An Ideal for Living

For the song by the Manic Street Preachers named after this record, see A Design for Life.
For the play by Noël Coward, see Design for Living.
An Ideal for Living
EP by
Joy Division
Released3 June 1978
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-inch cover

An Ideal for Living is the first record by the English rock band Joy Division. The EP was released on 3 June 1978 through the band's own label, Enigma, shortly after the group changed their name from Warsaw. The recording took place in Oldham in December 1977. The original 7-inch record cover features a blond Hitler Youth member beating a drum.

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