Name: Closer Pic Disc
Brand: Joy Division

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

xjoclip468

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Colour

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Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2007-06-14

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

F Minor

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Joy Division

Genre GB

New Wave / Post Punk

Label GB

back in stock a picture disc version of 'closer'. the news of singer ian curtis's suicide still hung in the air when this album was released in 1980. given the deep introspective nature of joy division's music, his death invested 'closer' with an even greater pessimism. yet there is a fragile beauty in its content and if curtis's voice seems more distant, it complements the sparse textures created by mesmerizing synthesizer lines and occasional, highly effective, piano. slow, hypnotic tempos increase the sense of brooding mystery and if the few faster songs provide musical relief, their lyrics prove equally tortured. eerie, yet compulsive, 'closer' confirmed joy divison's pre-eminent place in rock's pantheon. produced by martin hannett, this album 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, although it was chosen by peter saville before he had heard any of the music.

Closer Pic Disc

Music GB