The Peel Sessions (Joy Division album)

Infobox Album | Name = The Peel Sessions
Type = Live album
Artist = Joy Division


Released = September 1990 | Recorded = 31 January & 26 November 1979
Genre = Post-punk
Length = 41:12
Label = Strange Fruit Records
Producer = John Peel and Joy Division
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:f9fpxqehldje link]
Last album = "Substance"
(1988)
This album = "The Peel Sessions"
(1990)
Next album = "Permanent"
(1995)

"The Peel Sessions" is a collection of the two Peel Sessions recorded by Joy Division in 1979. Previously the recordings were available on two EPs of the same title, released in 1986 (31 January session) and in 1987 (26 November session). None of the songs had been released before the transmission.

Cover art

The cover has the famous "Tube" photo by Anton Corbijn. There is also a French release which has a different cover.

Track listing

# "Exercise One"
# "Insight"
# "She's Lost Control"
# "Transmission"
# "Love Will Tear Us Apart"
# "Twenty Four Hours"
# "Colony"
# "Sound of Music"

Notes

* Tracks 1 to 4 recorded 31 January 1979 at the BBC Studios, Maida Vale, London.
* Tracks 5 to 8 recorded 26 November 1979 at the BBC Studios, Maida Vale, London.