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| Joy
Division scoop the Magpie on line poll |
March
2008 |
Magpie recently
polled over 1,000 of our registered users to find
out what they thought was the most iconic album
cover of all time. Now never ones to risk being
accused of local bias, users were given a free
reign, but we were delighted to learn that our
customers regarded Joy Division’s Unknown
Pleasures as their favourite, a decision that
led to a wave of nostalgia in Magpie HQ based
in Macclesfield, which was Ian Curtis’s
hometown.
The full result was:
1) Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures
2) The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
3) Happy Mondays – Pill’s n Thrills
n Bellyaches
4) The Smiths – Meat is Murder
5) Oasis – Definitely Maybe
6) New Order – Technique
7) The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead
8) The Stone Roses – Second Coming
9) Simply Red – Stars
10) Black Grape – It Great When You’re
Straight Yeah
Magpie was able to proudly
announce to the band’s former bassist Peter
Hook that it had come up top of the pops and he
exclusively told Magpie:
“The main thing in our lives at that time
was getting our music released anyway we could.
We weren’t interested in being on the cover,
we wanted to do things in a different way , we
were going to be different. Barney Sumner had
found the image which we gave to Peter Saville
for our cover, he took it and gave it back to
us in a format that has lasted over 30 years and
its one of the most recognized images in popular
music.”
The image on Unknown Pleasures
comes from an edition of the Cambridge Encyclopedia
of Astronomy. It presents exactly 100 successive
pulses from the first pulsar discovered. The cover
design is credited to Joy Division, Peter Saville
and Chris Mathan. The back cover of the album
contains no track listings, leaving a blank table
where one would expect the listings to be.
It just goes to show that most music fans still
prefer the attractions of the physical product
over the cold, passionless download and Magpie
is delighted this was demonstrated by such a classic
piece of music winning this poll.
The poll was subsequently given great national
coverage as it was featured in The Sun, The Mirror,
SKY News and BBC News all in one day! The Magpie
is certainly spreading its wings….
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