Unknown Pleasures is the debut studio album by the English post-punk band Joy Division, released on June 15, 1979, by Factory Records. 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. It is the only Joy Division album released during lead singer Ian Curtis‘s lifetime.
Tracklist:
Side One (Outside)
- Disorder
- Day of the Lords
- Candidate
- Insight
- New Dawn Fades
Side Two (Inside)
- She’s Lost Control
- Shadowplay
- Wilderness
- Interzone
- I Remember Nothing
Joy Division
Ian Curtis: vocals
Bernard Sumner: guitar, keyboards
Peter Hook: bass guitar
Stephen Morris: drums, percussion
Production
Martin Hannett: producer
Chris Nagle: engineer
Peter Saville: design
Chris Mathan: design
Ian Kevin Curtis ( July 15, 1956 – May 18,1980)
