Kill Division [Import]

Kill Division [Import]

Track Listings

1. Kill Division

2. Cold Being

3. Waste Of Skin

4. Six

5. Mahler

6. Sprayed Into Oblivion

7. Wings On Fire

8. Where Silence Dwells

9. Hustler

10. Until The Sun Appears

11. Souls Of Ice

12. Heavy Metal Thunder

Tracks:

Transmission
Love Will Tear Us Apart
Lost Control
Isolation
Warsaw
Dead Souls
Atrocity Exhibition
Heart 'N' Soul
Atmosphere
Eternal

Customer Reviews:

You've been warned...........2004-07-23

First of all, this is not a bad album musically. Many of the songs are very straightforward interpretations of Joy Division songs. Some, in fact, sound just like the originals. But that's the problem. As another reviewer posted, it's a Joy Division fanatic being Ian Curtis for a day. But ultimately, it has little or no value in any other Joy Division's fan CD catalog.
For me, I love novelty, such as The King's version of LWTUA, or the Nau Ensemble tribute. Because it's different. It's fun, and you don't mind having it making the occasional round on random play. But since these songs are so similar to the originals, you might as well play the originals.
I'm as big of a Joy Division fans as they come, but purchasing this CD was, in the end, something I could have done without. You really aren't missing out. You don't need this simply because you're a JD completist.

You've lost the plot dude.............2001-12-21

I used to be a good friend of Russ Pay - I hope he reads this review. Sort your (...) life out mate. You used to be a great musician and an inspiration to all that played with you. This is just a pile of toss. All I can say is that the money must have been good - or that George is feeding you too many narcotics. Sorry mate - it's (horrible) - however you probably already know that...

Stunning disaster.......2001-05-04

In my mind this is an attempt to be Ian Curtis for a day, an obsessed JD fan (and there are, were, and probably always will be obsessed fans) finally having his childhood dream come true, kind of strange, kind of sad. Why do I say this? These songs are instrumentally so close to the originals so therefore are either a weak, poor copy or a failed attempt at interpretation. Many people have attempted (some more successful than others) to cover JD songs, and most have interpreted the songs by forming them into their own idea, this is not the case here by a long shot. Compared to the versions offered by SWANS, Codeine, Galaxy 500 or Roy Montgomery, this CD is nothing more than an embarrassment. Why listen to this when you can hear the real thing???

Ewww, why don't they just give Bjorn Again their own CD to?.......2000-12-19

Why? Why bother? Who is Russ Pay and who cares? He did the whole album. Just one guy. I don't think he's ever done anything else. Like, if you had a "Tribute to Elvis" CD, you'd expect it to be various other artists interpreting his music in an original way - not just one Elvis impersonator for the whole thing!

It seems pretty obvious that the only reason he did this CD was so he's dopey name would show up in all future JD discographies. Listen to the samples here... this moron ruins all of these great songs by slightly reworking them so they sound like straight modern-rock-radio mediocre clutter. For such an original band it seems like the most inane tribute you could give. It's Joy Division: pub rock style.

Great interpretation of Joy Division.......2000-04-18

Picture Pat Boone doing Joy Division covers! This album is one man doing what are I guess his favorite Joy Division songs. Not for the serious Joy Division fan, but what covers album is? I like it just for the novelty value.