Isolation (Joy Division song)
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| Song by Joy Division | ||
| from the album Closer | ||
| Released | 1980 | |
| Recorded | March 18-30, 1980 at Britannia Row Studios, London, United Kingdom | |
| Genre | Post-punk | |
| Length | 2:52 | |
| Label | Factory Records | |
| Writer(s) | Ian Curtis | |
| Producer(s) | Martin Hannett, Joy Division | |
| Closer track listing | ||
| "Atrocity Exhibition" (1) |
""Isolation"" (2) |
"Passover" (3) |
"Isolation" is a 1980 song appearing on the Manchester post-punk band Joy Division's second album release Closer. The song marches along with a classic Peter Hook bassline and an industrial, synthesized beat by Stephen Morris accompanied by a processed keyboard line by Bernard Sumner and booming Ian Curtis vocal. Midway through the song, Stephen Morris adds a rushing acoustic drum and hi-hat beat, speeding toward the song's dramatic end in what resembles a compact disc skipping followed by a sudden electronic crescendo, closing the song at just under three minutes.
As with every other song from Closer, the song itself was not a single, but stands out as the most likely candidate from the album to have been released as a single due to its relatively short length and catchy sound. It was covered by the Northern Irish rock band Therapy? for their Troublegum album in 1994.
Joy Division's "Isolation" also appears on Heart and Soul and Permanent.
"Isolation" is also the name of an unrelated song on John Lennon's 1970 album John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band.
