New Order's first compilation album, Substance (1987), finally broke the group through to commercial success in the U.S. Its second one, The Best of New Order, isn't exactly...
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In the wake of early-'80s post-punk artiness, New Order must have seemed like a welcome return to the world of tunes. Those not blinded by Ian Curtis' pyre were certainly...
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One of the least-synthesized albums in New Order's discography, Brotherhood offers the simultaneous peak of the group's hook-filled songwriting (not just on the single...
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New Order's evolution from post-punk survivors to state of the art electronic unit became complete with the superb Low-life, the first of their albums to receive a proper...
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Movement is the sound of New Order searching for their own musical path after the suicide of Ian Curtis signaled the end of Joy Division. The album paints an extremely vivid...
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New Order's second album was their giant step out of the looming shadow of Joy Division, clearly establishing their own unique and innovative musical identity. Seamlessly...
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The first post-acid house masterpiece of British pop, Technique presents New Order doing what they'd done best for close to a decade -- writing brilliant left-field pop...
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Like Joy Division before them, New Order recorded just two sessions for BBC DJ John Peel, in January 1981 and June 1982. The first was six months after the death of Ian...
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An excellent retrospective which covers all the singles (and the essential b-sides on some formats) of this band's career from "Ceremony" to "True Faith," this is a must for...
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This five-song EP contains New Order's second single, "Everything's Gone Green"/"Procession," from September 1981, and third single, "Temptation," from May 1982. The...
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Instead of settling down in front of the mixing board for another dance album (a lá Technique or Republic), New Order returned in 2001 with a sound and style they hadn't...
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Back To Mine 12/2/2002, Yahoo! Music, Ken Micallef
In their two-decades-long-and-counting career, New Order has run roughshod over a dizzying array of styles, from synth sounds to acoustic rock, but always with their...
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Easily the most popular act to deliver a volume in the after-hours mix series Back to Mine, New Order have been much more than artists, but true tastemakers, over their...
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Yet another New Order compilation? Add Retro to the dizzying stack of New Order compilations and best-ofs. Actually, it was the second comp to come out in the last half of...
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Any band that's released nearly as many compilations as studio albums in the past 15 years certainly doesn't need another one, but International appeared anyway, and though...
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Substance is a double-disc set collecting New Order's singles, including several songs that were never available on the group's albums, at least in these versions. While...
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When New Order returned in 2001 with their first new record in eight years, the album they created (Get Ready) was given a great deal of leeway by fans (if not critics). Was...
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Any band that's released nearly as many compilations as studio albums in the past 15 years certainly doesn't need another one, but International appeared anyway, and though...
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