The String Quartet Tribute to New Order and Joy Division

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The String Quartet Tribute to New Order and Joy Division Review

by Johnny Loftus

Vitamin's decision to combine the catalogs of Joy Division and New Order for this string tribute is likely sound thinking; as the groups progressed from former to latter, so does this recording. It begins with the most obvious and effective Joy Division material: "Love Will Tear Us Apart," "She's Lost Control," "Isolation," and "New Dawn Fades." Of these, "Isolation" might work best, since its tension is made even more palpable by the insistent, screeching violins. The set moves into its second half with a stirring and methodically slow version of "Bizarre Love Triangle." The cello, violins, and viola don't do as well with "Blue Monday," but "True Faith" becomes the record's high point with its robust bottom end and plaintive melody.

Track Listing

Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
1
Love Will Tear Us Apart
Ian Curtis / Peter Hook / Stephen Morris / Bernard Sumner
Vitamin String Quartet 03:40 SpotifyAmazon
2
She's Lost Control
Ian Curtis / Peter Hook / Stephen Morris / Bernard Sumner
Vitamin String Quartet 03:33 SpotifyAmazon
3
Isolation
Bernard Albrecht / Ian Curtis / Joy Division / Peter Hook / Stephen Morris / Bernard Sumner
Vitamin String Quartet 02:53 SpotifyAmazon
4
New Dawn Fades
Ian Curtis / Peter Hook / Stephen Morris / Bernard Sumner
Vitamin String Quartet 04:44 SpotifyAmazon
5
Bizarre Love Triangle
Gillian Gilbert / Peter Hook / Stephen Morris / Bernard Sumner
Vitamin String Quartet 06:13 SpotifyAmazon
6
Blue Monday
Gillian Gilbert / Peter Hook / Stephen Morris / Bernard Sumner
Vitamin String Quartet 03:33 SpotifyAmazon
7
Love Vigilantes
Gillian Gilbert / Peter Hook / S. Morris / Stephen Morris / Bernard Sumner
Vitamin String Quartet 04:19 SpotifyAmazon
8
True Faith
Gillian Gilbert / Stephen Hague / Peter Hook / S. Morris / Stephen Morris / Bernard Sumner
Vitamin String Quartet 05:41 SpotifyAmazon
9
Regret
Gillian Gilbert / Stephen Hague / Peter Hook / Stephen Morris / Bernard Sumner
Vitamin String Quartet 04:11 SpotifyAmazon
10
Waiting Here
Vitamin String Quartet 03:09 SpotifyAmazon
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