Brotherhood
by New Order
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New Order bestography
Brotherhood is ranked 6th best out of 32 albums by New Order on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by New Order is Power, Corruption & Lies which is ranked number 247 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,342.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Brotherhood track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
Brotherhood rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 37/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | christosbakas | Top 90 Greatest Music Albums | 18/90 | 81 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 89 Music Albums of 1986 | 18/89 | 4 |
| 2026 | pjr428 | Top 31 Music Albums of 1986 | 20/31 | 2 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 58 Music Albums of 1986 | 19/58 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 92 Music Albums of 1986 | 41/92 | 3 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 17 Music Albums of 1986 | 2/17 | 5 |
| 2026 |  O.T. | Top 48 Music Albums of 1986 | 19/48 | 3 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 10/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | JamesMowbray | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 25/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 258 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,042 | |||
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Brotherhood ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/28/2026 02:47 | Melway94 | 118 | 83/100 |
| ! | 08/07/2026 17:39 | bonnequestion | 1,713 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/29/2026 19:13 |  serpico | 914 | 85/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.7/100, a mean average of 77.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.4.
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Brotherhood forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/07/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5428): By ExTeaSeaView latest topic →
pedro1976 06/23/2026 06:22 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
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Brotherhood comments
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Nobodyisemo 05/03/2016 14:59 | #165105 | TOP COMMENT
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This album is incredibly bloated. It's very hard to listen to because the songs are so over-filled with musical ideas. It'd be a great pop/electronic rock album if they'd removed a few overdubs from each track. Don't get me wrong, it's all there, it's all catchy and pretty, but it gives me a headache.
HoldenM TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/05/2018 15:32 | #212345 | TOP COMMENT
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God, Brotherhood is so well-written that, yeah, the production is a bit muddy, but track-for-track, it's incredibly solid. Weirdly, the best and most famous song from the record "Bizarre Love Triangle" doesn't really fit, but who am I to argue with a great track?
A very wobbly album, especially the first side. Side two does its best to redeem things as "Bizzare Love Triangle", "All Day Long", and "Every Little Counts" are all strong tracks.
Just a notch below "low life" , but still a solid album, with the kick ass
Bizarre love triangle in the. Mix . Not bad
This is a wonderful record from New Order! I wonder why this one hasn't got more recognition?
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