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Closer
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Where it sits
Second of the two Joy Division records held here. It came two years into a run that began in 1978, the same year this tree dates Post-punk from.
From Wikipedia
Closer is the second and final studio album by the English rock band Joy Division, released on 18 July 1980 by Factory Records. Produced by Martin Hannett, it was recorded two months before and released two months after the suicide of the band's lead singer and lyricist Ian Curtis. The album reached No. 6 on the UK Albums Chart and peaked at No. 3 in New Zealand in September 1981. Closer was also named NME Album of the Year. It was remastered and re-released in 2007.
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