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An Album Of Despair and Lost Love That Isn't Emo, Juil 12 2004
This is an emotionally draining album, straight from the broken, depressed mind of Ian Curtis, who on another note looks a bit like Elijah Wood. Most people already know the tale of Joy Division and Ian Curtis, a band whose singer suffered epileptic fits regularly on stage and at the age of twenty-five took his own life. Now I'm not one to give a band better letter grades because their singer died tragically, I hate Sublime, Drowning Pool, and am not too fond of INXS. Listening to this album it's not at all a surprise that Curtis killed himself, the album is dark and devoid of almost any hope. But let's not focus on Curtis, but the band as a whole. The sound of Bernard Sumner's guitar is stripped down to a skeleton, brittle and unpolished. Peter Hook's booming bass would later become a staple in post-punk and new waveish bands for years to come, and Stephen Morris's drums are loud and slow, pacing the music. Ian Curtis is still the star of the show though, and is a very engaging frontman, his droning, broken voice demands your attention.Let's get down to what matters though, the tunes. The opener Disorder is an excellent opener, and ends with Curtis screaming "I've got the spirit, but I'm losing feeling" and it really gets the blood pumping. There is not a sucker in the bunch though, and every song is excellent, of course some moreso than others. Insight is particularly noteworthy, as is She's Lost Control which may or may not be about Curtis's epilepsy. If you're looking for lots of synths in this album ala New Order, you may be a bit disappointed as the music is alot rougher. The lyrics are excellent but I'm not going to comment on them much. Whether Unknown Pleasures or Closer is better I'm not sure, because their both almost flawless.
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Debut album by hugely influential band, Juil 11 2004
Not as good as Closer due to the production and weakness of the songs included. It sounds really stunted and nowhere near as emotionally engaging as Closer. Transmission is not included, even though it was their first proper single, which is crazy. However, Disorder, New Dawn Fades, She's Lost Control, and Shadow Play are included and they are just perfect songs. However, I do prefer the live versions of all of the songs here, because on Unknown Pleasures, all of the songs sound like they have been recorded from a mile away, so everything is really quiet and toned down, whereas Joy Division always seemed to excel in their ability to engage the listener with their mania.
Some of the songs on here are just crap really. I mean Interzone and I Remember Nothing do nothing but make me want to skip them as soon as possible and go back to Disorder. I personally think they were best when playing short, sharp, bleak 'pop' songs with the best lyrics ever written. I think I Remember Nothing and Autosuggestion (not on this album) are too similar to Velvet Underground ramblings really to be any good. But if you like that sort of thing they could be for you.
Enough of the negatives. New Dawn Fades is the ultimate existential song of all time: 'Directionless, so plain to see, a loaded gun won't set you free, so you say'. No one toys with the idea of suicide in such a devastatingly bleak and serious manner. It really sends shivers down your spine. She's Lost Control is so sparse and hypnotic, it feels like you are the one having the epileptic fit. Shadow Play has wonderful images of 'assassins all grouped in four lines dancing on the floor'. Very manic and out of control. Wilderness shows the same profound sadness through the eyes of victims throughout history. Not as good as Closer, but in comparison to all of the vile wannabe bands out there today, it tears them into to little shreds and spits them out.
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awesome, Jui 26 2004
JD's debut Unknown Pleasures is an extremely strong debut, an essential record. Each song is full of Ian Curtis' emotional power and all songs on here is written through human emotion, no fakes here. Great record, I suggest it. The sophomore album (and last album) Closer is amazing as well. But I think Unknown Pleasures is better, just by a little.
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Rock expressionism, Mai 7 2004
This album is rock's equivalent of a Francis Bacon painting. It's a majestic, creepy, abstract masterpiece, as terrifying and sad today as it was twenty-five years ago.All of the tracks are brilliant, and most of them have been praised here, so I won't go through a long track-by-track summary. However, the three "crown jewels" of the album--Insight, New Dawn Fades, and She's Lost Control are definitely worth mentioning. In my opinion, they are the three most brilliant consecutive tracks in any pop album. "Insight," with its supremely minimalist guitar-and-bass line, weird computer beeps, and hollow vocals, is the epitome of computerized horror. If nuclear holocaust had a musical equivalent, this would be it--dispassionate, depressed vocals which build to a crescendo of synthesized fury. I realize that the previous sentence sounds incredibly pretentious, but it's really a testament to this band that such abstract accolades are actually apt. "New Dawn Fades," by contrast, is almost an operatic aria. Ian Curtis was sometimes described as being cold and unfeeling, but you would never know it from hearing this song, in which he seems to have a complete emotional breakdown by the last stanza. He's one of those rare singers who seems to become more beautiful as he becomes uglier. "She's Lost Control" is thought by some to have been better in its single, and while I agree that that version was more, well, "danceable," the album version has much more emotional weight. Part of my reason for preferring this incarnation is its bizarre combination of styles--it has a Kraftwerk-style beat which is overlaid with grunge rock guitars. It's such a perfect combination of mechanical order and chaos. If you want to see where much of modern rock came from--Jesus & Mary Chain, Depeche Mode, New Order, Nirvana, Nine Inch Nails, Radiohead, Interpol and almost any other off-center band--this is the album that started it all.
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the guitarist.., Mai 3 2004
ok first of all i wanna say that it seems like the guitarist is completetely UNDERRATED. i just got this cd a few weeks ago but im starting to listen to it more now and one of the first things i noticed is the guitar player. im a guitar player myself and although im only a beginner i know a good guitarist when i hear one. the stuff he plays on this cd is amazing. theres no other word for it. ive never heard anything like it..but it seems like not to many other people think hes all that good. i dont know really since i just started getting into joy division and all but thats one of the things i wanted to point out. besides that every song on here is good and the bass is also outstanding i would like to add. theres nothing bad about any of the songs. but my favorite song out of them all is number 5 because of the emotion Ian has in his voice is completely incredible and when his voice gets high close to the end it gives me goosebumps. and also the guitar in this song is also my favorite on the whole cd. and thats about all. if your a guitar player starting out and like relatively simple but awesome sounding riffs then i suggest getting this cd and that alone is a good enough reason to get this cd but theres so much more that the cd has to offer. R.I.P IAN CURTIS
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The first of two landmark albums, Avril 16 2004
"Unknown Pleasures" has proven to be something of a milestone in the world of rock music (much like it's successor, "Closer"). This album first introduced me to Joy Division some several many years ago, and I still distinctly remember my reaction to it. I had heard other bands who had been influenced by Joy Division, but I had never heard the real thing. The band has an incredible rythmic flow and togetherness, no matter what they're playing, and Curtis's voice is unlike any other, full and rich, urgent. The social commentary in the lyrics proves to be the lesser aspects of the album, but does give it even more substance, making that much more important. "Unknown Pleasures" is recommended to fans of post-punk, but anyone is welcome to listen.
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Where will it end...WHERE WILL IT END?, Mars 18 2004
...with the late, sadly lamented Ian Curtis droning "We were
strangers" over and over again to the backdrop of breaking
glass. Quite possibly the MOST influential disc (see ZEN
ARCADE) ever recorded by the most revered band of all time.
Let's face it kids...Joy Division meant it. Period. If you
can take just one album/CD/cassette to the "afterlife"...well...
I know you've heard it before. This is THE band that would
be blowing up arenas/stadiums if Old Ian didn't hold his own
private necktie party. One of the most manic, possessed frontmen this planet has ever seen with a singing voice that
can be both lustrous and harrowing at the same time, who gave
it all up when he got dumped. IAN!!! As Mr. Costello so aptly
put it in "Accidents can Happen"-"There are so many fish in the
sea..." God! There had to be a better way.
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Inferior to Closer, Fév 18 2004
This record is underproduced (New Dawn Fades, Shadowplay), and overproduced (She's Lost Control). It has an unfinished rawness that may appeal to some, but I think songs like New Dawn Fades are diamonds in the rough. She's Lost Control, with its mediocre mix, is greatly inferior to the Substance version, although that version wouldn't fit on the record.Closer, since it's the greatest "rock" album I've heard, makes this one seem regrettable. Songs like Wilderness and Interzone just aren't on the same level. This is a great record (it certainly was unique when it was released), when compared to most of the dross in the music industry, but Closer towers over it.
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One of The First (and Best) Post Punk Albums, Déc 30 2003
I have doubts that any band will ever match the emotion of Ian Curtis and The Joy Division. The display of anger, confusion, intensity, and overall sadness embraces all of Joy Division's short list of studio albums. While the follow up to this 1979 debut, the album "Closer" probably takes the cake for the most depressing peice of work they (or nearly anyone really) ever did, This album "Unknown Pleasures" mostly reads like a suicide note by itself (sans RIP Ian). This album has a few lighteer slightly more upbeat songs most noteably the openor "Disorder" which shows why this band obviously paved the way for bands that would popularize JD's post-punk and other mixed sounds like U2. Despite this the next song "Day Of The Lords" is mostly all pure doom and gloom with a chanted corus of "Where Will it End", making it sound like Ian's suicide wasn't much of a shock, though it was a tragedy. The next few songs are equally gloomy and dark and also have a creepy atmosphere that adds to the feel of this album. What makes this a little lighter than "Closer" (which NEEDS to be purchased if you already don't have a copy) mostly because after "She's Lost Control" (which is an excellent song) the seventh and most famous track "Shadow Play" which is a definate highligh, comes in with a different sound the atmosphere gets a little lighter and the songs have a more guitar driven and slightly rocking feeling to them with less depresion and darkness than the previous five songs while the closer "I remeber Nothing" returns to the sound of the first half of the album (excluding "Disorder"). I'm not sure where a JD begginers should start. They may seem a bit difficult to handle at first. Ian's voice is very unique, it is eeirily low pitch and his singing is almost talked sound to it and is certainly an auired taste. I'd recomend downloading a few songs and listening to them thoroughly and getting used to the sound before grabbing a cd by them Closer and Unknown Pleasures are given my highest recomendation for beginers, they have some good live material that may not be completely essential but still a good listen. They may take a few listens, but are great if you want an original and excellent listening experience, like most fans of real music. Bottom Line: No band has ever matched this band in emotion, any fan of real music deserves a copy of this and Closer if you want a dark and uniue music experience.
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It's all good, Nov. 12 2003
This is a must have for any serious Joy Division, New Order, Revenge, Monaco, or Other Two Fans.Take it along for those moon lit drives.
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