Warsaw Warsaw

Upon adding drummer Steve Brotherdale and singer Ian Curtis, the members of post-punk frontrunners Joy Division originally annointed the quartet Warsaw, supposedly after David Bowie's song "Warszawa." WARSAW displays the startling urgency of Joy Division's sound with tracks like "Transmission," and is a definite must for Joy Division fans.
CD contains 5 bonus tracks.
What was planned to be Joy Division's first LP (unreleased until 1994, except in bootleg form) sounds like an album from the punk era -- raw and edgy, undisciplined but tuneful, unlike the group's proper debut, Unknown Pleasures. All of the tracks were later seen in different form, but Warsaw still manages to captivate through its pure energy. In addition to the twelve tracks from the bootleg recordings, the album also includes five tracks from July 1977, the most punk-inspired songs in the group's discography. ~ John Bush

• Format: CD
• Genre: Hardcore and Punk