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{{Infobox album
| name       = Preston 28 February 1980
| type       = live
| artist     = [[Joy Division]]
| cover      = JoyDivision_Preston.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = May 1999
| recorded   = 28 February 1980 at [[The Warehouse (Preston, Lancashire)|The Warehouse]], [[Preston, Lancashire]], England
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Post-punk]]<ref name="Raggett">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/preston-28-february-1980-mw0000241641 |title=''Preston 28 February 1980'' – Joy Division <nowiki>| Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |</nowiki> AllMusic |last=Raggett |first=Ned |publisher=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=15 February 2015}}</ref>
| length     = 49:22
| label      = NMC Music
| producer   = Beccy Ryan
| prev_title = [[Heart and Soul (Joy Division album)|Heart and Soul]]
| prev_year  = 1997
| next_title = [[The Complete BBC Recordings (Joy Division album)|The Complete BBC Recordings]]
| next_year  = 2000
}}
'''''Preston 28 February 1980''''' is a live album by English [[post-punk]] band [[Joy Division]] featuring a performance on 28 February 1980 at [[The Warehouse, Preston]]. The album was released on 24 May 1999 in the UK by record label NMC Music and in the US on 13 July 1999.
== Content ==
The image on the cover is a scrambled photo of the venue.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.joydiv.org/preston.htm |title=Preston |website=joydiv.org |accessdate=15 February 2015}}</ref>
== Release ==
''Preston 28 February 1980'' was released on 24 May 1999 in the UK by record label NMC Music and 13 July 1999 in the US.
It was also released in a "boxed set", packaged with the ''[[Les Bains Douches]]'' album.
== Reception ==
{{album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Raggett"/>
}}
''[[CMJ|CMJ Music Monthly]]'' called it "an exceptionally intense gig that goes much further toward demonstrating the importance of the short-lived band".<ref>{{cite journal |last=Ashare |first=Matt |date=January 2000 |title=Got Live if You Want It |journal=[[CMJ|CMJ Music Monthly]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tikEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA50&dq=joy+division+preston+28+february+1980#q=joy%20division%20preston%2028%20february%201980 |accessdate=15 February 2015}}</ref> [[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]] described the recording as "bafflingly low-quality", and the gig has supposedly been described by members of the band as "the worst fucking show we ever did".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/4342-refractured/ |title=Joy Division: ''Refractured'' Album Review <nowiki>|</nowiki> Pitchfork |last=Carr |first=Eric |date=22 January 2004 |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|accessdate=10 June 2016}}</ref>
== Track listing ==
{{track listing
| all_writing = Joy Division ([[Ian Curtis]], [[Peter Hook]], [[Stephen Morris (musician)|Stephen Morris]] and [[Bernard Sumner]])
| title1 = Incubation
| length1 = 3:06
| title2 = Wilderness
| length2 = 3:02
| title3 = Twenty Four Hours
| length3 = 4:39
| title4 = The Eternal
| length4 = 8:39
| title5 = Heart and Soul
| length5 = 4:46
| title6 = [[Shadowplay (song)|Shadowplay]]
| length6 = 3:50
| title7 = [[Transmission (song)|Transmission]]
| length7 = 3:23
| title8 = Disorder
| length8 = 3:23
| title9 = Warsaw
| length9 = 2:48
| title10 = Colony
| length10 = 4:16
| title11 = Interzone
| length11 = 2:28
| title12 = [[She's Lost Control]]
| length12 = 5:02
}}
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* {{Discogs master|23283}}
{{Joy Division}}
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[[Category:1999 live albums]]
[[Category:Joy Division live albums]]
[[Category:Live albums published posthumously]]