Technique

Fav: Round and Round L: Run 2.5 Kind of boring and repetitive at times. I think there's a low point right in the middle with Guilty Partner and Run. I don't have much to say about this one. Album Cover: 3 Kind of cool and fits the album vibes well enough. Album Name: 1 The more I think about it the less I like the title. If you're going to name your album something like that I'd expect to see some really cool technique or something else to live up to the title but this doesn't.

This grew on me as I got through the album. I'll probably give this a few more listens before I really know how I feel. 3/5

Another album that I might like more on a few more repeated listens. I've never quite got into New Order even though I should. 80s! Indie! Bass! Maybe I'll go back and re-review at some point. Mr. Disco is the song that stood out.

overall i really enjoyed this. some songs were more up my alley than others but i liked it enough for a 4.

Yeah, this has all the fun new order flavours, fancy beats catchy riffs, loose vocals. I really enjoy the feel, it just felt like it was missing the magic of some of their big hits. I was trying to figure out what new order I knew and it turns out I've mostly listened to an early greatest hits so I'm clearly biased to that level of track. I enjoyed this, just not as much as I hoped, and as it went on it didn't keep my attention.

So perfectly 80s. Zigs and zags and vibes all the way down!

Number one: I love this album cover. My dad has the vinyl of this and I remember there was a period where it was hanging up somewhere in the house, and it's quite striking. Number two: New Order just sounds inherently nostalgic to me (there was a family beach holiday movie my dad made in 2000/2001 that heavily featured Regret from a later New Order album) and I just think a lot of their songs have that warm glow to them. This album is a lot less electronic based than the main New Order songs I know but I think they sound so good. All the Way is one of my all time New Order top 3 songs I reckon and I love how Just Like Heaven-ish it sounds. Whole album was good, strong recommend. Hoping for a few more New Order albums on the list, please

Second album proposé après ‘Low Life’ qui m’avait déçu (noté 2/5) - moins recherché que les 2 albums de Joy Division proposés (notés tous deux 3/5) et le son est trop électronique. Dans ce nouvel album j’ai détesté les morceaux typés Dance, ou très pop. Certains autres ressemblent à du Cure (All the Way - très inspiré par Just Like Heaven …) et sont (donc) plus réussis, mais il n’y en a pas assez à mon gout. Bref toujours aussi déçu ! Pas de seconde écoute envisagée. =>2/5

I like new order and love joy division but was kinda just ok with this one. Track 2 is a ripoff of just like heaven

I like the ones that lean more towards dance than post-punk, but don’t pay any attention to me!

It is kind of good, but mostly whatever. Sometimes it feels like generic electronic noises with a guy just barely singing over said noises. Enough songs are good to make it solid overall though.

Very mixed opinion on this. I like the songs that are similar to Joy Division's sound but I hate the dance-pop songs. So turns out I just like Peter Hook.

achei um tanto repetitivo e me pareceu que não tentaram ousar muito dentro do gênero considerando o que tava sendo feito na mesma época, como o actually do pet shop boys

por alguma razão esse disco tá em TODOS os sebos de discos de belém e eu nunca fui muito com a cara dele, mas até que não desgostei. ele tem uma pegada eletrônica mas parecem ter apostado em algo bem safe pra dentro do que o gênero tava possibilitando na época

Whenever Peter Hook plays the high strings of his bass, it's instantly iconic

I quite like some of their stuff but this was boring af

Enjoyed it more than I anticipated. This is another genre that I've really gained an appreciation for during this process.

Bad

Not a fan of the style

I do like New Order and there are some NO bangers on here (Round & Round / Run) but to paraphrase another review the album is half beefa dance album / half indie dance rock with out the conviction to go fully all in to either direction and as a result some of the songs are a little bit meh caught between the two.

Technique This is a bit of a funny one for me, arguably their commercial peak, containing some great songs with a winning combination of rock, dance and acid house, but it feels a little like an end point and slightly past their peak artistically, not quite hitting the same levels as Power, Corruption and Lies or Low-Life. I’ve always felt the breakdown in Fine Time sounds a little like Saturday Night by Whigfield. It’s a great track, one their best and is probably the highlight of the album. All The Way is another strong track, unmistakably New Order in tone and sound. Round Round is also excellent, a very acid influenced intro with a great Bernard Sumner vocal and chorus melody, with some very enjoyable synth noises. Run is another classic NO song, eschewing too much house for a great slice of shiny technopop. I really like the emulator on Mr Disco, and Vanishing Point is a late album highlight, combining acid squelchyness with a detached vocal and a little hint at some of their previous sounds, a bit Blue Monday and a bit of Elegia. Although its not my favourite of their albums its still great, it often strikes me how many hooks and melodic runs and moments they incorporate, obviously with Peter Hooks bass, but also with the synths and emulators, with guitars used more rhythmically, with only some melodic moments, as on Run or on Dream Attack. It's on the cusp of 4 and 5, and I’ll settle at a high 4, sitting just below Low Life and P,C&L. 🗿🗿🗿🗿 Playlist submission: Fine Time.

New Order intended to recreate the Ibiza sound on this album, but it's mainly indie pop, oftentimes with no Balearic influence at all. The influence is most notable on the cheap synth and processed bass and beats of 'Fine Time' (a grower, although there is an air of 80s acid house naffness about it); that reappearance of the Krypton Factor synth on 'Mr Disco' (but with a beat too sluggish for the clubs); and there she blows again on 'Round and Round', sounding like the 0-8-9-1 50! 50! 50! advert (but actually the best song here for combining danceability with classic New Order melody). 'Vanishing Point' probably also fits into the Hacienda Ibiza-night category. It's all more consistently upbeat and airy versus the deliciously darker undertones of 'Low-Life'. They're at their best when they combine remnants of Joy Division's dispair with the dance/pop side - the outstanding track from Low Life was 'Elegia', a subtle composition of menacing beauty - so I found some of this light by comparison, albeit enjoyable.

This was a very well made New Order record. I enjoyed the listen and the late 80s sound. It might not have been that innovative for the time, but its still crafted with a certain masterful technique

almost lovely

Not a bad album, it was nice leaving it in the background. It wasn't anything too exciting, but it was pretty chill. It has this vibe that they would play on the rock classics radio.

This album is simply okay. Some tracks feel a little empty and repetitive, but a good 70% has enough substance to never bore me. For the time, this is definitely not anything innovative. If anything, it's very underwhelming and basic given the technology available at the time. However the simple lyrics and great bass playing make this album very fun. Not to mention the sick ass album art, which I'm a big fan of. I just wish they amped up the ideas, for this being New Order's fifth album.

# Album Name: Technique # Artist: New order # Rating: 5/5 # Comments: Quality album. Great listen throughout. Im not going to lie, i do prefer the later remixes of many of the tracks on the album. Listen to them on the greatest hits. Much better versions imo. # Top Tunes: fine time / all the way / R&R / run / disco / vanishing point # Would I listen to it again? Yes

Amazing album. As good as Power, Corruption and Lies

Good enough music, just kinda boring. Album cover is cool though.

This is a great album, not mindblowing, but great. It is both popy and post-punk at times, with the old Joy Division sounds coming to the surface at times. Still, the songs are great and it was a nice experience. 4/5

Not for me

Not bad... Not great... But not bad...

It’s closer to a 7/10 but I’ll round up. I think this album displays a great mix of that synth pop and 80s pop rock across the board. I think an artist like New Order deserves to be on this list, because of their influence and what loving an album like this can lead to. I think it has some great textures and songs on it. Not much else to say.

Somehow expected more but for me it is just unremarkable doodle-doodle.

7 - GOOD

holy ass

1) Dream Attack 2) Love Less 3) All The Way Least Favourite: Fine Time

This album exemplifies why finding new albums through something like this is so fun. I've known New Order. I'm familiar with their singles and their work (Power, Corruption, and Lies mostly). But this? This is a god damn romp. Is it kinda dated unlike their previous albums? Yes. Is it way more like a series of club jams than a New Order album? Also yes. But is it fun? Abso-fucking-lutely.

(Light 8/10) A pretty fun blend of synthpop and jangle pop! Overall a very likeable sound with some awesome synthy production and some great Peter Hook bass parts all throughout. Ends on a very strong note too. Definitely would grow on me more as I hear it. Dig!

Not the New Order I was expecting, with every "Guilty Partner" and "Run" there's a "Fine Time" and "Round & Round" that takes me out of the album, overall even though the album feels phoned in compared to their best it's still not a bad listen

I’ve never really understood the hype with New Order, and although this was a good listen, it didn’t really change my mind. Ok songs, nothing spectacular but I enjoyed listening to it.

The balance of early club techno meets 80s indie post rock was fun, production was great for this sound and the vibe across the album was enjoyable. I didn’t usually get down with this sound much, but for what it was, I actually enjoyed this more than I expected

A mix between rock and 80s/90s electronica. After first listen I thought it was pretty good but after a second listen I was hooked. It's really consistently great so it's hard to pick one song for my playlist but I went with All the Way and Round & Round. I loved the bass-driven melody of the former and the rhythm of the latter. Compared to Low-Life I like the smooth vocals a lot more and the way they contrast with the synth.

het was ssaii..

begon echt heel slecht, maar werd steeds beter

2.4 2x

Same, same, though a tad different.

Exceedingly 80s, but actually kind of fun? I enjoyed this album of popcorn noises. Dream attack sounded like the Cure. 3*

I'm not sure anyone needs to hear multiple New Order albums before they die. I was never really into the New Order/Joy Division thing.

This was an odd listen. Some parts sounded like they so badly wanted to be a cover band of the Cure, then other part sounded like they wanted to branch off into EDM. I don’t know exactly what they were going for in terms of sound, but the end result just feels a little odd and disjointed. The songs are decent though, and I enjoyed it well enough, just probably not enough to come back to it.

This was a Fine Time.

1989 acid house, Ibiza vibes Love less

Cover goes hard, very 80s pastiche gradient despite being released in the 80s All the way is like 2 cure songs shoved in a blender, really good track though Going to listen a bit more, pretty sure I really liked it lol

Probably a time when this came out that this much synth was the coolest thing in the world, not sure it still is in 2026 however Didn’t hate this though, might come back to it 3

It's always so goddamn funny going from Love Less to Round & Round. But it's the only remotely awkward transition in this album, and that's super impressive given that synth and drum machine heavy songs are side to side with more standard post punk stuff. Every song sounds well worked on and I wouldn't skip any of these tracks. Mr Disco is my favorite, though.

This was a really good album. Fun, light, great beats, not too long but also well developed. I hadn’t heard of them, but quite enjoyable

n.14 I feel like this album could have been an interesting blend of electronic and post punk but it isn't really. The songs are pleasant to listen to but other than that there isn't much notable about it. I rate it 3.15

favs: all the way round & round mr. disco vanishing point dream attack rating 2.8/5

Started strong and ended strong.

Il était vraiment temps que les années 80 se terminent

Solid

Too new wavey

Yup, that's New Order alright.

never thought i wanted to hear british disco rock. ts is dope i fuck with it yet. it works way too well im rly confused

Nah

Oni mi uvijek razvale mozak produkcijom koja je na neviđenom nivou uz dobre (solidne) slušalice. Međutim, pjesme ko pjesme su obični nekomplikovani nespektakularni pop s malim preokretom. One neke njihove koje volim nisu s ovog albuma.

Det hørtes ut som forventa og æ likte det omtrent som forventa (ikke dårlig, ikke interessant).

Favorite songs: All the Way, Love Less, Run, Dream Attack

I own a lot of New Order albums. The ones I still play are Power Corruption And Lies, Brotherhood and Low Life. All essential. Technique was a disappointment when it came out. I've not played it since the initial few spins. I guess it was loved by the loved-up clubbers in my generation. I was most certainly NOT loved-up! So it did nothing for me at the time. Listening again, it's not as bad as I thought it was, but then again, anything sounds good after some of the tripe I've listened to recently on here. Barney's lyrics are as trite as ever, making them up in the studio as usual. The backing sounds like New Order on happy pills, unsurprisingly as this was recorded in Ibiza. It's New Order, so it's fine, but it's not one of their great albums. Shouldn't be on this list, IMHO.

It was ok. Not bad to listen to but nothing special.

Meh. More electronica and new wave. At least it’s old but it’s still not very exciting to me.

pretty good

Technique is a fine album but i wouldn't say that it's on the same level as Low-Life. Hearing Low-Life really did raise my expectations for this band as initially i just thought of them as the Blue Monday band and nothing else but that album really opened my eyes to their sheer talent. This album though, is pretty much just like all the other new wave bands of the time. It just lacks a lot of the cool melodies the prior album had. That's not to say that the album is bad though. The vocals were solid, the music was also pretty good especially during the back half and i will say the album had a good pace. Still solid but well below their earlier effort. Best Song: Mr. Disco Worst Song: Fine Time

Not my thing

the 80iest synth to ever synth

An Ibiza themed album with some greats beats and heavily keyboard driven. Lovely

Some high-quality 80s electronica/synth pop

Listened

I went into this expecting to hate it and it was great! Didn’t even notice when the album had ended. I expected blue Monday and just got mellow pre emo post new wave emo.

A lazy, paint-by-numbers New Order album if there was one - none of these songs sound like they took more than five minutes to write. Singer Bernard Sumner recycles old melodies and bassist Peter Hook cruises along doing a no-effort imitation of himself. *Technique* represents an incredible drop-off in artistic quality following the towering achievements of previous albums like *Movement* and *Low-Life*.

A solid album- almost a little Pet Shop Boys-ish?

Brit synth pop a few years past its expiration date. While this was more listenable than the last New Order album I heard, nothing really stands out. Very formulaic.

I need my pills for this

Bernard Sumner has such a distinct voice and some good tracks. Not the classics though

Grew on me more with each listen. Some tracks better than others but overall I quite liked this.

I have never really understood the appeal of New Order as they are much weaker reincarnation of Joy Division. This one is a mix of Pet Shop Boys and the Cure without really perfecting either sound. A couple of high points but an overwhelming feel of very dated synth pop.

Am I the only one that’s finds a Peter Hook bassline really quite torturous, both style but particularly tone? Which leaves New Order a troublesome act for me to like. Even when he’s not torturing me, they switch on this album to some pretty dated ‘dance’ tunes, or weird hybrid thereof with Sumner’s soulless sounds. Quite how they produced the sheer brilliance of Blue Monday will be a mystery to me for eternity.

This is a fucking vibe. It’s ok for things to sound like the time they are from. God forbid a band double down on a synth pop sound that they basically fucking invented.

🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑 This one was fun to bop along to, but, fundamentally, it was never more than pop. I'm not sure why I expected more, which may have set back my enjoyment, but I really thought I'd enjoy New Order more than I did—where's the "Blue Monday" energy? Is their best stuff in an earlier album? Am I a poser? 1: Bad | 2: Okay, No Desire to Revisit | 3: Good, Conditionally (OR Inconsistent Mix of Qualities) | 4: Great (OR Technically amazing but missing the sauce emotionally) | 5: Amazing

Not starting off to a great start with those opening lyrics, but otherwise, I thought this was really consistently good. I really enjoy New Order for their vocals, instrumentals, and lyrics (sometimes...), and I was glad to listen to this album all the way through.

I never got on the New Order train - I resented that they weren’t Joy Division, and they seemed to steer so hard towards shallow. Anyway I ought now shelve prejudices for a listen through. But quickly seems to me there are two types of tracks here: tacky clubbing tracks (jumble of robotic riffs and rhythms), and indie pop things (banal lyrics over weedy chord sequences, with various tinsel tweaks and bass burbles). This album certainly prompts memories of tacky clubbing, not something I was looking for. A struggle to get through. It's Bad, 1/10.

a radical change but it is enjoyed

2.5

So... the remaining members of Joy Division got together to form a disco band? Cool. 4 stars.

A blueprint for Factory Records catalog at the time. I am both surprised and pleased at how well this one has aged. Definitely takes you back to a time!

70/100 Man what even was this album I listened through it but nothing was all that memorable to me. It felt at times both like you could tell it was a changed version of the old band that once was Joy Division, but also that they had changed like too much into this dance music style and man I really didn't like it all that much. It felt a bit like Depeche Mode but not as dark or technically good. I don't know I've heard New Order before and I really appreciated their music that came out before this but I didn't dig this album much but looking at my friends reviews on here it seems im both not the only one, but also that I'm being kind with my rating so hey look at that I'm doing good here. Listen to their other albums this is pretty much a skip, but hey if you're into dance music go crazy I guess

Weirddddd

Wow, I don’t know New Order much, but I loved this album. Incredible mix of eurodance and traditional pop.

me gusta el wave pero no hubo mucho que me atrapara. Buenas texturas, atmósfera y un sonido constante y abrazador. muy dreamy tambien. Está bien logrado pero no me gustó mucho. 3.5/5

Started out really rough and didn’t get that much more enjoyable for me.

I liked some spots on this recording but not enough to listen again

Dream Attack, the last track, was my favorite I think.

Good enough, gets an extra half a star. I am one of the rare people who prefers New Order to Joy Division.

The music’s really not that bad. I’m just sick of so many nasally blokes on the mic.

I would have preferred that when Ian Curtis passed the band would have continued as Joy Division with Bernard Sumner handling lead vocals & had released two more albums (Movement, I would have named New Order) and Power, Corruption and Lies (I would have kept the title) and an EP called Low Life (4 tracks) then they would have broken up. Outside of a handful of tracks what New Order (formerly Joy Division) released between 1986 to 2015 (with the exception of the Peel Sessions 1982 which was released in 1986) has been largely forgettable working horse dance music and have not released anything I would ever rate above 3 stars or listen to more than a couple times and certainly never would have added any of it to my home library. Technique isn't a bad album but it's also not a good album. It's a bit of a chore to listen to it but it does have its moments but mostly sounds like dumb disco music played at clubs where horny 20-something males gather to buy expensive cocktails for the horny 20-something sitting pretty females in hopes of getting laid or at least a 'well he did spend $100 on drinks...' lazy two fingers sideways hand job. I hope to never hear Technique again (or anything released after it) but if I do it better be at a club where the boys are trained to buy the horny and/or entitled GenZ girls expensive cocktails with visions of sugar bums dropping knickers in their heads.

Not my cut of tea. Early EDM, just doesn't do it for me

The general sound of New Order has always been appealing to me, and yet I find most of these songs fairly forgettable. Most of them come close to being great, but fall short to "just good". I will probably just stick to their hits.

Wow what a funky album. I really like the vibe. Didn't know the artist but will try to listen to more of them

нормалек, без негативчика.

good

1/2

Really great 80s album.

Quite nice

It’s pretty cool. If you listen close you hear really cool harmonies. The straightforward dance beats got a little old for me.

Dramatic shift in sound from the first song to the rest of the album. They were almost onto something.

higher 3 but rounding up opp of what i did last time bc i am #inconsistent

funky

Après le traumatisme de la fin de Joy Division et la lente reconstruction sous le nom de New Order, le groupe mancunien a toujours réussi le tour de force de marier la mélancolie post-punk à l'efficacité des boîtes à rythmes. Mais avec Technique, je dois bien avouer que le voyage a pris une tournure un peu trop déroutante pour mes oreilles exigeantes. Ne nous mentons pas, j'aime le changement et j'adore quand les artistes bousculent leurs propres fondations, mais en écoutant ce disque, je reste profondément partagé. C'est pourquoi je lui attribue aujourd'hui la note de 3 sur 5, la faute à un virage dance que je trouve un peu trop abrupt. Avec cet album, on sent que Bernard Sumner et sa bande ont passé beaucoup trop de temps dans les clubs d'Ibiza, les yeux écarquillés, les tympans saturés par l'acid house naissante et l'esprit embrumé par les substances locales. C'est frais, c'est moderne pour l'époque, mais c'est aussi un sacré coup de volant qui manque cruellement de progressivité. Le disque est littéralement coupé en deux car d'un côté, nous avons des morceaux taillés exclusivement pour les pistes de danse qui suent l'ecstasy et les rythmes synthétiques à plein nez, et de l'autre, des résidus de pop-rock mid-tempo plus traditionnels où la basse de Peter Hook tente tant bien que mal de sauver les meubles. Je trouve que cette cohabitation manque cruellement de fluidité, comme si le groupe avait balancé ses influences dans un shaker sans prendre le temps de lier le tout. Le véritable problème de cet album, ce n'est pas la qualité intrinsèque des compositions, car le sens de la mélodie de New Order reste indéniable. C'est plutôt la violence de la transition. On passe sans transition d'une esthétique froide, industrielle et touchante à une démonstration de force technologique qui cherche à singer les productions de l'Haçienda. Bernard Sumner semble avoir pris un coup de soleil sur le ciboulot, délaissant sa guitare pour se transformer en gourou des dancefloors. Pour moi, le grand écart est trop violent et là où les albums précédents distillaient l'électronique avec une subtilité poignante, Technique impose ses séquenceurs avec une agressivité qui me laisse parfois sur le carreau. Les beats sont lourds, les synthés sont clinquants, et l'ambiance générale lorgne un peu trop vers une pop hédoniste et superficielle qui ne leur ressemble pas totalement. Je ne peux pas m'empêcher de penser que New Order a voulu courir deux lièvres à la fois sur ce projet. Je respecte leur statut de pionniers, et je sais pertinemment que cet album a pavé la voie pour tout le mouvement Madchester, influençant des générations de groupes de Happy Mondays à Blur. C'est un bon album de transition, un témoignage historique d'une époque charnière où le rock et la techno se sont regardés dans les yeux, mais ce virage dance un peu trop abrupt m'empêche de crier au génie absolu.

This was pretty good. I’ll have to listen to it again to really know where it stands, but I love the vocals and the lyrics.

6/10… synthpop / new wave / *1989

A bit bland, vocal sounded off key and there should be a law banning the abomination that is the drum machine. Other than that it was just about ok.

Forgot to write something when listening, and I've forgotten the music now. Sort of says it all.

4/5. Though New Order always had a danceable quality to their music, “Technique” is the album that saw them most embrace the dance-floor, taking some influence from European electronic music which you can really see on tracks like “Round and Round” or the opener “Fine Time.” Though there are other flavors of song to be found here too. “All the Way” sounds more like a classic Power, Corruption and Lies era New Order track. On the whole though, very good album that saw New Order successfully shift their sound to something newer.

Um dos meus álbuns favoritos deles, Technique soa igual à sua capa. Colorido, alegre, e totalmente descolado. Ritmos pulsantes com letras relatáveis, a banda está sem dúvida em seu ápice nesse momento. Muito lindo. 5/5

New Order has 4 (FOUR) albums on the Top 1001 yet their sound hasn't changed at all. The AI write up says "Their first UK number-one album, famously recorded in Ibiza, introducing Balearic beat and acid house influences" - that's resoundingly vague without much umph. Honestly, if you've heard one New Order album it's not much different than the one before or after it. They didn't break new ground on this album and there's certainly no justification for having 4 albums in the Top 1001. That puts them on par with REM, The Clash & The Who, that's complete horseshit. There's not a single US hit song on this album, none of these tracks makes an 80's playlist here. This is again a complete Euro pick. Influential band yes, good band yes, but is this album something someone has to hear before they die, not even close. Joy Division sucked, there I said it, someone had to. There's some illusion about them that people think they're great but they had one good track and no one knows them in the States. Boring album, no hits, no change in sound other than it lacked real hooks. They mailed it in on this one. 2 stars. "Tolerable" is my review

I like it when pop music feels like a tidal wave sweeping me away, which is how this feels. A lot of its sounds pretty Cure-y to me as well, especially in the melodies. This is an immaculately constructed, bright, dynamic pop record. There’s some whimsy to it, and something bittersweet between the lines. This is the kind of late-80s sound that people in the 2020s are pulling from.

Highlights: All The Way, Love Less, Run. Sumner's vocals are better here compared to Low-Life in my opinion. Perhaps a mixing decision. Hooky's bass, reliable and excellent. I now get why bassists look up to him. Overall: 6/10

Really wished I had been in Manchester in the late 80s

I listened to a couple of New Order albums back in the 80s but apparently not this one. Honestly, it’s just a little too synth heavy for my tastes. I preferred American new wave, with bands like Devo, R.E.M., and the B-52‘s.

Listened on 9th July 2026. Favourite songs are Fine Time, Round & Round and Mr. Disco.

Mostly harmless

just couldn't get into it

Bit dull, not as vibrant or scintillating as I used to remember.

after the boredness of low-life ITS NEW ORDER TIME AGAIN! they dont have power corruption and lies on the list which makes me quite disappointed. but lets just use what we have to the maximum i guess? anyway, half of the songs on the album being jangle pop things is one of the most hilarious concept that have ever appeared. peter, bernard and the gang just said "lets make a dance album but half of the songs sounds like the smiths". yet the non-jangle pop songs could be called from really decent to best song ever. so, generally, mr. peter hook, mr, bernard sumner, mr. stephen morris and miss gillian gilbert, i now award you my four stars. hope power, corruption and lies dont bring me down in the future. 4/5

Is that... a sheep?? As a fan of Patrick the chicken's work on Savage Sinusoid, I'm all for it. Got some good 80s vibes here (right down to the garish album cover) Neat rhythm play, fun synths, neon nonsense. I dig it. I particularly enjoyed "Run" and "Vanishing Point". A few of these tracks would be better without the vocals though.

Good songs, good production, well performed, catchy, great basslines, Just Like Heaven 2.0

dur d'aller au bout, je n'aime définitivement pas du tout du tout

Blind album. Honestly, some catcher parts than I expected, unique for sure, but not a huge fan of synth pop

80s synth done right.

Great vocals on a good synthy beat. 4/5

Ross from friends is eating this up

The opening track aside it's a classic New Order album. The opener is their take on the Balearic sound and presumably the sheep noise is a comment on the acid house bands that sprung forth at the time

Super of its era. It sounds very Cure-like, putting a lot of pop into what was originally post-punk. The ravey elements don’t really fit for me with their traditional sound, so it’s an odd marriage on this record. I loved Round and Round at the time - the dance cut 12” version - so if I got the record back in the ‘80s I probably would have liked it more. As is, it’s not bringing that much to the table in 2026

Oh, wow, an English synth-rock band! Cool! Thanks, 1001 Albums!!!

Thought it was going to be another British flat tone vocals however I was pleasantly surprised that the vocals were nice! Kind of disco rock maybe?

As far as new wave goes this is pretty good. I wouldn’t call it the best of anything, but it was enjoyable enough.

OK.

New Order is an enigma for me. I really like some of there stuff, hate some of it and then this is just kind of in the middle. Decent listen but nothing really stuck out once it was over.

This album and the challenge as a whole is a good example of why DEI is needed. Too much white mediocrity, and too much minority excellence missing

Mierda

Ég hef alltaf verið aðdáandi Blue Monday með New Order en hef aldrei hlustað á önnur lög með þeim. Ég ætla bara að halda mig við mánudaginn því þetta var ekkert spes.

maybe my favorite from them??? jangle pop and acid house are not two things that should go together but they do

mmmmmm no se, 2.5 que bajo a 2

I feel like I should like New Order, and I've tried a few times, but it just doesn't click for me. I don't think it's bad, I just don't personally like it very much.

New Order is just in this awkward transitional phase where this kind of music will eventually become something I love, and that gap between what is and what isn't there yet probably makes me harsher on it than it deserves

In case anyone forgot, white folk still don't have rhythm.

Didn't expect too like this album this much, such beautifull melodies brought in typical New Order way. 1. Love Less 2. All the Way 3. Vanishing Point

Pretty good album, honestly sounded a little ahead of its time to me. Haven’t heard much New Order besides Blue Monday/Age of Consent, yknow, their singles. But this album had a refreshing edge to it for sure.

new order is a band i listen to with some frequency but the only cover to cover listen i've done is of a greatest hits album i picked up. i get the vibe that this album is a bit less gloomy than their others from what else i've heard, but i'm not mad at it. will be exploring more actual albums in the future. fav: guilty partner

it was eh 2

eh

Loved it

This made me feel nothing

I dont know how best to say this. When they do pop, its trash. When its rock, its great. I wonder if we will get other New Order albums because most of their hits (Age Of Consent is the one I know) are on other albums.

I agree with Chad here - it's like two different bands. Digging the rock stuff like All The Way and Run. Not so sold on the electronic stuff - just less memorable. I do like the idea of bringing together genres and showing the breadth of the band, but the songwriting is just a little dull at times. Reminded me a little of The The at times.

Really enjoyed this several times through. Comfortable sound.

Good

Ok I like these guys. This is the second album I've had by them, and I think the other was their first album. The sound is more refined and the vocals are improved. The melodies are catchy. They sound like 90's rock melodies. One of the rare new wave bands I'm liking.

I quite liked the bits that sounded like The Cure, it ended up a bit dated but overall cool.

Good album! Love new order! Wasn't one of the greats but still good!

verrassend lekker (hoewel ik natuurlijk een enorm new wave sletje ben)

vanaf nu biseksueel

1/2

I enjoyed this

It wasn't their best album but it's so fun

A more refined version of the 80's New Order sound. Solid 4 Stars.

I’m definitely at a 5. I can already hear it now; this video game-y acid house crap that invaded the UK in 1989 strikes again, and everyone is just SO over having to hear another band do it in a way that isn’t as good as Depeche Mode. I get it, I really do. Unfortunately for those people, this is exactly the vibe I fuck with. Yes, it’s a little heavy on the love songs in a way that makes me wish there was more variety in the song topics, & yes, a lot of these tracks do have a similar feel if you really break them down to their core essentials. However, I would argue that this is similar to what I call the “Nintendo effect”. Take any Mario or Zelda game, & nitpick all the little tacky parts of the game design you don’t like, and you’ll fully convince yourself that it wasn’t anywhere near as good as you thought it was. To some degree, those critiques are generally valid. I would pose, however, that you were NEVER that nitpicky while you were actually playing it. You never dissected it down too deeply. You were running & jumping & having a good time. Nintendo’s principle towards games is the belief that as long as you’re having fun in the moment, the flaws don’t matter that much. I think this album is the exact same way; if you were bopping your head along & tapping your feet & fucking with the bass / drums / guitar while listening & having a good time, then New Order has clearly succeeded here. You can look at it after the fact & come to the conclusion that it might’ve been a little samey for 40 minutes and never got past the surface level of “I just wanna be in love regardless of how much life hurts”, and that’s all true. Did you care while you were in the moment though? Probably not, or at least not in a way that actually felt actively bad. If it’s already not your style or genre to begin with, then that’s valid, and the ceiling here is probably a 3. If it is your style & you’re tearing it down after the fact, you’re probably overanalyzing too much. This is just 40 minutes of fun acid house with a little bit of lyrical substance to it. No, it’s not as good as “Violator” or either of the Pet Shop Boys albums with an acid house soundscape, but it’s still something I fuck with heavily. My biggest nitpick is just a few songs being a little lyrically confusing – I know I just ripped into the idea of overanalyzing these tracks, but some of them do feel like they’re harder to grasp conceptually, namely “Guilty Partner”. My smaller nitpick is that Bernard Sumner could project just a little more on the choruses. Some of them don’t hit as hard. Those are things that are both easy to notice in the moment, but I barely cared about them, because everything surrounding them just worked great. Ultimately, I’m at a 5, simple as that. P.S.: I’m very surprised that this is what emerged from Joy Division’s remains after the death of Ian Curtis. I think I owe “Unknown Pleasures” a relisten, and I’m very eager to get both “Closer” & “Low-Life” now.

Joy Divisionit on tullut kuunneltua, mutta New Order ei oo ikinä napostellut. Tämä levy oli kuin köyhänmiehen Pet Shop Boysia. Vähän liian tasapaksua materiaalia.

Seems ahead of its time.

smällare så det ryker om!!

3.75

Muy 80d new order. Not complaining

A bit disappointing. Uncommitted and lackluster

Bonne techno mais faut aimer la techno... Ce qui est pas spécialement mon cas

Seems to be either trash or average songs not sure why it is on here personally

Yeah, this was really good. I had never even heard of it before, but from start to finish, it was very good.

Very very cool and futuristic

Pretty solid and interesting for 80s albums in this vein. Some catchy bits, some more experimental bits, and the album cover is quite modern. Good overall. 3.4/5 -> 3/5

not bad

Acredito que esse é um dos albuns mais fraquinhos da leva de albuns dessa época do new order. Esse album vem com outra proposta, que se realiza bem em algumas músicas, mas não determina a cara do album em si. Round&Round, Vanishing point e Fine time acrescentam bem no espectro de músicas da banda. Acredito que esse album buscava novas oportunidades, mas não foi algo feito "mergulhando de cabeça", por isso que ao todo o album não tem uma cara muito própria

Meu ouvido se sentiu violado

It ain't no low life but its still pretty good. It starts off with almost a partial industrial vibe. That first song is wild. There are goat bleets for some reason. The synths are just more aggressive than im used to or really want that much. I think thats my biggest sticking point. But its still a nice enough new order record. Its still has all that sorta gothy new wave stuff that you would expect and want from these guys. Enjoyable but not amazing. Just good enough

15/05/2026 Can't say I'm impressed with this. The more this challenge goes on, the more a lot of the bands sound too similar. Spotify listeners: 8.2 million

Very good indeed. It doesn't have the big hits that Substance has, but it's a fantastically immersive and engrossing listen. Sumner is on great form through this, and it feels like the most Hacienda of their albums - or to put it another way, they've well and truly left their Joy Division roots behind. It's not quite at the five mark, just because it doesn't really have a definably great moment of euphoria, but it's still super.

Yeah I'd listen to this again and again. Real fun stuff that makes you want to dance. It's groovy and funky with some great beats but still retains a darker edge. Very nice indeed. Favourites: Fine Time All The Way Run Vanishing Point

This is one of those albums that other artists like Trent Reznor and Al Jourgenson would listen to and adapt the post punk and new wave sound to give it a more harsher and more percussive identity, leading to the birth of industrial rock. while I prefer New Order's substance 1987 compilation album, This one manages to maintain the catchiness of synth heavy electronic rock. It keeps to a steady momentum that doesn't slow down to much, making this album feel shorter than 39 minutes.

Another overrated sad synth band. “I’m a boy, girls hurt my feelings, listen to my keyboard”. Will admit the synths were alright

80s synth out the gate! Some of it I enjoyed, but then it went into that lame emo 80s stuff. Wish it were more consistent.

I didn't know new order was a spin off of joy division.

★★★½

7/10 Short and sweet. I like the overall sound, but there aren't really any stand out songs. Highlights: Dream Attack Vanishing Point All the Way Love Less

I think I just don't like most music from the 80s. Preferred the less synth heavy tracks that just sound like The Smiths but overall this was pretty unmemorable for me.

New Order have done some great stuff. This isn't part of that stuff.

first factory records album i've gotten :-) i like "love less", it feels kind of cure-y to me, maybe it's just the 80s sound. i liked the bass in "run". in the spirit of transparency i will admit i was jobhunting towards the second half of the album and probably did not give it my undivided attention. favourites were "fine time" and "dream attack", lots of fun!

It's always interesting to read the Wiki and discovering John Denver with a credit on this Techno album. Apparently "Run" has a guitar break that sounds too much like "Leaving on a Jet Plane" so there was a settlement. Honestly, I don't hear it. The album is decent for the genre. It's just not really my thing.

Mid.

Not my favourite. Far too 80's new wave. Next...

It was more interesting than Low-Life and the club elements were of interest but it did nothing to change my view of New Order being a good singles band who never really made a coherent album.

Found this to be a pretty weak showing from New Order. The drum machines sound relatively stock and don’t have the punch as they might on other songs. Sumner’s voice has never been the best but it was particularly ropey on a few of these songs. Just nothing that really punched through here and although some songs were better than others (‘run’, ‘vanishing point’), there are much better New Order albums to choose from.

Nada chamou muito minha atenção exceto por algumas 2 ou 3 faixas que lembram um The Cure com menos vontade. Me fascina Joy Division ter virado isso. Não que eu despreze New Order, mas é certamente diferente da banda que um dia foi.

Not too intrigued by this album. It was very average nothing really stood out.

Review - never really listened to New Order and this showed me why. The songs aren't bad, the bass guitar is good, the electronic elements are mostly fun, but this electronic rock sound didn't catch on I think for a reason. The sounds are too hard to reconcile and the production isnt really up to the task, which makes it a bit jarring, and sometimes like two songs playing over each other. Often good songs! But a bit weird. I quite liked this album and will probably try more New Order now, but this isn't an all timer. Score - 6.5/10 Need to listen? YES

609/1001 (2026.05.07) 🌕🌕🌗🌑🌑

Klar på noget New Order! Jeg kan godt lide det, jeg tror dog stadig det 'bare' er en stor 3'er. Ville egentlig gerne 4 men synes ikke det er deres bedste.

Wauv 💕 Love Less 💕 Dejligt album. Jeg har aldrig hørt det før. Jeg er nok i det rundhåndede hjørne lige nu, men det er fordi jeg tror, jeg kan conditione mig selv til at blive obsessed af det. 3.8

such a dual sound, also only just discovered new order was formed from joy division, i love this era of music

I found it hard to engage in this album. It mostly didn't interest me. Some of the dancier tracks had some cool synth parts but maybe not enough to make me want to come back. That said, if I was high as a kite in the Haçienda 1989 and they played the final half of Dream Attack I would probably go friggin nuts. Excellent end to a mid album

A friend had this album and I remember borrowing it and not wanting to return it, but it never got to the point that i wanted to buy it myself. I guess this is how I feel about this album and it will be interesting to see how my view has changed over the years. It is not too bad. I enjoyed the listen. Love less and Run are the standout songs. It is not quite a 4 though. 3.5 stars

It sounds nice — pretty common, nothing special, but good it general

No es de mi gusto. No lo disfruté mucho.

Solid New Order album. Not their best, but still good.

Producción muy ochentosa. Me hace acordar a The Cure a veces. Está bueno, me gustó.

Love New Order, but wasn't familiar with this one. Love them even more now. No notes.

I had higher hopes. Somewhat interesting at times but not enough to keep me engaged for the whole time.

Es un álbum del que me cuentas mucho opinar porque no es un género en el que aborde mucho Se disfruta, es variado, tiene elementos electrónicos interesantes y en esa época no es que no existieran, pero eran limitadas esas apuestas No sé si este sea mi género predilecto que entiendo es como New Wave, lo estoy recomendado para concentrarse en otras cosas mientras se escucha Pero cuando le prestas atención te das cuenta de que hay notas o elementos complejos en sus melodías, como orquesta

Some catchy beats, but not my style overall.

Enjoyed this 80s throwback. I wanna be an Atomic Blonde listening to it.

An old fave

I was unfamiliar with this album and very much enjoyed this. Fun, 80's driving beats and lots of energy. I couldn't believe it wasn't the cure at times. Not their best, but fun.

I dont like this not becuase its inconsistent or unmemorable or unorganised.. those things are all true but over anything else this is boring.

I'm not hugely familiar with New Order, only vaguely with Substance and from what I remember it doesn't really sound like this. Don't know if that's a good or bad thing, I'm kind of undecided about how I feel but I did quite like the electronicy bits.

Unmemorable

Kinda a mix between rock and dance with the guitars, which is cool. Some songs hit more than others, but overall, it’s a pretty chill listen Favorite track(s) All The Way Guilty Partner Dream Attack

Listening session: april 29th, while going for a walk Listened to before: no Thoughts: this album is a nice mix of classic 80s synths and Cure-like tracks. Nothing outstanding, but it’s not bad to listen to Favourite tracks: Guilty Partner, All The Way & Dream Attack

*Synth pop that sounds pretty good *It gets too trance/dance/techno for me to give it more than a 3

A fun album, not as memorable as more of their singles or complications but a good representation of what makes them so good.

Such a fun record. All the synths and stuff feel super dated on the first track, but they follow it up with an absolute banger. The whole thing had me nodding along. Though about giving it a 5. Will be coming back to this one.

by this point their sound comes across more formulaic that boundary breaking. nothing on here really compelling me to return to this album. I’m assuming we’re gonna get to some stronger New Order releases at some point.

I've only ever really listened to 'Power, Lies, and Corruption,' so this was an interesting listen. You've got the dance tracks, which don't really do much for me. Sumner's voice and performances just doesn't fit well with those tracks. However, "All The Way," "Love Less," and "Run" do away with the dance pretenses and do that British Indie Pop move of having propulsive rhythm sections, jangly and anthemic guitars, and tasteful synths mixed in. I love that shit.

Good I guess. New Order is great and deserves to be on this list for their other work but I’m not sure about this album being on this list.

Not my favorite New Order but there’s some good stuff here. But overall just fine, not great.

I just find it very annoying. Not that it's bad, but definitely not for me.

Love the production but I think they have better!

2,5

this had a very real 80s sound, it was very good, groovy tunes and great production

Flip-flopping track to track between 80s house music and alternative folk rock, this album has no idea what it wants to be. There’s no coherent theme or musical style, it’s almost like they recorded whatever they were feeling that day, and then chose something else completely different the next. Not a lot to like here, but a couple of the house tracks at least had some interesting elements. Plus no vocals that sounded like an injured cat. 2/5, I guess.

Electronic drums has it place. What is build from it? Some are better than others. This one doesn't raise any hopes.

great techno

This truly is such a great album and I’m so glad to have listened to it. Going in my regular rotation!

This is strong 3, like almost a 4.

Feels like two EPs thrown together, neither which I want to explore more of.

Good sounds

Not New Order's best work.

Occupies a weird position to me between being cringe inducing in some of the more dance oriented tracks like Fine Time, which was clearly created in a time, and for a time, when you take a pill and go wild, letting the trance of the surrounding sounds. But then you have songs like Guilty Partner, which is an infective post-punky tune that surprised me on the first listen with a great bass backbone by Hooky. All the Way and Love Lass are also two nice jangly songs. It really depends on the day with this one. Today I'll say this album is decent, tomorrow you'll catch me vibing hard with the entire thing. But whatever the day might be, one cannot deny how this album flows easily.

I liked this more than I should, but those Ibiza influenced sounds are so outdated today. Overall pretty solid pop-rock with dark themes at times. Why is Power, Corruption & Lies not on this list???

This was unexpected great, very 80-ish but great nonetheless. My favorite tracks were Fine Time and Loveless. Enjoyable and a great and easy listen

Buktafestivalen fikk tilbud om å booke New Order i 2012. De takket nei. Sivert Høyem spilte i stedet…

Nydelig plate!

Veldig usikker på denne. Veldig bra på sitt beste, men lider litt av å være fra sent 80-tall. Er vel ikke peak New Order. Stod mellom 3 og 4, men lar tvilen komme tilgode.

Helt konge!

God teknikk, men her mangler det kreativitet. For mange låter med standard rytme med vag synth på toppen. Klarte heller ikke å engasjere meg i tekstene.

Banger. Phenomenal synth music like this is hard to come by and on top of such a strong band too is near unheard of. Another one that makes you just wanna write a song or two but in this case I don’t know how synths work well enough so I’ll give up. I refuse to be baited by the reviews that say these synths are lame, they’re being used so well with their strange stock sounds. Truly multiple cases of these synth fonts being used in a way where they aid the song and don’t sound like when you smack random keys while scrolling through presets like usual.

Didn’t hate this anywhere near as much as I thought. My goodwill faded the more of Sumner’s voice I heard. But I quite like the late 80s electronic acid-lite vibes. And it foreshadows World in Motion, which was a pivotal piece of my development at 11 years old.

A "Balearic beat acid house electronic dance rock album recorded on the island of Ibiza" seemed so antithetical to the kinds of music I prefer, that I was dreading sitting down to listen to it. Someway and somehow, I found it great - especially the more dancey-electronicky parts of the record. For the most part, I preferred them to the more rock sound New Order and especially Joy Division are known for. I'm just flabbergasted to be here looking up what records are more dancey in New Orders and others discography, and just avoiding the post punk altogether. It's not a 5/5 since I don't consider it a perfect "album experience" (would need more cohesion track by track to me for that), but nevertheless a great listen as a collection of songs.

Not my favourite New Order album by any means, but it has its moments. “Fine Time” is a dancefloor banger and “Mr. Disco” links back nicely to the older stuff. For me, a solid enough record, but not outstanding. 7/10

If you have plenty of time on your hands and you're in the mood to listen to a perfectly acceptable New Order record on which New Order perform New Order songs in a very New Ordery fashion, you could do worse than listen to this. It's... fine. If your days are numbered however, and you feel compelled to listen to something life-affirming before you pop your clogs, you might want to look elsewhere.

I'm not a massive New Order fan but this seems like a weak album, to me.

7/10

I like New Order a lot more than I like Joy Division, but I don’t really like New Order either. It’s ok, non-descript, and I’m not listening to it again.

talking heads ako bea pomalku autisticni

mid compared to their other albums

Cool

Nice 80s disco vibes

cool but not the biggest fan of this

Another day, another meh

Still not a huge New Order fan but I preferred this to Low and would listen again.

Pretty good album. Could definitely grow on me with a few more listens

Anyone notice the couching at the start of love less. Music somewhat tinny

Fine for what it is

Awesome

New Order rocks. This is such a great record from start to finish.

8/10 Very New Order. No songs that I knew, but lots of sounds that I did

Lekker albumpie. +1 voor de laatste 2 nummers, beste voor het laatst bewaard klaarblijkelijk

Human League, maar dan niet gaar.

When I think of peak 80s music with all the silly electronic sounds, it’s this. This one is a little poppier than I like my new wave, but still new order.

Yes! Another 80s British band that wrote their entire album on a Casio keyboard. I had no idea that so many of them existed. The author of this list certainly has a type. The psy-op is going beautifully. MI6 you win again.

A good electronic take on New Order's classic sound, very unique and full of life, nothing but great songs here

I think I get what they were going for, and I think it works about half the time. I wish it was more over the top. It feels too safe

I’d rate a 4 if they stuck to one style for this album

Well, it's good for what it is and they are good as a musicians and songwriters, but it was a depressing listen for me, fueled by all the sounds and ideas I don't like about 80s

This isn't dance rock to me as much as it sounds like a post punk band went to the beach and found a new engineer along the way who also talked them into letting him play synth in the band.

Interesting sound but not overly compelled to listen to their other works

a real treat. never listened to this album before but i’m somewhat familiar with New Order. had to immediately play it again

empezó bien y después con cada canción me gustaba menos. le daría un 2 pero le pondré 3 xq si

I was on board with that beginning riff and the album cover but what started out as hopeful acid rock quickly dissolved into a late 80s keyboard party. This could have been so much better.

One of my favorite bands. Such a good album, just full of bangers. Favorites: Pretty much all of them but if I had to pick one, Vanishing Point Would I listen to it again: Yes

Sounds incredibly fresh, I loved it!!!

Six albums in a decade is very prolific. This installment feels less thoughtful than its preceding records, but very enjoyable nonetheless. I'll never tire of that signature bass tone, slathered in chorus. Peter Hook 🐐

Bit bland with no real bottom end! I generally like New Order but this one doesn’t grab me as much as their earlier stuff. Bit too “polished” maybe?

Heavy pop-funk energy with simplistic lyrics and catchy main melodies - the guitar line really carrying these songs. The drums and beats definitely paved the way to house music as I can hear the similarities within the genre. Not 100% my thing but a few songs caught my attention - 'All the Way' and 'Love Less'.