Joy Division · 1979 · 1970s · Entry 41 of 272
Unknown Pleasures
The blueprint. Hannett's production turned a Manchester guitar band into a transmission from the void.
Pitchfork
Read review →Martin Hannett's production turned Joy Division into a transmission from the void — a record whose textural innovations still feel like dispatches from another world.
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