Atmosphere

Joy Division - Atmosphere 2/9/80 release date displayed in Ken Palk's record shop Knutsford. Joy Division is a band I came to love accidentally The 12-inch cover of Atmosphere was top-notch. A snowy winter scene, bleak and unpretentious I bought it without hearing it—an impulse buy and on hearing the first time, there was a pause. "It's playing at the wrong speed, my sister sniggered? " And my face flushed a glowing rosy teenage pink. I quickly came to realize it was atmospherically A delight, it was poetry. It was pure genius, It was ahead of its time, streets and streets ahead. And the more I played it, the more I loved it. It's a recording I can never now play just once. It has to be played twice and always back to back. And even now, it is first class and hasn't aged a day.