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This review captures the emotional intensity and dark atmosphere of Joy Division's debut album Unknown Pleasures. The evocative references to key tracks highlight the listener's immersion in the band's haunting post-punk sound. The reviewer expresses a deep connection with the music's brooding themes and timeless impact. Overall, a passionate endorsement of an iconic record.Tracklist Lyrics Videos
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
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By emily
Ian Curtis almost doesn’t sing, he 'is', he screams, he declares himself and his clear torment in a desperate and raw way.
A masterpiece album, the first effort of a band that became legend, and that pervades inside and digs like few others.
By Sgt Pepper
"Unknown Pleasures talks about this, and it introduces us to what can be considered the true testament of Ian Curtis."
"You remain surrounded by darkness, by the ghosts that cloud Curtis' depressed mind. Ghosts that could not have been described more candidly."
By iusedme
Curtis' voice is Curtis' voice. Period. No one had his tone. Period.
'Unknown Pleasures changes the place where it is played, and in many cases, it has also changed the people who have listened to it.'
By lovetojour
Joy Division answered us by imploding a star in a room. Ours.
The scream is cautionary, the hope is INSIDE.
By Daedal
"Unknown Pleasures is the transformation of the four from a rough and dirty group to a magnificent conjurer of atmospheres."
"A seminal manifesto of the gothic season that was to come, unifying spectral and black music with the disturbing and magnificent poetry of that sad genius, Ian Curtis."
