Joy Division's 1979 debut UNKNOWN PLEASURES is a landmark album whose atmospheric soundscape and complex layers of emotion established the band as principal architects and ultimate icons of the post-punk movement and the U.K. Manchester scene of the late '70s. It remains one of the definitive LPs of its era. Coinciding with the U.S. premiere of Control, the new Anton Corbijn-directed film about Joy Division lead singer Ian Curtis' life, Rhino's deluxe UNKNOWN PLEASURES is presented in original artwork and pressed on high-quality 180-gram vinyl
When the record was first released, Jon Savage - writing for Melody Maker - called it, "a brave bulletin, a danceable dream; brilliantly, a record of place. Of one particular city: Manchester. Your reviewer might very well be biased (after all, he lives there), but it is contended that UNKNOWN PLEASURES, in defining reaction and adjustment to place so accurately, makes the specific general, the particular a paradigm."
The album's ten classic songs resonate with the rich textures and deep sonic spaces of Martin Hannett's production. |
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