Technique

I liked this album. I thought some of the songs seemed like it was their bands version of x band's song. When I realized that they were formed from remaining members of Joy Division, some of that made sense. I did enjoy the album lyrically, and it was nice to move around to while making dinner. 3.25

Boring aye...

1. time - 1.5 2. uuay - 1.5 3. love - 1.5 4. round - 1.5 5. guilty - 2 6. run - 1.5 7. dizco - 1.5 8. point - 1 9. dream - 0

I’ve always said I was a fan of New Order but after listening to this maybe I shouldn’t be lol. It sounded like an AI Generated 80’s synth album and it was incredibly boring unfortunately. I genuinely feel like Simon Cowell doing these reviews but we just haven’t had a good album yet. Final song was class though tbf.

i quite like this, a little bored, but the smiths vibe all over!!! especially guilty partner thats so morrissey, but i dont think i’d listen for the sake of listening, the outros are really good but they drag like an insane amount

okay so i dont know why but this has reminded me of the smiths a little bit especially the second song. liking the guitar in it though. first songs lyrics was very drowned out.

was fine!!! nothing really stood out to me but had a good sound overall, reminded me of like a techno cure which was fun!

Love this. 4.5 ☆

Tedium set in by track 4, very samey throughout. Probably sounded great back in the eighties, but really dull now.

As quoted and summarized perfectly by another user: I hate half-assed records like this, where a band will experiment with one sound, but keep the other foot in comfortable territory. If you want to make an acid house record, make an acid house record. If you want to make a maudlin, Cure-like record, make one. Don’t sandwich the two together without regard for consistency. Nobody wants a record where four songs sound like one band and five songs sound like another. It’s timid. If you go for it, go all in. I’d rather see a band take a risk and fail than take half a risk and convince themselves they’ve succeeded.

Erster Song war anstrengend und dann hab ich es gelassen

A good album that I’ve never heard before.

I like New Order in general, but this album combines my favorite and least favorites parts of 80s music in a way that invokes a purely neutral reaction in me. A true pH 7.

I bet this used to slap when the coke was flowin

Just as dancy and a bop as it was the first time I heard it

Pretty good

It takes a lot for me to enjoy 80s cheese-synth and this album is a lot, but that’s not what I mean by “a lot”… the opening track is the epitome of this. There are some tracks here that aren’t obnoxious in that way, but are still very Manchester-in-the-80s and I just don’t care for it.

ну не то

Музыка для машины

No notes, perfect 80’s dancy new order album. Idk why it gets so much hate, what ….it’s not the best of. We refer to this as the bad new order album but we still listen to it.

Excellent. Vanishing Point is an amazing tune.

7.5/10

Nothing about this interested me, musically or lyrically. Just nothing. The songs are poorly constructed and uninteresting. Didn’t hate it as much feel complete apathy toward it, though the more I listen the less I like it. I do like the sound on “Dream Attack” so it’s not all bad.

Really cool enjoyed a lot

not 4 me

Love their singles Blue Monday and True Faith, never listened to an album though. Enjoyed this

Love it

Very consistent album throughout, it just doesn't have the highs as their previous stuff which is why I'd rate it behind at least a couple of their other albums. It is definitely a unique spin on the Madchester movement but doesn't feel as era defining as Happy Mondays/Stone Roses. Still feels deserved here since they nurtured the whole scene at the Hacienda. Honestly between a high 4 and low 5, new order has set the bar too high. Rating: 4.5

3.0 I found this slightly dull, but inoffensive. Most tracks very similar. Much better Joy Division/New Order out there so not sure how this made the list.

Staple of new wave amazing listen

It is quite a pleasant record, but ultimately I find it a bit boring. Electro-pop can be lacking in emotion and that's what I find here. If there were some big ideas or something that would be another matter, but this is just pleasant dancehall fodder. Nothing excites me, nothing offends me, nothing challenges me. There's nothing terribly wrong with making a pleasant record, of course, it's just not my thing.

I mean it got dream attack after all, that's like, the song I fell in love with even before i know who new order are, and this album is like, almost single handed turned my prejudice towards syth pop and dance category...defo 5/5.

Gotta have the right look to really get into this - that 80s emo look. I don’t have it. Not gonna try.

It's a good album. Typical 80s music. 3/5.

Martes manija en Argentina y en mi individualidad y el reto propone New Order, uno de los pocos ejemplos en la música de una banda que renace después de la muerte de su cantante original. Discazo de principio a fin. Sin más para agregar, me despido hasta mañana.

2.1

Really did not care for this album. The music didn't really impress me, the vocals didn't hold me, and the lyrics didn't seem to say anything all that interesting. As a result, I found it bland and lacking an impact; it was just kinda lame. I felt like the band themselves sounded bored a lot of the time. It did get slightly better as it went on, but the majority of the album suffered from these issues to me. I don't see myself coming back to this one. Overall: 1.25/5

Not really my vibe. It's fine but lacks energy and excitement, in my opinion. This is just background music.

Love the bisexual album art

1 very cool, electronic and groovy. 2 very good song. Smiths a little bit. I like a lot the 80 poppy sound on 4. Bass fucking great on that one. Just great song. The record is not very consistent sound wise- an example for it is the difference between 6 and 7. But both add to the summer vibe of the project. Last track fun aswell and groovy as hell. What a great album. Wasn't expecting that from New Order. Just fabulous. Going to rock this one a lot this summer.

So I kinda skipped ahead and listened to some Cure, Joy Division, and New Order records before getting them on this list (didn't care much for Joy Division. Liked some of The Cure. I can't remember the New Order record I listened to). Didn't listen to Technique ahead of time though, but I will say listening to those albums ahead of time has definitely helped me appreciate 80's post-punk/new wave/synth pop music a lot more. Previously I really only enjoyed Depeche Mode and a little bit of Souxie and the Banshees because a lot of these bands trade in 80's styles that aren't really my thing, and tend to be sickeningly bittersweet. And I generally wasn't huge on male fronted new wave in the past. That said, aside from a shaky start on the first song, this album is back to back to back bangers. Lyrics can be a bit off (not a fan of the "I do so much for you but you keep picking assholes who don't appreciate you, I could love you better" lyrics of Love Less, but the music and singing are great). This album comes off as very Depeche Mode but in major? Which is probably why I ended up enjoying it so much, because Depeche Mode is great.

I liked it but then I think I had a headache and it didn't work for my headache...lol

Must have been the blueprint for every 90's electronic pop hit, goddamn good record. Love the layers and production and the lyrics are hitting at the right time

I like new order

It’s fine

Ian Curtis lives

I can't claim that I disliked listening to this, it just didn't strike me as anything special, or as good as Low-Life. The Cure-esque guitar numbers and cheap-rave-synth tracks coexist once again, but they hadn’t really worked out how to mesh them together so it doesn’t sound like two different bands. 2.5 / 3

It sounds unique, and it's an interesting album, but not for me.

It's pretty okay, I've liked it, but it also doesn't feel much special. The best moment of this album comes when it sounds like Violator from Depeche Mode - but then, Violator came after this album.

80’s band, with sounds from that decade. Some decent music.

New Order have some really good albums. This isn't one of them. Power, Corruption and Lies is great. Brotherhood too. Get Ready was a welcome return, and Waiting for the Siren's cool a terrible let down. Technique - it's just as my kids would say - mid. All the way is a rip off of Just Like Heaven by The Cure. Feels like the band just phoned this one in.

Fun 80's dance pop. A good listen for when you need some pep in your day

I want to like New Order but this record didn't help the cause. I found it a little boring.

I seem to have invoked New Order by semi-slagging them in the previous album's review (for Adam and the Ants' "Kings of the Wild Frontier"), so I'll try not to jinx myself too much in this review, although I have to say that New Order often feels like a slightly peppier version of The Cure (which I hope I don't get tomorrow). I think the only tracks I'm familiar with on this album is "Round & round", which had a fairly good run on the radio, at least in a slightly different version than the album version (although I was kind of disappointed when I realized that it wasn't the earlier and much more effective ear-worm "You spin me round" by Dead or Alive). I don't think I'd heard "Fine time" before, and listening to the song and watching the video was surprisingly creepy, especially with some poor kid being asked to seem...crazy? neurodivergent? unstable? perhaps even abused? I'm not really sure, but I find it hard to believe that anyone would make a video like that in the years since (and I'm not sure why it was OK to do that even in 1989, frankly). All in all, this is about what I'd expect from New Order, so it neither disappointed nor delighted me. Faint praise, I know, but I'm thankful it's not another Morrissey album, or Duran Duran! (And I'm laughing now that I look at my review for their other album in this collection ("Low-Life") and how similar these two reviews are...)

Fun to feel like it's 1989 and I'm wearing Esprit cargo pants and a Benetton sweater....

7/10 Favorite Tracks: Round & Round, Run Least Favorite Tracks: Fine Time, All The Way, Love Less

good

It was ok

Reminds me of Lex

Knew this was going to be a banger from the first 30 seconds

This was a great album. Cool vibe, doesn't overstay its welcome, every song is different enough to renew your interest but similar enough to the others that the album has a cohesive feel. I love the bass playing on these songs

love new order like duh.... but also a few of these literally just sound like the cure??? kind of wild?? All the Way reminded me so much of Boys don't Cry That being said i also love the cure so who cares

I didn't really like the first track and it made me worried I wasn't going to be that into this record, but the moment the second track kicked up I knew I was wrong. The rest of the tracks are so incredibly great in an easy to listen to sort of way. It's at its best when this feels like a follow-up to joy division but that isn't a knock against the rest. It's all great, and I'll definitely be seeking out an LP of this.

If I went to a party, and someone played this album, I'd want to be invited back

Surprisingly impressed with this one, kept my interest throughout and overall was a bop of a record!

Not remotely as good as older NO albums

I oscillated between a 3 or a 4 star rating while listening to this album. At times I loved it, but other times it was just okay. "Run" is far and away the best song on the album, and I'll definitely have it on heavy rotation going forward, but "Round & Round" and "Love Less" were also great, with the latter reminding me of The Cure. I wish I could give this a 3.5, but when thinking about the spirit of this list, I do think I needed to hear this album before I die, even if I didn't love everything about it. But it is so unique and groundbreaking that it truly deserves its spot on this list, so therefore I have to round up.

Meh, it's just an ok album 2.5 - 3 ⭐

So 80s. Kinda dull.

Love this

A perfect album other than the opening track.

The closest I can compare it to is Depeche Mode. This is pretty good when you're in a nostalgic mood.

Pretty interesting, couple of good songs. Didn’t like it that much

Coooles Ding jeder Song bleibt irgendwie drin und ist entweder catchy oder mindestens tanzbar

3.5 stars. No hits but a solid 80's dance rock album, slick and well-produced. Standout is "Run".

I have always missed New Order but were listening to some songs here and there but I didn't know what quite to expect. Once the first song started, my excitement quickly faded and I thought to myself "Oh no, not one of these antiquated 80s drum sequencer things again that were modern at the time but now terribly dated". Yet Technique was surprisingly great! There are plenty of good tracks on here that mix infectious bass lines with a relaxed vocal delivery and nice acoustic guitars. It's an odd mix that is very much reminds of the soundscapes of Joy Division which was tragically cut short. There is always a certain threshold where old school vintage sounds kind of become just dated. I feel that New Order delivers an enticing blend that feels nostalgic and still enjoyable. Fine Fine and Mr Disco are horrible though because they are a prime example on how the technology at the time was just very limited. All the other tracks offer so much more texture instead of the bog standard default sounds that your 50 quid Yamaha keyboard has integrated these days. Guilty Partner is definitely the highlight for me, absolutely great track with a sick bassline.

Whow. I guess it was modern back then. But what does it have to offer today? 2,3

By the late '80s, a scene that can only be described as "Madchester" had hit it's peak. Happy Mondays, Stone Roses, and New Order were making psychadelic-as-fuck rave music that would go on to influence house music into the '90s. In the meantime, Technique. Definitely unique as far as dance music, as it pulls many of the rhythmic influences from post-punk to make it groovy, but leans deep into the synthesizer. Truth be told this one didn't grab me as much as I had hoped. New Order is a cool band and I wish I liked them more. The last track, Dream Attack, is a killer though. What a mood.

Pretty good stuff. Wasn't sure about it from the opening track. But I did end up enjoying it.

Man, this started off so strong. I was there for it. Then after the first track ir just kind of all slid off. I still enjoyed it, but this was my first intro to New Order and I'm left with no idea if I want to go listen to more of their catalogue.

While not my favorite NO album, it’s still pretty damn good. I’ve always enjoyed this band and no sane person can avoid at least tapping your toe or swaying a bit when one of their songs come on. Summers voice always makes me smile. Their songs always take me on a mental journey. Favorite song is Round and Round. Good stuff!

I'm conflicted. I love this band but this album has always been a bit boring to me. When they get it right they create amazing singles but most of these... Aren't.

Didn't like it. But a few songs, which were ok (Run and Dream Attack).

2/5

La première track est vraiment excellente, te laissant espérer que la suite sera au même niveau, mais hélas! il n'en ai rien, rien de plus qu'un autre album new wave à cocher de cette liste

39/1001 - Before listening: Sometimes I'd try to imagine what the worst possible yet acceptable music is. Drum beats that aren't quite in time, messy guitars all over the place, random whooshing synths, incoherent vocalist, etc. Anyways, I listened to Joy Division and it was the bad music I was imagining the whole time! That being said, one of my friends said New Order is better than Joy Division so I'll do my best to be unbiased. After listening: comes across to me as unfocused to have okay rock songs and dance songs. Maybe if the songs were inter-weaved (like the piano and IDM in "drukQs" by Aphex Twin) I'd like it more. Definitely better to my ears than "Unknown Pleasures" was.

Tweede New Order op rij. Deze is wel minder

Great album

This was very 80's! I liked it a lot. Very Synth-y and somewhat gothic almost. Super easy to listen to. I definitely enjoyed this album but I really enjoy this sort of music.

Excellent album, I really enjoy this type of synth pop. I've never actually heard this whole album but I recognize some of the hits. It's really well done musically and lyrically. The style of singing is very unique and instantly reminds me of when I was young.

fun but simply too 80s for moi

The first real discovery and positive surprise for me! New Order are actually the rest of Joy Division after the death of Ian Curtis. And naturally, when you know that 3/4 of the old band is in the new one, you expect the same or similar sound (post-punk), although Wikipedia describes them as an electronic rock band in the first sentence. And it was probably like that in the previous albums of New Order, because this is their fifth studio album, but Technique was recorded in Ibiza and under the huge influence of dance music from the Balearic Islands and the acid house sound that was slowly emerging at that time, the guys started experimenting with their sound, so in almost half of the songs you can hear a lot of synthetic sounds, primarily synthetic percussions, but also a lot of synthesizers, and a lot of inserted sounds from those synthesizer buttons that I've always wondered what they were for. In the opening track Fine Time, which did not hint at what was to come, there is even the sound of a sheep or goat at the end of the song. In one of the reviews for this album on the generator, someone wrote "Technique is what you get if the music teacher is absent, so the kids sat behind his synthesizer, rattled the buttons and recorded what they got". So, half of the album sounds like a bastard of Joy Division and Pet Shop Boys, but the other, larger half (5:4), when they added synthesizers and synth effects and percussion to the post-punk sound, an interesting synth-pop sound was obtained, which is one of my favorite genres in music. I read that in the 80s and early 90s it was cool to listen to New Order, that only those who fancied themselves with a sharp sound and were misunderstood by society listened to them. Today, 35 years later, I'm discovering Technique and listening to All the Way, Love Less, Guilty Partner, Run, Dream Attack for the first time... I've made a playlist on Spotify where I add the most beautiful songs from the albums I'm going through - well, I've added the most songs from Technique from all the albums so far - 5 out of a total of 9 on the album. Plus, I listened to the album twice this morning, and one of the songs - Love Less - maybe five times by the time I write this. Great one!

Poor showing from a band so utterly non plussed at this point

Blue Monday and True Faith are amazing songs - unfortunately neither of these are on this album. What we have here is New Order on the cusp of their team up with the England football team and well on the slide into mediocrity.

Better than I expected.

This has to have one of my least favorite opening tracks. It's just an ugly synthetic mess of a song to me, and it doesnt sound like the rest of the album and only left me with a sour taste for what was a pretty solid album otherwise. Round & Round is pretty nice, though I also don't love the opener there. Once it gets rolling, though, it's pretty good. My favorite is probably Vanishing Point, this song has some beautiful moments in it. Overall, this album is kind of a culmination of the 80s worst habbits all collected, and it's not my favorite.

1.89

malardio

I quite liked it, but I'm not sure how re-listenable it is. Solid right-down-the-middle album.

nice

Listenable but not great.

So fire I like the mixture of house with late 80s pop disco vibe

I never really clicked with this album fully before, but I see the significance of it now. It was very forward thinking, and you can hear the transition of 80s electronic sounds to 90s dance sounds. I like a lot of New Order songs, but don't really connect with them fully. I blame Bernard Sumner's very average singing! 7/10

3/5, guilty partner, vanishing point e run Le migliori

Typical new order album

Not as good as Stone Roses debut. About as good as Happy Mondays. This is fine, much brighter/cleaner New Order, but too many songs are too sheen-y, too much like Depeche Mode, too dance-y and there's nothing epic/unforgettable like their best work. The strengths are the usual things – Sumner's earnest, melancholy-tinged vocals, Hook's probing bass, hooks galore. The shearing guitar on "Run" is a highlight. "Mr. Disco" and "Vanishing Point" illustrate the downside of the record (and the fundamental limiting issue of the band): both songs offer rich, dreamy and undestated hooks (largely down to Hook's grooving) that get undone with stabbing synths that sound so very late '80s and just like disposable club music (though one's sure the crowd at the Hacienda loved it); one prefers the songs that sound more like indie/new wave, while the club kids likely don't care for those cuts and wish NO just kept to the straight-up house/club template. So, just because it might be their best record doesn't make automatically make it anymore than a good-to-very-good one.

I like New Order a lot but this one isn't my favourite. It's still good, but I much prefer some of their earlier albums. Very dance inspired but still familiar New Order sounds. Fav tracks: All the Way, Run, Love Less

It's alright for me, has some good moments Will I listen to again: 20%

New Order - as ever, providing some nursery rhyme melodies over techno beats, and then adding a splash of melancholy. Doubtless a groundbreaking record of its time, especially for the use of drum machines and sequencers, but the highlights were those little bittersweet melodies, hinting at regret.

not my cup of tea

Yeah fire.

3 stars in reality because I’m comparing it to that album with the flowers on the cover and the other one with the guys face … but songs like run and fine time make up for it for me

Basen för helvete, blir alldeles lycklig! Fyra plus.

Yet another "nice enough background listening" one.

Monster

2/5

I gotta stop reading other people's reviews. Good record, though not really my thing.

Is that.... A goat in the background?

I don’t think the generator needed to add a year - everything about this screams 1989. Still, timelessness is overrated and I really enjoyed this.

I was never cool enough to be into New Order when I was a teenager. I’m certainly not cool enough now either, but it doesn’t matter anymore. I really enjoyed this. Right up my street and there’s enough variety and just darned coolness to keep me interested. Lots of good stuff. Bits of Pet Shop Boys, hints of The Cure, and you can tell this is only a few months before the Football Song. I think I’m on listen number seven today. I’ll probably listen to it again tomorrow. At one point I was thinking four stars, but then I heard the sheep sampled on the lead track. Obvs five after that.

It was ok, very end of an era sound.

Er ikke glad for 80’er lyden især guitaren og ISÆR måden at synge på og lyden på den. Men er vild med syretheden og techno delen. Fede beats og weird lyde. Første sang var fed, Mr. Disco kunne også noget. 2,6

Compared to my recent run of albums, listening to this was basically a warm bubble bath for my ears. Objectively though, while enjoyable enough, it isn't especially groundbreaking or benchmark setting or needing to be heard before I die.

wouldve really liked this in 2012.

Didn't mind this but not quite my thing

I read Peter Hook’s autobiography. I know exactly how much Ecstasy they were using while this album was being made. I would’ve expected it to be even more joyous. Perhaps this is joyous for New Order. It’s lovely and peppy. It’s just not as catchy as I would’ve thought it could’ve been.

I am disappointed to know this is the last New Order album that I will be listening to in this book. I tapped my foot pretty much the whole time this album was on and I was surprised to know I like the remixed version of Round and Round better than the album version. I still really like the album version, of course. I enjoyed every song on here and was surprised of the amount of jangly guitar that was present. I am used to dance-y New Order and even some of the post-punk sound from Low-Life. Highlights for me were: Love Less All the Way Round and Round Guilty Partner Run Vanishing Point Dream Attack I pretty much liked every song. Great album.

Upbeat and cheerful

Favorite Track: All The Way

Not unpleasant but not outstanding and not sure why this is among the albums everyone must hear before they die.

This was a good time! It didn't quite grab me like Low-Life did though.

very solid album extremely good bass work but no specific standouts.

A really good album. Nice and electronic and a timely listen for me since I’d just watched a shirt doc about new order and electronica.

This is a super fun and silly new wave album. Nearly to the point of being comedic. Loved this album, added a lot of songs from this album onto my main playlist. Definitely worth your time.

Kinda meh honestly. All the songs kind of sounded the same until the last track which I actually kind of liked.

Didn't like it. One song is heavy on the synths and more experimental then the next has a more traditional sound and so on. Felt like a weird mix

Oh, I quite liked Technique. It's less rock and more dance, and noticeably different from New Order's original sound. Synth is there, because it's still the eighties, but it's more electronic sounding. This album definitely precedes electronica and EDM while sounding a lot more creative and full in comparison to many albums to come. I heard similarities with this album and Radiohead, but this was definitely less pretentious and better in quality over all. I'd put New Order on a similar standing as Pet Shop Boys, though PSB is more synth-pop than alternative dance.

As far as electronic dance music goes when it was emerging in the 80s, this is pretty solid -- it's a lot less corny and a lot less "one note" than a lot of electronic dance of the time. The album is pretty short and sweet and to the point; I'm not saying every song is an absolute hit, but it definitely left me feeling like there wasn't any unnecessary filler here. The album art for this album is great, too. It immediately caught my attention, as it could easily pass as album art released today. The bold, contrasting colors of the background and foreground of the art are quite bold. I don't know a whole lot about New Order; I don't know why this album was included over some of their even earlier 80s new wave/electronic dance, arguably even more influential and more well known. But nonetheless, I enjoyed this! I guess this is around a 3.5 for me, and considering some of the garbage 80s EDM that is on this project, I'll bump this up to really highlight it!

I found this very patchy. New Order are always a bit hit and miss, but underneath it all were quite interesting and ground breaking, in many ways, but this fell a bit flat on me.

Gave this two listens, as opposed to my one-take reaction. I liked it more the second time around. I will say the opening of "Fine Time" did sound a lot like "Funkytown". That was kinda weird. It does sound kinda like something from the 80s, but it wasn't all electronic. I wasn't the "goth" kid, so a lot of this stuff I kinda missed. It may be something I look into more of, but the songs did not stick with me. That does not bode well for the album, if I can't pull out something memorable (besides the "Funkytown" thing.) Top tracks: "A Fine Time", "Round & Round," "Mr. Disco"

Over 800 albums ago I listened to Low-Life and then proceeded to listen to a bunch of New Order to figure them out. I said then that I thought that was their best album and I gave it a 3.5 (rounded up). I still agree with that assessment. New Order themselves admit that they kept leaning into their synth-dance side on this album and that wasn't my favorite part of earlier New Order - I preferred their new wave, post-punk rock side. This is a fine uhn tiss, uhn tiss, uhn tiss album but it gets a little monotonous. Round & Round was their most fun dance number. But I would've liked more dance-rock blends like All the Way, Love Less, Guilty Partner, and Dream Attack - and a little more rock than dance on those too. Their best blend was on Run - really enjoyed it (yay real guitars and real riffs). This album is probably slightly higher than a 3 but not a 3.5.

This album has a split personality. About half the tracks are dance/electronica (Fine Time, Round & Round, Mr. Disco, Vanishing Point), while the other half are typical 80s UK pop-rock band. The latter sound is a logical evolution from Joy Division to New Order, although the songs are a bit generic (and certainly not as dark as Joy Division). I think I'd give the "regular" 80s UK pop-rock band songs a 3. I find I don't like electronica/dance music so I think I'd give the dance tracks a 2 (with the exception of Vanishing Point, which is kind of in between the two genres on this album). I'll go with the 3 because I enjoyed most of the album, but don't see myself seeking it out again. Favorite tracks: All the Way, Love Less, Guilty Partner.

Very 80s. 3/5

Late 80s Synth Pop. The album itself is entertaining and thankfully doesn't wear out it's welcome since it's only a little over a half hour long. By this time in the 80s, this music is begging for some edge and bite to it, but this album is comfortable to stick around in the years preceding it.

This is pretty lame, electronic like british alternative rock? It's not aggressively bad, but it's just kinda boring. Maybe it was groundbreaking or something, but I don't love it.

Matig album, niet echt mijn muzieksmaak Zeurende stem 2.4

Good but not the best new order lp

J'ai eu très peur avec le premier son parce que si la continuité de l'album avait eut cette sonorité, j'aurais pas dû tout apprécié. Cependant, après le premier son c'est tout de suite parti sur quelque chose de bien plus agréable à écouter et j'ai vraiment apprécié l'album, à part 2/3 sons. Belle découverte.

It was ok. Nothing else to say.

3 ok

Pretty cool. Great production. Curious to hear more from them that has more melodic focus.

This is #day146 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and... how about an acid house album from New Order? Or a kind of poppy Cure-like album, if you will? In Technique, you get both, and that’s probably its most divisive aspect. I prefer the alternative dance vibes, though. Some of the highlights for me include "Fine Time," "Round and Round," and "Run." Unfortunately, the rest of the album sounds like New Order on autopilot. Maybe it’s because it’s the first day of January, while, according to Peter Hook, this album captures a summer sound brilliantly that I’m not fully feeling it. Still, the band's performance at Rock Werchter 2019, which I was lucky enough to witness, remains one of my brightest memories ever, especially when they started playing Joy Division songs. Yes, I've heard "Shadowplay," "Transmission," and "Love Will Tear Us Apart" live. This is a 3 out of 5. Looking forward to #day147.

Sin más; música electrónica muy lejos de Joy Division.

'Round and Round' was good. That's about all I can say.

This is just plain silly, but something about the production goes just over the edge enough to catch my ear! It's fun again. It's not just pure camp, there's something that's a little reckless about it, in a way that a lot of this drum-machine-led 80's music just isn't. I like that it's so silly, on some level. This is a clear template for a lot of indie records I've enjoyed, down to the slightly phoned-in lyrics and vocals. 3/5 for a good time.

New Order has the special ability to combine every good part of the 80s into one great package. It’s the musical equivalent of a gumbo, and I loooove gumbo. Say what you will about the very 80s synths, but to me that’s the gumbo’s spicy sausage, not everyone’s gonna like it, but man it’s good when it works.

MY GOD THE SYNTHESIZERS. It’s like they went Black Friday shopping at Moog and decided to use it all on this album. A couple songs in, I was getting Cure vibes but after that, it was straight into stereotypical 80s pop. But, honestly, I don’t hate it. Guilty Partner is a good track and the Spanish guitar is a nice feature. Favorite song: Round and round

3.5 stars rounded up. First theee tracks are the best. The rest has signature New Order sounds without being repetitive.

This is the Cure for me!

I listened to this wearing my New Order T-shirt, holding a cat and a glass of beer. The album is OK though.

First track is the worst. The rest is enjoyable. Nothing groundbreaking.

Late 80s synths all sound like pee wees playhouse to me

Very dated stuff. Hasn't stood the test of time. Dull.

A good album, but not New Order's best

5+ Stars (15/15)

Pretty alright, its really giving that 90s neon colors and summery vibes. Didnt quite have the hook that gets me going. Maybe i gotta listen to this more and then get into it. Mr. Disco and Vanishing Point were great

I am smitten. This album was so well crafted, and suited my taste perfectly. I loved how some of the songs sounded more like traditional post punk and others leaned to a more synth wave-like sound. This album managed to create a consistent sound that never truly felt boring. A lot of the times I find myself bored at the end of an album due to repetitive sound, but this album knew how to keep me on the edge of my seat! If you've never listened to more of the new wave/alternative music this album is a great place to start.

Ehhhhhhhhh just not my style even though I feel like I enjoy some “progressive rock”

Electronica garbage throughout the entire album. Favorite Song: "Round And Round"

Not the strongest New Order album. And unless the stronger ones make an appearance on this list, Technique has no real right to be here

I get it, this is the coolest darkest synth band of the 80's after reinventing itself from being the coolest darkest guitar band from the 70's. I should love New Order since I was so keen on Joy Division, but it always bothered me that their essential sensibility inflected from punk to something corporate - not suggesting that they sold out with a big record deal, but they felt so contrived. To be honest, what really bugs me about NO is I can't stand Bernard Sumner as a vocalist with his faltering, tin-ear amateurism, which just doesn't match the compositions. As a matter of fact, I conversely get irritated by Depeche Mode since David Gahan's vocals are just too pristine and refined for their attempted dark and biting vibe. Here's a theory. Let's have the two bands switch vocals and we may finally get the balance right.

I'm a huge New Order (and Joy Division fan), Vanishing Point and Dream Attack are some of their best. But this album doesn't really come together like some of their others, so it gets a 4. Power, Corruption, and Lies will get a 5 when it comes up

New Order has always been a guilty pleasure. A lot of history with this band and its former incarnation. It is hard to beat Substance, but this is decent album.

80s disco. Meh.

Solid album. Could see myself getting more into this band

technique é pedrada pura, facilmente o segundo melhor do new order. tem dia que eu meto esse no trampo pra ficar mais humilde e focado, sempre funciona

não é meu preferido também, mas gosto muito da experimentação desse aqui. só pedrada. dançante pra caraio. bom album pra FESTAS JOVENS ALTERNATIVAS. new order é new wave na sua melhor forma. quem não gosta é MALUCO

Good good shit.

Love the 80s vibes. Well it came out in 1989 so obviously lol but the synth pop is lovely. Soothing. Especially on Run, Vanishing Point, and Love Less.

The 2nd New Order album and looking back on my old review, my thoughts still apply. Generic, bland, tepid. Not all that interesting. At least it is short is all I can say.

B-Tier album that doesn't seem to quite know what it wants to be. Good, but far from their best work.

It wasn't bad...it was just 80's

I like New Order but this album falls a little flat for me because the poetry doesn't feel as inspired as some of their other songs. One of the least listened to songs on this album is Guilty Partner. It's not that great of a song. But I absolutely love the melodic bass playing on that song. I have a guilty pleasure for Guilty Partner. The thing I like best about this band is their melodies and the way they weave guitar & synth. I thought Run was pretty good but the rest was just okay.

I wanted to like this more, and listened to it multiple times in hopes of that happening. But it just kinda sounds like the same thing over and over, without any particularly catchy tunes. It’s still New Order, and I like their sound and their vibe, but wasn’t grabbed by anything.

You want to make me biased against you before I even listen? Describe your band as “one of the most influential and acclaimed bands of all time” on your Spotify bio. 😒 That said, I really liked this album. The 80’s are really growing on me. 4/5 Highlights: All the Way

The drum machine grates after a while - high-pitched harmonics that almost but not quite set my teeth on edge. Aside from that, there's some decent rhythm and song-writing in here

I was right in that I've never heard any song on this album before even if I was familiar with the bands name. I'm also not sure I've ever heard sheep bleats mixed into a song, but here we are. Some solid foot-tappers and chair dancers mixed in there. Some really fun baselines, and drum tracks. Dream Attack feels like the music from a space shooter arcade machine. Overall it was definitely a fun listen.

I don't really know how I feel about this album. On one hand, there were parts that made me vibe, on the other hand, I don't think anything particularly stood out and it all sort of blended together. Realistically I don't see myself ever coming back to any of these songs. 2/5

I've definitely heard most of this before in the pre-recorded tunes in my parents old Yamaha keyboard - I can't say I hate it, it's just generic 80s synth pop

"Love Less" is a near-perfect song. It's a shame the rest of the album didn't get anywhere near the heights of that song.

This is what I’m supposed to be popping my tits and touching dicks to at the clurb.

Why does this sound like the soundtrack to NBA Jam?

I like New Order and occasionally am swept away by them. Their records are cool, elegant, and are unmistakably theirs. Yet the albums never hold my attention. I feel like it’s music for a lifestyle that is admirable from afar, but for which I would never find the right shoes to wear.

New Order are a big blind spot for me. I'm sure I've heard most of their albums in the background, what I remember is mild electropop with quite poor vocals, an inexplicably hipster yet sub-par Pet Shop Boys. Nothing on here has changed my impression, perhaps even making it worse. Why so boring?!

Some of it I liked, but I think of all the genres that Henry, techno ages the worst. And the techno on this album is just a miss for me.

It’s very nostalgic, but not particularly enjoyable outside of that. The songwriting is adequate.

Not exciting. Grand for listening to in the background.

I expected better from New Order. Especially with singles like "Blue Monday" and "True Faith". At least this album sounds good. "Run" and "Vanishing Point" are great in my opinion. Speaking of "True Faith", how come "Substance" didn't make it on the list? 2 stars for "Technique".

80s good synth tones

Like Depeche Mode dance music. I always preferred the Depeche Mode depression-inducing music. It's good stuff, but not something I would listen to. New Wave/Disco. 3.5/5

I want to like this more than I actually do. Not sure it has aged so well. Think I’m more of a singles girl when it comes to New Order. Want to give it a 3.5

Some tracks I enjoyed, most of this felt so cluttered. Who can push the most demo buttons on a new yamaha keyboard.

I've seen Peter Hook live and he is clearly a major player in the music industry over many decades. I love Joy Division and New Order but for me this album has too much acid house influence but saying that I didn't dislike it

Not the best New Order album by a long way, but still decent.

New Order is one of my favorite bonds. While isn't onevof my favorites from them, its still worth listening to from beginning to end.

Favorite Track: All the Way

New order is just simply not my vibe. I can objectively listen to it and say it’s a decent album even though it’s just not for me. I was in high school when this album came out and I did not care for it and I don’t really care for it now.

Actually turned out to be a solid album. Had a good time listening to it, I went in with no expectations not having heard them before and I liked it.

One of the greatest albums in the history of ever!

Solid album. I enjoyed this. I think this was solidly on the 3.5 mark.

The story of New Order is one of triumph. I believe they have more than earned not only their spot on this list, but their place in the history books, for their willingness to push past the obstacle that was Ian Curtis’ death. I didn’t mention this in my review of Low-Life, so I will now. When you really break it down, as much as the difference between the two bands is really only one member, Joy Division and New Order are artistically very different. And should be respected as such. They shouldn’t be defined in history as “the band who lost their singer and became anew”. I find their success really impressive, and they are maybe one of the few bands who continued so far past their genesis that still found ways to keep things interesting. This came nearly a decade after the debut, and just under ten years after Unknown Pleasures. It’s also probably the last noteworthy piece of music they released. Thankfully, innovation was still to be had. It has been quite a while, so excuse me if I’m wrong, but the alternative dance and synth pop foundations of this record are relatively similar to that of what I’ve heard before. The difference here is that they supposedly push the dance side of things much harder. So far that it gets labeled as acid house. These are the same people who made Blue Monday, so dance-centric music was never too far out of their playbook. I didn’t really know what to expect, but Fine Time immediately hits like a brick wall and puts all expectations to rest. Fortunately, they also immediately set themselves apart from their contemporaries, if they hadn’t already by now, and prove that they were creating with a better understanding of what worked and what didn’t. There is so many little sounds here and there that make some of these songs actually worth multiple listens. And I think a lot of what they pulled off is super cool. Except, I was actually a little disappointed at how much this leans into the jangle pop sound. I really was hoping for more of whatever I was hearing on songs like Round & Round. Hilariously ironic, considering around a year ago I would have scoffed at the idea of a whole album like that. Overall though, I find this to be equally as enjoyable as Low-Life, and another solid example of why these people are still spoken about today. Rating: 7/10

OK, pleasant but not really special

My first reaction to this album was a surprise that it has already finished and I haven't even noticed. This album is as bland as it gets. And it gets pretty bland, believe me.

I do enjoy a good bit of Peter Hook and his baselines

Too many songs that sound like Depeche Mode ripoffs (plus a couple that should be on Cure records), but there's much that works well in vintage NO style (probing bass, authentic, slightly sad-yearning vocals). There's an excess of production gloss and maybe too much warmth in the vocals (which reads broad and obvious). There are too many synthy flourishes (see "Round and Round," "Mr. Disco") that relegate this to the disposable club music ghetto and badly date this (who cares about Ibiza now?). One much prefers the songs that sound like new wave/indie rock ("All the Way," "Love Less," "Run"). This is a somewhat generous rounding up for a record that doesn't really compare to the Stone Roses' debut.

First listen. Ok.

I consider myself of a fan of New Order, but I really enjoy their alternative/punk sound to this dance/electronica sound. Think the guy has a great voice for the band, but I didn't get a lot from this album. The beginning of All The Way made me think of Just Like Heaven and that was really was biggest take from this album. Nothing terrible, just wasn't a fan of this album. 2.5

3.5 I quite enjoy a lot of New Order’s earlier stuff, but it seems this album marks them heading in more of an electronic, dance pop direction - which is not exactly my preferred genre of music, but I still feel like this has just enough of that familiar, New Order charm to it that it’s still mostly enjoyable. I mean, there’s nothing here that supersedes songs like Blue Monday, Bizarre Love Triangle, or my personal favorite, Age of Consent, but overall, everything here is mostly solid (it probably helps that I’m a big fan of Bernard Sumner’s voice). Though, at the risk of being THAT guy, I did tend to enjoy the stuff here that had more of a bassy, synth hook to it reminiscent of their earlier work, with Guilty Partner probably being my favorite track on the album (no idea how that’s the least streamed song on Spotify). Don’t have a ton much else to say on this beyond that. Definitely not my favorite New Order album, nor is it even probably Top 3, but it’s still mostly enjoyable - from what I’ve gathered about the group, I don’t really think you can go wrong with most anything they have. I do think there’s missing a sort of song here that defines the album or really stands out on its own, but as a whole, it’s at least a consistent album that doesn’t outstay its welcome.

This was a much better album than I expected it to be. I actually really enjoyed it. I am surprised and may even go so far as to listen to more of these guys. Great stuff.

5 stars

The plasticky sound of synths and repetitive loops really got to me by the end of this album, eliciting the same dreariness I get from listening to The Smiths and dragging it down to a low 2.

Leuk maar niet zó bijzonder. Niet helemaal geluisterd.

Never listened to an entire New Order album before, just the isolated bangers. The album as a whole was good though, I enjoyed it.

If you had asked me yesterday in a list of '80s since we've been if I liked New order I would have emphatically said sure! After listening to this album, I've just got to say that I don't like it. Part of it is that it is just a rudimentary area where people were focused on forcing in new technology that maybe wasn't quite ready for prime time. Part of it is that it is self-centered and kind of weenyish. I just didn't care for it. I'm not going to say it's bad.

I should love this album because it's late 1980s and acid house, but I was a bit disappointed in it. Perhaps it sounds too dated, or some songs are too lazy, I don't know. It got better by the end but it isn't entirely my thing, even if it wasn't that bad either.

This is my first time hearing this record. The instrumentals are interesting but the vocals and songwriting feel a bit irritatingly lazy.

🎧I thought I was already familiar with all the great New Order albums. I thought wrong. All the Way sounds like The Cure.

Not bad but I wasn't overly impressed. The techno, dance vibe is good and I was bopping my head to it

Very 80's. More fun than expected

The sound of the late 80's, when many (many!) were in a trance.

I've listened to New Order before. Back then, I was really into wave, electronic and gothic music. In the meantime, my taste has changed somewhat. I was able to listen to the album well. It didn't bother me, but it didn't excite me either. I probably won't listen to it again. 3/5

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I generally do not care for the electronic genre, but parts of this aren’t too bad. 2.5 rounded up since I’ve had so many bad ones lately, but could have rounded down since I wouldn't seek to listen to this again.

Seems like a copy of a lot of alternative bands at the time mixed with electronic type stuff here and there. Really sounds like R.E.M. one song, The Cure another, The Smiths on another, U2 on another. If it wasn’t for this list I wouldn’t be as familiar with this period of music. Kinda thinking this new order album is a bit of a slacker effort.

New Order is great, but songs start to sound monotonous. Driving forward always, but a little too similar from one to the next.

Some of this is quite infectious, mostly because of Hooky's driving melodious bass lines - but it's still lrimarily dance music, which just isn't my sort of music.

Man, the 80s were weird.

Bland and forgettable, that's the best I can say about this album. Three stars is generous, but I'll give them up because there was nothing that offended my sense of musical taste.

I'm so glad that New Order decided to rebrand themselves after Ian Curtis died, they wouldn't have lasted long continuing as Joy Division. It really gave them the creative freedom to experiment more with synthpop and new wave, as opposed to pure post-punk. And with that, we have amazing albums like this. Ian Curtis' death was obviously a tragedy, but New Order are an amazing silver lining.

No thank you. It's probably fine for what it is, but it's not for me. 1.9

I highly recommend that you listen to this with a good DAC and headphones. The separation is really intriguing.

Always enjoy the uniqueness of New Order

goeie wel, altijd fan van new order sicke albumcover ook

Sounds like the other New Order albums post-PC+L. Pleasant enough, but I do find the inane lyrics a bit tedious after a while. Some nice bass playing, but that again is par for the course with NO.

This made me want to throw some mid-morning shapes - never a good idea. It's a fun album, something that you can't always level at New Order. The bass sounded ACE. I bloody love this band.

A mixed bag for me. I thought I'd like this more, based on the New Order songs I know - but I had never listened to a full album. It is a good album, but not very coherent. Some songs are just too much like run-off-the-mill electro-pop songs. This album sounds quite cheerful which I can't blame the band for, but I like a bit darker, heavier, more atmospheric sound. I feel this should be on the list when seen in its late 1980's context, though.

Exceptional sound

A nice journey back to the 80's for me

Yawn, sounds very similar throughout, nothing catching my ear here.

This is what "80s music" is supposed to sound like.

I got low-life before. This is a lot better. Especially the singing. Still not great, but good enough. During the first track I hoped the rest of the album would be different. Fortunately it was. Most bands who try to combine indie rock and dance music fail miserably, but except for the first track this album sounds reasonably coherent. Favorite song: run.

If you've heard any new wave then you don't really need to listen to this, just kind of a baloney sandwich of 80's music

Absolute banger.

6.5/10

This is like one step removed from Right Said Fred. Next.

I liked "guilty partner" and "love less" but everything else just sounded generically EIGHTIES

meh. this record felt like they discovered one sound, and decided to milk it for all it was worth. as my introduction to new order, i thought - incorrectly - that it would be a bit more joy division-esque. the odd mix of 80s pop, with ibizan club music didn’t really work in my opinion. there were a couple of more redeeming tracks - both ‘all the way’ and ‘love less’ were more along the lines of what i was expecting from this album. i can’t honestly say i would want to listen to this again, but i hope there are other new order albums on this list that can help redeem their image.

Kind of more hi-nrg than I remember. Really good though, can still see its influence decades later. Some naive melodies and dated programming, but it sounds distinctive and it works.

Surprisingly not bad?? I didn’t think I would like it, but it’s like funky daft punk??? Sort of a trip to listen to.

A masterpiece - love love love.

No good

New Order were always good at picking a perfect time to strike. Having ruled the 1980s, at first unintentionally then literally, their last album for the decade Technique whisks up the steam generated by the then-concurrent dance scenes in both Ibiza and Manchester and turns it into their own potent form of intoxication. A last hurrah of sorts for the most influential band of hedonistic revellers in their record label Factory, New Order and Technique goes to show that the legend, at times, is sometimes worth believing. Favorites: Fine Time, All the Way, Round & Round, Guilty Partner, Mr. Disco, Dream Attack.

Første nummer har lyden af dårlig tysk porno fra 90erne. Resten var ok. Hørte albummet 2 gange for at sikre mig at jeg ikke missede noget.. Og nej, det er et helt ligegyldigt album husker intet fra det dagen efter.

10 år kan føles som en livstid. Hold op hvor er der langt fra da de samme gutter, i 1979 lavede Unknown Pleasures som Joy Division. Albummet er en underlig blanding af sange der veksler mellem Acid House og upbeat jingle-jangle guitar sange ala The Cure og The Smiths. New Order når ikke på dette album de højder de kan (se: Blue Monday,

This keeps happening. I want to love this but I just don’t. It’s maybe a perfect example of you needed to be there at the time.

Really enjoyed this, especially the bass lines.. Just scrapes a 4*

Poo Order

no skips I need to listen to more new order soon

Very 80s

80’s new wave sounds

New wave. Not New Order’s best

Aug. 27 (after hours) HL: "Vanishing Point", "Run", "Guilty Partner", "All the Way" 3rd New Order I've heard, after Low Life and Power, Corruption & Lies I can't argue for the importance of Technique in relation to acid house, synthpop or even among New Order albums. But it sounds good & I like it so... 4 stars it is

An old friend, still sounds just as fresh today - but not really full of killer tracks

New Order already had established themselves as a band much different than the origins in Joy Division. They were the Dance Pop version of them, the 80's that didn't age well version of them, the... ah, you get what I'm saying. I don't like New Order much. Sumner's vocals and lyrics are alright but nothing to the genius of Ian Curtis. The bass work is pretty much the same greatness as JD. The elctronic aspect is pretty neat but I think most of these artists are better at making darker and more introspective music than Dance music. The album opens on 'Fine Time' which neatly combines Acid House with Synthpop that starts off very interesting but gets annoying really fast. There is too much going on at times and not enough at other times. It is really diverse mainly with the quality which results in it feeling directionless and without any depth. It's just basic and annoying song that tries so much more than it can achieve. A much more balanced song is 'All the Way' that also features the best lyrics and songwriting and is easily my favourite song here. It has emotional depth and it feels like this is what New Order is supposed to be all the time. It is such a gorgeous song and the chorus is just the cherry on top. Without a doubt a perfect song and a big step up from the first track. It also much less Electronic and more Jangle Pop which again benefits the song greatly. 'Love Less' keeps the Jangle Pop and adds a little more Punk flavour but still staying true to the Pop sound. It's an alright song that doesn't annoy but it isn't really interesting either. It's just there, flying past you with nearly every second it plays but it isn't a bad "it flys past you". The fast paced electronic sound returns on 'Round & Round' that feels like a blend of the Pet Shop Boys and The Smiths. The Hi-NRG and Acid Techno influences make this a vibrant and colorful experience, much less annoying than the first song and one of the best songs on the album. Especially the chorus works really well. It isn't a perfect song but without a doubt a great one. The most Punk the album gets is 'Guilty Partner' and naturally it is one of the better songs here. The mix between the Post-Punk sound with the bass that shines like on Unknown Pleasures with a bit of Goth Rock and Jangle Pop. It is a pretty good song that closes the albums first half in the way it should. On Side 2 'Run' starts by keeping the Jangle Pop with a couple of synth parts. I do not really care for the song. I just think that it's way to average and boring to be anything that some make it to be. There is neither vocally, lyricially nor instrumentally anything that makes this special. In comparison to 'Love Less', this actually gets a little annoying at one point. Same thing with 'Mr Disco', it is a basic Synthpop song with a couple of House influences but boring delivery. The parts that make it better are overshadowed by annoying vocal synths that really do not fit here. This song is in itself not fitting. The House influence is played with in more detail on 'Vanishing Point' which features a pretty decent melody and good delivery. It isn't annoying, has some pretty interesting and great moments. This is a really good song. No doubt there. Good song. Maybe a little too long and maybe they could've done a little more but it's good. The album closes on 'Dream Attack' which like its predecessor has a great melody and performance but this time it is done so much better all the way through. It's probably my third favourite track here but the difference between 2 & 3 is still pretty signifcant. Anyways, pretty good song. Great closing track. favourites: All the Way, Round & Round least favourites: Fine Time, Run, Mr Disco Rating: strong 6 https://rateyourmusic.com/~Emil_ph for more ratings, reviews and takes

Strong 80s vibes from this one; I quite enjoyed this but nothing truly stood out for me. I wouldn't mind listening to it again, but it's probably not an album that will ever cross my mind once I move on to the next one in this project. 3.5 stars

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More British noise

Not the best new order album, but not their best is still outstanding. 4.5/5

forgettable

non male ma a me questo sound non fa impazzire

I enjoyed this, but even as I just stopped listening I don't remember anything about it. 3.5/5 I think!

Don't like the first track at all and was worried I'd hate an album by a band I like a lot. The rest is ok, saved from the bog of 80s dance pop by the band's great sense for simple melody and some cool guitar sounds. first song: hated. (⌐■_■)

Pretty glad they bailed on overcommitting to the Ibiza thing after just one song. The rest was a pretty fun New Order record.

Thoughts before listening: Outside of the hits, I have a pretty big blind spot in my music knowledge for New Order. I know they were formed after Joy Division's lead singer died and have a more dancey/new wavey sound than that band. I also know they get a lot of praise from music journalists. I tend to prefer the new wave bands that lean more on the punk side of things instead of dance, so this may not be for me. Review: After the first song I was a little worried that this was going to be a complete dance, techno album. However, that first song is really not indicative of the album as a whole. By the second song "All the Way" I found a sound reminiscent of poppier songs by the Cure which is a very good thing to me. The music and melody is definitely led by the bass, but it has an organic, rock band feel as opposed to the first track's synthy, computer generated sounds. There are a few more tracks on here that dip into the techno feel, but overall I enjoyed this. 3-stars

Damn, this is the 8th album (of 11) from 1989-2000 I’ve been given. Something from a different time period would be nice next… It wasn’t bad but I didn’t particular enjoy a lot of it. I felt that none of the songs were all that memorable and that it sounded mostly the same. I’ll maybe give it a listen in the future. 4.5/10

# 294 : I can listen to it but it's not real good. Nothing stood out and I wouldn't go back to this. Easily forgettable.

Didn't recognize any of the songs but thoroughly enjoyed it...would listen to it again.

I'm not sure I've ever heard the album in its entirety. This is a serviceable album. The song I recognized, Round & Round, is a different version than the single. I prefer the single version. Not bad, but not that memorable. I rate it a 3-minus. "Hey, sophisticated lady"

Was hoping to find some lost gems or nostalgic treats, but it mostly sounded dated and a bit boring.

I truly love most 80s electronica, but, for some reason, I've always been lacking the New Order gene. I actually hate Peter Hook's plinky plonky high notes/ melodies on the bass guitar (it's a BASS). I can't engage with Bernard Sumner's understated vocal style. And there are, generally, too many major chords. I find New Order really bland, with the exception of Blue Monday. Despite all that, I went in with an open heart, as I couldn't remember what they sounded like by this late stage and was hopeful. But I haven't changed my mind. If I had to listen to any of this again, it would be the purely synth, dance breaks (ie where I can't hear Peter Hook). I always liked Blue Monday and disliked everything else. Apparently, my taste hasn't changed. Go and plinky plonk somewhere else, Hooky.

Not my favourite of theirs by a long chalk, but still pretty decent. Plus Barney’s voice ❤️

I can’t help viewing New Order through a Blue Monday shaped prism - the least appropriate way to spend 12 minutes on a dance floor. But, of course, I was in Manchester when this album came out and, of course, it’s really very good.

Classic 80's sound. A little more obscure than their other albums. Not a bad listen.

4.0

A baffling addition to the list of 1001 albums to hear before I die. Half of it sounds like my brain during a headache. The other half sounds like new order.

bleep bloop 66

Kind of like a pop cure

Achei um álbum bem perdido. Ele fica intercalando músicas formadas com sons super fritos de sintetizadores, com outras com instrumental naipe The Smiths, sem qualquer coesão ou sem conseguir misturar isso bem. Tem momentos que comecei a entrar na brisa do álbum que foram rapidamente quebrados com essa troca brusca.

I feel like I could get into New Order, but this makes me less interested. Not bad, just unremarkable.

busting album cover fr i luv new order joy division shouldnt even exist