Product Details

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.[5] 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[6] and peaked at No. 3 in New Zealand in September 1981.[7] Closer was also named NME Album of the Year.[8][9] It was remastered and re-released in 2007.[Today, Closer is widely recognised as a seminal release of the post-punk era.[10] Following the release of the non-album single "Love Will Tear Us Apart" in June 1980, the remaining members re-formed as New Order.