Artist
Joy Division
Joy Division appears 3 times in our Post-Punk, The Eighties, and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred lists, placing as high as No. 1. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.
- Ranked entries
- 3
- Appears on
- Post-Punk, The Eighties, and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred
- Year
- 1980
- Highest placing
- No. 1 in Post-Punk
- Updated
- 2026-08-29
Appears on
Love Will Tear Us Apart
1980 · Factory
Ranked No. 1 in Post-Punk
Peter Hook plays the melody on bass, Bernard Sumner plays the atmosphere on a cheap synth, and Ian Curtis writes the plainest lyric of his life. The genre's one unarguable pop record.
Love Will Tear Us Apart
1980 · Factory
Picked by The Eighties
Factory gave its bands the copyrights and had no contracts to speak of, which was ruinous as a business and is the reason this record sounds like nobody was consulted. The decade's most covered song, released by a Manchester club with a design habit.
Also on Post-Punk, The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred
Love Will Tear Us Apart
1980 · Factory
Picked by The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred
The bass carries the melody, a cheap synth carries the weather, and the lyric refuses every available metaphor. Guitar music's most perfect three minutes.
Also on Post-Punk, The Eighties