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"Isolation" is a song by English rock band Joy Division. It appears on their second and final studio album Closer (1980). The song is based on an electronic drum beat by Stephen Morris , accompanied by a thin, trebly keyboard part by Bernard Sumner .
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.
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 have influenced many bands, including their contemporaries the Cure and U2. [106] In 1980, U2 singer Bono said that Joy Division were "one of the most important bands of the last four or five years". [107] Joy Division was an influence on Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, [108] and on Tears for Fears. [109]
Heart and Soul is a box set by English rock band Joy Division containing nearly every track the band recorded between 1977 and 1980. The first two discs contain almost their entire studio output, including the albums Unknown Pleasures and Closer, along with singles and compilation appearances.
Joy Division were an English post-punk band that consisted of singer Ian Curtis, guitarist and keyboardist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook and drummer Stephen Morris.From 1976 to 1980, the band recorded a total of 53 songs, all of which were credited to all four members of the group, with one exception, and almost all were produced by Martin Hannett.
Still was released after the death of the band's frontman Ian Curtis.It consists of previously unused or unavailable studio material and live recordings. [1] The album includes the only live performance by the group of the song "Ceremony", which later became a New Order single.
"Komakino" is a June 1980 single by the English post-punk band Joy Division. Like " Dead Souls " and " Transmission ", the song was written between their first album Unknown Pleasures (1979) and second, final album Closer (1980).