apart | (Factory) 1980
Apparently extraordinary amounts of time and money were spent getting the mix right, though still they weren’t completely satisfied, and there are two slightly different versions on the single.
I’m not all that fond of this particular song, as it happens, but I was of the group, and this deserves the praise that was coming its way anyway.
The title is more poignant than you could guess. The sleeve looks like a tombstone. It is a tombstone. (NME, 29/06/80)
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