Unknown Pleasures

I really like the funky guitar riffs in Disorder - it feels very emo punk-rock. Day of the Lords was a heavy beat but I rocked w it. Candidate and Insight were not the vibe. Liked the beat of Interzone. I Remember Nothing was depressinggg. Overall, this type of music isn’t something I typically listen to and for good reason, it makes me feel sad and alone :( Fave Song: Interzone Least Have Song: Candidate Rating: 2/5

Not very exciting, so much so that I forgot it was playing as I was working on other things.

This album was just too much for me lol. It was annoying me

Punk skulle jag väl inte kalla det. Trist synth med inslag av pop. Trodde jag skulle gilla det men det gjorde jag inte.

The name ‘Joy Division’ has rolled around for years and I never listened. I agree, especially the last song has a Downie/Hip sound. It’s amazing to me that these guys have 3m monthly Spotifiers and The Hip only 1m, when the Hip are so much more interesting and melodic. I do like the album cover, as it reminds me of another band I’d should take more time to listen to instead, Vulfpeck.

The Good: Joy… is good… The Bad: It seems to be divided… The Ugly: trying to figure out by what… I love me a nice rabbit hole to go down on Spotify, and this album was part of one of them there journeys a while back. At the time I did not like it… and today I kinda felt the same. You like a depressed voice telling you their viewpoint about stuff, then this is your thing… Myself, I prefer something less straight razor to your inner thigh… 2*

I like the dark tones and the pace of the album. The call and response work is fun too. Every now and then the vocals venture out of the avant garde and into just kind of sucking. It’s a fine line I guess. I didn’t really grab onto any of the tracks and likely won’t be revisiting it any time soon. But it’s not bad.

Sucks ass

This all but confirms that anybody who has ever worn the joy division t shirt has simply never listened to the album. Why does the whole thing sound like the band recorded their instruments in the recording studio, whilst the lead singer tried to sing his from next door? The vocals are so quiet, which is probably for the best, as he sings like he’s dipped his balls into an ice bath. Vocals very much let down what could be a really nice album, the music was pretty good at times. I didn’t really do much lyrical analysis, but based on the kind of people who wear the Joy Division T-shirt, I can only imagine they would have been sad and pretentious. Just googled the lead singer, Ian Curtis, two first names strikes again.

Mmmmmm nore of a New Order guy. Did like the piece of the write up that talked about how this was an album one would listen to right before committing suicide! Dark.

I know I said I had to blindly give this album a positive rating but it’s just so….British and so……lame.plus division was my hardest subject in school. Ok. Something positive. Let’s see….the bassist’s name is Peter Hook. Hook was a good movie when I was a kid. That’s all I got. This shit sucks.

It’s raw and stark, but maybe too much so. The vocals sound buried, like trying to reach you from underwater. Feels like Velvet Underground, but missing the warmth. There’s an unease that lingers, but it never quite resolves. It leaves a lot of space, but maybe too much emptiness.

I have been aware of this album as a cultural artifact for as long as I can remember, but have never listened to it. Man the 80s are rough. Couple decent songs, but this vibe is not for me.

Meh

Maybe great, but this mostly played in the background so I can't feel all that strongly about it

Idk man, Joy Division just isn't that great of a band. They aren't bad, they just aren't great. It's just not impressive. Frankly, the album cover is better than the music.

Esperaba demasiado del disco. 2,5/5

- teils joyful (wie ich es bei deren Name erwartet hätte), teils irgendwie depressing - insgesamt in Ordnung, aber nichts, was ich wieder anmachen würde, oder mir was weggespeichert hätte

This was better that’s the first Joy division album I listened to, but not by much. I’m just not much of a fan and don’t know why they had more than one album on the list.

Boring

Yeah, nah. Disappointed overall. Once. I would have loved it. The mood of my decade in my 20s. Definately once, but not now. Best thing is the album graphic now. 2 stars being generous.

Familiar sound, I know the band name, but an album I've never listened to before. Ian Curtis' vocals are the only hurdle I had to enjoying this record, he's flat and boring and sounds like a someone trying to be a singer who isn't a singer. Bands live and die by the frontman, it's a fact. Apparently "post punk" was slow and plodding. This album is dark and sludgy, a far cry from the New Order sound they would soon develop. The percussion is dreadful & robotic. I love old Cure songs from the same time, but they have amazing musicianship to back up the gloom and doom and there's a ray of hope in the vocals, light at the end of the tunnel if you will, not so much here. Outside of "Shadowplay" (someone finally realized there was a guitar in the room!), I didn't truly enjoy a single song, though I didn't hate them either. Would never listen to this record again, but I can say I gave it a go!

Did not enjoy this

I never understood why this group was so popular. This was pretty bad all around — some OK songs, mopey/dumb lyrics, didn’t like the vocals.

This album felt like I should be going to the theater to watch a stage play or musical, which would have made this so much better if I had. Yet listening to this on its own just relaxing and eating breakfast, I didn’t really enjoy it much. It wasn’t unlistenable thankfully, but still nothing I ever want to revisit again.

It kinda sounded like the smiths, or maybe some other band thats similar to that. Singing was bad lol i dont know if i can look past that

So-so music and the singing not that great. Weird music comes to mind.

Cool start out with the bassline. Truly I don't mind it so far, good balance of sound production.

Much too depressing for me

i didn’t like it that much

Pre-listening thoughts: I feel like I’ve heard of Joy Division but I could not tell you anything about them or any of their songs. I feel like they’re associated with bands like The Cure in terms of genre? Could be wrong Post/during listening thoughts: something about the vocal production on track 1 is kinda wonky. But it’s a good song nonetheless. There was a review of this album that said something along the lines of “I should have liked this a lot but I didn’t” and that’s how I’m feeling right now. It’s post punk and I love a lot of post punk but man this is just not hitting the right points for me. Sometimes it sounds like he’s singing into a tin can and I don’t enjoy that. It’s just kind of boring post punk. Lacking the necessary energy and variety for me 4.5/10 DID I NEED TO HEAR THIS BEFORE I DIE: no Fav tracks: day of the lords, interzone Least fav tracks: disorder and insight but only cause of the vocal production, I Remember Nothing

The Ian Curtis biopic, Control, is one of my all-time favourite music-related films. In the context of that movie, Joy Division's music really works for me. Flawlessly. Outside that context, though, I appreciate how they broke new ground, and I appreciate the odd song. But overall, their debut is just a constant gloomy droning sound, claustrophobically produced, that prevails.

So many of these songs had musicality and intros that a really dug, but the vibes were just a little too off for me. As others have pointed out the vocals are a big turn off. I liked a few of the songs, but there was nothing that really hooked me on this record. Reading the lyrics, it sounded like there were some interesting ideas there, but they just didn't connect with my ear. Feels like sacrilege because I know how iconic this album is, but I'm met with a little bit of a shrug.

Well that's a name to conjure with. Was it unknown? Well it was by me. Was it a pleasure? No, can't really say it was. Oh, don't get me wrong, it wasn't crap, but it wasn't for me either. But it was worth a 2.

Makes nice background working music. Big fan of the guitar notes. You don’t wonder to yourself “when will it end” The vocals aren’t it for me, so that costs some points. Can see how Nirvana might have been inspired by this, but took it up a notch. <<< Disorder, I remember nothing

Bit too doomer for me. I only knew shadowplay going into this album because of the Killers cover.

Sé que Joy Division es una banda reconocida y este álbum es famoso como uno de los más influyentes, pero para mi no es un estilo que me diga nada, entiendo que la fuerza estará en la letra, parte que no puedo disfrutar tanto, pero a nivel musical si bien es un estilo punk que parece ser afín a mucha de la música de este estilo, no acabo de ver diferencias entre canciones a nivel musical, parece lo mismo pero con ligeras diferencias

I really wanted to say that I liked it but I would be lying. Look, it's not bad but it's not good either, it's like a 5/10

This is the kind of thing I should like, but I just don't. Maybe I needed to listen first as a teenager? Can't get over the complete lack of control with the vocals. Painfully out of tune, like pretty much all of the time, without any character that can excuse that. Interzone was ok, but you had to wait until the end of the album to get there.

2 out of 5. I don't mind slow music but this album isn't floating my boat.

Joy Division: Important but shit. New Order: Less important, but less shit. I don't know this is heavy going isn't it? It's dour, bleak, tuneless, played by trained chimps apparently. It has a layer of pathos and intrigue due to Ian Curtis' struggles and suicide and his very original persona is everywhere but... I'd rather listen to some talented musicians playing some good songs on a pleasingly produced recording.

I do not like Joy Division

did not like - makes me wonder why everyone wears that t-shirt??

Never been a fan but it wasn't terrible

I have never been able to get into Joy Division and I don't think I ever will sORRRRYY

I feel like most of the albums that are on this list are of the same genre and have the same sound- this album is no different. I am not a fan.

Bit on the dreary side. Not much happening 3 songs in. Quite liking Shadow play.

Did Jim Morrison come back to life for a day just to channel a bootleg Smiths premonition in his garage? I found neither joy nor pleasures on this ruthlessly depressing album.

I almost went as low as a 1 for this record but decided against it. The vocalist is obnoxious and somehow makes every single track less enjoyable. The instrumentation is the only saving grace for this one.

Meh, not sure what all the fuss is about -- I wasn't all that intrigued by the album

Kind of strange. I kind of liked some of it.

Not a fan, especially of the live tracks.

Random. A little strange.

Lite vibe men fastnade inte för det. Zacka sa att det lät som att nån spelar trummor o sjunger i en tunnel och det är så sant. Disorder och New dawn fades var bra låtar🫶

I’m really not convinced people like Joy Division, I think most people are just terrified to look uncool. The first song was kind of okay? But come on. I am glad so many other musicians I enjoy were influenced by Joy Division, but please don’t make me listen to them.

emo repetitive best song: ‘candidate’

Honestly, this album was an underwhelming bore. For an album that is so talked about and a cover that is so recognizable, I was truly expecting more. 2/5

I'm really just not a fan of this guy's singing

Oh boy I always wanted to like this band but I just cant

Dark, brooding, droning, depressing. Felt like I just kept waiting for the song to make me like the album that never came. I've heard some Joy Devision and New Order that I like, this album wasn't it. The air of Ian's depression just made it kind of spooky.

ehhh its old

This one didn’t do it for me. Seemed very generic.

Dull :(

Maybe just not for me. I can’t get there with gothy stuff. Fuckin bass tone tho

I wasn't a fan. It was pretty melancholy or dour! I have since learned what the group's name refers to, so I guess that makes sense.

The t-shirt is much better than the album.

I should like Joy Division, but this record did not resonate with me.

It was mentally exhausting to listen to this album. It wasn’t particularly musical— the bass parts stood out as the most jarring and unnatural. If you like groves and good song writing then this album isn’t for you. If you like brooding beats with no chord progressions and spoken word then give it a spin.

I have no idea why I hate this album, because I love gothic punk, but this is so downtrodden and glum, it just ends up sounding like a boring snoozefest to me. It has a moment or two, and starts very strong, but everything else is a drag. Each track that follows the opener drags me down and actively works against the opener’s energy. By the end, my ears are so numbed with sonic novocain that I can’t even remember it enough to know if it actually came close to clicking for me. And this has been my feeling about this record for the last 20 years. Much like Loveless, I’m over trying to force myself to love this record. I don’t like it. End of story.

I know it's supposed to be one of the greats but I just don't get the hype

Ei jäänyt levystä mitään käteen. En muista yhtään kappaletta. Tosi junnaavaa ja matelevaa mitähän pre punkkia onkaan. Laulustakaan ei saanut selvää

"Unknown Pleasures" is the debut studio album by the renown English rock band Joy Division. Not many people are dancing to this album. Gloomy and depressing, it is curious how the album failed to chart but somehow also receive critical acclaim. The best part of this album was discovering that this album had "Shadowplay," which is better known for the cover version.

Drone

Dour and brooding, influenced so many musicians

I tried with this album… I really, really tried. I feel like I “should” like Joy Division but I just found it boring and slow. I’m sorry, I didn’t get it. Listens: 2 Fave Track: Day of the Lords Rating: 2

meh

J'ai essayé à plusieurs reprises d'écouter cet album adulé par la communauté. À chaque tentative, j'espère retrouver un album meilleurs que dans mes souvenirs, en vain. Le cover est si iconique et brillamment exécuté, pourquoi le contenu est si mollasse, lourd et péniblement geignard? Tout le monde bande sur cet album-là, il dois forcément quelque chose qui m'échappe. Puis ça m'a frappé. «Le monde qui adule Joy Division doivent être les mêmes qui défendent corps et âme que Radiohead est un bon groupe» me dis-je, en me tapant les cuisses et en gloussant d'angoisse devant cette douce et si amère réalisation.

Mediocre

Heel depressief album? Super moody, met ontzettend trage instrumentals en een zanger die de lyrics er uit huilt als het ware. Niet helemaal de vibe waar ik op dit moment voor ging eerlijk gezegd. Wel een ontzettend bekend album, dus dat is altijd interessant om te checken. De vocals worden een soort van weggedraaid, waardoor de focus meer op de muziek ligt. Best wel bijzonder hoe ze dat hebben gedaan! Vind wel dat alles heel erg hetzelfde klinkt en ondanks de korte runtime het album gewoon best wel een beetje saai word. Heb dit album ook iets van 4 keer gestart, omdat ik telkens toch echt liever iets anders deed. Ik snap dat dit een super belangrijk en invloedrijk album is, het is gewoon alleen echt niet mijn smaak. FAVO: Division, Shadowplay

It's cool to know it's an album that helped change and morph genre(s).

Jeg har stadig ikke fanget alt det her post-punk, men coveret kender jeg! Det må næsten være mere kendt end Dark Side of the Moon? Anyways, kedeligt musik...

I missed this in 1979 when it was released. I fell in love with their big single, Love Will Tear Us Apart in 1980 & in 1981 a mate, Tony Gain, gave me this album for my 31st birthday. I played it once, couldn’t stand it & filed it. I still have it. Gone back to it every now & then but have never been able to understand what all the fuss is about. It is definitely related at some level to the sound of Velvet Underground, but I’d rather listen to them.

Meh

I've never been a fan of Joy Division, even though in theory they should be right up my alley. They are just so bland and boring I'm sorry.

All seemed really one note and just blah.

This style of broody music doesn’t do a lot for me. It wasn’t bad, just felt kinda flat footed and meh.

This an over rated album. Don't know if it is because of the lead singers tragic passing or the pink floyd effect, where the album cover got more iconic than the album itself. Expected more....

Most overrated album of all time. Disorder is good.

Not a huge fan of this one. Felt very depressing overall and a bit of a slog to get through. I know Joy Division is renowned, but I couldn’t help feeling like the goth kids from South Park listening to this album.

Musically, I see how it started and influenced and entire genre. But DAMNED his voice is annoying. It's like being in a KTV in Taipei.

Maaaan, I know people love this album with religious fervor, but I just cannot get into it. 😤

A joy division album with no hits? Meh.

I liked their other albums more. This is like sad B52s

I just have never really liked them, some songs were okay.

Disappointed that I didn't get more into this one, it left me feeling kind of empty.

I find myself questioning why I signed up for this list of albums. This was another disappointing one. Whiny, drab, monotonous.

4/10 - The songs were kinda slow his voice was pretty annoying. I had to listen to this album twice since the first time I was 100% locked into fifa and I wish I did not listen to it again.

Idk it’s just boring, samey. Like this over Graduation?

This reminded me of The Doors. I don’t care for The Doors. And I didn’t care for this.

Meh

Erm

The album cover is really cool, but the music wasn't hitting me at all.

..(.

Joy Division is one of those bands who I've heard so much about, but have never done a deep dive into their music. Before today, I only knew "Love Will Tear Us Apart" from the radio and "Disorder" from my friends, both bangers. Thanks to my parents, I'm much more familiar with New Order, the band that Joy Division became after the lead singer died. My ignorance is a bit criminal because Joy Division is the quintessential post-punk band and I listen to a good amount of modern post-punk. Though honestly, I can tell that post-punk has evolved hugely since Joy Division, making this album sound a bit rudimentary and meandering in comparison. I can imagine it hit a lot harder back in the day. Though I have to admire the unmistakeable dark atmosphere throughout this album, I imagine that was pretty revolutionary for the time. Sick album art too of course. I should circle back to Joy Division sometime but I don't see them surpassing New Order in my mind.

I do Not like

Meh. Its okay... another album from the list that I dont see myself going back to listen to

I don’t get it unfortunately. Can’t get past the vocals which don’t really do so for me. They’re not emotive for me. I don’t know what Is really being communicated lyrically because I’m turned off by the music. Some production is cool or vibey but not really lol. The last track had an interesting horror thing going w the sound effects that I was kind of into by the end.

A solid album over all. A little boring at first but after a couple of listens it grew on me a little more. Tho it does that vocal style that I really don't care for, with a weird science quality. Like bad Bowie impressions.

slow and boring, can’t tell most of the songs apart, many mistakes by the players, singing off-tune, in conclusion - yikes

Hmm, its difficult to find the appeal of Joy Division's music, except for a few tracks here and then. This album was particularly hard to get through; there's just one or two tracks where it feels like you're not drowning in melancholy. But maybe that's the point... And if that's the point, we'll... definitely not an album for me.

Not for me.

I respected the music-especially the bass lines in the songs, but this was not for me.

Not sure why this was on this list.

It’s joy division. Not bad per se but not my cup of tea. 2 stars

It's a classic, iconic year defining album. It's also desperately dull and depressing.

you can tell the movement from punk to early 80's alt. But still too much punk for my taste

While I appreciate its place in the punk — post-punk progression, I don’t love it. Too ethereal and depressing. But even so, She’s Lost Control is a fan favorite of mine.

I thought this was boring and the lead singer did not have a good voice.

While I appreciated the effort and the artistry, I didn't connect with this album. There is nothing overly dynamic for me. all the vocals sound the same and it sounds a bit as if it were recorded in a cave. If you are a fan, enjoy.

Creative but depressing videos. Don't like the music.

Similar to talking heads

don't understand the hype

I really wanted to like it

While I appreciate what Joy Division did for music, I don't really dig it.

2.5 kinda cool gloomy moods. Overall a little boring. Interzone, I remember nothing, and she’s lost control highlights

Eh. Meh

Nicht mein Fall

I think this is getting a two mostly because it was better than the last few albums.

It was okay. Nothing really stood out to me as memorable though 2.8

I fully understand why this album made the list. Especially from a technical standpoint. That being said, the vocals just aren’t my cup of tea. The band is great but the vocals just don’t add any value imo.

Esperaba mucho más, la verdad. Bastante meh

4/10

Forgot I was listening to it. Awkward.

Kind of dumb. Annoying.

Not bad. Reminds me of The Smiths. "New Dawn Fades" was cool enough for an extra listen or two.

Nothing memorable here for me. If it was on in background at a bar it be ok

Zu gleichförmig

Meh

Het schijnt een iconische hoes te wezen, maar de muziek haalt dat niveau in ieder geval op geen stukken na. Wat is dat toch met de experimentele kliederbandjes uit deze periode? Het klinkt voor geen meter, maar om de een of andere redenen moet je dit volgens het Grote Dikke Boek wel nog tijdens je leven horen. Deze 'Pleziertjes' hadden wat mij betreft 'Onbekend' kunnen blijven...

Eh

Not for me.

Meh, not very good... Pretty boring

Some of 70s rock sounds like it was recorded in a garage somewhere, and this is no exception.

It just didn't do it much for me. Instrumental was good voice got old.

Honestly I found the songs kinda boring, and they just didn't really captivate me in any way.

I thought this was pretty dull

Openinh track is great, rest of the album is rather tiresome

Didn't really get it. I can understand why it's good, but not for me.

Damals sicher eine grosse Inspiration für viele Musiker. Ich persönlich stehe mehr auf Fraktus - und die waren sogar noch früher!

Not terrible, but I think I’d enjoy it more if the songs weren’t so… slow?

Vähän tylsä kokonaisuutena. Yllätyksetön ja synkkä. En kuuntelisi kyllä uudelleen ihan samantien.

Kon me hier niet echt lekker in vinden

Dit doet mij niet zoveel. Zit net tussen in waar ik van geniet. Op het 2e nummer gestrand

Dit was hem niet, was alweer bijna vergeten hoe het klonk ook

11/15/23. First time diving into Joy Division; not a bad album but perhaps not my cup of tea. Songs just aren’t very enjoyable to me, but the last three tracks do go out with a bang. Maybe I need to give this another try.

It has some good sounds. I really liked Disorder, just kind of long and repetitive at times.

Huge band. Huge following. I've heard this album many times as it was played by a sibling a lot. Just never got the taste for it. How do I love the Smiths but hate Joy Division? These are the mysteries of the universe.

I can't get past the voice.

Nebolo to nepočúvateľné, ale strašne mi to brnkanie liezlo na nervy. Mohla by to byť 3, ale dám len 2.

Amazing instrumals, terrible singer ruining the songs

Very moody blah which is the point but not for my purposes

Not their best album

Boring

Boring. But quality.

A bit boring.

When I was a teenager I really tried getting to this album. I thought you either loved it or you stupidly didn't get it, and I was terrified I was the latter. After maybe 40-50 listens over the years, and caring a lot less about what other people think, I can happily say Joy Division are one of the most overrated bands out there. By far the worst album-rating-per-t-shirt sold ratio in the world. Disorders a great opener. And then it's 35 minutes of shite. 1.5*

Disorder is great, Shadowplay is alright, the rest are just.... not good. I want to like Joy Division. But I don't.

got bored

I know it's groundbreaking, but I just couldn't get into it on a full listen.

Like their album cover, the songs just kind of stack and blend together.

Al chile está bien aburrido.

Oh, whatever.

I thought the guitar was quite good in some of them, and the tempo matched, however some had a poor rhythm and I wasn't that keen on his vocals, so a solid 2.5/5

It was just a bit dull. I quite liked Shadowplay but many tracks felt like they never got going. Disappointed.

didn't download any songs, iconic imagery. had an intense hold on tumblr but does not have an intense hold on me!

The first track immediately made me think of Fred Armisen singing in "The History of Punk" skit, which I think speaks to the distinctive sound associated with punk (and SNL's ability to spoof it well.) Heading into track two, a bait and switch reveals itself...  nothing else on this album is punk. The album is interesting to hear as part of the cutting edge of a New Wave of music, but I lost interest somewhere in the middle of the album. By the last few tracks I was hoping it would just end already and let me move on to some Brian Eno or something to clear my ears. I'd probably enjoy it more as an instrumental compilation. Sorry, this is a solid, "meh" to me, but I offer the artists all respect for the road it paved for others.

I'm generally not a fan of what gets classified as "80s music" so this one didn't do it for me. However, it was fun to discover that they did the original version of "Love Will Tear Us Apart" I first heard that song as a cover by Nerina Pallot and absolutely loved it; it's worth checking out.

I was kind of into it for the first couple songs, but I didn't hear much after that that made me want to come back.

A bit too melancholic for my taste.

Disappointing, didn't hear anything remotely memorable. Wanted to not resort to the stereotype of characterising JD as dour, miserabilists but evidence is all there

I just can't seem to get into Joy Division. 2/5

Music sounds ahead of it's time for 1979. I liked the upbeat songs more than the one's that droned on a bit. Some fun tracks in there, I liked Shadowplay. A few times, the singer sounds like someone's 60 year old uncle trying kareoke, kinda took me out of it. Interesting recording style, very echoey.

Not love at first listen

I feel like I should like this album but it just fell flat for me.

Ik ben geen fan. Sowieso niet van de stem (inluiding van de jaren 80 lijkt het), maar de rest van de muziek vind ik ook gewoon niet heel boeiend. Gewoon niet mijn ding. 2 sterren.

Never understood the hype.

Entiendo porque esta. Es raro, pero medio hipnótico. No se, me gustó el estilo pero se quedo un poco corto musicalmente. Lo tendría que escuchar de nuevo.

It's good for a few songs, but they start to blend together for me after a while. Sounds like one, long sad song.

Alright, no bangers.

This is the number one album that just doesn’t click for me.

This is an influential yet awful album. I hadn't listened to it in ten years — while I never really loved the album, I definitely don't like it now.

Eh, I remember liking this more than I actually do.

I enjoyed this album more than I expected, but was it enough to make me dig out the Unknown Pleasures T Shirt my auntie unknowingly bought me? Nah. A bit too droney for my taste.

There are parts I love but they don't seem to mesh into something I truly dig. The music is awesome, I like Ian's singing style - I felt Morrison vibes at times, which I like. Perhaps will give it a few more listens.

Cool album art. New Dawn Fades was pretty good, but idk I just don't think I'm a fan of this guy's voice. Ok the next song confirmed, not a fan.

One of those albums that I’m just not sure why it’s on the list. Nothing terrible, but uninspiring.

Not nearly as good as I was led to believe. I see a lot of comments about so and so being a genius, but nothing to back it up.

Det var slet ikke mig.

How boring.

I never cared for these guys. I don't like the vocals or the sensibility. Very depressing stuff.

eihän siinä menny kun pari tuntia että löyty sopiva rima... noh LIIAN KORKEALLA! tiiäkkö miltä tuntuu ku kokelee.. NO PELOTTAA... pelko iskee... pitääisi maa olla heti siinä että hypyllä pääsee ylös.. ei ollut PITI KIIVETÄ.. ei siinä uskalla mitään temppuja tehdä.. ja mutenki jaksa talvella kylmällä. kesällä sitten, kun oon siellä. auta yhtään mihinkään tollanen muutenkaan, pelkkä show trikki semmonen... candidate

Did not like this

I have never heard anything by Joy Division, though I've heard of them. There were a couple of good tracks, but the rest was just kind of depressing to listen to, not really to my taste, mostly because of the vocals. Favorite track: Interzone

Pretty shit. Like 2 good songs

For a long time I hadn’t heard any Joy Division but I suspected they might be a bit depressing. And they totally are. But maybe that’s the point. I couldn’t get excited about any of this though. It almost becomes ok in a couple of tracks but then returns to subdued bleakness.

I get where this album has been influential to other albums and artists I do like. But this album isn’t just sullen. It’s boring.

I gotta be honest, Joy Division got better later on. A bit glum for me.

The meme cover album! Very moody. Headman sounds like Stan Marsh at times. Not a big fan.

Best track(s): She's lost control, I remember nothing Worst track(s): The rest I've listened to the 2019 remaster. This man sounds like he's singing in a can.. He also doesn't quite seem to know about melodies. Terrible listen, will probably never listen again. The saving grace of this album might be the basslines.

I don't know, I had higher expectations

Ekan biisin alku nosti punaiset liput, mutta turhaan. Keskinkertainen ja ajoittain erittäin arsyttävä levy.

Masennuin lievästi tätä kuunnellessa

Meh

I thought these were the guys that did blue Monday, cause why else everyone would be wearing the album art on shirts and stuff? This album sucked, it sounds like karaoke at my local pub but instead of being funny or moving it's just a drunk guy telling the bar how his wife left him at Christmas while "Thats why they call it the blues" plays in the background. 2/5 - made me google and listen to blue Monday hence the 2 star rating

Sounds like if Jim Morrison lived long enough to be on early 1980s college radio. I don’t hate it? Not really my thing though

olidlig sång, basen är rätt otajt emellanåt. får en tvåa för att det trots att detta är ett okej sound ibland.

p432. 1979. 2 stars. Dreary and depressing meh for the most part. Ian Curtis sounds like Jim Morrison on Valium. Bonus star for the bass work.

2/5

Honestly, this is pretty boring for the most part. Who would ever actually dance to Joy Division?

The song "Disorder" i really loved (its also the song that everyone knows), but the rest didn't catch me at all. I really wanted to like the album, because its such an influencual album for the time it was released in .. The total abundance of melody in the voice of Terry Mason and his plump singing really bothered me troughout my lisiening experiance. It got so bad that i wanted to skip hole songs. Beeing a drumer myself i really didnt understand why he just sticked to drums, because the drumming does suffer from him singing. Maybe thats the hole thing playing punk. I can totally understand that it may be fun to play that way, but listing to it while siting on a chair is just not. Maybe it still needs time to grow onto me, i will defenitly relisten in the future and maybe then i will be enlighend. Cheers

Pop inglés un tanto falto de chispa y de entusiasmo. Demasiado plano y que no me ha gustado especialmente. Parecidos a The Cure

I understand the impact and acclaim this album have achieved, but the detached roboticism of the delivery doesn't connect with me.

It had moments but was often tuneless.

2+

meer van verwacht, niet zo wauw

Opens with shit reverb drums. Bad sign. Lou/Bowie influenced talk-singing. Tyler probably thinks this is good. 2nd song ok Pretty amateur musicians, but I guess that's their thing Ian Curtis cult worship is odd...much like Syd. New dawn fades sounds like something Oh good now we've got layers of echo on the vocals

Highlights for me were Insight (laser guns!), she’s lost control, and wilderness. Overall the album gets a solid 2.

Not for me.

Okay so realistically, this should be a five star album for me. But I don't know why but this album just annoys the crap out of me. I've gave this album at least a half a dozen listens the past year and every time I thought to myself "why do I not like this?" I love a lot of post-punk artists and albums but this one specifically just does not do it for me. I wish I could go more into detail on why but honestly I don't even know.

Meh

Bizar, toen ik dit voor het eerst hoorde na het zien van Control vond ik dit heel indrukwekkend. Maar nu vind ik het bij tijd en wijlen vals, onsamenhangend en irritant.

Mij te somber. Wat ik wel indrukwekkend vind is dat zo'n jonge gast zo'n doorleefde, zware stem kan hebben.

So dull.

This was surprisingly boring

Goth rock is not for me

Não me pega não. Até percebo a qualidade do instrumental, mas o vocal e melodias ficam cansativos.

Ok album not sure i agree with it being on the best albums ever.

From the UK, what a surprise. I mean I expected this to be here somewhere but fuuuuck. Album cover is great, one of those really iconic artworks. Music is bog new wave as you'd expect from the UK in the late 70s. Having heard a few songs from this before I expected the whole thing to be a bit more ... musical. Lots of kinda proto-goth crap going on here. 2/5.

Maybe the greatest album artwork. If only the songs matched. I’ve wanted to like this album for years but just can’t get there. Perhaps the context of the release is essential to understanding why this is such a standout.

Meh

Wow it's the album that's on the t-shirt that all the people who are "really into music" wore in college. If I had known that that t-shirt represented such a lame ass band I would have treated it like the obvious "kick me" sign it was. Yet another post punk album for the author to pop a boner to. PEOPLE JUST STARTING THIS JOURNEY BEWARE: THIS LIST IS 500+ POST PUNK ALBUMS. Honestly this deserves closer to 1 star, but it's not as bad as U2 so it gets 2.

i honestly don’t completely remember how they sounded and i just listened to them which maybe proves something.. i didn’t hate it but i also didn’t enjoy it

It was ok I guess, not really my thing

This sucked. Annoyingly bad singing, forgettable album. 4/10.

Ik vind het vage muziek. Doet me beetje denken aan een goedkope versie van Depeche Mode of zo. De zangstem vind ik ook niet zo leuk. Voldoende maar niet uitmuntend. **

I don't get the appeal of Joy Division. I know they were trend setters, but nothing much stands out at all.

Joy Division are mostly joyless and Unknown Pleasures has scant few pleasures at the end of the day. Just never been for me; this isn't bad but it's fucking boring, 2/5.

Grâce à cet album, j'ai pu vérifier une de mes théories concernant la musique du groupe Joy Division. J'ai pour ce faire téléchargé l'intégralité des pistes le constituant ainsi que le logiciel Audacity. Je les ai ensuite importées dans ce dernier. J'ai enfin cliqué sur la fonction « réduire les bruits parasites et autres sons dégueulasses ». Croyez-le ou non, mais en repassant les pistes, j'eus l'agréable surprise de constater que la voix du chanteur avait totalement disparu.

I'm sure I'm not the first asshole to point out that this band is ironically named, but...it is. You can't just put the word "joy" in your name and then fart into a microphone and call it a day. Best track: I'm not sure. I kept trying to pay attention but it was just. so. boring

Super boring and mopey.

Nope. An album that has been deemed classic, but I just don't enjoy it at all. See also: The Doors.

Ian Curtis sounds a little bit like Jim Morrison. I also felt a little Editors vibe. However the songs didn't feel too exciting and a little slow.

Sounds like what Alice Cooper looks like.

Know it's a cult album, but it didn't really stand out for me.

Not really my thing.... could never see the attraction.

This is okay, but it didn't do much for me. It's pretty run-of-the-mill late-70s punk as far as I can tell. I dug a few of the riffs and melodies, but overall I found it hard to figure out what makes it special.

Very sparse not really my thing so idk

the smiths are better

We’ve been through that already: whether you’re pushing New Order or Joy Division (this is the 4th of those I’m getting here), the music is still annoying. P.S. The awful sound doesn’t improve the experience, either.

Coñazo. Rock extraño

Overall low key album but nothing jumped out at me or grabbed my attention. Songs were repetitive but enjoyable.

piosenki, które mi się podobały - disorder

rätt tråkigt album egentligen

This is a cult classic, but is a bit of weak nonplus runes… had to be there I guess

Okay, I know this is going to cost me any goth cred I may have had in the past, but Joy Division is true to its name; listening to this album divided me from joy. It's clear to me that pleasure is unknown to them, and someone needs to tell them that picking a single phrase and repeating it over and over again does not a good song make.

The singer sounds like Fred Schneider with a lobotomy. Catchy new wave/pop style with some punk undertones. Didn't do much for me.

This one isn't really my style, but I used it as ambient working music and also didn't hear many of the lyrics, which is good because I've heard they're depressing.

His voice sucks

I always judge albums by when they are minted. maybe i want some way to preview what htey will sound like.

Había oido muchos comentarios de esta banda... Ohhh desepcion.

It's a shame that the tight bass and drum-licks on Unknown Pleasure are accomodated by some of the most bleak and hopeless music I have ever heard. Beyond the depression and angst, there is very little variety or enjoyment to be found here. After having listened to the entire record, there honestly is not a single track that I would consider putting on again. This is not it, this is a 2/5.

Overrated.

Upbeat keyboard and bass centric. Simplistic male vocals 8/. Redundant-ish.

Überbewertet, langweilig

Another rock album… was fine, some songs were nice, I hated the last song.

Meh it was not a pleasure

Initial thoughts: the singer's voice is a little monotone and sometimes too soft, but the subdued instrumental backing carries the vocals through. The lyrics and tone are dark and depressing and sometimes too repetitive but I suppose that's the point. Not the kind of music I enjoy listening to most of the time, but it has its place. It just doesn't feel special in any real way; like there's nothing groundbreaking there.

I’m not into that.

Couldn't really get into it. Some of the songs were okay but a lot of it was just too slow for my taste. I could maybe listen to it if i was sad in the middle of winter. XD

I don't like it. The production value sucks ass. The drumming is incessant. The vocalist is 5/10, but he needs a better lyricist. These lyrics vacillate between juvenile and unintelligible due to the lofi production. Sometimes my head is bobbing alone, but after listening to the album twice I still couldn't name a song that really hooked me. If I could use one word to describe these guys, it would be "flat." I'm listening to "I remember nothing" and I'm hearing these sad lyrics but no emotion. No tears or heart whatsoever. Just bored flat affect. I remember nothing is a fitting end to this album because I won't remember anything from the album.

Heaven knows I'm miserable now

Wieso heißt es: Let's dance to Joy Devision? Dazu kann man gar nicht tanzen...

Didn’t even have love will tear us apart on it. Massively overrated.

I hated this album the first time I heard it, and I still hate it now. Generic sparse guitar with vocals that feel so lazy it's almost ironic.

I was kinda excited to listen to this because I've seen this album cover a million god damn times (maybe the most reused album art ever?) but it was kinda a big meh for me and it all kinda blended together, and then when I payed closer attention I asked myself wtf is going on with the melody

Hmmmmmmmmmmm Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Ehmmmmmmm Irgendwie nicht soooo geil; habe merkwürdige DANZIG Assoziationen bei „Day of the Lords“ Verstehe nun aber die Obsession der Goths gegenüber dieser Über-Band, über die ich altklug urteilen würde, dass schon 1998 mehr Schülerbands einen besseren ersten Eindruck gemacht hätten. „She‘s lost Control“ ist aber schon megagut. Ambitionierte 1.7

I really tried to listen to this... Got to track 6 but the level of repetitive depressing monotonic lyrics finally go the best of me. It's a no.

Nope

Very whiny and shite

This album was okay. It had very heavy vocals and was very dark at times. I felt like it was all over the place and didn't know what type of genre they were going for

Niet mn ding

Would skip candidate. Liked Disorder until the end All sound like red right hand by nick cave

Hmm, kinda out of tune sometimes, e.g. Candidate

Kinda crappy synth. The vocals were way down in the mix (probably because his voice isn't very good)

2

Næi

Here's an album that I might've enjoyed more at another time in my life or when I was feeling more jovial in general. Today's listen put it in the 2 star category, as the vibe just didn't jive with me.

Still don't get it. Some interesting production choices, but would benefit from a few more chords and a lot less of Ian Curtis' vocals.

Actually a bit disappointed. For such a legendary album from a band that I like, I would have expected to be blown away. But I could not really get into it.

Eh it was okay. I've seen this mountain album art on like 100 shirts, I don't think they are all fans it just looks cool