Closer: Remastered & Expanded - Joy Division Reviews

Never has there been a more overhyped death cult than that which came to the fore upon the death of the Joy Division singer, Ian Curtis. JD were undoubtedly and extraordinary, unique band who spawned endless copyists, but the reverence which was applied to them in the year or so following the act was a phenomenon and nearly swamped New Order ...  Read the complete review

A mortal climax. Have you ever thought of doing something? Just doing it and then leaving. So you don't even see the results? What if I write this, and then skewer myself over the desk as a few Miles ooze into my account... If you have ever wondered, out of harmless curiosity and slight amusement of course, what the world would say, if the ...  Read the complete review

Note: The version of 'Closer' I'm referring to is basically disc 2 of Joy Division's 'Heart and soul' box set, alternatively known as 'Closer plus' (the plus pertaining to extra material not from the album) and so I can't comment on things like packaging, just solely on the audio content of 'Closer' ...  Read the complete review

This album is probably the most bleak, depressing 45 minutes you will ever experience. It is also the most amazing, life-enhancing 45 minutes you will ever experience. This is not a contradiction and this is not hyperbole. Kicking off, quite literally, with the brutal 'Atrocity Exhibition', Closer is obviously a different ...  Read the complete review