Unknown Pleasures

E609759
debut album studio album

Unknown Pleasures is Joy Division’s influential 1979 debut album, renowned for its dark, atmospheric post-punk sound and iconic pulsar waveform cover art.

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Unknown Pleasures – 1979 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf debut album ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
artist Joy Division NERFINISHED ⓘ
bassist Peter Hook NERFINISHED ⓘ
chronologicallyFollowedBy Closer NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
coverArtDesigner Peter Saville NERFINISHED ⓘ
coverArtSource pulsar CP 1919 radio waves ⓘ
criticalReputation highly influential post-punk album ⓘ
dateOfRelease 1979-06-15 ⓘ
drummer Stephen Morris NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre gothic rock ⓘ
post-punk ⓘ
guitarist Bernard Sumner NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBandMemberAtRelease Bernard Sumner NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ian Curtis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peter Hook NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stephen Morris NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCoverArt Unknown Pleasures pulsar waveform cover ⓘ
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Day of the Lords NERFINISHED ⓘ
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I Remember Nothing NERFINISHED ⓘ
Insight NERFINISHED ⓘ
Interzone NERFINISHED ⓘ
New Dawn Fades NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shadowplay NERFINISHED ⓘ
She’s Lost Control NERFINISHED ⓘ
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length ~39 minutes ⓘ
locationOfRecording Stockport, England NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFeature dark atmospheric sound ⓘ
iconic minimalist cover art ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
performer Joy Division NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer Martin Hannett NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordedAt Strawberry Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordLabel Factory Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
releasedBy Factory Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
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Day of the Lords NERFINISHED ⓘ
Disorder NERFINISHED ⓘ
Insight NERFINISHED ⓘ
New Dawn Fades NERFINISHED ⓘ
sideTwoTrack I Remember Nothing NERFINISHED ⓘ
Interzone NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shadowplay NERFINISHED ⓘ
She’s Lost Control NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wilderness ⓘ
vocalPerformer Ian Curtis NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Joy Division → notableWork → Unknown Pleasures ⓘ
Joy Division → studioAlbum → Unknown Pleasures ⓘ
Joy Division → releaseYearOf → Unknown Pleasures ⓘ
this entity surface form: Unknown Pleasures – 1979