New Order Top 10

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  1. Vox78

    Vox78 Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    I’ve been revisiting my love for New Order recently and feel compelled to compile my definitive top 10...eager to hear your affirmation/disgust on my choices!

    10. Lonesome Tonight

    A beautifully sloppy , throwaway performance becomes transcendent when those heartbreaking when those heavenly synths swell for the final two minutes.

    9. Regret

    Arguably their last truly great song. A perfect slice of sophisticated melancholic pop.

    8. Leave me alone

    Their most affecting ‘guitar band’ number - resigned yet defiant.

    7. Vanishing Point

    Weary comedown eurodisco with the most incisive lyrics of Sumner’s career.

    6. Age of Consent

    All 4 members get to show off here in one of the most beautifully sloppy pop songs I’ve ever heard...that bass line..that synth line. Amazing.

    5. Bizarre Love Triangle
    ( Shep Pettibone 12 inch mix )

    I defy anyone not to dance like a loved up loon to all 6 min and 42 secs of this !

    4. Blue Monday

    3. Temptation
    ( 1982 12 inch version )

    The sound of a band forging their own identity in a drunken, messy haze..and stumbling upon genius.

    2. Your Silent Face

    The sound of God’s stereo drifting through the clouds for six minutes

    1. Perfect Kiss
    ( 12 inch version )

    The album / 7 inch version would struggle to make the top 10 , but the full version is the giddy genius of a band at the absolute peak of its powers....Their Masterpiece.
     
  2. c-eling

    c-eling They're made of light,We never would have guessed

    No particular sequence-
    01-Sooner Than You Think
    02- ICB (Peel)
    03-Ultraviolence
    04-All Day Long
    05-Primitive Notion
    06-Procession
    07-Cries and Whispers
    08-Spooky
    09-Bizarre Love Triangle (Richard X 2005)
    10-Nineteen63 (Arthur Baker 95)
     
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  3. mark winstanley

    mark winstanley Certified dinosaur, who likes physical product

    My personal Favourites are
    1. Thieves Like Us 12"
    2. Shellshock 12"
    3. Love Vigilantes
    4. Perfect Kiss 12"
    5. Bizarre Love Triangle
    6. Ceremony
    7. Blue Monday (original) 12"
    8. State Of The Nation
    9. Sunrise
    10. Face Up
     
  4. Vox78

    Vox78 Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    Must check out this Richard X mix of Bizarre Love Triangle - never heard it .
     
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  5. Hush

    Hush "Fate, up against your will"

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    My word, my top 10 would change on a daily basis I reckon :laugh: but I'll have a go.

    Not in any order mind you...

    Your Silent Face
    My favourite NO tune, one of the greatest songs ever written.

    All Day Long
    An utterly glorious song. Love it.

    All The Way
    From the sublime Technique, hard to choose a favourite from that album.

    Bizarre Love Triangle
    It just has be in my top 10 hasn't it?

    Crystal
    I'm aware that Get Ready is not in most folks lists, but I like it. This is one of New Order's finest latter day moments.

    Vanishing Point
    Back to Technique. Bizarre that this wasn't a single.

    Regret
    What a return this was. One of their finest singles.

    Age Of Consent
    If push came to shove, Power,Corruption & Lies would be my best NO album. This kicks off the record perfectly.

    Sunrise
    Probably the most unlike NO track in my list. an absolute beast of a tune, barely pausing for breath.

    Plastic
    I have to include one track from their most recent album. I was so pleasantly surprised at how good Music Complete was, this one in particular blew the roof off of the Alexandra Palace last November.
     
  6. c-eling

    c-eling They're made of light,We never would have guessed

    He did a nice job on it, retains Hook's bass line and Shep's isolated vocoder vocal :)
    There's a full 12 and 7 mix of this.
     
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  7. c-eling

    c-eling They're made of light,We never would have guessed

    Nice list!
    I hear ya, with such a huge catalog it's tough to go with just 10! :laugh:
     
  8. Dave Thompson

    Dave Thompson Forum Resident

    In no particular order

    Age of Consent
    Bizarre Love Triangle
    Blue Monday
    Everything's Gone Green
    Hurt
    Love Vigilantes
    Regret
    Restless
    Temptation
    True Faith

    honorary mention for Monaco's What Do You Want From Me?
     
  9. Vox78

    Vox78 Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    Great call with ‘ All The Way’
    Inspiring lyrics and brilliant melody..it never gets the love it deserves!
     
  10. CrombyMouse

    CrombyMouse Forum Resident

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    Bizarre Love Triangle
    Here to Stay
    World in Motion
    Crystal
    Temptation
    Touched by the Hand of God
    Jetstream
    Waiting for the Sirens' Call
    60 Miles an Hour
    Ceremony
     
  11. zither

    zither Lodger

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    Not sure about 2-10, but my No.1 slot goes to Thieves Like Us. A melancholic masterpiece.
     
  12. Vox78

    Vox78 Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    Just listened to it on YouTube - WOW ...not on bloody I-Tunes of course!
    Need to get a copy of it!
     
  13. c-eling

    c-eling They're made of light,We never would have guessed

    7 can be found on the 'Waiting' (7 inch remixes) promo cd, (took me years to find that puppy) and the Waiting 7 inch single (V3) . 12 Inch is on a another promo cd- (I have no hopes in ever finding that one)
    But it can be found as well on the 'New State' 12 inch.
    Sucks they never made these commercially available as DL's
     
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  14. blaken123

    blaken123 Your Greater Tri-County CD Superstore

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    Dreams Never End
    Age of Consent
    Everything's Gone Green
    Thieves Like Us
    Face Up
    Ceremony
    Temptation
    Bizarre Love Triangle
    Blue Monday
    True Faith
     
  15. gja586

    gja586 Forum Resident

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    Excellent idea for a thread.

    I completely adore all of your choices except for the Bizarre Love Triangle remix - though I really like the original / Brotherhood album version. :)
     
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  16. drbryant

    drbryant Senior Member

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    The dullness of this list bothers me a little, but their hits are just so good, I had no room for “deep cuts”.

    1. Blue Monday
    2. Temptation
    3. Bizarre Love Triangle
    4. True Faith
    5. Regret
    6. Love Vigilantes
    7. Touched by the Hand if God
    8. Ceremony
    9. Perfect Kiss
    10. Fine Time
     
  17. hutlock

    hutlock Forever Breathing

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    Thieves Like Us
    The Perfect Kiss 12”
    Age of Consent
    Your Silent Face
    Temptation 12” (NOT the remake on Substance)
    Procession
    Regret (Sabres Slo n Lo)
    Everything’s Gone Green
    Confusion (original 12”)
    Blue Monday
     
  18. cdollaz

    cdollaz Forum Resident

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    Love Less
    World In Motion
    True Faith
    1963
    Vanishing Point
    Mr. Disco
    Run
    Touched By The Hand Of God
    Ceremony
    Regret
     
  19. DirkM

    DirkM Forum Resident

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    I tried to rank these, but it was hard enough to get it down to ten songs. In chronological order:

    Ceremony (12" version)
    Procession
    The Village
    Your Silent Face
    Sooner Than You Think
    Lonesome Tonight
    As It Is When It Was
    All Day Long
    Run
    Regret
     
  20. gja586

    gja586 Forum Resident

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    Ceremony (original 7" version)
    ICB (Peel)
    Temptation 12"
    Thieves Like Us 12"
    586
    Sunrise
    Sooner Than You Think
    The Perfect Kiss 12"
    All Day Long
    Vanishing Point

    Some of all my all-time favourite songs. :agree: :agree: :agree: :agree: :agree:

    Back in the 80s, each New Order release was a major event.
     
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  21. Snow2

    Snow2 Forum Resident

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    Sunrise
    Broken Promise
    Dreams Never End
    The Perfect Kiss 12"
    Bizarre Love Triangle
    Ceremony
    Blue Monday
    Procession
    Thieves Like Us
    Age of Consent/Elegia
     
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  22. vince

    vince Stan Ricker's son-in-law


    Just...PERFECT!
     
  23. Vox78

    Vox78 Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    Hard to discredit anything here!
    Killed me to leave ‘ True Faith’ off my own
     
  24. Minorityshareholder

    Minorityshareholder Forum Resident

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    Your Silent Face
    Leave Me Alone
    Blue Monday
    All Day Long
    True Faith
    Run
    Vanishing Point
    Turn My Way
    Slow Jam
    Academic
     
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  25. Brian Barker

    Brian Barker "No matter where you go, there you are"

    Well, at least this very moment: And I tried to pick more than just hits but dang it, even Substance got 12 songs...

    No real order, and if you ask me again tomorrow or even after lunch today I might have a near totally different selection

    1. True Faith : The song that introduced me to the band.
    2. Touched By The Hand Of God 12" : Spent the better part of 2 years trying to even hear this song. Found out about it, but couldn't find it on anything at the time (living in a
    small town in the time before the internet had tons of disadvantages).
    3. The Perfect Kiss 12"
    4. Regret
    5. As It Was When It Was
    6. Behind Closed Doors
    7. Turn My Way
    8. Ceremony
    9. The Him
    10. Here To Stay
     
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