The Similarities Engine

Albums similar to Closer

Ask lots of people what their five favorite albums are, and if Joy Division - Closer is on their list, these other records tend to be there too. Music recommendations from real people, not AI.

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  1. New Order - Movement1981Spotify
  2. The Sisters of Mercy - Some Girls Wander by Mistake1992Spotify
  3. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures1979Spotify
  4. The Sisters of Mercy - First and Last and Always1985Spotify
  5. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead1986Spotify
  6. Tricky - Maxinquaye1995Spotify
  7. Happy Mondays - Bummed1988Spotify
  8. Bauhaus - Burning From the Inside1983Spotify
  9. The Cure - Seventeen Seconds1980Spotify
  10. New Order - Low‐Life1985Spotify
  11. Tindersticks - Tindersticks1993Spotify
  12. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation1988Spotify
  13. The Cure - Pornography1982Spotify
  14. Talking Heads - Remain in Light1980Spotify
  15. Marvin Gaye - What’s Going On1971Spotify
  16. The Cure - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me1987Spotify
  17. Nick Drake - Pink Moon1972Spotify
  18. Miles Davis - Bitches Brew1970Spotify
  19. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks1968Spotify
  20. Andraé Crouch - Vol. I-classics1993Spotify
  21. Bailter Space - Tanker1988Spotify
  22. Bauhaus - Greatest HitsSpotify
  23. Beatsteaks - Smack Smash2004Spotify
  24. Cabaret Voltaire - 2X45Spotify
  25. Can - Inner Space1994Spotify
  26. Current 93 - Emblems2010Spotify
  27. Depeche Mode - Ultra1997Spotify
  28. Five Blind Boys of Alabama - Deep River1992Spotify
  29. Fra Lippo Lippi - Small MercySpotify
  30. Gibb Droll - DhramaSpotify

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The above list shows albums similar to Closer.

If you are looking for artists similar to Joy Division, or music like theirs, you can discover them here. Nobody wrote these recommendations and no algorithm guessed at them: every album above is one that a real person put on their list of five favorite albums, alongside Closer.

Albums on this list with a page here: New Order - Movement, The Sisters of Mercy - Some Girls Wander by Mistake, Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures, The Sisters of Mercy - First and Last and Always, The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead, Tricky - Maxinquaye, Happy Mondays - Bummed, Bauhaus - Burning From the Inside