Unknown Pleasures
1979 studio album by Joy Division / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Unknown Pleasures is the debut studio album by the English rock band Joy Division, released on 15 June 1979 by Factory Records.[2] The album was recorded and mixed over three successive weekends at Stockport's Strawberry Studios in April 1979, with producer Martin Hannett contributing a number of unconventional recording techniques to the group's sound. The cover artwork was designed by artist Peter Saville, using a data plot of signals from a radio pulsar.[3] It is the only Joy Division album released during lead singer Ian Curtis's lifetime.
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Released | 15 June 1979 (1979-06-15) | |||
Recorded | 1–17 April 1979 | |||
Studio | Strawberry (Stockport) | |||
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Length | 39:28 | |||
Label | Factory | |||
Producer | Martin Hannett[2] | |||
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Factory Records did not release any singles from Unknown Pleasures, and the album did not chart despite the relative success of the group's follow-up single "Transmission". It has since received sustained critical acclaim as an influential post-punk album, and has been named as one of the best albums of all time by publications such as NME, AllMusic, Select, Rolling Stone, and Spin.