CLOSER

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To mark the 35th anniversary of "Love Will Tear Us Apart" on June 27, Rhino is pleased to announce the reissues of four essential Joy Division albums on 180-gram vinyl. UNKNOWN PLEASURES (1979) and CLOSER (1980) will be available on June 29! Joy Division recorded two albums before the tragic suicide of singer Ian Curtis in 1980. The band's only two albums were groundbreaking and helped shape the sound and mood of alternative music. FOCUS Each reissue reproduces the design of the original vinyl with great attention to detail. Their content was remastered in 2007 during the album reissue campaign. Ian Curtis (guitar/vocals), Bernard Sumner (keyboards), Peter Hook (bass) and Stephen Morris (drums) released their first album Unknown Pleasures in 1979. The album's atmospheric sounds won over fans and critics alike with tracks like "She's Lost Control" and "Day of the Lords." Closer, the band's second album, was released the following year. Its dark and melancholic tones also earned rave reviews with tracks like "Isolation" and "Heart and Soul."