Editing Joy Division (section)

=== ''Unknown Pleasures'' and breakthrough ===
Joy Division's debut album, ''[[Unknown Pleasures]]'', was recorded at [[Strawberry Studios]], [[Stockport]], in April 1979.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-weird-science-behind-joy-division-s-unknown-pleasures-cover-20150220|title=The Science Behind Joy Division's 'Unknown Pleasures' Cover|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=28 April 2017}}</ref> Producer [[Martin Hannett]] significantly altered their live sound, a fact that greatly displeased the band at the time; however, in 2006, Hook said that in retrospect Hannett had done a good job and "created the Joy Division sound".<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Wilkinson |first=Roy |year=2006 |title=Ode to Joy |magazine=Mojo}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://classicalbumsundays.com/joy-division-unknown/|title=Album of the Month: Joy Division "Unknown Pleasures" {{!}} Classic Album Sundays|website=classicalbumsundays.com|date=26 April 2012 |language=en-US|access-date=2017-07-17}}</ref> The album cover was designed by [[Peter Saville (graphic designer)|Peter Saville]], who went on to provide artwork for future Joy Division and New Order releases.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-weird-science-behind-joy-division-s-unknown-pleasures-cover-20150220|title=The Science Behind Joy Division's 'Unknown Pleasures' Cover|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=2017-07-17}}</ref>

''Unknown Pleasures'' was released in June and sold through its initial pressing of 10,000 copies. Wilson said the success turned the indie label into a true business and a "revolutionary force" that operated outside of the major record label system.<ref name="Shadowplayers" /> Reviewing the album for ''Melody Maker'', writer [[Jon Savage]] described the album as an "opaque manifesto" and declared it "one of the best, white, English, debut LPs of the year".<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Savage|first=Jon|title=Joy Division: "Unknown Pleasures"|magazine=Melody Maker|date=21 July 1979|url=http://www.new-order.net/terminal1.demon.co.uk/JoyMM7-79album.htm|access-date=25 August 2016}}</ref>

Joy Division performed on Granada TV again on 20 July 1979, and made their only nationwide TV appearance on 15 September on [[BBC Two|BBC2]]'s ''[[Something Else (UK TV series)|Something Else]]''. They supported the Buzzcocks in a 24-venue UK tour that began that October, which allowed the band to quit their regular jobs.<ref name="Mojo 1994"/> The non-album single "[[Transmission (song)|Transmission]]" was released in November. Joy Division's burgeoning success drew a devoted following who were stereotyped as "intense young men dressed in grey overcoats".{{sfn|Reynolds|2005|p=115}}