New Order Joy Division: Dreams Never End

By Claude Flowers

Formed from the erosion of Joy Division after the suicide of Ian Curtis, New Order were early pioneers of the synthesizer in dance music, coupled with deep bass lines. This book includes the start of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0711943087
• ISBN13: 9780711943087
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Omnibus Pr & Schirmer Trade Books
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.5" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Fan of the bands or not, this is a great book!

I'm not a big fan of Joy Division or New Order. However, a friend of mine who is demanded that I read this book. I can't thank him enough. From chapter one, Flowers' almost poetic prose immediately engulfs you in the angst ridden world of the doomed Curtis and his persevering cohorts. Although Flowers' passion for the two bands almost leaps of the page, he somehow manages to convey such insight into their world that you would swear he must have been one of them (rather than a Seattle music journalist according to the author's bio). I'm very much looking forward to his next book, whatever its subject.

Great photos, some interesting info on the band

This book contains some good factual info and some really great color and b/w photographs of both Joy Division and New Order. The book describes and reviews every New Order-related album, single, and release up until Revenge's Gun World Porn EP. For some reason, the author felt compelled to sprinkle his own personal opinions and interpretations of songs throughout the whole book (many of which are questionable at best). The conclusion seemed like it was hastily written at the last moment (kind of like the author was wrapping up a high school book report). This is the only NO/JD book I've read, so I can't compare it to any others. It's quite a good book, though, and I'm glad to have read it.

A good book for New Order fans

I loved the section on New Order, since I've started listening to their music last year. I wanted to know more about the group than their music. This book is great for New Order fans, especially now that the band is gone and the end result is Peter Hook with Monaco and Bernard Sumner with Electronic.