My favourite album: Closer by Joy Division

Guardian and Observer writers are picking their favourite albums ever – with a view that you might do the same. Here, Dave Simpson explains why Joy Division's Closer is one for all eternityWhen I was still at school, I finished my Saturday job a couple of hours early to attend the first day of the Futurama festival in Leeds, headlined by Johnny Rotten's PiL, my first-ever gig. My mate and I had our photos taken in Woolies to put on the ticket. When we got there, punks sniffed glue outside whil...

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