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Unknown Pleasures is the first album by Joy Division, released in 1979. It was produced by Martin Hannett and recorded at Strawberry Studios, Stockport, England.

The front cover image comes from an edition of the Cambridge Encyclopedia of Astronomy, and was originally drawn with black lines on a white background. [1]It presents exactly 100 successive pulses from the first pulsar discovered, PSR 1919+21 (often referred to in the context of this album by its older name, CP 1919). The cover design is credited to Joy Division, Peter Saville and Chris Mathan, although it bares an incredible resemblance to a digital scan of the alien planet's surface in the film Alien.

Unknown Pleasures reached #71 in the UK charts in August 1980 in the aftermath of Ian Curtis' death.

In 2000 Q magazine placed Unknown Pleasures at number 19 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever.

Track listing

"Disorder" – 3:32
"Day of the Lords" – 4:50
"Candidate" – 3:05
"Insight" – 4:29
"New Dawn Fades" – 4:48
"She's Lost Control" – 3:57
"Shadowplay" – 3:56
"Wilderness" – 2:38
"Interzone" – 2:16
"I Remember Nothing" – 5:52

Personnel

Ian Curtis - vocals
Bernard Sumner - guitar, keyboards
Peter Hook - bass, second vocalist on "Interzone"
Stephen Morris - drums, percussion

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 '''''Unknown Pleasures''''' is the first album by [[Joy Division]], released in 1979. It was produced by [[Martin Hannett]] and recorded at [[Strawberry Studios]], [[Stockport]], [[England]].
-The front cover image comes from an edition of the [[Cambridge Encyclopedia of Astronomy]], and was originally drawn with black lines on a white background. [http://members.aol.com/lwtua/up.htm]It presents exactly 100 successive pulses from the first [[pulsar]] discovered, [[PSR 1919+21]] (often referred to in the context of this album by its older name, CP 1919). The cover design is credited to Joy Division, [[Peter Saville]] and [[Chris Mathan]].
+The front cover image comes from an edition of the [[Cambridge Encyclopedia of Astronomy]], and was originally drawn with black lines on a white background. [http://members.aol.com/lwtua/up.htm]It presents exactly 100 successive pulses from the first [[pulsar]] discovered, [[PSR 1919+21]] (often referred to in the context of this album by its older name, CP 1919). The cover design is credited to Joy Division, [[Peter Saville]] and [[Chris Mathan]], although it bares an incredible resemblance to a digital scan of the alien planet's surface in the film [[Alien (film)|Alien]].
 ''Unknown Pleasures'' reached #71 in the UK charts in August 1980 in the aftermath of [[Ian Curtis]]' death.