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Unknown Pleasures
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| Studio album by Joy Division | ||
| Released | June 15, 1979 (UK) | |
| Recorded | April 1-17, 1979 at Strawberry Studios, Stockport | |
| Genre | Post-Punk | |
| Length | 39:24 | |
| Label | Factory Records | |
| Producer(s) | Martin Hannett, Joy Division | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Joy Division chronology | ||
| Unknown Pleasures (1979) |
Closer (1980) |
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| Factory Records Catalogue Number | |
 Unknown Pleasures |
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| « 9 | 11 » |
Unknown Pleasures is the first album by Joy Division, released in 1979. It was produced by Martin Hannett and recorded at Strawberry Studios, Stockport, England.
The front cover image comes from an edition of the Cambridge Encyclopedia of Astronomy, and was originally drawn with black lines on a white background. [1] It presents exactly 100 successive pulses from the first pulsar discovered, PSR 1919+21 (often referred to in the context of this album by its older name, CP 1919). The cover design is credited to Joy Division, Peter Saville and Chris Mathan. The back cover of the album contains no track listings, leaving a blank table where one would expect the listings to be.
Unknown Pleasures reached #71 in the UK charts in August 1980 in the aftermath of Ian Curtis' death.
In 2000 Q magazine placed Unknown Pleasures at number 19 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever.
Contents |
- "Disorder" – 3:32
- "Day of the Lords" – 4:49
- "Candidate" – 3:05
- "Insight" – 4:29
- "New Dawn Fades" – 4:47
- "She's Lost Control" – 3:57
- "Shadowplay" – 3:55
- "Wilderness" – 2:38
- "Interzone" – 2:16
- "I Remember Nothing" – 5:53
- Ian Curtis – vocals, guitar on "I Remember Nothing"
- Bernard Sumner – guitar, keyboards
- Peter Hook – bass, second vocalist on "Interzone"
- Stephen Morris – drums, percussion
- "She's Lost Control" (file info) — play in browser (beta)
- Sample of "She's Lost Control" by Joy Division
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| Joy Division |
| Ian Curtis | Bernard Sumner | Peter Hook | Stephen Morris Former members: Terry Mason | Tony Tabac | Steve Brotherdale |
| Discography |
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| Albums: Unknown Pleasures | Closer |
| Compilation Albums: Still | Substance | Permanent | Heart and Soul |
| Live Albums: Preston Warehouse | Les Bains Douches | Fractured Box Set | Re-Fractured Box Set | Let The Movie Begin |
| Radio Albums: The Peel Sessions | The Complete BBC Recordings | Before and After/The BBC Sessions |
| Singles & EPs: An Ideal for Living | Transmission | Licht und Blindheit | Komakino | Love Will Tear Us Apart | Atmosphere/She's Lost Control |
| Unreleased Records The Warsaw Demo |
| Related articles |
| Factory Records | The Haçienda | 24 Hour Party People | Martin Hannett | Peter Saville | Tony Wilson | Rob Gretton | Alan Erasmus | New Order | Control: The Ian Curtis Film |