Closer (Joy Division album)

Closer
Studio album by
Joy Division
Released18 July 1980 (1980-07-18)
Recorded18–30 March 1980
StudioBritannia Row (Islington)
Genre
Length44:16
LabelFactory
ProducerMartin Hannett
Joy Division chronology
Unknown Pleasures
(1979) 		Closer
(1980) 		Still
(1981)

Closer[n 1] is the second and final studio album by the English rock band Joy Division, released on 18 July 1980 by Factory Records.[4] Produced by Martin Hannett, it was released two months after the suicide of the band's lead singer and lyricist Ian Curtis. The album reached No. 6 on the UK Albums Chart[5] and peaked at No. 3 in New Zealand in September 1981.[6] Closer was also named NME Album of the Year.[7][8] It was remastered and re-released in 2007.[4]

Today, Closer is widely recognised as a seminal release of the post-punk era.[9] Following the release of the non-album single "Love Will Tear Us Apart" in June 1980, the remaining members re-formed as New Order.

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  5. ^ "Closer | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
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