Brotherhood (studio album) by New Order

Brotherhood by New Order
Year: 1986
Overall rank: 1,636th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 308 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1986 (23rd)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (253rd)
Award Best albums of all time (1,636th)
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New Order bestography

Brotherhood is ranked 6th best out of 31 albums by New Order on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by New Order is Power, Corruption & Lies which is ranked number 252 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,534.

New Order album bestography « Higher ranked (1,542nd) This album (1,636th) Lower ranked (3,402nd) »
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Brotherhood track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 308 votes)
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08/23/2025 18:31 RemainInLight  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 3,05436/100
 
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08/20/2025 14:44 thepardunk  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 2,48369/100
 
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05/16/2025 06:48 morphee  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 1,17584/100
 
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04/12/2025 14:08 CaptainPain  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 3,22661/100

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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.5/100, a mean average of 76.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.4.

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75/100
From 10/10/2024 11:21
Quite classic, just okay
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From 08/23/2019 20:16
75/100

Dissapointed by this albums , his past 2 albums are Excellent, cant relate to this
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Rating:  
70/100
From 03/09/2019 15:42
Best track: "Bizarre Love Triangle"
Weakest track: "Broken Promise"
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70/100
From 09/03/2018 22:54
A lot more interesting ideas than on Low-Life. They managed to stay relevant.
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90/100
From 04/05/2018 15:32
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?
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Rating:  
85/100
From 01/08/2018 00:02
I also really dislike the production on this album (especially the 1st side)...Just feel some of these songs would have sounded a lot better with a lighter touch and had they been allowed to breathe a bit. BLT is of course Majestic.
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From 04/17/2016 20:25
Really good hidden (and not so hidden) gems on this album. Personally, I like All Day Long the best, but opinions can differ. Anyways it's a good album. One of New Order's best.
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75/100
From 06/10/2015 11:44
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.
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90/100
From 01/25/2015 20:21
This is a wonderful record from New Order! I wonder why this one hasn't got more recognition?
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