Closer — 1980

Released weeks after Curtis's death, it is colder and more electronic than the debut, and almost unbearably moving in hindsight. Bleak, beautiful and pivotal in the move toward New Order. A landmark of British music. Later output that justifies the journey through the back catalogue.

On vinyl: Second-hand copies circulate widely; a clean original can be better value than a new repress.

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