Closer (180g)
STUDIO ALBUM BY JOY DIVISION
Year Released: 1980
CloserĀ is the second and finalĀ studio albumĀ by EnglishĀ rockĀ bandĀ Joy Division, released on 18 July 1980 byĀ Factory Records.Ā Produced by Martin Hannett, it was released two months after the suicide of the band's lead singer and lyricistĀ Ian Curtis. The album reached No. 6 on theĀ UK Album ChartĀ and peaked at No. 3 in New Zealand in September 1981.Ā CloserĀ was also namedĀ NME Album of the year.Ā It wasĀ remasteredĀ and re-released in 2007.
Today,Ā CloserĀ is widely recognised as a seminal release of theĀ post-punkĀ era.Ā Following the release of the non-album single "Love Will Tear Us Apart" in June 1980, the remaining members re-formed asĀ New Order.
Ā
TRACK-LIST:
- Atrocity Exhibition
- Isolation
- Passover
- Colony
- A Means To An End
- Heart And Soul
- Twenty Four Hours
- The Eternal
- Decades
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Closer (180g)
Closer (180g)
STUDIO ALBUM BY JOY DIVISION
Year Released: 1980
CloserĀ is the second and finalĀ studio albumĀ by EnglishĀ rockĀ bandĀ Joy Division, released on 18 July 1980 byĀ Factory Records.Ā Produced by Martin Hannett, it was released two months after the suicide of the band's lead singer and lyricistĀ Ian Curtis. The album reached No. 6 on theĀ UK Album ChartĀ and peaked at No. 3 in New Zealand in September 1981.Ā CloserĀ was also namedĀ NME Album of the year.Ā It wasĀ remasteredĀ and re-released in 2007.
Today,Ā CloserĀ is widely recognised as a seminal release of theĀ post-punkĀ era.Ā Following the release of the non-album single "Love Will Tear Us Apart" in June 1980, the remaining members re-formed asĀ New Order.
Ā
TRACK-LIST:
- Atrocity Exhibition
- Isolation
- Passover
- Colony
- A Means To An End
- Heart And Soul
- Twenty Four Hours
- The Eternal
- Decades
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STUDIO ALBUM BY JOY DIVISION
Year Released: 1980
CloserĀ is the second and finalĀ studio albumĀ by EnglishĀ rockĀ bandĀ Joy Division, released on 18 July 1980 byĀ Factory Records.Ā Produced by Martin Hannett, it was released two months after the suicide of the band's lead singer and lyricistĀ Ian Curtis. The album reached No. 6 on theĀ UK Album ChartĀ and peaked at No. 3 in New Zealand in September 1981.Ā CloserĀ was also namedĀ NME Album of the year.Ā It wasĀ remasteredĀ and re-released in 2007.
Today,Ā CloserĀ is widely recognised as a seminal release of theĀ post-punkĀ era.Ā Following the release of the non-album single "Love Will Tear Us Apart" in June 1980, the remaining members re-formed asĀ New Order.
Ā
TRACK-LIST:
- Atrocity Exhibition
- Isolation
- Passover
- Colony
- A Means To An End
- Heart And Soul
- Twenty Four Hours
- The Eternal
- Decades













