Power, Corruption & Lies
by New Order
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Power, Corruption & Lies is ranked as the best album by New Order.
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Power, Corruption & Lies track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Power, Corruption & Lies rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Taka | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 6/100 | 19 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 27/100 | 15 |
| 2026 |  junodog4 | Top 20 Music Albums of 1983 | 18/20 | 1 |
| 2026 | Rivera | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 76/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | Drbassexpert24 | Top 46 Music Albums of the 1980s | 37/46 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Pastiche | Top 21 Music Albums of 1983 | 4/21 | 4 |
| 2026 | Siromynian | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 67/100 | 7 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 68 Music Albums of 1983 | 6/68 | 5 |
| 2026 | araidernomore | Top 30 Music Albums of the 1980s | 8/30 | 15 |
| 2026 |  Keatownrodriguez | My Favorite Albums From Every Year | 15/58 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 816 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 6,253 | |||
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Power, Corruption & Lies ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/26/2026 23:43 | dsavard | 680 | 77/100 |
| ! | 09/01/2026 15:24 | AndyLish79 | 505 | 81/100 |
| ! | 08/28/2026 02:47 | Melway94 | 118 | 83/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 81.3/100, a mean average of 80.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.0.
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Power, Corruption & Lies forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 45 hours ago in Monthly overall chart movements - September 2026 BestEverAlbums 3 days ago in Chart of the day (#5452): By LittleM1971 BestEverAlbums 09/25/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5446): By RasmVPower, Corruption & Lies comments
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PsychologistHD 08/29/2015 21:53 | #148829 | TOP COMMENT
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I wear a shirt with this album cover on it and it's made me more than a few friends. (Edited)
Out of the ashes of Joy Division came New Order in possibly the most impressive musical reinvention to move seamlessly from cult to (night)club darlings. Its an auspicious beginning as they define the synth pop dynamic for the 1980s.
The most ripped off album of the decade. Though the sound is dominated by synthesizers Bernard Sumner's melodic and decidedly subdued singing and guitar playing ensured that this record would be the most human synth pop album of the era. Sumner may not have been anywhere near as mesmerizing as the great Ian Curtis, but New Order was never about that. New Order were the picture perfect team playing group. A group in which each member was never above passing the ball and no one member ever dominated an entire song.
Highlights: Age of Consent, 586, Your Silent Face, Leave Me Alone
The perfect transition from Joy Division into New Order... regardless of whether you mentally include Blue Monday and The Beach or not. I include them because I'm an American and they are on the album I own.
meccalecca TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/15/2013 15:14 | #68415 | TOP COMMENT
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As much as I love Joy Division, Power, Corruption And Lies is so good that it almost justifies Ian Curtis' death.
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