The Best of Joy Division is by Joy Division, so it’s good. It’s hard to imagine how any such collection wouldn’t be.

The essentials – “Transmission”, “She’s Lost Control”, “Atmosphere”, “Love Will Tear Us Apart” – nestle well against album cuts, and there are nice juxtapositions, like the way “Heart and Soul“‘s throb kickstarts the post-punk-in-a-nutshell “Incubation”, which morphs into “Isolation”‘s dubby pulse.

Every song on The Best of Joy Division is great.

Tracklist:
Disc 1:
1-1 Digital 2:52
1-2 Disorder 3:30
1-3 Shadowplay 3:52
1-4 New Dawn Fades 4:47
1-5 Transmission 3:37
1-6 Atmosphere 4:10
1-7 Dead Souls 4:56
1-8 She’s Lost Control 4:56
1-9 Love Will Tear Us Apart 3:27
1-10 These Days 3:28
1-11 Twenty Four Hours 4:28