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No. 309Rolling Stone’s 500 greatest albums1980
Closer album coverNo. 309

Closer

Joy Division

Closer by Joy Division is No. 309 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time (2020 edition). It came out in 1980, has 21 tracks and runs 96 minutes. It sits between Pink Flag (No. 310) and Here Come the Warm Jets (No. 308).

1980 · 21 tracks · No. 309 of 500

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Track list

  1. Atrocity Exhibition
  2. Isolation
  3. Passover
  4. Colony
  5. A Means to an End
  6. Heart and Soul
  7. Twenty Four Hours
  8. The Eternal
  9. Decades
  10. Dead Souls (Live)
  11. Glass (Live)
  12. A Means to an End (Live)
  13. Twenty Four Hours (Live)
  14. Passover (Live)
  15. Insight (Live)
  16. Colony (Live)
  17. These Days (Live)
  18. Love Will Tear Us Apart (Live)
  19. Isolation (Live)
  20. The Eternal (Live) [Encore]
  21. Digital (Live) [Encore]

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