Original sentence: As noted above, upon its release in November 1981--just weeks after the Joy Division retrospective/live double album Still-- Movement was met with a tepid reception, with critics disappointed by what was perceived to be a lack of forward momentum after the "Ceremony" single.Hannett was in a legal dispute with Factory Records and suffering from substance and alcohol abuse, and the band members--themselves still coming to terms with having to write and arrange songs without Curtis's ear and lyric-writing ability--found him uncooperative
Edited sentence: As noted above, upon its release in November 1981—just weeks after the Joy Division retrospective/live double album Still-- Movement was met with a tepid reception, with critics disappointed by what was perceived to be a lack of forward momentum after the "Ceremony" single.Hannett was in a legal dispute with Factory Records and suffering from substance and alcohol abuse, and the band members—themselves still coming to terms with having to write and arrange songs without Curtis's ear and lyric-writing ability—found him uncooperative