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| | Joy Division, Part Two |
 | | The Manchester, England-based post punk band was one of the hottest and most talented rock quartets on the planet, and the new decade promised a wider audience and hopefully, global recognition. |
 | | In April, before Curtis died, Joy Division would release what would become their best-known song on either side of the Atlantic, “Love Will Tear Us Apart.” The single, a masterful mid-tempo ode to the dissolving of a relationship, has been called one of the best rock songs of all time by SPIN Magazine. |
 | | Including such great Joy Division songs as “Isolation,” “Colony,” and “Decades,” the final LP was the pinnacle, albeit an untimely one, of the band’s short history. |
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