Joy Division – Closer

This record must have been in my top 10 of Albums I Am Ashamed I Have Never Heard (top 3 being “Pet Sounds”, “Revolver” and “Blonde On Blonde”). Monumental in every sense of the word, it really was Joy Division’s masterpiece (was ever a band less aptly named?). Musically most of it leaves me open-mouthed in admiration –“24 Hours” and “Decades” are, for me, their finest songs, far better than - “Love Will Tear Us Apart”, but emotionally it leaves me strangely cold.