The Similarities Engine

Albums similar to Unknown Pleasures

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

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  1. Television - Marquee Moon1977Spotify
  2. Joy Division - Closer1980Spotify
  3. New Order - Substance1987Spotify
  4. Ride - Nowhere1990Spotify
  5. Wire - Chairs Missing1978Spotify
  6. The Stooges - The Stooges1969Spotify
  7. The Wedding Present - Bizarro1989Spotify
  8. Einstürzende Neubauten - Haus der Lüge1989Spotify
  9. New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies1983Spotify
  10. Belle and Sebastian - If You’re Feeling Sinister1996Spotify
  11. The Velvet Underground - Loaded1970Spotify
  12. The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God1988Spotify
  13. Pixies - Trompe le Monde1991Spotify
  14. Interpol - Turn On the Bright Lights2002Spotify
  15. Portishead - Dummy1994Spotify
  16. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs1985Spotify
  17. Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks Here’s the Sex Pistols1977Spotify
  18. Asking Alexandria - Asking Alexandria2017Spotify
  19. Bauhaus - Bela Lugosis Dead1999Spotify
  20. Bauhaus - Swing the Heartache, the Bbc SessiSpotify
  21. Crime & the City Solution - Paradise Discotheque1990Spotify
  22. Depeche Mode - Ultra1997Spotify
  23. Iceage - You’re Nothing2013Spotify
  24. Isao Tomita - Bermuda TriangleSpotify
  25. King Woman - Created in the Image of Suffering2017Spotify
  26. Nitzer Ebb - Showtime1990Spotify
  27. Perfume Genius - Learning2010Spotify
  28. Peter Hammill - Sitting Targets1981Spotify
  29. Public Image Ltd. - Greatest Hits So Far1990Spotify
  30. John Austin Rutelidge - Done Lying DownSpotify

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Albums on this list with a page here: Television - Marquee Moon, Joy Division - Closer, New Order - Substance, Ride - Nowhere, The Stooges - The Stooges, The Wedding Present - Bizarro, Einstürzende Neubauten - Haus der Lüge, New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies