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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 posthumous single, "Love Will Tear Us Apart", was released a month later, [8] while their final album, Closer, followed in July. [9] Closer featured songs that were more choppy and "crumbled up" than its predecessor, and its sound is more "chaotic". [9]
The band released its debut album, Unknown Pleasures, in 1979 on independent label Factory. On 18 May 1980, the eve of the band's first North American tour, Curtis was found dead in his home. Unable to continue as Joy Division, the remaining members disbanded the group. The band's second album, Closer, was released two months later to critical ...
He died by suicide on the eve of what would have been the band's first North American tour in May 1980, aged 23. Joy Division's second and final album, Closer, was released two months later; it and the single "Love Will Tear Us Apart" became their highest-charting releases.
"Atrocity Exhibition" is a song by the English post-punk band Joy Division. It is the opening track on their second and final album Closer. The song was produced by Martin Hannett and Joy Division. It was recorded at Pink Floyd's Britannia Row Studios in London.
Ian Kevin Curtis (15 July 1956 – 18 May 1980) was an English singer, songwriter and musician. He was the lead singer, lyricist and occasional guitarist of the band Joy Division, with whom he released the albums Unknown Pleasures (1979) and Closer (1980).
Joy Division: TV documentary: 1989: Documentary on Channel 4 music show Wired, made to coincide with release of Joy Division catalogue on CD [280] FAC 212: Happy Mondays: Wrote for Luck / Boom: Central Station Design: 7", 12", CD: October 1988 [281] FAC 213: Joy Division: Atmosphere / The Only Mistake: Brett Wickens, Peter Saville Associates: 7 ...
In May, Joy Division singer Ian Curtis committed suicide shortly before a planned tour of the US. The following month saw Joy Division's single "Love Will Tear Us Apart" reach the UK top twenty, and their second album Closer was released the following month. In late 1980, the remaining members of Joy Division decided to continue as New Order.