New Dawn Fades (track)
by Joy Division
Year: 1979
From the album Unknown Pleasures (track #5)
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New Dawn Fades appears on the following album(s) by Joy Division:
- Unknown Pleasures (track #5) (this album) (1979)
- The Best Of Joy Division (track #4) (compilation) (2008)
- Heart And Soul (track #7) (compilation) (1997)
- Les Bains Douches 18 December 1979 (track #11) (2001)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 07/12/2026 08:31 | Siromynian | 18,131 | 71/100 |
| ! | 07/07/2026 21:06 |  serpico | 3,784 | 90/100 |
| ! | 06/01/2026 12:29 | Bjartmar03 | 3,204 | 80/100 |
| ! | 03/09/2026 07:24 | Exist-en-ciel | 169,268 | 71/100 |
| ! | 01/23/2026 18:35 |  VictorVale | 44,173 | 89/100 |
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Jboy56 01/09/2022 08:41 | #278904
Darkness finely put to wax--
Incredible. A complete banger while also being pitch black. One of the best on the album.
Emotional and tormented interpretation. No contemporary band can match this expression of despair and loss.
Guitar kinda sounds like "War Pigs"
Add symbols and more screaming vocal and it could be Nirvana. A damn fine tune. One of the best songs on the album with a fantastic tortured vocal
Onater 09/11/2017 02:14 | #197773
"A loaded gun won't set you free. So you say."
This is one of the most powerful songs I have listened to! (Edited)
My favourite off the album (Edited)
DeusExMackia 03/29/2015 14:06 | #138130
Arguably the best song on the album. So much emotion within Curtis's words here, like some indignant outrage, full of regret and unparalleled darkness. (Edited)
Brilliant song, a very good song to represent Joy Division with. (Edited)
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