ALBUM ARTWORK: JOY DIVISION - PLUS MINUS (+-)

On the 20th Anniversary of Ian Curtis’ death, record label Rhyno issued a limited edition package with some of the most famous Joy Division songs. 

The picture on the cover is a monochrome inverted version of stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud. The original picture belongs to NASA and was part of a 2005 new release:

“Why Plus Minus (+-)?” You might ask yourself.In 1988, Factory Records released the Joy Division single ‘Atmosphere’ from the compilation ‘Substance’ - the inner sleeve showed a detail of ‘Plus en Min’ by Jan Van Munster: