A Means to an End: The Music of Joy Division (CD, Sep-1995, Virgin)

Album Features
UPC:	724384066024
Format:	CD
Release Year:	1995
Record Label:	Virgin
Genre:	Alternative, Rock & Pop

Track Listing
1. She's Lost Control - Girls Against Boys
2. Day of the Lords - Honeymoon Stitch
3. New Dawn Fades - Moby
4. Transmission - Low
5. Atmosphere - Codeine
6. Insight - Further
7. Love Will Tear Us Apart - Stanton-Miranda
8. Isolation - Starchildren
9. Heart and Soul - Kendra Smith
10. Twenty Four Hours - Versus
11. Warsaw / Warsazawa - Desert Storm
12. They Walked in Line - Godheadsilo
13. Interzone - Face to Face
14. As You Said - Tortoise

Details
Distributor:	EMI Music Distribution
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Producers include: Ted Nicely, Honeymoon Stitch, Moby, Kramer, Codeine, Arthur Baker, Johnny Goat, Fluffy Cod, Kendra Smith, A. Phillip Uberman.Engineers include: Eli Janney, Dave Schiffman, Codeine, Mark Plati, Adam Lasus, Steve Albini, Phil Ek, Thom Wilson, John McEntire.Includes liner notes by Anthony Wilson.The key to a successful tribute album is not only to have a brilliant band to pay tribute to, but a selection of unique bands playing the covers. A Means to an End is a beautiful selection of the songs of Joy Division, arguably one of the most important bands of the 20th century, played by some of the musicians they inspired. From the characteristically angular Girls Against Boys hardcore version of "She's Lost Control" to the mind-blowing slowcore covers by Low ("Transmission" taken to a light-permeable crawl) and Codeine ("Atmosphere," a fitting choice), it is clear that these are people whose very being was altered by Joy Division. Other highlights include a heavy guitar-laden "New Dawn Fades" with Moby sounding a lot like Ian Curtis; underrated space rockers Further (who went on to form the Tyde and Beachwood Sparks and to get some deserved attention) doing "Insight"; a noisy, neurotic, ripping "They Walked In Line" by GodheadSilo, and a shockingly upbeat version of "Interzone" by hardcore punk rockers Face to Face. The album ends with the art rock of Tortoise drawing Joy Division to their logical extreme by pulling "As You Said" into a broad, atmospheric, repetitive, spacious groove. ~ Charles Spano

Editorial Reviews
...MEANS validates the band's link to the glum end of alterna-rock, with strong input from Low, Codeine, and Kendra Smith. The joy/anti-joy goes on. - Rating: B
Entertainment Weekly (19951006)