{"product_id":"joy-division-unknown-pleasures-180g-colored-vinyl-vinyl-lp","title":"Joy Division: Unknown Pleasures (180g, Colored Vinyl) Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Hook\u003c\/strong\u003e recalled in his memoir that long after Joy Division ended\u003c\/i\u003e and the surviving members reformed as \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?\u0026amp;q=New%20Order\u0026amp;filter=Brand\/Manufacturer\/Artist_fq:%22New%20Order%22%20OR%20Brand\/Manufacturer\/Artist_fq:%22New%20Order%20%2F%20Joy%20Division%22\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew Order\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, they were once being audited by a government tax agent who asked why there wasn’t any proof of income for all the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Joy+Division\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoy Division\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e t-shirts he’d seen people wearing over the years. \u003cstrong\u003eHook\u003c\/strong\u003e explained that \u003cstrong\u003eJoy Division\u003c\/strong\u003e never actually sold official merch, as they always deemed it patronizing and exploitative of their fans, and any \u003cstrong\u003eJoy Division\u003c\/strong\u003e shirts that existed were unofficial bootlegs (they've since \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?\u0026amp;q=Joy%20Division\u0026amp;filter=Category_fq:%22Clothing%20%2F%20Merch%22\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003echanged their policy\u003c\/a\u003e. also the tax agent didn’t buy it and hit them with an enormous fine). Fast forward to 2019 and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Peter+Saville\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Saville\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e’s iconic album cover for \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Unknown+Pleasures\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnknown Pleasures\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (little known fact: it was actually \u003cstrong\u003eBernard Sumner\u003c\/strong\u003e who found the image in an encyclopedia and showed it to \u003cstrong\u003eSaville\u003c\/strong\u003e) has been memed and repurposed so many times and in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/HMkizjb.jpg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003esuch\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/fFzibWU.jpg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ereprehensible\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/o1ZJ2jB.jpg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eways\u003c\/a\u003e (“Where will it end? Where will it end???”), I don’t even want to listen to the record anymore! This 40th anniversary edition with inverse monochromatic artwork has given me the perspective I needed to shake out of my stupor and remember that this album is actually sick as hell. Drop the needle on side A (“Disorder”) and the album starts off as innocently as anything from 1979, with what would become one of \u003cstrong\u003eHook\u003c\/strong\u003e’s signature high-neck b-lines and \u003cstrong\u003eStephen Morris\u003c\/strong\u003e’ crispy drum rolls introducing what is probably the 20th century’s most tragic and influential bands in uncharacteristically (and obliviously) celebratory fashion. Tumble deeper into “Day Of The Lords” and feel the full weight of \u003cstrong\u003eIan Curtis\u003c\/strong\u003e' depression \/ epilepsy (not to mention the immaculateness of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Martin+Hannett\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMartin Hannett\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e’s production) bearing down on you. There’s no real standouts to mention, as the whole album is a linear, deadpan report from life in economically and emotionally downturned northern England, even down to the nihilistic coda “I Remember Nothing” which winds down the record rather unceremoniously with a quick fade out into some clanging metal noises. As such, there were no singles released to support the album, and nothing on the record comes close to the severely catchy “Transmission,” or “Love Will Tear Us Apart” that came before and after. Except for \u003cem\u003e*maybe*\u003c\/em\u003e “She’s Lost Control,” which, with the glassy drums and the devolving space echo on \u003cstrong\u003eCurtis\u003c\/strong\u003e’ voice, is far and away the best version (anyone who prefers the 12” version is a cop!). This pressing includes the great-sounding 2007 remastered versions of the album’s ten tracks presented in their original running order, on heavyweight red vinyl with reverse color sleeve design. Never thought I’d need an excuse to revisit an album as seminal and ubiquitous as this one, but alas. Recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e40th anniversary edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e180g ruby red colored vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eincludes 2007 remaster of the album's original 10 tracks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003elimited edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emusic label: Factory 2019\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ereviewed by Isosceles Kramer 05\/2019\u003c\/h6\u003e","brand":"Joy Division","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl LP *LocNYA3","offer_id":17147468185690,"sku":"lp-10575","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/4542\/products\/joydivision-unknownpleasures40thred.jpg?v=1762276987","url":"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/products\/joy-division-unknown-pleasures-180g-colored-vinyl-vinyl-lp","provider":"turntablelab.mom","version":"1.0","type":"link"}