This is an album that is criminally overlooked for more than one reason.
Rarely has a band made such a significant leap in style and content from first to second album. Listen to the first album and this is like The Beatles releasing "Abbey Road" nine months after "With The Beatles". The cover gives much away ... the band saw this as a weightier, more mature effort than their debut. However, although the songs are undoubtedly more complex, they retain their pop sensibility
But perhaps of more importance is the influence, usually unsung, that this album had on music. Without this album, Joy Division may have been just another punk band. Without this album, we might never have heard "Blue Monday". Without this album, we might never have had a Radiohead
2nd Thought
VCL XI
The Misunderstanding
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