Pros: A Somber & Brilliant Masterpiece from Joy Division. Cons: None, unless you don't like morose music.
Upon its release in 1979, Joy Division’s debut “Unknown Pleasures” was becoming an underground hit in the U.K. while it won fans with the critical press both in the U.K. and a smaller group of them in the U.S. As their fan base began to...
Pros: Every bit as glum as they say. Shames any other would-be "sad" ensemble. Cons: My personal feeling is that Placido Domingo wouldn't have been intimidated by Ian's yucky voice.
Suicide is nothing to chortle at, to be sure. It has followed me like a cold, gray specter throughout my life, and two people at my workplace recently took the plunge, not to mention the handful of relatives and other folks I've known who have done the ...
Pros: Dark, decaying, itchy scabs of humanity. Mmmm, minimalism... Cons: Ian Curtis was a very miserable guy...
Regrettably it is our duty to report that the internet personality known as the Divine_Cheese is presumed dead. Unfortunately the virtual body was never recovered - the pack of rabid Oasis fans who went for him with their copies of "Definitely...
November has to be the most goth month. When I was younger and the weather on the East Coast turned cold and grey, I always got stirred up and started writing really bad poetry that included black hearts and broken wine goblets. This also meant...
Pros: Production, songwriting, emotion, recording history! Cons: CONS only if you don't like this style of music!!
THIS REVIEW WILL BE CLOSELY TIED TO MY REVIEW OF THEIR ONLY OTHER ALBUM, 'UNKNOWN PLEASURES'
Produced by the greatest record producer of all time, MARTIN HANNETT, and this is definitely his best effort next to THE NAMES 'SWIMMING' LP and Joy...
Pros: one of the most powerful albums ever made; absolutely incredible. Cons: none whatsoever.
this is an absolutely incredible album - exclamation point. its innovation and power is totally unparalleled, and it marks a huge improvement from the already incredible Unknown Pleasures. the whole band is at its best, and the context surrounding the...
Pros: A flawless work of art Cons: There won't be another one like it
I first bought this album in college, on vinyl -- this was before CD's existed. I had started following New Order and heard, by word of mouth -- this was before the WWW existed -- that Joy Division became New Order after Ian Curtis, JD's frontman,...
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