Best Ever Albums

Re: Top 10 New Order Songs

joedec — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 00:59:44 GMT

Author: joedec

Posted: 01/27/2013 05:59

1. True Faith
2. All The Way
3. 1963
4. Dream Attack
5. Elegia
6. State of the Nation
7. Age of Consent
8. Ceremony
9. Love Less
10. Subculture

Re: Top 10 New Order Songs

Anonymous — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 21:10:13 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 01/27/2013 02:10

Leave Me Alone appears to be much more popular than I thought. I thought only myself and Cellar adored that song; it's great to see so many others post it as tops. Here's a live video:

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Re: Top 10 New Order Songs

Secondsoul — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 06:55:41 GMT

Author: Secondsoul

Posted: 01/26/2013 11:55

Such a great band. Would love them to sort out their differences with Peter Hook and get the original lineup back together again.

1. Ceremony
2. Sunrise
3. Leave Me Alone
4. Procession
5. Sooner Than You Think
6. Weirdo
7. Guilty Partner
8. Vicious Streak
9. Regret
10. Turn My Way

Re: Top 10 New Order Songs

Anonymous — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 06:34:48 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 01/26/2013 11:34

Weird, while I haven't digged into their discography yet, I hardly remember a time before I knew and loved Age of Consent. Glorious song, and one with a bassline easy enough for me to nail it and feel badass while doing it

Re: Top 10 New Order Songs

Anonymous — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 02:47:43 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 01/26/2013 07:47

As to the JD v NO discussion... I always thought of them as quite different despite the fact most of the members were the same! Only 'Movement' is a bit of a throw back to JD, otherwise NO developed their own style and in the area of synthpop (and the much lamented Indie dance crossover), they were groundbreaking! For that reason I don't think it is fair to keep comparing them!

I personally prefer JD for reasons I am not going to discuss on a public forum... But I have a lot of love for NO and think they have produced some amazing music! I so struggled putting that top 10 together,.. And I am certain I have forgotten some favourites!

Re: Top 10 New Order Songs

Anonymous — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 02:40:10 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 01/26/2013 07:40

Another one of Manchester's finest...

1. Temptation
2. Run 2
3. Blue Monday
4. Age of Consent
5. Thieves Like Us
6. Ceremony
7. Shellshock
8. Round & Round
9. Leave Me Alone
10. Vanishing Point

Re: Top 10 New Order Songs

Anonymous — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 00:07:41 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 01/26/2013 05:07

Power, Corruption (,) and Lies is my favo(u)rite New Order album.

Re: Top 10 New Order Songs

ptaylor1989 — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 00:00:30 GMT

Author: ptaylor1989

Posted: 01/26/2013 05:00

Joy Division reins supreme but "Leave Me Alone" is my favorite from the eighties...

I'd love to go to a club and hear Blue Monday but SA isn't ready for all that, unfortunately.

Re: Top 10 New Order Songs

Facetious — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 23:24:07 GMT

Author: Facetious

Posted: 01/26/2013 04:24

Both of Joy Division's albums (even Closer) were better than the best of New Order. There were some good moments on Substance though, they just weren't half as consistent overall (not that Joy Division were that consistent either).

Re: Top 10 New Order Songs

GeevyDallas — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:58:00 GMT

Author: GeevyDallas

Posted: 01/26/2013 02:58

I absolutely adore New Order,they stand for something I truly believe in,make something beautiful out of tragedy/laugh in the face of adversity.They combine song writing and musicianship with dancey vibes like no one else.One of the best moments in my partying/clubbing life thus far was hearing Blue Monday come on in a club for the first time,I had been a massive JD and NO fan coming up to two years at the time and never having anyone to talk to about it(wasn't into forums at the time and my mates to this day don't fuck with "that indie shit"),then seeing a packed room of people going crazy like me,I don't know it was special.I don't think I'd ever want NO not to be associated with JD,if your past is that perfect why would you want to be disassociated with it,JD are the soul of NO.

1. The Village
2. All The Way
3. Leave Me Alone
4. Blue Monday
5. Krafty
6. Vanishing Point
7. Slow Jam
8. Paradise
9. Doubts Even Here
10. Dream Attack

To post an accurate top 10 would take me way too long,anyways,I did my best and tried to span all the albums.

Re: Top 10 New Order Songs

Anonymous — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:22:15 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 01/26/2013 02:22

I personally view New Order as on par with Joy Division. Joy Division had a more consistent career, but Joy Division's discography was also less than a quarter of New Order's. I feel that I could have two albums from each band on my charts at any one time: Closer/Unknown Pleasures and Technique/Substance 1987. When it comes to songs, I enjoy more songs from New Order than Joy Division. However, I've never loved a New Order album as much as I love Closer. Both bands (JD and NO) contributed to different genres that I am currently obsessed with, namely slowcore and synthpop.

Anyways, I view New Order as more of a singles band than an album band, albeit that Corruption Power & Lies, Technique, and Substance 1987 (a "legitimate" compilation) are all great albums, and Low Life and Movement are good. I just view Joy Division as more of an album band, especially on Closer, where the last three closing songs are thematically related and the opener explicitly acknowledges that it is an opener.

On another thought, is it reasonable to always compare New Order to Joy Division? Sure, they are more or less the same people, but should the three members that continued always be haunted by their past?

Let's get a decent discussion going on in the forums again.

Re: Top 10 New Order Songs

Hayden — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:15:57 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 01/26/2013 02:15

purple wrote:

1. Leave Me Alone

Same actually. 😄 One of my favourite songs of the 80's too.

Top 10 New Order Songs

Anonymous — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:10:13 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 01/26/2013 02:10

This thread is to discuss the sterogum list (link below), create your own top 10 New Order songs, or discuss New Order in general.

e.g.
How do you think New Order albums compare to Joy Division albums?
How do you think that New Order's overall career compares to Joy Division?
What are your opinions of New Order?
etc etc

http://stereogum.com/1244332/the-10-best-new-order-songs...

My personal top 10 songs:
1. Leave Me Alone
2. Temptation
3. Ceremony
4. Thieves Like Us
5. All The Way
6. Love Less
7. Vanishing Point
8. Age Of Consent
9. Bizarre love Triangle
10. Blue Monday