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Live album documenting a performance in Paris in December 1979, a few months before the suicide of leader Ian Curtis. It features tracks from both "Unknown Pleasures" and the future "Closer," as well as songs that only appeared on EPs or compilations like Love will tear us apart, Transmission, These days, and Digital, now available on the numerous posthumous collections of the group ("Still," "Substance," "Permanent" and many more).
The recording is average, with some sound quality flaws (especially Bernard Sumner's guitar), which nonetheless do not detract from the beauty of grim masterpieces like Shadowplay or New dawn fades, true manifestos of despair and futile rebellion, thanks above all to that voice, that damned, haunting voice of Ian Curtis, a martyr of himself and his success: there's no middle ground, you either hate it or love it.
A good live testimony for one of the groups that is not only a cornerstone of all post/dark-punk, but also one of the most influential of the last 25 years: essential.
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This live album captures Joy Division's December 1979 Paris concert months before Ian Curtis's death. Despite average sound quality, it showcases iconic tracks from Unknown Pleasures and Closer, with Curtis's haunting voice making it unforgettable. The album stands as an essential document of one of post-punk’s most influential bands.Tracklist Lyrics
Joy Division
Joy Division were an English post-punk band formed in the late 1970s (Ian Curtis, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris). They released two studio albums, Unknown Pleasures (1979) and Closer (1980). After the suicide of lead singer Ian Curtis in May 1980 the remaining members later formed New Order.43 Reviews
