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
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 post-punk 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.

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