{"product_id":"joy-division-unknown-pleasures-limited-texture-sleeve-180-gram-lp","title":"Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures (Limited Texture Sleeve, 180 Gram) (LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003eLimited 180 gram audiophile vinyl LP repressing of this album by the Manchester post-punk icons featuring the original Peter Saville designed packaging.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci class=\"review-intro\"\u003eTHIS IS THE FIRST PRESSING OF THIS CLASSIC IN 10 YEARS\u003c\/i\u003e, and it gets proper dues with 180g vinyl, deluxe packaging complete with original printed inner sleeve, and a remastering job from the original tapes. If you are going to own one \u003cstrong\u003eJoy Division\u003c\/strong\u003e record, this is probably it (but damn, I bet more people have the shirt than the actual recording). Check: \"She's Lost Control,\" \"Disorder,\" and \"New Dawn Fades.\" If you don't like the music, buy it for the timeless cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e180g black vinyl pressing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHoused in original Peter Saville-designed packaging\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCut from 2007 remaster of the album's original 10 tracks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRemember, for our lowest prices, always order directly from \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(184, 49, 47);\"\u003e Joco Records\u003c\/span\u003e!\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf U.K. punk was the outward expression of nihilism and youthful rebellion, the music of Joy Division signaled a sea change toward its bleaker, darker, more introspective side--in the process, giving birth to an influential, highly original sound that was to have recurring echoes in the subsequent goth, new wave, and post-punk movements. Quickly following on the heels of an aborted album for RCA, the band regrouped with producer Martin Hannett for their 1979 debut, UNKNOWN PLEASURES. A landmark release in the history of modern music--being sui generis to the social and spiritual landscape of post-war England--the album is perhaps the most powerful and evocative statement of existential dread ever recorded.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePruning away at the band's brash, ragged energy to reveal cavernous spaces filled with decaying chords and hollowed-out rhythms, UNKNOWN PLEASURES is as much a testament to Hannett's bold production touches as it is to Joy Division's powerful performances--Bernard Sumner's caustic riffing, Peter Hook's melodic basslines, Stephen Morris's martial rhythms, and Ian Curtis's potent, focused verse. Hannett wisely sidesteps naturalism in favor of noir-like claustrophobia, draping the instrumentation under spectral phantasms of found sound (breaking glass, elevator shafts, and footsteps). From the breathless, punk thrash of the opening track, \"Disorder,\" to the melancholic despair of \"Candidate,\" the songs form arcs of shade and light, revealing layers of energy and emotional intensity. Continuing with the taut, doom-laden rattle of \"She's Lost Control,\" its snapping synth drums seem to signal some agonizing form of psychological restraint from which to escape. The album closes with the harrowing, apocalyptic denouement of \"I Remember Nothing,\" in which Curtis's sorrowful croon declaims, \"we, we're strangers,\" over crashing drums and a funereal drone--a suitably dramatic end to one of the most cathartic, devastatingly powerful albums ever recorded.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoy Division:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ian Curtis (vocals); Bernard Sumner (guitar, keyboards); Peter Hook (bass); Stephen Morris (drums).\u003cbr\u003eRecorded at Strawberry Studios, Stockport, England.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: New Wave \/ Punk \/ Rock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTextured Sleeve\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e180 Gram, Black Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRemember, for our lowest prices, always order directly from \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(184, 49, 47);\"\u003e Joco Records\u003c\/span\u003e!\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTRACKS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eOutside\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA1 Disorder 3:36\u003cbr\u003eA2 Day Of The Lords 4:43\u003cbr\u003eA3 Candidate 3:00\u003cbr\u003eA4 Insight 4:00\u003cbr\u003eA5 New Dawn Fades 4:47\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eInside\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eB1 She’s Lost Control 3:40\u003cbr\u003eB2 Shadowplay 3:50\u003cbr\u003eB3 Wilderness 2:35\u003cbr\u003eB4 Interzone 2:10\u003cbr\u003eB5 I Remember Nothing 6:00\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ed\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Joco Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48097568686339,"sku":"PQQU5G-3M8W-00","price":25.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/phishstonesproducts.myshopify.com\/products\/joy-division-unknown-pleasures-limited-texture-sleeve-180-gram-lp","provider":"PhishStones Products","version":"1.0","type":"link"}