Closer (Joy Division album)
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Closer is a 1980 album by Joy Division. It was the band's second (and final) album, after Unknown Pleasures. It is considered one the landmark albums of the post-punk movement as well as one of the finest albums of the 1980s. The album was scheduled to be released on May 8, 1980, but ended up arriving in stores in July, shortly after lead singer Ian Curtis' suicide. The record was originally released on the Factory Records label as a 12" LP and reached #6 on the UK Albums Chart.
Closer, produced by Martin Hannett, has a sound which is both lusher and more sombre than Unknown Pleasures, with more use of synthesizers and studio effects. Many of its songs have a despairing, funereal feel, and its cover art appears to reflect this. The album cover was designed by Martyn Atkins and Peter Saville, with photography from Bernard Pierre Wolf. The cemetery on the cover is Staglieno Cemetery in Genoa, Italy.
In 2003, the album was ranked number 157 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
In 2002, Pitchfork Media listed Closer as #10 in its "Top 100 Albums of the 1980s". [link]
Track listing
- "Atrocity Exhibition" (6:06)
- "Isolation" (2:53)
- "Passover" (4:46)
- "Colony" (3:55)
- "A Means to an End" (4:07)
- "Heart and Soul" (5:51)
- "Twenty Four Hours" (4:26)
- "The Eternal" (6:07)
- "Decades" (6:09)
Personnel
- Ian Curtis - vocals
- Bernard Sumner - guitar, synthesizers
- Peter Hook - bass
- Stephen Morris - drums
- Martin Hannett - producer, engineer
- Michael Johnson - assistant engineer
- Bernard Pierre Wolfe - photography
- John Caffery - engineer
External links
- [All details about Closer]
- [Every versions of 'Closer' available worldwide]
- [for detailed release info]
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