5 Facts About Joy Division's Closer Recording Sessions

The album was recorded over twelve days in March 1980. The sessions took place in London with producer Martin Hannett.

Martin Hannett produced the album. His signature atmospheric production style shaped the record’s sound.

The recording followed a tight schedule. The band completed the album in less than two weeks.

The sessions occurred shortly before Ian Curtis’s death. Curtis died in May 1980, just two months after recording ended.

Closer was released posthumously. The album came out in July 1980, after Curtis’s suicide.