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Closer

album by Joy Division
MusicAlbum album Q756930

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15 properties
Instance of
album
Performer
Joy Division[6]
Genre
gothic rock, post-punk[3][4]
Language of work or name
English[11]
Publication date
July 1980[14]
Duration
2656.0[15]
Producer
Martin Hannett[5]
Part of
Joy Division's albums in chronological order[10]
Collection
Museum of Modern Art[7]
Creator
Peter Saville[2]
Distribution format
vinyl record[12]
Form of creative work
studio album[16]
Place of publication
United Kingdom[9]
Record label
Factory Records[8]
Recorded at studio or venue
Britannia Row Studios[13]
🏷️ Also known as
en Closer fa نزدیک تر (آلبوم جوی دیویژن) ja クローサー nl Closer (Joy Division) uk Closer (альбом Joy Division)
🔖 Identifiers · 10
Acclaimed Music album ID
482
Album of the Year album ID
4218
AllMusic album ID
mw0000198508
British Phonographic Industry ID
1383-113-2
Discogs master ID
4734
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Closer-album-by-Joy-Division
Freebase ID
/m/015124
Museum of Modern Art work ID
189342
MusicBrainz release group ID
852f9715-24b3-37d5-b8a5-456f5e19b41e
Offizielle Deutsche Charts album ID
54582

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Genre 2
post-punk, gothic rock
Collection 1
Museum of Modern Art
Creator 1
Peter Saville
Distribution format 1
vinyl record
Form of creative work 1
studio album
Instance of 1
album
Language of work or name 1
English
Performer 1
Joy Division
Place of publication 1
United Kingdom
Producer 1
Martin Hannett
Record label 1
Factory Records
Recorded at studio or venue 1
Britannia Row Studios
← FactGrid item ID 1
Eschersheim
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Summary

Closer is an album[1].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[17]

  • First release date: 1980-07-18[18]

  • Genre(s): gothic rock, new wave, post-punk, rock[19]

  • Community tags: alienation, anxious, atmospheric, cold, cryptic, dark, death, depressive, disturbing, existential, funereal, gothic rock, introspective, lonely, male vocalist, melancholic, mysterious, new wave, nihilistic, nocturnal, ominous, pessimistic, philosophical, poetic, post-punk, rhythmic, rock, sad, self-hatred, serious, sombre, suicide, winter[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 852f9715-24b3-37d5-b8a5-456f5e19b41e[21]

Related Entities

Joy Division Museum of Modern Art United Kingdom

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Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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