10 Perfect Posthumous Rock Albums

Whenever you see a rock star die by their own hand, there's always those questions of What If? lingering around in your head. Even though they might have gone down a certain path, you're always going to find yourself wondering what kind of music they could have made had they beaten their demons. If there's any indication from Closer though, Ian Curtis pretty much knew that his time was up.

Before this album was able to hit shelves, the Joy Division frontman was found dead in his home, after having gotten into a dispute with his wife a few hours prior. Out of all the albums on this list though, this is one of the first where you almost need a disclaimer before you listen to it. Knowing what we know now, Curtis is holding absolutely nothing back, waxing poetic about the depression that he feels every day and how he feels that his life is fleeting.

Compared to the other albums that show the artist for the raw talent that they possess, this is the kind of record where you get to see Ian Curtis more as a person, even if some of those pieces are best left hidden. Seeing how this unfolded, it's for the best that New Order sprung from the ashes of this. Because no artist deserves to have this album be their eternal epitaph.