Oh, you've got green eyes Oh, you've got blue eyes Oh, you've got Poll eyes: NEW ORDER Artist poll #37 (voting ends May 26 Midnight Pacific)

no that would be "Guilty Partner" -- terrible chorus.

however parasites and LITERASITES they burn me if they can

"Turn My Way" is great! And I might put "Rock the Shack" onto my ballot just for kicks.

The way I see it everyone gets to have at least one or two "dumb" songs on their ballot without getting flamed by the rest of the board, i.e. POO Rock the Shack, Every Little Counts, etc.

no that would be "Guilty Partner" -- terrible chorus.

otm ... by far

xp no, that would be love less, run or mr disco. technique is so overrated. it has a shitty title, a horrible cover and lots of inferior songs. only all the way and dream attack save it from being one of the weakest no album.

albums

"Love Less" is terrible? "Run" is terrible? I suppose you rock the shack.

literasites!

Barney's lyrics are in such a strange space of their own. Good and bad fail me.

they'll burn you if they can

nothing special those two, new order on auto-pilot. i am sure there are lots of people who like that kind of stuff, i don't though. the end of my shack is the end of my world.

xp

i'm not going to lecture you with poetry

Both 'All The Way' and 'Guilty Partner' made it onto my ballot. I'm not going to give away any more of my ballot spoilers though... bring on the results! :D

dunno how "New Order on auto pilot" can ever be terrible when the alternative is "New Order and no pilot."

OK, I ranked the bottom 25 songs on my ballot now I somehow need to rank the top 15 ... damn you New Order and all your great songs I couldn't stop listening to all throughout high school.

"Guilty Partner" rules, especially the chorus

this dissent is awesome

hope i'm not the only one that votes for Murder, Steve's galloping drumming sounding v much like Closer era JD

I vehemently disagree about "Age of Consent" not being separable from its arrangement

― they are either militarists (ugh) or kangaroos (?) (DJP), Tuesday, 21 May 2013 20:59 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

xpost. I would be interested to see if anyone has covered it with a different arrangement

xp no, that would be love less, run or mr disco. technique is so overrated. it has a shitty title, a horrible cover and lots of inferior songs. only all the way and dream attack save it from being one of the weakest no album.

― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan)

Lies! Technique is one of the five best albums ever released. What about Vanishing Point? Round & Round? Fine Time is probably my least favourite song on there just because it doesn't really fit with the other songs that well, on it's own it's still a 9/10 though.

been really enjoying Brutal lately, think I was expecting too much when it came out oh shit it cannot be 13 years ago

in the pre-Napster days I bought The Beach soundtrack just to own "Brutal."

Forgot all about that song, I have it on the Retro box set but that really doesn't get a lot of plays. They should have put it on Get Ready really, if only there was a song on there they could have easily got rid of..

'Age Of Consent' is what, two chords, a vocal melody and a keyboard hook? There's a lot you could do with those three elements.

I would rather rock the shack than show off my love technique.

La Lechera mentioned above that she couldn't locate the ballad in 'Age Of Consent'... on a similar tack, I'm struggling to locate the logic and reasoning in much of what alex in mainhattan is posting here :/

Fwiw, Technique is hands down my favourite New Order album... to me it's their absolute peak and their best beginning-to-end full length. Stacks up very well against any "classic album" you could possibly name, too, in my very humble opinion.

Fine Time is probably my least favourite song on there just because it doesn't really fit with the other songs that well

"Fine Time" is awesome and they should have made an entire album of songs like that.

I think 'Fine Time' is a brilliant opening statement, tbh... maybe if it was placed in the middle of the album it would stick out like a sore thumb, but because it's at the beginning its not as noticeable, I think.

was Technique always loved? Depends where you're from. When I discovered New Order in '91 it was immediately my favorite album, the likes of Rolling Stone championed Low Life, a consensus that stood for years. Meanwhile reading English mags in the early nineties the album was already canonized.

fine time is a fine opener.

Was it decided whether "Substance" counts as an album for the albums voting?

hope i'm not the only one that votes for Murder, Steve's galloping drumming sounding v much like Closer era JD

fyi you are not the only one voting for "Murder"

was Technique always loved? Depends where you're from. When I discovered New Order in '91 it was immediately my favorite album, the likes of Rolling Stone championed Low Life, a consensus that stood for years. Meanwhile reading English mags in the early nineties the album was already canonized.

― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn)

Technique and Low-Life both appeared in NME's best albums of all time list in 93. A few years later Melody Maker did an albums list that placed both those albums in similar positions. I always thought these were their two most popular albums but these days it feels like Power, Corruption & Lies has edged out Low-Life.

really? to me pcl together with brotherhood always seemed the weakest of all of their albums.

I always thought Brotherhood was seen as the weakest of their 80's albums, PCL has always had a big following I thought?

I'm not as fond of Brotherhood as I am some of their other albums... but hang on, it has 'Bizarre Love Triangle' on it! And this gorgeous slab of beauty which of course I'm not suggesting anyone vote for*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxgtkhPMT2Q

*(this may be a fib)

Was it decided whether "Substance" counts as an album for the albums voting?

― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 21 May 2013 23:58

I voted for it.

Yes, I'm still getting my ballot in order, but that song ('All Day Long') was an automatic inclusion.

I really can't hear the usual charm in a lot of the Brotherhood tracks. It leaves me a little cold.

*not All Day Long or BLT.

Technique was always pretty much adored since day one iirc. NME had a rave, MM had that infamous Chris Roberts review
(http://internettr✧✧✧.com/users/aldgate_e✧✧✧@utopi✧✧✧.d✧/techn.html) even Smash Hits gave it 9/10.

it went to number 1 in the UK, also it had an amazing TV advert

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjpCr8wh6zE

Substance is not an album. Singles is not an album. The Best of is not an album. 81/82 EP is the best single disc they've every released but it's not an album.

I love the sound of Brotherhood, what Andrew Harrison in a '93 Select reassessment called "the bass of Hook, hungover" over something.

Brotherhood is a good album but Low-Life and Technique are so perfect, it just doesn't compare. Along with Bizarre Love Triangle and All Day Long, Paradise is my other favourite on there. I do have a soft spot for Every Second Counts, more for the comedy value though.

I obviously mean Every Little Counts.

Substance is the first New Order album I fell in love with. That is why I voted for it.

Notable comps have always counted on these polls. If enough people vote for it, it counts.

Brotherhood really does work best on vinyl. The sides are sequenced well and the CDs all sound extra harsh to me. I've grown to love Brotherhood over the years but it still only placed 4th on my list.

I voted for ten albums Substance and then the eight studio albums plus Lost Sirens (spoiler alert that was not at the higher end of my list) I just figured Bee could decide what was allowed to be included.

My New Order ballot will probably look like my Fall ballot: Little to nothing released after 1990. They just lost me after Technique. I tried to listen to Get Ready while working on my ballot and nothing is really sticking. Are there any standout tracks on the last three or so albums?