An Ideal for Living

An Ideal for Living
a black and white illustration of a Hitler Youth beating a drum. To the right the band’s name is stylized in blackletter with an exclamation point before the word “Joy”
EP by
Released3 June 1978[1]
Recorded14 December 1977
StudioPennine, Oldham, England
GenrePunk rock[2]
Length12:47
Label
  • Enigma
  • Anonymous
ProducerJoy Division
Joy Division chronology
An Ideal for Living
(1978)
Unknown Pleasures
(1979)
Alternative cover
12" cover

An Ideal for Living is the first EP by the English rock band Joy Division. It was released on 3 June 1978 by the band's own label, Enigma, shortly after the group changed their name from Warsaw.

  1. ^ Hook, Peter (2012). Unknown Pleasures. Simon & Schuster. p. 127. ISBN 978-1-4711-4833-0.
  2. ^ "On this day, 42 years ago, Joy Division recorded their very first EP, 'An Ideal for Living'!". Peek-A-Boo. 14 December 2019.

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