24 Hour Party People (CD, Aug-2002, Warner Strategic Marketing)

Album Features
UPC:	081227813628
Format:	CD
Release Year:	2002
Record Label:	Warner Strategic Marketing
Genre:	Soundtracks

Track Listing
1. Anarchy in the U.K. - The Sex Pistols
2. 24 Hour Party People - Happy Mondays
3. Transmission - Joy Division
4. Ever Fallen in Love? - Buzzcocks
5. Janie Jones - The Clash
6. New Dawn Fades - Moby/New Order
7. Atmosphere - Joy Division
8. Otis - The Durutti Column
9. Voodoo Ray - A Guy Called Gerald
10. Temptation - New Order
11. Loose Fit - Happy Mondays
12. Pacific State - 808 State
13. Blue Monday - New Order
14. Move Your Body - Marshall Jefferson
15. She's Lost Control - Joy Division
16. Hallelujah - Happy Mondays (Club Mix)
17. Here to Stay - New Order
18. Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division

Details
Distributor:	Alternative Dis. Alliance
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Includes liner notes by Anthony Wilson.One of the most important building blocks of the post-punk movement was Manchester-based Factory Records, founded by legendary entrepeneur Tony Wilson. Wilson's story is recounted in the film 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE, along with the story of the pioneering artists he nurtured. The film's soundtrack offers a few vintage cuts from the punk movement that inspired Wilson and his entourage (including the Sex Pistols' mission statement "Anarcy in the U.K." and the Clash's rousing "Janie Jones"), but the rest of the album charts the development of what became known as the Factory sound.The most seminal of all Factory bands (and the definitive post-punk group) Joy Division is represented by four moody, atmospheric cuts, including their signature song, the bittersweet "Love Will Tear Us Apart." After Joy Division singer Ian Curtis's suicide, the rest of the band went on to make electro-pop history as the synth-driven New Order, who get an equal number of songs here. The Factory story didn't stop there, however, as evidenced by the gloriously hedonistic sound of Happy Mondays (the title track and "Stay Fit") and the less popular but equally important Durutti Column ("Otis"). The film documents a vital piece of pop history, but this disc embodies that history.

Editorial Reviews
Included in Uncut's 100 Best Albums of the Year
Uncut (20030101)

Included in Q Magazine's The 50 Best Albums of 2002.
Q (20021201)

3 stars out of 5 - ...This works well as a very basic introduction to Factory's better-known groups: Joy Division, New Order, Happy Mondays.
Rolling Stone (20020919)