Unknown Pleasures

Unknown Pleasures is the first album by Joy Division, released in 1979. It was produced by Martin Hannett. Unknown Pleasures is followed by Closer, their last studio album.

Joy Division was partially inspired by the Gothic rock tradition, exemplified by bands like The Cure and Siouxsie & the Banshees. The song "Isolation", with its sunny pop-tune and angst-ridden, macabre lyrics, shows the relationship between Joy Division's hardcore punk origin, Gothic rock influences, as well as showing a rare synth pop influence in Joy Division's work.

Track listing

1. Disorder
2. Day of the Lords
3. Candidate
4. Insight
5. New Dawn Fades
6. She's Lost Control
7. Shadowplay
8. Wilderness
9. Interzone
10. I Remember Nothing