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Joy Division will mark the 40th anniversary of their landmark 1980 album Closer with a new vinyl reissue, as well as the rerelease of three rare 12″ singles. Three long-out-of-print Factory ...

Joy Division will release a remastered edition of their second album ‘Closer’ to mark its 40th anniversary later this year. The record, which will be pressed on crystal clear vinyl ...

Seeing your name on a poster, I was just like ... To be given the opportunity to play the songs on Closer, which we were never given as Joy Division, felt like a real gift.

In terms of pop culture adoration, Closer is often dwarfed by Unknown Pleasures — for one, there can’t be many album covers in the history of music that have quite such iconic status. But ...

While cultural historian Jon Savage recalls post-punk Manchester and its effect on Joy Division’s music, Pat Gilbert revisits the making of Unknown Pleasures and Closer, and, with Peter Hook and ...

Joy Division’s influence far outweighs its commercial success as the band’s only two studio albums, Unknown Pleasures (1979) and Closer (1980), have influenced everyone from U2 to The Cure.

Unknown Pleasures failed to chart, but Curtis’s death and Closer’s success dragged it up to No. 71 a year later. Hook (right) with his Joy Division band mates Stephen Morris, the late Ian ...

Joy Division‘s debut album Unknown Pleasures got 40th anniversary vinyl reissue last year and they’re following suit this year with 1980’s Closer. The Closer 40th anniversary edition comes ...