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'''''Closer''''' adalah [[album studio]] kedua dan terakhir dari band [[rock]] Inggris [[Joy Division]], yang dirilis pada 18 Juli 1980 melalui Factory Records.<ref name="official" >{{cite web |title=Joy Division - discography |url=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:joydivisionofficial.com/discography.html+%22recorded+at+Britannia+Row+Studios,+Islington,+London,+March+18-30,+1980,+with+Martin+Hannett+as+producer+and+first+released+July+18+1980%22+%22remastered+and+re-released+in+2007,+with+a+bonus+disc+recorded+live+at+the+University+of+London+Union%22 |access-date=13 Februari 2018}}</ref> Diproduseri oleh Martin Hannett, ''Closer'' dirilis dua bulan setelah kejadian bunuh diri vokalis-penulis lirik band [[Ian Curtis]]. Album ini mencapai No. 6 pada tangga lagu ''[[UK Albums Chart]]'',<ref name="Official Charts Company">{{cite web |title=''Closer'' {{pipe}} full Official Chart History |url=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:b8rnOhUiWzYJ:www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/closer/+%2226.07%22+1980+%22Joy+Division%22+06 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=14 Februari 2018 |archive-date=2021-04-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421084915/https://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/closer/ |dead-url=yes }}</ref> menempati No. 3 di Selandia Baru pada September 1981, dan No. 2 di Yunani pada Agustus 2020.<ref name="charts.nz">{{cite web |url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Joy+Division&titel=Closer&cat=a |title=Charts.org.nz – Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart". |publisher=[[Official New Zealand Music Chart|Top 40 Singles]] |access-date=14 Februari 2018}}</ref> ''Closer'' juga dinamakan sebagai ''NME Album of the Year''.<ref name="Board">{{cite news |url=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:www.nme.com/photos/nme-s-albums-of-the-year-1974-2011-1403949+%22In+1980+we+went+%20for+%20Joy+Division%E2%80%99s+%E2%80%98Closer%22%E2%80%99%22 |title=''NME''{{'}}s albums of the year, 1974-2011 |first=Patricia |last=Board |work=NME|date=2 Desember 2010 |access-date=15 Februari 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nme.com/bestalbumsandtracksoftheyear/1980-2-1045402 |title=1980 Best Albums And Tracks Of The Year |author=''NME'' staff |work=NME|date=10 Oktober 2016 |access-date=15 Februari 2018}}</ref> Pada tahun 2007, album ini dirilis kembali dengan versi ''remastered''.<ref name="official" />
Hingga kini, ''Closer'' telah dikenali sebagai rilisan yang penting dan berpengaruh besar di era [[post-punk]].<ref name="fact" >{{cite web|title=STEALING FIRE: THE POP GROUP'S 'Y' LP|url=http://www.factmagazine.co.uk/da/60020|publisher=Fact|access-date=14 Juli 2018|archive-date=2008-03-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080318133521/http://www.factmagazine.co.uk/da/60020|publisher=Fact|accessdead-dateurl=14 Juli 2018unfit}}</ref> Setelah rilisnya singel non-album "[[Love Will Tear Us Apart]]" pada Juni 1980, anggota Joy Division yang tersisa membentuk band baru bernama [[New Order]].
