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Track Listings
| 1. Dreams Never End |
| 2. Truth |
| 3. Senses |
| 4. Chosen Time |
| 5. Icb |
| 6. The Him |
| 7. Doubts Even Here |
| 8. Denial |
Product Description
STANDARD EDITION : Debut 1981 album ... their first post-Joy Division! Includes "Dreams Never End" and "ICB".
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
By now you know the story; death of I.C., birth of New Order, and all that. Yes, this is the first New Order album, but if you are seeking the New Order sound so familiar to most this is not where to look. However, if you are a devout Joy Division/Section 25/Crispy Ambulance fan as am I, I do believe you will love this record (as do I). Listen closely (or perhaps not that closely) and Ian Curtis is audible on several tracks. Barney is not bad at all at capturing the Curtis-type crooning. Also noteworthy is the fantastic intermingling of synth and guitar, here in inchoate form, later to become the quintesence of New Order. But make no mistake, this album is not a get-up and dance/feel-good/perfect kiss/Blue Monday affair. The fact is this album is fairly dark, and considering its history, captures the mood of the events that surround it. To this effect it is both brooding and mournful, and yet remotely hopeful and expectant. True, this might be a projection, but it is hard to take this album out of context.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I can't understand most of the criticism of this album by fans. I've been a fan of New Order for over 10 years and this album isn't their worst in my opinion. Their poorest effort would have to be 'Brotherhood'.
I believe the reasons for the doubts about this album stem from the fact that the band had just been forced into a new direction, they were unsure, stuck between staying the same for their fans in their JD days or moving on. The press expected too much as did fans. This was a band in transition and the shows that.
The dark mood and lyrics are still there but notice the beginning of a much more electronic sound. The signs are there for the future. Maybe the new electronic sound unsettled fans, that would be a reason for their criticism.
The opener 'Dreams Never End' is brilliant, a powerful backbeat with strong guitars.
There are moments where the band seem unsure of where to go and just add more atmospherics and guitars, but from a group in change I think this was a great effort.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
bernard will be hotter than solar flares later. right now he is like an iceberg . cooler than the moon of pluto . what a debut. timeless. yeah. forever. yeah. goodbye joy division. hello new order.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Not a band in transition but something special on its own
This album keeps being called a transition album however thats with the benefit of hindsight.. when I first heard it it blew me away,, the combination of emotional and... Read more
Published 1 month ago by mog
Gloomy bridge between Joy Division and New Order
New Order's first album, released in 1981 after the abrupt end of Joy Division, tends not to be mentioned much when New Order are discussed. Read more
Published on 24 April 2010 by klaher
feeling
new orders true career charts from this in '81 through to Technique in '89, the rest is nostalgia - from both ours and
the bands perspective. Read more
the bands perspective. Read more
Published on 10 Oct 2005
The ghost of Ian Curtis lived on in their souls
This has been unfairly treated as the band's worst album which I think would be more suited to their most recent album , Get Ready . Read more
Published on 27 July 2002
Inconsistent first album overshadowed by Ian Curtis' death
'Movement' was the first New Order album, and it had a tough act to follow - Joy Division's final album, 'Closer', was probably the finest LP of the 1980s. Read more
Published on 30 April 2000 by gareth@buckell26.freeserve.co.uk
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