Joy Division

nlgbbbblth

what's your favourite Joy Division album?

nlgbbbblth

Closer

Unknown Pleasures is possibly the second best greatest debut album of all time.

Closer, while great, is let down by two weak (by their standards) songs.
Heart and Soul / The Eternal

John

Closer is far better in my opinion. I can't even begin to think what's wrong with Heart and Soul or The Eternal. I think Unknown Pleasures is a great album but they still seemed to be finding their sound and on Closer they nailed it. It just sounds so perfect, Curtis was almost right to do what he did, how can you follow up an album like that?

goo

John2 wrote:

Curtis was almost right to do what he did

Eh, he could've just quit.

John

That would be the easy way out

sterculelum

nlgbbbblth wrote:

Unknown Pleasures is possibly the second best greatest debut album of all time.

Closer, while great, is let down by two weak (by their standards) songs.
Heart and Soul / The Eternal

I agree but Heart and Soul is a masterpiece. Some bassline. They're one of my fav bands. The Substance compilation is good too but I'd put Closer at the top.

shuushh

The Eternal is the song that got me liking Joy Division

ill take Closer

Alana

Closer all the way. Ian Curtis, you messed up boy, may you RIP.

Tanabe

New Order are just a pale reminder to us of what a great band Joy Division were.

'Closer' was in my opinion their finest hour.

Ian Curtis R.I.P
'Love Will Tear Us Apart'

Karlusss

It's Closer, if only because it's slightly less grey. Both quality, quality albums.

dramadave

nlgbbbblth wrote: »

what's your favourite Joy Division album?

Like they only had two studio albums, 2.5 if you include the Warsaw EP, eeney meeney miney mo.

nlgbbbblth

Closer

dramadave wrote: »

Like they only had two studio albums, 2.5 if you include the Warsaw EP, eeney meeney miney mo.

Why would you include Warsaw?

4 tracks - released on a 7" and a 12"

eligible for singles chart, not album chart.

dramadave

nlgbbbblth wrote: »

Why would you include Warsaw?

4 tracks - released on a 7" and a 12"

eligible for singles chart, not album chart.

You are right but then again can you include albums released after Curtis as some of those above have? Joy Division are a bit like the doors, the survivors have been dining out on their front man for years. :pac:

Carcharodon

Without a shadow of doubt it has to be 'The Best Of Joy Division'

Duh, Winning...

stateofflux

have to say i like them equally, i love unknown pleasures for its nearly dark blues vibe (shadowplay etc) & closer for its haunting cold emptiness...i do think that hannett is little bit overrated and some of the warsaw demo's sound better than when hannett got at them....you have to have crazy drum rolls on transmission

SheLostControl

Unknown Pleasures is the pinnacle of its kind and more, however, 'Still' isnt bad either!

Oh_Noes

Carcharodon wrote: »

Without a shadow of doubt it has to be 'The Best Of Joy Division'

Duh, Winning...

Back of the net!

smokedeels

Unkown Pleasures... but, ffs it's bad enough that there's only two albums do I really have to choose between them?

pappyodaniel

John wrote: »

....Curtis was almost right to do what he did, how can you follow up an album like that?

That's one of the dumbest things I've read.

smokedeels

John wrote: »

That would be the easy way out

I admire your dedication to the notion of “going out on top”.

Miguel_Sanchez

You guys do realise you're responding to posts from 6 years ago don't you?

smokedeels

I had no idea... haha.

pappyodaniel

Jeff_Lebowski wrote: »

You guys do realise you're responding to posts from 6 years ago don't you?

I still stand by my last comment, I hope that guy has matured over the last 6 years!