{"product_id":"closer-180g","title":"Closer (180g)","description":"\u003ch4 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSTUDIO ALBUM BY JOY DIVISION\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYear Released: 1980\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCloser\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the second and final\u003cspan\u003e studio album\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby English\u003cspan\u003e rock\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eband\u003cspan\u003e Joy Division\u003c\/span\u003e, released on 18 July 1980 by\u003cspan\u003e Factory Records\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eProduced by Martin Hannett, it was released two months after the suicide of the band's lead singer and lyricist\u003cspan\u003e Ian Curtis\u003c\/span\u003e. The album reached No. 6 on the\u003cspan\u003e UK Album Chart\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand peaked at No. 3 in New Zealand in September 1981.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCloser\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas also named\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNME Album of the year\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eIt was\u003cspan\u003e remastered\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand re-released in 2007.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCloser\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis widely recognised as a seminal release of the\u003cspan\u003e post-punk\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eera.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eFollowing the release of the non-album single \"Love Will Tear Us Apart\" in June 1980, the remaining members re-formed as\u003cspan\u003e New Order\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eTRACK-LIST:\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAtrocity Exhibition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIsolation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePassover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColony\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Means To An End\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHeart And Soul\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwenty Four Hours\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Eternal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDecades\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Joy Division","offers":[{"title":"Black","offer_id":45831782203549,"sku":"237736-09","price":42.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0446\/4836\/6237\/files\/0014_closer180g.jpg?v=1724086080","url":"https:\/\/exoshop.com\/en-us\/products\/closer-180g","provider":"EXOSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}