Closer (Joy Division album)
Occupation
- Ian Curtis - vocals,
- Bernard Sumner - guitar, synthesizer
- Peter Hook - bass guitar
- Stephen Morris - drums
Closer is the second and final studio album by the British post-punk band Joy Division.
History
The recording of the album found in mid to late March 1980 held in London. Closer was finally published on 18 July 1980 to Factory Records. At the time of publication singer Ian Curtis was two months dead, the rest of the band later made under the name New Order on.
In April 1980, the song Love Will Tear Us Apart appeared as a harbinger of the new album. He was later - after Curtis' death - the most successful song of the band and reached number 13 on the UK Singles Charts. Closer reached number 6 in the UK album charts.
Cover
The cover, which shows a tomb in the cemetery Staglieno in Genoa, Italy, was designed by Martyn Atkins and Peter Saville. The photograph comes from the French photographer Bernard Pierre Wolff, who also provided the cover photograph for Love Will Tear Us Apart.
Reception
The album is considered, like its predecessor Unknown Pleasures, a milestone in the history of music that has influenced many other bands. Both Joy Division albums appear in Robert Dimery 's reference book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. In addition Closer appears on lists like the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time ( Rolling Stone, 157th ) or the Top 100 Albums of the 1980s ( Pitchfork Media, 10th place ).
On the occasion of the 2007 rerelease Closer received in Album Review at Pitchfork Media, the maximum score of 10.0 points. Also Allmusic gives the album a perfect score.
"Closer is even more austere, more claustrophobic, more inventive, more beautiful, and more haunting than its predecessor. It's so Joy Division 's start - to-finish masterpiece, a flawless encapsulation of everything the group sought to achieve achievement. "
"Closer is even more serious, more claustrophobic, more inventive, more beautiful, and more haunting than its predecessor. It's also Joy Division's start - to - finish masterpiece, a flawless encapsulation of everything that sought to achieve the group. "