IfUnknown Pleasureswas Joy Division at their most obsessively, carefully focused, ten songs yet of a piece,Closerwas the sprawl, the chaotic explosion that went every direction at once. Read more about Closer on All Music Guide
With the later arrival of New Order, people sometimes forget that Joy Division were already using keyboard textures as early as this. With the sad, tragic demise of the groups frontman Ian Curtis, we'll never now know if Joy Division would have gone ...read the complete review at Adrian Denning.co.uk
Closer is, undoubtedly, a harsher album than its predecessor. Musically, the band steps away from the earlier formula - only a few songs consist of the same ingredients. ...read the complete review at starling.rinet