Home / Music / Joy Division's Closer was released July 18, 1980, two months after Ian Curtis's deathMusic linernotes album music joy-divisionJoy Division's Closer was released July 18, 1980, two months after Ian Curtis's deathCloser was released on 18 July 1980, just two months after the suicide of lead singer Ian Curtis. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesFrank Sinatra records shaped Ian Curtis's vocals on CloserMartin Hannett kept mixing Love Will Tear Us Apart during the Closer sessionsJoy Division recorded Closer over twelve days in March 1980Cocteau Twins' Treasure ranked among the best albums of the 80s by Slant and NMEParty Mix! and a remixed Mesopotamia were bundled as one CD in 1991ExploreWayne Shorter's Juju was released on June 6, 1981Julie London's debut Julie Is Her Name arrived in December 1955Just Another Diamond Day was released in December 1970 — and largely overlookedVashti Bunyan's Just Another Diamond Day slipped out in December 1970The Visitor started as a self-released EP before Fat Possum picked it up.Previous Keith Jarrett's Standards Trio first recorded together in January 1983Next Joy Division recorded Closer over twelve days in March 1980