Still is a compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 by Joy Division

Joy Division

Joy Division were an English rock band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. Originally named Warsaw, the band primarily consisted of Ian Curtis , Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris .Joy Division rapidly evolved from their initial punk rock influences...

, consisting of previously unused studio material and a live recording of Joy Division's last concert, performed at Birmingham University. Originally planned for release in August, it was eventually released on 8 October 1981. The CD version was released in March 1990. A number of the studio recordings have "added post production", including over-dubs by the surviving members of the band.

The album includes the only time the group ever performed the song "Ceremony

Ceremony (song)

"Ceremony" is a song by Joy Division, released as New Order's debut single in 1981. The song, as well as the B-side, "In a Lonely Place", were written as Joy Division prior to the death of Ian Curtis...

" live, which later became a New Order

New Order

New Order are an English rock band formed in 1980 by Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris...

 single. Another song featured is a cover of The Velvet Underground

The Velvet Underground

The Velvet Underground was an American rock band formed in New York City. First active from 1964 to 1973, their best-known members were Lou Reed and John Cale, who both went on to find success as solo artists. Although experiencing little commercial success while together, the band is often cited...

's "Sister Ray

Sister Ray (song)

"Sister Ray" is a song by The Velvet Underground that closes side two of their 1968 avant-garde rock album White Light/White Heat. The song's lyrics were written by Lou Reed, with music composed by John Cale, Sterling Morrison, Maureen Tucker and Reed....

", recorded at The Moonlight Club in London

London

London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

 on 2 April 1980.

Still is a point of contention among some of the group's fans, because of the unbalanced recording of the High Hall performance. This is not aided by the fact that the engineer that night mixed the vocals far too low for the first half of "Ceremony", making Ian Curtis

Ian Curtis

Ian Kevin Curtis was an English singer and lyricist, famous for leading the post-punk band Joy Division. Joy Division released their debut album, Unknown Pleasures, in 1979 and recorded their follow-up, Closer, in 1980...

 inaudible and thus ruining one of only three recordings the band made of the song. Recent CD reissues of the album on London Records

London Records

London Records, referred to as London Recordings in logo, is a record label headquartered in the United Kingdom, originally marketing records in the United States, Canada and Latin America from 1947 to 1979, then becoming a semi-independent label....

 have replaced this live version with the other known recording, a 1980 rehearsal that originally surfaced on the Heart and Soul box set. (An audience recording of the live version, while of lower fidelity, has all of Curtis' vocals and has circulated as a bootleg since 1980.)
A further point of contention is the omission of the track 24 Hours from all subsequent CD reissues of this album; this was said to be due to time constraints. As a result, 24 Hours only appears on some cassette and vinyl versions of Still, and has yet to be released officially on CD.

This album, along with Closer

Closer (Joy Division album)

Closer is the second and final studio album by the English post-punk band Joy Division, released , two months following the suicide of lead singer Ian Curtis. The album was originally scheduled to be released on . The record was originally released on the Factory Records label as a 12" LP and...

and Unknown Pleasures

Unknown Pleasures

Unknown Pleasures is the debut album by the English post-punk band Joy Division, released in 1979 through Factory Records. Martin Hannett produced the record at Strawberry Studios, Stockport, England. The album sold poorly upon release, but due to the subsequent success of Joy Division with the...

has been remastered and was released 17 September 2007. The remaster is packaged with a bonus disc, recorded at the Town Hall, High Wycombe

High Wycombe

High Wycombe , commonly known as Wycombe and formally called Chepping Wycombe or Chipping Wycombe until 1946,is a large town in Buckinghamshire, England. It is west-north-west of Charing Cross in London; this figure is engraved on the Corn Market building in the centre of the town...

 on 20 February 1980.

Still reached #5 in the UK upon its release and peaked at #3 in New Zealand in February 1982.

Track listing

All songs were written by Ian Curtis

Ian Curtis

Ian Kevin Curtis was an English singer and lyricist, famous for leading the post-punk band Joy Division. Joy Division released their debut album, Unknown Pleasures, in 1979 and recorded their follow-up, Closer, in 1980...

, Peter Hook

Peter Hook

Peter Hook is an English bass player, musician and author.He was a co-founder of the post-punk band Joy Division along with Bernard Sumner in the mid-1970s. Following the death of lead singer Ian Curtis, the band reformed as New Order, and Hook played bass with them throughout their career until...

, Stephen Morris and Bernard Sumner

Bernard Sumner

Bernard Sumner , also known as Bernard Dickin, Bernard Dicken and Bernard Albrecht is an English singer-songwriter, guitarist, keyboard player and producer....

, except where noted.

Double LP (Factory FACT 40)

Side one

1. "Exercise One" – 3:06
2. "Ice Age" – 2:24
3. "The Sound of Music" – 3:55
4. "Glass" – 3:56
5. "The Only Mistake" – 4:17

Side two

1. "Walked in Line" – 2:47
2. "The Kill" – 2:15
3. "Something Must Break" – 2:48
4. "Dead Souls" – 4:53
5. "Sister Ray
   Sister Ray
   Sister Ray may mean one of the following:* "Sister Ray", 1968 song by The Velvet Underground* A fictional enormous laser cannon in the video game Final Fantasy VII* Sister Ray , a punk rock band from Youngstown, Ohio...
   
   " (live) (John Cale
   John Cale
   John Davies Cale, OBE is a Welsh musician, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer who was a founding member of the experimental rock band The Velvet Underground....
   
   , Sterling Morrison
   Sterling Morrison
   Holmes Sterling Morrison, Jr. was one of the founding members of the rock group The Velvet Underground, usually playing electric guitar, occasionally bass guitar, and singing backing vocals.-Biography:...
   
   , Lou Reed
   Lou Reed
   Lewis Allan "Lou" Reed is an American rock musician, songwriter, and photographer. He is best known as guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of The Velvet Underground, and for his successful solo career, which has spanned several decades...
   
   , Maureen Tucker
   Maureen Tucker
   Maureen Ann "Moe" Tucker is a musician best known for having been the drummer for the rock group The Velvet Underground.- The Velvet Underground :...
   
   ) – 7:36

Side three

1. "Ceremony
   Ceremony (song)
   "Ceremony" is a song by Joy Division, released as New Order's debut single in 1981. The song, as well as the B-side, "In a Lonely Place", were written as Joy Division prior to the death of Ian Curtis...
   
   " (live) – 3:50
2. "Shadowplay" (live) – 3:57
3. "Means to an End" (live) – 4:01
4. "Passover" (live) – 5:10
5. "New Dawn Fades
   New Dawn Fades
   "New Dawn Fades" is a song from the 1979 album Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division. It opens with a backwards and heavily modified sample of a lyric from previous song "Insight", presumably added by Martin Hannett, post production. The song relies on an ascending guitar riff by Bernard Sumner played...
   
   " (live) – 4:01
6. "Twenty Four Hours" (live) - 4:26 (extra track on some vinyl and cassette versions only)

Side four

1. "Transmission
   Transmission (song)
   "Transmission" is a song by post-punk band Joy Division, released on Factory Records in November 1979 on 7" and re-released as a 12" single with a different sleeve in December 1980....
   
   " (live) – 3:40
2. "Disorder" (live) – 3:24
3. "Isolation
   Isolation (Joy Division song)
   "Isolation" is a 1980 song appearing on the post-punk band Joy Division's second album, Closer. The song is based upon an industrial beat by Stephen Morris, accompanied by a high-pitched keyboard line by Bernard Sumner...
   
   " (live) – 3:05
4. "Decades" (live) – 5:47
5. "Digital
   Digital (Joy Division song)
   "Digital" is a song by the band Joy Division that is featured on the compilation albums Substance, Heart and Soul, and Still.The track was recorded in the band's first session with Martin Hannett as producer...
   
   " (live) – 3:52

CD 2007 re-master (Warner 2564697790)

Disc one - Still

1. "Exercise One" – 3:06
2. "Ice Age" – 2:24
3. "The Sound of Music" – 3:55
4. "Glass" – 3:56
5. "The Only Mistake" – 4:17
6. "Walked in Line" – 2:47
7. "The Kill" – 2:15
8. "Something Must Break" – 2:48
9. "Dead Souls" – 4:53
10. "Sister Ray" (live) – 7:36
11. "Ceremony" (live) – 3:50
12. "Shadowplay" (live) – 3:57
13. "Means to an End" (live) – 4:01
14. "Passover" (live) – 5:10
15. "New Dawn Fades" (live) – 4:01
16. "Transmission" (live) – 3:40
17. "Disorder" (live) – 3:24
18. "Isolation" (live) – 3:05
19. "Decades" (live) – 5:47
20. "Digital" (live) – 3:52

Disc two - Live at High Wycombe Town Hall

1. "The Sound of Music" (live)
2. "A Means to an End" (live)
3. "Colony" (live)
4. "Twenty Four Hours" (live)
5. "Isolation" (live)
6. "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (live)
7. "Disorder" (live)
8. "Atrocity Exhibition" (live)
9. "Isolation" (sound check)
10. "The Eternal" (sound check)
11. "Ice Age" (sound check)
12. "Disorder" (sound check)
13. "The Sound of Music" (sound check)
14. "A Means to an End" (sound check)