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'''''Unknown Pleasures''''' is the debut studio album by Music/JoyDivision, released in 1979. It would be the only full musical album front singer Ian Curtis lived to see released, before he hung himself. A posthumous album, ''Music/{{Closer}}'', would be released in 1980. Deciding which one of them is the band's [[MagnumOpus best album]] can still cause [[FlameWar flame wars]] among Joy Division fans, but everyone agrees they are both great. Fan favourites from this album include "Disorder", "Day Of The Lords", "Insight", "She's Lost Control", "Interzone" and "Shadowplay".

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'''''Unknown Pleasures''''' is the debut studio album by Music/JoyDivision, released in 1979. It would be the only full musical album front singer Ian Curtis lived to see released, before he hung himself. A posthumous album, ''Music/{{Closer}}'', would be released in 1980. Deciding which one of them is the band's [[MagnumOpus best album]] can still cause [[FlameWar flame wars]] among Joy Division fans, but everyone agrees they are both great. Fan favourites from this album include "Disorder", "Day Of The Lords", "Insight", "She's Lost Control", "Interzone" and "Shadowplay".
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'''''Unknown Pleasures''''' is the debut studio album by Music/JoyDivision, released in 1979. It would be the only full musical album front singer Ian Curtis lived to see released, before he hung himself. A posthumous album, ''Music/{{Closer}}'', would be released in 1980. Deciding which one of them is the band's [[MagnumOpus best album]] can still cause [[FlameWar flame wars]] among Joy Division fans, but everyone agrees they are both great. Fan favorites from this album are "Disorder", "Day Of The Lords", "Insight", "She's Lost Control", "Interzone" and "Shadowplay".

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'''''Unknown Pleasures''''' is the debut studio album by Music/JoyDivision, released in 1979. It would be the only full musical album front singer Ian Curtis lived to see released, before he hung himself. A posthumous album, ''Music/{{Closer}}'', would be released in 1980. Deciding which one of them is the band's [[MagnumOpus best album]] can still cause [[FlameWar flame wars]] among Joy Division fans, but everyone agrees they are both great. Fan favorites favourites from this album are include "Disorder", "Day Of The Lords", "Insight", "She's Lost Control", "Interzone" and "Shadowplay".



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--> ''I've seen the nights, filled with bloodsport and pain''

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--> ''I've seen the nights, filled with bloodsport blood-sport and pain''



* DespairEventHorizon: Most songs would apply, most strikingly in "New Dawn Fades" where Curtis sings he's not afraid anymore to make an end to his life.

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* DespairEventHorizon: Most songs would apply, most strikingly in "New Dawn Fades" where Curtis sings he's not afraid anymore any-more to make an end to his life.



--> ''I'm not afraid anymore''
--> ''I'm not afraid anymore''
--> ''I'm not afraid anymore''
--> ''Oh, I'm not afraid anymore''

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--> ''I'm not afraid anymore''
any-more''
--> ''I'm not afraid anymore''
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--> ''I'm not afraid anymore''
any-more''
--> ''Oh, I'm not afraid anymore''any-more''


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[[caption-width-right:300:Peter Saville's TextlessAlbumCover, which is based on an image of radio waves from pulsar CP 1919.]]

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'''''Unknown Pleasures''''' is the debut studio album by Music/JoyDivision, released in 1979. It would be the only full musical album front singer Ian Curtis lived to see released, before he hung himself. A posthumous album, ''Music/{{Closer}}'', would be released in 1980. Deciding which one of them is the band's [[MagnumOpus best album]] can still cause [[FlameWar flame wars]] among Joy Division fans, but everyone agrees they are both great.

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'''''Unknown Pleasures''''' is the debut studio album by Music/JoyDivision, released in 1979. It would be the only full musical album front singer Ian Curtis lived to see released, before he hung himself. A posthumous album, ''Music/{{Closer}}'', would be released in 1980. Deciding which one of them is the band's [[MagnumOpus best album]] can still cause [[FlameWar flame wars]] among Joy Division fans, but everyone agrees they are both great. \n Fan favorites from this album are "Disorder", "Day Of The Lords", "Insight", "She's Lost Control", "Interzone" and "Shadowplay".



# "Disorder"
# "Day Of The Lords"
# "Candidate"
# "Insight"
# "New Dawn Fades"
# "She's Lost Control"
# "Shadowplay"
# "Wilderness"
# "Interzone"
# "I Remember Nothing"

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[[AC:Side One]]
# "Disorder"
"Disorder" (3:32)
# "Day Of The Lords"
Lords" (4:49)
# "Candidate"
"Candidate" (3:05)
# "Insight"
"Insight" (4:29)
# "New Dawn Fades"
Fades" (4:47)

[[AC:Side Two]]
# "She's Lost Control"
Control" (3:57)
# "Shadowplay"
"Shadowplay" (3:55)
# "Wilderness"
"Wilderness" (2:38)
# "Interzone"
"Interzone" (2:16)
# "I Remember Nothing"
Nothing" (5:53)



# "Dead Souls"
# "The Only Mistake"
# "Insight"
# "Candidate"
# "Wilderness"
# "She's Lost Control"
# "Shadowplay"
# "Disorder"
# "Interzone"
# "Atrocity Exhibition"
# "Novelty"
# "Transmission"

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# "Dead Souls"
Souls" (4:25)
# "The Only Mistake"
Mistake" (4:12)
# "Insight"
"Insight" (3:52)
# "Candidate"
"Candidate" (2:07)
# "Wilderness"
"Wilderness" (2:32)
# "She's Lost Control"
Control" (3:47)
# "Shadowplay"
"Shadowplay" (3:34)
# "Disorder"
"Disorder" (3:28)
# "Interzone"
"Interzone" (2:05)
# "Atrocity Exhibition"
Exhibition" (6:14)
# "Novelty"
"Novelty" (4:28)
# "Transmission"
"Transmission" (3:49)



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* ShoutOut: The Music/ArcticMonkeys album ''[=AM=]'' has an album cover that resembles ''Unknown Pleasures''.

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The Music/ArcticMonkeys album ''[=AM=]'' has an album cover that resembles ''Unknown Pleasures''.Pleasures''.
** The {{Biopic}} ''Film/{{Control}}'' (2009), about Ian Curtis, is named after the song "She's Lost Control".
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'''''Unknown Pleasures''''' is the debut studio album by Music/JoyDivision, released in 1979. It would be the only full musical album front singer Ian Curtis lived to see released, before he hung himself.

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'''''Unknown Pleasures''''' is the debut studio album by Music/JoyDivision, released in 1979. It would be the only full musical album front singer Ian Curtis lived to see released, before he hung himself.
himself. A posthumous album, ''Music/{{Closer}}'', would be released in 1980. Deciding which one of them is the band's [[MagnumOpus best album]] can still cause [[FlameWar flame wars]] among Joy Division fans, but everyone agrees they are both great.

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--From '''"Day of the Lords"'''

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--From -- '''"Day of the Lords"'''



* AllForNothing:
--> ''"I campaigned for nothing, I worked hard for this"'' in "Candidate".

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* AllForNothing:
AllForNothing: "Candidate"
--> ''"I ''I campaigned for nothing, I worked hard for this"'' in "Candidate". this''



* TheBadGuyWins:
--> ''"There's no room for the weak"'', in "Day Of The Lords".

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* TheBadGuyWins:
--> ''"There's no room for the weak"'', in ''I tried to get to you''
--> ''You treat me like this''
* TheBadGuyWins:
"Day Of The Lords".Lords"
--> ''There's no room for the weak''



* CrapsackWorld: A strong theme.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The black album cover. I mean, what other colour could summarize the feelings you get from listening to those songs?

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* CrapsackWorld: A strong theme.
It's a Joy Division album, after all.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The black album cover. I mean, what other colour (apart from blue) could summarize the feelings you get from listening to those songs?



* DespairEventHorizon: In "Candidate" & "New Dawn Fades" Curtis sings he's not afraid any-more to make an end to his life.

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--> ''This is the room, the start of it all''
--> ''No portrait so fine, only sheets on the wall''
--> ''I've seen the nights, filled with bloodsport and pain''
--> ''And the bodies obtained, the bodies obtained.''
* DespairEventHorizon: In "Candidate" & Most songs would apply, most strikingly in "New Dawn Fades" where Curtis sings he's not afraid any-more anymore to make an end to his life.



--> ''I've been waiting for a guide to come and take me by the hand,''
--> ''Could these sensations make me feel the pleasures of a normal man?''



--> ''"It was me, waiting for me, hoping for something more,''
--> ''Me, seeing me this time, hoping for something else"''

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--> ''"It ''It was me, waiting for me, hoping for something more,''
--> ''Me, seeing me this time, hoping for something else"''else''



--> ''I travelled far and wide through prisons of the cross''
--> ''What did you see there?''
--> ''The power and glory of sin''
--> ''What did you see there?''
--> ''The blood of Christ on their skins''



* LastNoteNightmare: "Disorder".

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* LastNoteNightmare: "Disorder".--> ''As the assassins all grouped in four lines, dancing on the floor,''
--> ''And with cold steel, odour on their bodies made a move to connect,''
--> ''But I could only stare in disbelief as the crowds all left.''



-->''And how I'll never know just why or understand''
-->''She said I've lost control again.''
-->''And she screamed out kicking on her side''
-->''And said I've lost control again.''
-->''And seized up on the floor, I thought she'd die.''
-->''She said I've lost control.''
-->''She's lost control again.''
-->''She's lost control.''



* MindScrew: "Disorder" & "Shadowplay".
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone:
--> ''"I did everything/ everything I wanted to/ I let them use you for their own ends"'' in "Shadowplay".

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* MindScrew: "Disorder" & "Shadowplay".
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone:
"She's Lost Control"
--> ''"I ''And walked upon the edge of no escape''
--> ''And laughed I've lost control''
--> ''She's lost control again''
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: "Shadowplay"
--> ''I
did everything/ everything, everything I wanted to/ I to''
--> ''I
let them use you for their own ends"'' in "Shadowplay". ends''



--> ''I saw all knowledge destroyed''
--> ''(...)The blood of Christ on their skins''



* TearsOfRemorse: "Shadowplay".

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--> ''And all God's angels beware''
--> ''And all you judges beware''
--> ''Sons of chance, take good care''
--> ''For all the people not there''
--> ''I'm not afraid anymore''
--> ''I'm not afraid anymore''
--> ''I'm not afraid anymore''
--> ''Oh, I'm not afraid anymore''
* TearsOfRemorse: "Shadowplay"."Shadowplay" where Curtis feels guilty of letting the assassins "use you for their own ends".



* YouCannotKillAnIdea: Subverted in "Wilderness": "I saw all knowledge destroyed."''

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* YouCannotKillAnIdea: Subverted in "Wilderness": "I "Wilderness":
--> ''I
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--> ''"There's no room for the weak"'', in "Day Of The Lords".

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--> ''"There's no room for the weak"'', in "Day Of The Lords". Lords".
* ContinuityNod: "Leave Me Alone" from Music/NewOrder's ''Music/PowerCorruptionAndLies'' (1983) uses the same chord progression (on bass, at least) as "Shadowplay" from "Unknown Pleasures", albeit in a different key and slowed down a little.
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* DespairEventHorizon: In "Candidate" & "New Dawn Fades" Curtis sings he's not afraid anymore to make an end to his life.

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* DespairEventHorizon: In "Candidate" & "New Dawn Fades" Curtis sings he's not afraid anymore any-more to make an end to his life.
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-> ''"It was me, waiting for me, hoping for something more,''
-> ''Me, seeing me this time, hoping for something else"''

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-> --> ''"It was me, waiting for me, hoping for something more,''
-> --> ''Me, seeing me this time, hoping for something else"''

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* [[AlbumCoverDesigners Album Cover Designer]] : Peter Saville.
* AllForNothing: ''"I campaigned for nothing, I worked hard for this"'' in "Candidate".

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* [[AlbumCoverDesigners Album Cover Designer]] : Peter Saville.
* AllForNothing:
AllForNothing:
-->
''"I campaigned for nothing, I worked hard for this"'' in "Candidate".



* TheBadGuyWins: ''"There's no room for the weak"'', in "Day Of The Lords".

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* TheBadGuyWins: TheBadGuyWins:
-->
''"There's no room for the weak"'', in "Day Of The Lords".



* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: ''"I did everything/ everything I wanted to/ I let them use you for their own ends"'' in "Shadowplay".

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: MyGodWhatHaveIDone:
-->
''"I did everything/ everything I wanted to/ I let them use you for their own ends"'' in "Shadowplay".



* PostPunk

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* PostPunkPostPunk: Cornerstone of the genre.
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*** ''"It was me, waiting for me, hoping for something more''
*** ''Me, seeing me this time, hoping for something else"''

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* DespairEventHorizon: In "Candidate" Curtis sings he's not afraid anymore to make an end to his life.

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* DespairEventHorizon: In "Candidate" & "New Dawn Fades" Curtis sings he's not afraid anymore to make an end to his life.



* DownerEnding: Not that the album is particularly upbeat anyway, but "I Remember Nothing" manages to be this, being a lengthy synth dirge about the distance Curtis felt from his acquaintances.



* EmptyShell: Induced by feelings of depression.

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* EmptyShell: Induced by feelings of depression. Particularly prominent in "New Dawn Fades":
*** ''"It was me, waiting for me, hoping for something more''
*** ''Me, seeing me this time, hoping for something else"''


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* MindScrew: "Disorder" & "Shadowplay".
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'''''Unknown Pleasures''''' is the debut studio album by Music/JoyDivision, released in 1979. It would be the only full musical album front singer Ian Curtis lived to see released, before he hanged himself.

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'''''Unknown Pleasures''''' is the debut studio album by Music/JoyDivision, released in 1979. It would be the only full musical album front singer Ian Curtis lived to see released, before he hanged hung himself.
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* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Peter Hook sings lead on "Interzone".

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* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Peter Hook sings lead on "Interzone"."Interzone", although Ian Curtis does the background vocal.
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''"Unknown Pleasures"'' was Music/JoyDivision's debut album. It was released in 1979 and the only full musical album front singer Ian Curtis lived to see released, before he hanged himself.

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''"Unknown Pleasures"'' was Music/JoyDivision's '''''Unknown Pleasures''''' is the debut album. It was studio album by Music/JoyDivision, released in 1979 and 1979. It would be the only full musical album front singer Ian Curtis lived to see released, before he hanged himself.


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!! Tracklist:

# "Disorder"
# "Day Of The Lords"
# "Candidate"
# "Insight"
# "New Dawn Fades"
# "She's Lost Control"
# "Shadowplay"
# "Wilderness"
# "Interzone"
# "I Remember Nothing"

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!! Bonus Disc (2007 Remaster) (Live):

# "Dead Souls"
# "The Only Mistake"
# "Insight"
# "Candidate"
# "Wilderness"
# "She's Lost Control"
# "Shadowplay"
# "Disorder"
# "Interzone"
# "Atrocity Exhibition"
# "Novelty"
# "Transmission"

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!!Principal Members:

* Ian Curtis - lead vocals
* [[Music/NewOrder Peter Hook]] - bass, backing and lead vocals
* [[Music/NewOrder Stephen Morris]] - drums, percussion
* [[Music/NewOrder Bernard Sumner]] - guitar, keyboard

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* [[AlbumCoverDesigners Album Cover Designer]] : Peter Saville.
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''"Unknown Pleasures"'' was Music/JoyDivision's debut album. It was released in 1979 and the only full musical album front singer Ian Curtis lived to see released, before he hung himself.

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''"Unknown Pleasures"'' was Music/JoyDivision's debut album. It was released in 1979 and the only full musical album front singer Ian Curtis lived to see released, before he hung hanged himself.
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* AwfulWeddedLife: ''"Candidate"''.
* TheBadGuyWins: ''"There's no room for the weak"'', in ''"Day Of The Lords"''.

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* AwfulWeddedLife: ''"Candidate"''.
"Candidate".
* TheBadGuyWins: ''"There's no room for the weak"'', in ''"Day "Day Of The Lords"''.Lords".



* DenOfIniquity: ''"Day of the Lords"''
* DespairEventHorizon: In ''"Candidate"'' Curtis sings he's not afraid anymore to make an end to his life.
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: ''"Disorder"''.

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* DenOfIniquity: ''"Day "Day of the Lords"''
Lords".
* DespairEventHorizon: In ''"Candidate"'' "Candidate" Curtis sings he's not afraid anymore to make an end to his life.
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: ''"Disorder"''."Disorder".



* HumansAreBastards: ''"Wilderness"''
* InnocentBystander: The protagonist in ''"Shadowplay"''.
* LastNoteNightmare: ''"Disorder"''
* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: At the end of ''"Candidate"''.
* MaddenIntoMisanthropy: ''"She's Lost Control"''.

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* HumansAreBastards: ''"Wilderness"''
"Wilderness".
* InnocentBystander: The protagonist in ''"Shadowplay"''."Shadowplay".
* LastNoteNightmare: ''"Disorder"''
"Disorder".
* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: At the end of ''"Candidate"''.
"Candidate".
* MaddenIntoMisanthropy: ''"She's "She's Lost Control"''.Control".



* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: ''"I did everything/ everything I wanted to/ I let them use you for their own ends"'' in ''"Shadowplay"''.

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: ''"I did everything/ everything I wanted to/ I let them use you for their own ends"'' in ''"Shadowplay"''."Shadowplay".



* RefrainFromAssuming: No, the song is not called ''"Remember When We Were Young"''; it's called ''"Insight"''.
* ReligionIsWrong: ''"Wilderness"'' (though to be fair, it's mostly about atrocities committed in the name of Christ)
* ShoutOut: The Music/ArcticMonkeys album ''"AM"'' has an album cover that resembles ''"Unknown Pleasures"''.

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* RefrainFromAssuming: No, the song is not called ''"Remember "Remember When We Were Young"''; Young"; it's called ''"Insight"''.
"Insight".
* ReligionIsWrong: ''"Wilderness"'' "Wilderness" (though to be fair, it's mostly about atrocities committed in the name of Christ)
* ShoutOut: The Music/ArcticMonkeys album ''"AM"'' ''[=AM=]'' has an album cover that resembles ''"Unknown Pleasures"''.''Unknown Pleasures''.



* SuicideIsPainless: ''"Insight"''
* TearsOfRemorse: ''"Shadowplay"''.
* TimeTravel: ''"Wilderness"'', in which Curtis sings as if he's an ancient traveller who saw nothing but mankind's misery and despair around him.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: ''"I Remember Nothing"''.

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* SuicideIsPainless: ''"Insight"''
"Insight".
* TearsOfRemorse: ''"Shadowplay"''.
"Shadowplay".
* TimeTravel: ''"Wilderness"'', "Wilderness", in which Curtis sings as if he's an ancient traveller who saw nothing but mankind's misery and despair around him.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: ''"I "I Remember Nothing"''.Nothing".



* YouCannotKillAnIdea: Subverted in ''"Wilderness": "I saw all knowledge destroyed."''

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* YouCannotKillAnIdea: Subverted in ''"Wilderness": "Wilderness": "I saw all knowledge destroyed."''
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"Unknown Pleasures" was Music/JoyDivision's debut album. It was released in 1979 and the only full musical album front singer Ian Curtis lived to see released, before he hung himself.

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"Unknown Pleasures" ''"Unknown Pleasures"'' was Music/JoyDivision's debut album. It was released in 1979 and the only full musical album front singer Ian Curtis lived to see released, before he hung himself.



* AllForNothing: "I campaigned for nothing, I worked hard for this" in "Candidate".
* AwfulWeddedLife: "Candidate"
* TheBadGuyWins: "There's no room for the weak", in "Day Of The Lords".

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* AllForNothing: "I ''"I campaigned for nothing, I worked hard for this" this"'' in "Candidate".
* AwfulWeddedLife: "Candidate"
''"Candidate"''.
* TheBadGuyWins: "There's ''"There's no room for the weak", weak"'', in "Day ''"Day Of The Lords".Lords"''.



* DenOfIniquity: "Day of the Lords"
* DespairEventHorizon: In "Candidate" Curtis sings he's not afraid anymore to make an end to his life.
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: "Disorder".

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* DenOfIniquity: "Day ''"Day of the Lords"
Lords"''
* DespairEventHorizon: In "Candidate" ''"Candidate"'' Curtis sings he's not afraid anymore to make an end to his life.
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: "Disorder".''"Disorder"''.



* HumansAreBastards: "Wilderness"
* InnocentBystander: The protagonist in "Shadowplay".
* LastNoteNightmare: "Disorder"
* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: At the end of "Candidate"
* MaddenIntoMisanthropy: "She's Lost Control".

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* HumansAreBastards: "Wilderness"
''"Wilderness"''
* InnocentBystander: The protagonist in "Shadowplay".''"Shadowplay"''.
* LastNoteNightmare: "Disorder"
''"Disorder"''
* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: At the end of "Candidate"
''"Candidate"''.
* MaddenIntoMisanthropy: "She's ''"She's Lost Control".Control"''.



* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: "I did everything/ everything I wanted to/ I let them use you for their own ends" in "Shadowplay".
* NonIndicativeName: This gloomy album is not about "unknown pleasures" at all. Or, in a sense of FridgeBrilliance, it is, since those feelings are "unknown".

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: "I ''"I did everything/ everything I wanted to/ I let them use you for their own ends" ends"'' in "Shadowplay".''"Shadowplay"''.
* NonIndicativeName: This gloomy album is not about "unknown pleasures" ''"unknown pleasures"'' at all. Or, in a sense of FridgeBrilliance, it is, since those feelings are "unknown".''"unknown"''.



* RefrainFromAssuming: No, the song is not called "Remember When We Were Young"; it's called "Insight".
* ReligionIsWrong: "Wilderness" (though to be fair, it's mostly about atrocities committed in the name of Christ)
* ShoutOut: The Music/ArcticMonkeys album "AM" has an album cover that resembles "Unknown Pleasures".

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* RefrainFromAssuming: No, the song is not called "Remember ''"Remember When We Were Young"; Young"''; it's called "Insight".
''"Insight"''.
* ReligionIsWrong: "Wilderness" ''"Wilderness"'' (though to be fair, it's mostly about atrocities committed in the name of Christ)
* ShoutOut: The Music/ArcticMonkeys album "AM" ''"AM"'' has an album cover that resembles "Unknown Pleasures".''"Unknown Pleasures"''.



* SuicideIsPainless: "Insight"
* TearsOfRemorse: "Shadowplay"
* TimeTravel: "Wilderness", in which Curtis sings as if he's an ancient traveller who saw nothing but mankind's misery and despair around him.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: "I Remember Nothing".

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* SuicideIsPainless: "Insight"
''"Insight"''
* TearsOfRemorse: "Shadowplay"
''"Shadowplay"''.
* TimeTravel: "Wilderness", ''"Wilderness"'', in which Curtis sings as if he's an ancient traveller who saw nothing but mankind's misery and despair around him.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: "I ''"I Remember Nothing".Nothing"''.



* YouCannotKillAnIdea: Subverted in "Wilderness": "I saw all knowledge destroyed."

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* YouCannotKillAnIdea: Subverted in "Wilderness": ''"Wilderness": "I saw all knowledge destroyed.""''
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* DrivenToSuicide: It may be more easy to name the lyrics that don't refer it in some way.

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* DrivenToSuicide: It may be more easy easier to name the lyrics that don't refer it in some way.

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* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: Most of the lyrics are disturbing if you think this is what might have gone thru Curtis' head in the days before he committed suicide.


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->'''This is the car at the edge of the road,'''\\
'''There's nothing disturbed, all the windows are closed,'''\\
'''I guess you were right, when we talked in the heat,'''\\
'''There's no room for the weak, no room for the weak.'''\\

->'''Where will it end? Where will it end?'''\\
'''Where will it end? Where will it end?'''\\
--> -- From "Day Of The Lords".

"Unknown Pleasures" was Music/JoyDivision 's debut album. It was released in 1979 and the only full musical album front singer Ian Curtis lived to see released, before he hung himself.

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->'''This [[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/unknown_pleasures_8049.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300:Peter Saville's TextlessAlbumCover, which is based on an image of radio waves from pulsar CP 1919.]]

->''This
is the car at the edge of the road,'''\\
'''There's
road,\\
There's
nothing disturbed, all the windows are closed,'''\\
'''I
closed,\\
I
guess you were right, when we talked in the heat,'''\\
'''There's
heat,\\
There's
no room for the weak, no room for the weak.'''\\

->'''Where
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->''Where
will it end? Where will it end?'''\\
'''Where
end?\\
Where
will it end? Where will it end?'''\\
--> -- From "Day Of The Lords".

end?''\\
--From '''"Day of the Lords"'''

"Unknown Pleasures" was Music/JoyDivision 's Music/JoyDivision's debut album. It was released in 1979 and the only full musical album front singer Ian Curtis lived to see released, before he hung himself.



* WithFriendsLikeThese: "I Remember Nothing"

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* WithFriendsLikeThese: "I Remember Nothing"Nothing".



* YouCannotKillAnIdea: Subverted in "Wilderness": "I saw all knowledge destroyed."

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* YouCannotKillAnIdea: Subverted in "Wilderness": "I saw all knowledge destroyed.""
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* GothRock: A cornerstone of the genre.

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* GothRock: A cornerstone of PostPunk that influenced the genre.
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->'''There's nothing disturbed, all the windows are closed,'''\\
->'''I guess you were right, when we talked in the heat,'''\\
->'''There's no room for the weak, no room for the weak.'''\\

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->'''There's '''There's nothing disturbed, all the windows are closed,'''\\
->'''I '''I guess you were right, when we talked in the heat,'''\\
->'''There's '''There's no room for the weak, no room for the weak.'''\\



->'''Where will it end? Where will it end?'''\\

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->'''Where '''Where will it end? Where will it end?'''\\

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This is the car at the edge of the road,
There's nothing disturbed, all the windows are closed,
I guess you were right, when we talked in the heat,
There's no room for the weak, no room for the weak.

Where will it end? Where will it end?
Where will it end? Where will it end?

- From "Day Of The Lords".

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This ->'''This is the car at the edge of the road,
There's
road,'''\\
->'''There's
nothing disturbed, all the windows are closed,
I
closed,'''\\
->'''I
guess you were right, when we talked in the heat,
There's
heat,'''\\
->'''There's
no room for the weak, no room for the weak.

Where
weak.'''\\

->'''Where
will it end? Where will it end?
Where
end?'''\\
->'''Where
will it end? Where will it end?

-
end?'''\\
--> --
From "Day Of The Lords".



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* DrivenToSuicide: It may be more easy to name the lyrics that don't refer it in some way.



* SuicideAsDrama: It may be more easy to name the lyrics that don't refer it in some way.

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* SuicideAsDrama: It may be more easy to name the lyrics that don't refer it in some way. SuicideIsPainless: "Insight"
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This is the car at the edge of the road,
There's nothing disturbed, all the windows are closed,
I guess you were right, when we talked in the heat,
There's no room for the weak, no room for the weak.

Where will it end? Where will it end?
Where will it end? Where will it end?

- From "Day Of The Lords".

"Unknown Pleasures" was Music/JoyDivision 's debut album. It was released in 1979 and the only full musical album front singer Ian Curtis lived to see released, before he hung himself.

* AccentuateTheNegative: This is a very gloomy album.
* AllForNothing: "I campaigned for nothing, I worked hard for this" in "Candidate".
* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: Most of the lyrics are disturbing if you think this is what might have gone thru Curtis' head in the days before he committed suicide.
* AwfulWeddedLife: "Candidate"
* TheBadGuyWins: "There's no room for the weak", in "Day Of The Lords".
* CrapsackWorld: A strong theme.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The black album cover. I mean, what other colour could summarize the feelings you get from listening to those songs?
* DenOfIniquity: "Day of the Lords"
* DespairEventHorizon: In "Candidate" Curtis sings he's not afraid anymore to make an end to his life.
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: "Disorder".
* EmptyShell: Induced by feelings of depression.
* GothRock: A cornerstone of the genre.
* HumansAreBastards: "Wilderness"
* InnocentBystander: The protagonist in "Shadowplay".
* LastNoteNightmare: "Disorder"
* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: At the end of "Candidate"
* MaddenIntoMisanthropy: "She's Lost Control".
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: "I did everything/ everything I wanted to/ I let them use you for their own ends" in "Shadowplay".
* NonIndicativeName: This gloomy album is not about "unknown pleasures" at all. Or, in a sense of FridgeBrilliance, it is, since those feelings are "unknown".
* RefrainFromAssuming: No, the song is not called "Remember When We Were Young"; it's called "Insight".
* ReligionIsWrong: "Wilderness" (though to be fair, it's mostly about atrocities committed in the name of Christ)
* ShoutOut: The Music/ArcticMonkeys album "AM" has an album cover that resembles "Unknown Pleasures".
* StrawNihilist: Need to explain this one?
* SuicideAsDrama: It may be more easy to name the lyrics that don't refer it in some way.
* TearsOfRemorse: "Shadowplay"
* TimeTravel: "Wilderness", in which Curtis sings as if he's an ancient traveller who saw nothing but mankind's misery and despair around him.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: "I Remember Nothing"
* WretchedHive: The entire world seems to be this in Curtis' lyrics.
* YouCannotKillAnIdea: Subverted in "Wilderness": "I saw all knowledge destroyed."

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