Best Ever Albums

Re: Unknown Pleasures or Closer?

Anonymous — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:32:44 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/12/2012 20:32

Borve Baunehoj wrote:

Unknown Pleasure because my cd of Closer has yellow artwork instead of white, while UP has original artwork

Mine does too.

Re: Unknown Pleasures or Closer?

Patman360 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 12:10:44 GMT

Author: Patman360

Posted: 09/12/2012 16:10

Recently moved Closer above Unknown Pleasures in my chart...So I'm going with Closer but not by much...

Re: Unknown Pleasures or Closer?

Anonymous — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:16:21 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/12/2012 15:16

Unknown Pleasure because my cd of Closer has yellow artwork instead of white, while UP has original artwork

Re: Unknown Pleasures or Closer?

hairymarx1 — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 22:10:52 GMT

Author: hairymarx1

Posted: 09/12/2012 02:10

The first time I heard Joy Division was the session they did for John Peel on the BBC when I was 17. The session was released on vinyl in about 1981 and the 12 inch vinyl played at 45RPM (45RPM 12 inchers always sounded better than their 33RPM counterparts).

The session the band did for Peel blew me away. If you want to hear Joy Division at their very best, this is the vinyl release to hear. At that point in time, I hadn't heard a sound like it with the exception of perhaps PIL's 'Metal Box'.

I subsequently became aware as to where they were coming from in terms of their influences (Velvets, Doors, Neu! etc). But their sound was groundbreaking to a teenager who up until that point had been raised listening to my uncle's MOR AOR collection.

On the strength of hearing that John Peel session, I bought Closer which was the first album I heard from the band. There is little to choose between this and Unknown Pleasures in my view. I opt for the former purely for sentimental reasons.

Re: Unknown Pleasures or Closer?

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 22:10:33 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/12/2012 02:10

purple wrote:

The danceable depression of Isolation. The inner, echoing dialogue between the primary vocal and the barely audible whisper on Passover. The hushed metal of Colony. The insect-mimicking sound on Atrocity Exhibition and Eternal. The forward-thinking pop-sensible drive of Means to an End and Heart and Soul. All these highlights, and there are many more, make Closer more musically interesting than Unknown Pleasures for me. And then Closer is more lyrically mature, thematically and structurally. Disorder is their best song though.

Oh, this is like the best piece ever written on BEA.

Re: Unknown Pleasures or Closer?

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 21:40:24 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/12/2012 01:40

The danceable depression of Isolation. The inner, echoing dialogue between the primary vocal and the barely audible whisper on Passover. The hushed metal of Colony. The insect-mimicking sound on Atrocity Exhibition and Eternal. The forward-thinking pop-sensible drive of Means to an End and Heart and Soul. All these highlights, and there are many more, make Closer more musically interesting than Unknown Pleasures for me. And then Closer is more lyrically mature, thematically and structurally. Disorder is their best song though. #JherekoSucksDicks

Re: Unknown Pleasures or Closer?

TracyJacks — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 19:10:12 GMT

Author: TracyJacks

Posted: 09/11/2012 23:10

Both are brilliant albums. UP is probably easier to listen to, and maybe this is why it has grown on me really quickly while I couldn't get into Closer for a while. Closer is the album I had to listen to more to understand it and I have to be in a special mood to listen to it.

I can't decide, I would give both albums 100/100.

Re: Unknown Pleasures or Closer?

CellarDoor — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 13:15:51 GMT

Author: CellarDoor

Posted: 09/11/2012 17:15

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Re: Unknown Pleasures or Closer?

alelsupreme — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 11:44:20 GMT

Author: alelsupreme

Posted: 09/11/2012 15:44

Never really liked Closer much, so UP.

Re: Unknown Pleasures or Closer?

HigherThanTheSun — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 10:17:29 GMT

Author: HigherThanTheSun

Posted: 09/11/2012 14:17

I prefer Unknown Pleasures by quite a bit, although Closer is still an incredible album.

Re: Unknown Pleasures or Closer?

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 09:15:13 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/11/2012 13:15

Can't really compare them but if I wanted to say sth I would say that while number of tracks on UP are one more than Closer, I have more favorite tracks on Closer.

Re: Unknown Pleasures or Closer?

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 09:06:15 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/11/2012 13:06

Yep, not THAT bleak.

Considering how mundane the end of the Joy Division story was.

Re: Unknown Pleasures or Closer?

RFNAPLES — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 08:52:41 GMT

Author: RFNAPLES

Posted: 09/11/2012 12:52

Closer

Re: Unknown Pleasures or Closer?

Facetious — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 08:47:46 GMT

Author: Facetious

Posted: 09/11/2012 12:47

Both are great of course, but UP is slightly better.

Also, Closer as a whole is not THAT bleak.

Re: Unknown Pleasures or Closer?

Hayden — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 07:37:05 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 09/11/2012 11:37

Closer is a bit better. Both are amazing though.

Re: Unknown Pleasures or Closer?

GeevyDallas — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 07:01:42 GMT

Author: GeevyDallas

Posted: 09/11/2012 11:01

Unknown Pleasures has possibly my favorite/the greatest ever song in Disorder on it,that's what separates it for me and is the difference between 95/100 and 100/100.Everything else leaves them neck and neck in my opinion.

Re: Unknown Pleasures or Closer?

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 05:28:53 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/11/2012 09:28

Closer is so bleak, at least on UP there is some light at the end of the tunnel. (CellarDoor)

Les Bains 😎

Re: Unknown Pleasures or Closer?

cartoken — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 02:56:53 GMT

Author: cartoken

Posted: 09/11/2012 06:56

I use to prefer Colser, but i re-listened to unknown pleasures a week ago and it was fantastic !
in my top 500:
-Joy Division - Unknown pleasures (129#)
- Joy Division - Closer (140#)

Re: Unknown Pleasures or Closer?

Norman Bates — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 02:29:09 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 09/11/2012 06:29

I'd say Unknown Pleasures. Closer is brilliant, but I have to be in the right mood to listen to it, it's really gloomy at times. Unknown Pleasures is brilliant too, but I find it more accessible in a way, and it won't get me down.

Re: Unknown Pleasures or Closer?

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 02:02:26 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/11/2012 06:02

the joj or 96?

Just kidding. Like most of my favorite bands my favorite album often depends on what mood I'm in.