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Total: from Joy Division to New Order isn’t exactly the all-encompassing expansive set that its title would promise. Joy Division gets a meager five songs out of eighteen, and the last chunk of New Order’s section prove that they’ve been a confused legacy act for a while. I suppose if all you want are the biggest singles (“She’s Lost Control,” “Bizarre Love Triangle,” “True Faith”) then you’ve got a one-stop shop, but this set had the potential to be so much more. It doesn’t exactly do either acts legacies any large favors but it’s not completely worthless either. It’s just kind of …there. It for sure doesn’t represent the totality of their musical outputs – plenty of Joy Division’s non-album singles found on Substance are MIA, while New Order had several classic albums released in the 80s. I suppose my biggest complaint about Total is that it doesn’t feel purposeful but is merely another entry into the never-ending expansion of “best of” compilations from both bands historic and exalted careers.
DOWNLOAD: “Transmission,” “Temptation,” “Hellbent”
