Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures (1979)

I first bought this album nearly 2 years ago but not until recently have I fully appreciated how good it is. This is a very dark, slow and sad album and therefore I don't know if it'll be to everyone's taste, but I think everyone should listen to a Joy Division album at least once. A year after this release the lead singer Ian Curtis hanged himself after a struggle with depression, epilepsy and a tough marraige. Joy Division then reformed as the much more famous New Order.
What I like most about this album is the emotion found in Curtis' voice and lyrics and how well they fit in with the music, also note the drumming that sounds like a drum machine but is infact the band's human drummer Stephen Morris.

Choice Tracks:
Disorder
New Dawn Fades
She's Lost Control
Insight