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Best New Order album for Newbies / Anything goes

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      CommentAuthorjohan1969
    • CommentTimeDec 27th 2007
     
    I'd like to know what the best New Order album is.

    I've got Movement (bought it around 1988 on vinyl!) and Substance, but I'd like to buy a real New Order album.

    I love all their singles.

    I'm not keen on electronica, but I love Hooky's bass.
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    Low-Life
    Technique
    Brotherhood
    Power, Corruption and Lies
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      CommentAuthorjohan1969
    • CommentTimeDec 27th 2007
     
    Thanks !

    Anyone else ?
    • CommentAuthormari
    • CommentTimeDec 27th 2007 edited
     
    Low Life and Power, Corruption and Lies are my favourites. But Get Ready was actually the first album I heard of them, and I loved it back then.
    If you're into dance you'll like Technique, it took me a while before I liked that one as much as I do now, though, even though it's a fan's favourite.

    Got "Singles" yet? Nice one for all the non-album singles (which a lot of them are)
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      CommentAuthorjohan1969
    • CommentTimeDec 27th 2007
     
    Well, Singles, Best of and Substance seem to have a lot of similar songs.

    I just ordered 4 cd's on Amazon uk, +- 6 £ each.
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      CommentAuthorJen
    • CommentTimeDec 27th 2007
     
    Technique and Brotherhood for me. I know Brotherhood is disliked by many but I love it.
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    My favorite is Low-Life, but if I had to choose one album for someone to buy, I would recommend Substance 1987, I think. That's what I just told a friend of mine to purchase because he doesn't know NO at all. I guess he grew up in a cave. LOL
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      CommentAuthorjohan1969
    • CommentTimeDec 28th 2007
     
    I've already got Substance, and I ordered : 1 Power Corruption and Lies £7.18 1 £7.18 1 Technique £5.64 1 £5.64 1 Low Life £7.18 1 £7.18 1 Republic £5.13 1 £5.13
    • CommentAuthormari
    • CommentTimeDec 28th 2007 edited
     
    took a while, but I love Republic now. It's an album for a special mood though, I don't always enjoy it.

    good choices:face-smile:

    oh! do you have the Electronic Greatest hits yet? That's an excellent album.
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      CommentAuthorjohan1969
    • CommentTimeDec 28th 2007
     
    No, I haven't !

    But I love Monaco.
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      CommentAuthorjohan1969
    • CommentTimeJan 12th 2008
     
    I think Low Life sounds pretty 'primitive' or 'amateuristic' , especially due to Barneys singing, but I guess it gives a certain charm to it.
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    My personal fave is Power, Corruption & Lies, but the I think the best New Order album for a newbie must be Substance.

    If you don't know New Order, get any of the albums and you will become a fan

    As long as it's not Movement, fecking dull as anything.
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      CommentAuthorjohan1969
    • CommentTimeJan 12th 2008
     
    Movement was the first one of them I bought, and I already had Substance.

    Well, I like them.
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    I like to think of Movement as their "transitional" time....Barney and the gang were trying to find their voice again.

    Power, Corruption and Lies is a great album too. As you said, My Silent Face, you really can't go wrong with any of them! But I am biased.:face-angel:
    • CommentAuthormari
    • CommentTimeJan 13th 2008
     
    I think Low Life sounds pretty 'primitive' or 'amateuristic' , especially due to Barneys singing, but I guess it gives a certain charm to it.


    Some of my favourite NO songs are on that album so I'm biased to this one;)
    Primitive? 'Sooner than you think', maybe, but at the same time, I love that song SO much. Sure, it does scream 'recorded in the 80s' to me, too. I don't mind that at all though.

    But what about 'The Perfect Kiss'? That's a jewel I think... hardly amateuristic, hehe.. Maybe you need to hear it a few times? Do your homework, Johan :p
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    The Perfect Kiss is my all time favorite NO song. I could listen to it 10 times a day....sometimes I do! :face-smile: TPK is anything but amateristic, IMO.
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      CommentAuthorjohan1969
    • CommentTimeJan 13th 2008
     
    Well, amateuristic is probably not the right word. '80ies' might be a better word indeed.
    And I don't think it's a bad album.

    I just think Barneys voice isn't as good as Ians.
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    I guess it is a matter of personal preference. I have always preferred Bernard's voice over Ian's. I like Joy Division, but New Order is where my heart truly lies. Even the song "Hurt", which sounds like it was recorded in a can and is very tin-y, I love. Bernard isn't at his best there vocally, but I still love it. As time progressed he gained more confidence as a singer, but I love his voice at every stage of his career. I guess I'm just a hopeless fan-girl.
    • CommentAuthorlow house
    • CommentTimeJan 13th 2008 edited
     
    Movement isn't a real New Order album?
    What the...

    Anyway , I would say Low Life , although I prefer The Perfect Kiss on Substance ( cause it's longer , but not too long ).
    And Hurt is in my top 3 NO songs , woo!
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    I totally agree...the longer version of TPK on Substance is the best, as is the video version at about 9:13 seconds long.
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      CommentAuthorjohan1969
    • CommentTimeJan 13th 2008
     
    On which album is Hurt ?

    I don't consider Movement a real NO album either, it's more a JD record. :face-devil-grin:
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    It was on an EP- Factus 8 1982. Everything's Gone Green and Procession were on it too. Another two songs I love!

    www.worldinmotion.net has a pretty good discography. That's where I got the info from.
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    Oh...It's on Substance 1987 too, but I think not all versions of it.
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      CommentAuthordocterjoy
    • CommentTimeFeb 21st 2008
     
    The Best of New ORder because it has all their best and most famous songs. (it was my frist NO album too)
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    Substance
    Low-Life
    Technique
    PC&L
    Best of NO
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      CommentAuthorAlison
    • CommentTimeJul 6th 2008
     
    I would probably go for Low-Life or Technique first. Jen, I love Brotherhood too, but I'm not sure what a newcomer would think to Every Little Counts!!

    With the compilations, I would choose Substance or Singles over The Best Of, but that's probably because I've got the British version of The Best Of without the extra songs at the beginning.
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      CommentAuthorJen
    • CommentTimeJul 7th 2008
     
    Oh, come on Alison....what's wrong with lyrics like I think you are a pig/You should be in a zoo...what's not to love, right? ;-) LOL

    I agree though....Technique for a new fan, definitely.
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    Oh, come on Alison....what's wrong with lyrics like I think you are a pig/You should be in a zoo...what's not to love, right? ;-) LOL

    Even Bernard can't keep from laughing at his stellar lyric-writing in that song! I still love it though. It makes me laugh!

    Liz=hopeless fangirl who would love Barney even if he sang the words on a wrapper of chewing gum. :face-angel:
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      CommentAuthordocterjoy
    • CommentTimeJul 7th 2008
     
    That song was great, I love the melody and the lyrics, but I wish there was no disk-scratching at the end, it kind of ruined it for me but otherwise my 2nd fave from Brotherhood!

    Heh, if Barney sang the lyrics of a Slipknot song he'd make it 10, 000 times better. :face-devil-grin:
    • CommentAuthorJanaT
    • CommentTimeJul 7th 2008
     
    "I would probably go for Low-Life or Technique first."

    Same from me, Alison. These two are my faves- besides, I think they are good samples of this awesome discography that "newbies" are about to figure out.:face-smile:
    • CommentAuthorKrafty
    • CommentTimeJul 16th 2010
     
    Ditch the albums- get the EPs. All of them! Then reflect seriously on whether or not you don’t like electronic music now because the chances are you do! :face-smile:
    • CommentAuthorKrafty
    • CommentTimeJul 18th 2010
     
    This time I won't sound like William S Burroughs - Advice for young people.

    You could go 2 ways;

    Firstly keep going on the path you started and listen to the NO catalogue in the sequential order they were made.

    Secondly you could buy Technique - The Collector Edition. This is a very good album and many Angles would say the best (HARD TO DO) but the second disc has some great classic 12” singles on it, most with B sides as well which are just as good. Value for money this is well worth it.

    :face-smile:

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