Total: From Joy Division to New Order

The record label were unhappy with calling the record a "Best Of", so after brainstorming with New Order, the title Total was eventually chosen by Bernard Sumner.

The album cover was created by Howard Wakefield who previously served as understudy to Peter Saville. Saville was involved in art direction and told The Guardian: "I realised this was a record that would be sold in supermarkets and advertised on television. So the cover has a 'pile it high, sell it cheap' aesthetic. As you open it out, it says Total, but folded up you just see the 'O's. It says, 'From Joy Division to New Order'. I couldn't bear the words 'Best of'. It's a long way from the independent record shop to Tesco, almost 33 years. At Factory, I had a freedom that was unprecedented in communications design. We lived out an ideal, without business calling the shots. It was a phenomenon."{{cite news|last=Grundy|first=Gareth|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/gallery/2011/may/29/joydivision-neworder#/?picture=375035036&index=9|title=Peter Saville on his album cover artwork|newspaper=The Guardian|date=29 May 2011|access-date=10 June 2011}}

The A&R for the release was handled by the band, Andrew Robinson (co-manager) and Gary Lancaster of Warner Music. In a bid to offer fans something new compared to previous compilations the album included four never-before on CD versions of the bands' tracks, including the original 7″ version of "True Faith" and Shep Pettibone's 7″ remix of "Bizarre Love Triangle," though these were later included on the "corrected" 2016 reissue of Singles. Total also includes a unique 4:23 edit of "The Perfect Kiss" which is very similar to and the same length as the US 7″ single version, but which uses a different four bar section of instrumental music from the album version than the 7″ version has. All tracks were mastered from original source tapes by Frank Arkwright.

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| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0002153401|title=Joy Division/New Order – Total: Review |first=Andy |last=Kellman |accessdate=3 July 2020}}

| rev2 = The Irish Independent

| rev2score = Negative{{cite news|last=Meagher|first=John|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/reviews-joy-division-and-new-order-by-john-meagher-2671126.html|title=REVIEWS: 'Joy Division and New Order' by John Meagher|newspaper=The Irish Independent|date=10 June 2011|access-date=10 June 2011}}

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John Meagher, who wrote for the "Day & Night" section of The Irish Independent, wrote that "there's nothing here to attract existing fans of either bands. Instead, all Total does is to reinforce the idea that Joy Division/New Order was a hugely exciting source of music between 1978 and 1990 and New Order has been a pitiful shadow of their once-visionary selves ever since."

{{Track listing

| headline = CD edition

| extra_column = Album

| title1 = Transmission

| extra1 = Non-album single (1979)

| writer1 = Ian Curtis, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Bernard Sumner

| length1 = 3:38

| title2 = Love Will Tear Us Apart

| extra2 = Non-album single (1980)

| writer2 = Curtis, Hook, Morris, Sumner

| length2 = 3:26

| title3 = Isolation

| extra3 = Closer (1980)

| writer3 = Curtis, Hook, Morris, Sumner

| length3 = 2:54

| title4 = She's Lost Control

| note4 = 12" Version

| extra4 = "Atmosphere" single (1980)

| writer4 = Curtis, Hook, Morris, Sumner

| length4 = 4:46

| title5 = Atmosphere

| extra5 = Non-album single (1980)

| writer5 = Curtis, Hook, Morris, Sumner

| length5 = 4:10

| title6 = Ceremony

| note6 = Version 1

| extra6 = Non-album single (1981)

| writer6 = Curtis, Hook, Morris, Sumner

| length6 = 4:37

| title7 = Temptation

| note7 = 7" Version

| extra7 = Non-album single (1982)

| writer7 = Gillian Gilbert, Hook, Morris, Sumner

| length7 = 5:24

| title8 = Blue Monday

| extra8 = Non-album single (1983)

| writer8 = Gilbert, Hook, Morris, Sumner

| length8 = 7:29

| title9 = Thieves Like Us

| note9 = 7″ Promo Edit

| extra9 = Non-album single (1984)

| writer9 = Arthur Baker, Gilbert, Hook, Morris, Sumner

| length9 = 3:56

| title10 = The Perfect Kiss

| note10 = QWEST/US 7″ Edit

| extra10 = Low-Life (1985)

| writer10 = Gilbert, Hook, Morris, Sumner

| length10 = 4:26

| title11 = Bizarre Love Triangle

| note11 = Shep Pettibone 7″ Remix Edit

| extra11 = Brotherhood (1986)

| writer11 = Gilbert, Hook, Morris, Sumner

| length11 = 3:46

| title12 = True Faith

| note12 = 7″ Version

| extra12 = Substance (1987)

| writer12 = Gilbert, Stephen Hague, Hook, Morris, Sumner

| length12 = 4:12

| title13 = Fine Time

| note13 = 7″ Version

| extra13 = Technique (1989)

| writer13 = Gilbert, Hook, Morris, Sumner

| length13 = 3:10

| title14 = World in Motion

| extra14 = Non-album single (1990)

| writer14 = Keith Allen, Gilbert, Hook, Morris, Sumner

| length14 = 4:32

| title15 = Regret

| extra15 = Republic (1993)

| writer15 = Gilbert, Hague, Hook, Morris, Sumner

| length15 = 4:10

| title16 = Crystal

| note16 = Radio Edit

| extra16 = Get Ready (2001)

| writer16 = Gilbert, Hook, Morris, Sumner

| length16 = 4:20

| title17 = Krafty

| note17 = Single Edit

| extra17 = Waiting for the Sirens' Call (2005)

| writer17 = Phil Cunningham, Hook, Morris, Sumner

| length17 = 3:47

| title18 = Hellbent

| extra18 = Previously unreleased{{efn|group=upper-alpha| Later released on Lost Sirens (2013)}}

| writer18 = Hook, Morris, Sumner

| length18 = 4:29

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• Tracks 1 to 5 performed by Joy Division.
• Tracks 6–18 performed by New Order.

{{Track listing

| headline = Digital deluxe edition bonus videos

| title1 = Love Will Tear Us Apart

| length1 = 3:39

| title2 = Atmosphere

| length2 = 4:33

| title3 = Temptation

| length3 = 7:01

| title4 = Blue Monday '88

| length4 = 4:07

| title5 = The Perfect Kiss

| length5 = 10:39

| title6 = Bizarre Love Triangle

| length6 = 3:52

| title7 = True Faith

| length7 = 4:21

| title8 = World in Motion

| length8 = 4:04

| title9 = Fine Time

| length9 = 3:23

| title10 = Regret

| length10 = 3:58

| title11 = Crystal

| length11 = 4:20

| title12 = Krafty

| length12 = 3:48

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• Tracks 1 and 2 performed by Joy Division.
• Tracks 3–12 performed by New Order.

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