Joy Division Unknown Pleasures

Another 10 000 copies were sold until mid 1980.

Joy division unknown pleasures. Joy division unknown pleasures. The album was recorded and mixed over three successive weekends at stockport s strawberry studios in april 1979 and was produced by martin hannett 1 who incorporated a number of unconventional production techniques into the group s sound. Initial run of 10 000 copies was housed in a textured cover pressed by the wea pressing plant in west drayton and sold until october 1979. The front cover doesn t feature any words only a now iconic black and white data graph.

Disorder by joy division from their first album. At its most familiar it vaguely approximates the cold claustrophobia of. Released on 15 june 1979. About unknown pleasures 1 contributor one of the finest post punk albums ever crafted.

Simply put the group s debut full length unknown pleasures released in 1979 sounds like little that came before it. Unknown pleasures is the debut studio album by english rock band joy division released on 15 june 1979 by factory records. Joy division simply sound like no other artist and the sparse dark style of both music and vocals was hugely influential and is a gripping listen. With light shifting disco beats wedded to ian curtis wrenching baritone equipped lustful basslines and.

View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 1980 textured sleeve vinyl release of unknown pleasures on discogs. Many tracks are outstanding and all others are at least very good. Peter hook joy division s bassist and jon savage author of new oral history of the band talk about that seminal moment.