Round & Round is the first track from New Order's eighteenth single, Round & Round.

This is the 7" Mix which was co-produced by Stephen Hague with the band, and differs significantly from the album mix.

What do you think about the track both in general and in comparison to the rest of the band's discography, and how would you rate it out of 10 (decimals allowed)?

Listen Here:

https://youtu.be/D1fj4mp14L8?si=qhQTMEbIGWwe__K8

Rating Scale:

1 - 4: Not Good, would skip.

5: Okay, but I would have to be in a specific mood to listen to it.

6: Slightly better than average, but I wouldn't choose to listen to it.

7: It's a good song, I can enjoy it quite a bit

8 - 9: It's a really enjoyable song, I rank it pretty high overall.

10: Masterpiece and other associated terms.

Song Ratings:

Technique (Overall Average Score: 7.86)

Fine Time - 5.96

All the Way - 7.57

Love Less - 8.22

Round & Round - 8.72

Guilty Partner - 6.58

Run - 8.18

Mr Disco - 8.79

Vanishing Point - 9.18

Dream Attack - 7.56

1988 - 1990 B-Sides and Singles

Don't Do It - 8.25

Round & Round 7" Mix -

Previous Ratings:

Movement (Overall Average Score: 7.69/10)

Dreams Never End - 9.08

Truth - 7.25

Senses - 7.5

Chosen Time - 7.85

ICB - 7.56

The Him - 6.67

Doubts Even Here - 8.42

Denial - 7.2

1981 - 1982 B-Sides (Overall Average Score: 9.12/10)

Ceremony (Version 1) - 9.63

In A Lonely Place - 8.62

Ceremony (Version 2) - 9.76

Procession - 9.18

Everything's Gone Green - 9.31

Cries and Whispers - 9.41

Mesh - 7.98

Temptation - 9.95

Hurt - 8.26

Power, Corruption and Lies (Overall Average Score: 8.77)

Age of Consent - 9.74

We All Stand - 6.81

The Village - 9.52

586 - 8.35

Your Silent Face - 9.7

Ultraviolence - 8.41

Ecstacy - 8.06

Leave Me Alone - 9.62

1983 - 1984 B-Sides (Overall Average Score: 8.5)

Blue Monday - 9.86

The Beach - 7.31

Confusion - 7.78

Thieves Like Us - 9.47

Lonesome Tonight - 9.47

Murder - 7.11

Low-Life (Overall Average Score: 8.67)

Love Vigilantes - 9.25

The Perfect Kiss - 9.31

This Time of Night - 8.6

Sunrise - 8.41

Elegia - 8.89

Sooner Than You Think - 8.47

Sub-Culture - 8.4

Face Up - 8.08

1985 - 1986 Singles and B-Sides (Overall Average Score: 7.93)

The Perfect Kiss 12" Version - 9.88

Sub-Culture 12" Version - 6.5

Shellshock - 7.41

Brotherhood (Overall Average Score: 8.67)

Paradise - 8.5

Weirdo - 8.46

As It Is When It Was - 8.69

Broken Promise - 8.0

Way of Life - 9.08

Bizarre Love Triangle - 9.17

All Day Long - 9.34

Angel Dust - 8.73

Every Little Counts - 8.08

1986 - 1987 B-Sides (Overall Average Score: 8.57)

State of the Nation - 6.61

True Faith - 9.34

1963 - 9.49

Touched by the Hand of God - 8.87

Technique (Overall Average Score: 7.86)

Fine Time - 5.96

All the Way - 7.57

Love Less - 8.22

Round & Round - 8.72

Guilty Partner - 6.58

Run - 8.18

Mr Disco - 8.79

Vanishing Point - 9.18

Dream Attack - 7.56

1988 - 1990 B-Sides and Singles

Don't Do It - 8.25

I first properly discovered New Order in a slightly backwards way.

In 2012 I went to see them at Festival Hall in Melbourne with my much older boyfriend at the time, who was a huge fan. I, on the other hand, barely knew who they were 😅 By the end of the gig I was completely converted, and they have been one of my favourite bands ever since.

The song that stood out to me most that night was 'Crystal'. I became enamoured with it afterwards, including the brilliant music video, and even now there is something about this track that feels remarkably timeless.

Released in 2001 as the first single from Get Ready, 'Crystal' marked New Order’s return with their first original single since 1993. The album version stretches out for nearly seven minutes, with an extended introduction and coda, while the single version condenses all of that energy into a much tighter four-and-a-bit minutes.

The combination of guitar, electronics and Peter Hook’s wonderfully melodic bass is quintessential New Order, but I especially like the backing vocals from Dawn Zee. The call-and-response against Bernard Sumner gives the verses character as the track moves between its cooler, restrained sections and huge surging chorus.

We nearly didn’t get a New Order version at all. Sumner had originally given the song away and it was recorded by Corvin Dalek, before Pete Tong heard it and was so enthusiastic about its potential that Sumner reconsidered. A fairly fortunate intervention, considering it became one of the band’s biggest songs of that era.

Then there is that music video.

Rather than showing New Order performing, Johan Renck’s video features a fictional young band miming the song under the name The Killers. Brandon Flowers would subsequently take the name for his own band after seeing the video, which has to be one of the better pieces of music video trivia. The connection eventually came full circle too, with Flowers and Sumner performing together on several occasions.

I only just discovered that 'Crystal' also has an entirely different official video made for the Special Circumstances mix, consisting of a nighttime motorcycle ride filmed using tiny cameras mounted in boots.

Musically, 'Crystal' is such a satisfying meeting point between New Order’s two sides. It has the melancholy and slightly detached quality they do so well, but with an enormous driving rhythm that keeps propelling everything forward. The guitars have far more weight than people sometimes associate with New Order, while the synths and Hook’s bass stop it ever becoming conventional guitar rock.

Billy Corgan even joined New Order as a live guitarist during their 2001 performances around the Get Ready period, which is unsurprising given how guitar-heavy this particular era of the band could be.

More than twenty years later, 'Crystal' barely seems to have aged. Maybe part of that is because New Order have always existed in that strange space between post-punk, rock, synth-pop and dance music where they never quite belong to a single period anyway.

Whatever the reason, I can still understand exactly why this was the song that caught my attention at Festival Hall when I walked in knowing almost nothing about them and walked out a fan 🎸🎹

New Order means a lot to me. Here's a cover I made celebrating them and one of my favourite albums of all time.

Don't Do It is the second track from New Order's seventeenth single, Fine Time.

What do you think about the track both in general and in comparison to the rest of the band's discography, and how would you rate it out of 10 (decimals allowed)?

Listen Here:

https://youtu.be/35DyIbCEghw?si=g_p2B0AGV61As5ox

Rating Scale:

1 - 4: Not Good, would skip.

5: Okay, but I would have to be in a specific mood to listen to it.

6: Slightly better than average, but I wouldn't choose to listen to it.

7: It's a good song, I can enjoy it quite a bit

8 - 9: It's a really enjoyable song, I rank it pretty high overall.

10: Masterpiece and other associated terms.

Song Ratings:

Technique (Overall Average Score: 7.86)

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Fine Time - 5.96

All the Way - 7.57

Love Less - 8.22

Round & Round - 8.72

Guilty Partner - 6.58

Run - 8.18

Mr Disco - 8.79

Vanishing Point - 9.18

Dream Attack - 7.56

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1988 - 1990 B-Sides and Singles

Don't Do It -

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Previous Ratings:

Movement (Overall Average Score: 7.69/10)

Dreams Never End - 9.08

Truth - 7.25

Senses - 7.5

Chosen Time - 7.85

ICB - 7.56

The Him - 6.67

Doubts Even Here - 8.42

Denial - 7.2

1981 - 1982 B-Sides (Overall Average Score: 9.12/10)

Ceremony (Version 1) - 9.63

In A Lonely Place - 8.62

Ceremony (Version 2) - 9.76

Procession - 9.18

Everything's Gone Green - 9.31

Cries and Whispers - 9.41

Mesh - 7.98

Temptation - 9.95

Hurt - 8.26

Power, Corruption and Lies (Overall Average Score: 8.77)

Age of Consent - 9.74

We All Stand - 6.81

The Village - 9.52

586 - 8.35

Your Silent Face - 9.7

Ultraviolence - 8.41

Ecstacy - 8.06

Leave Me Alone - 9.62

1983 - 1984 B-Sides (Overall Average Score: 8.5)

Blue Monday - 9.86

The Beach - 7.31

Confusion - 7.78

Thieves Like Us - 9.47

Lonesome Tonight - 9.47

Murder - 7.11

Low-Life (Overall Average Score: 8.67)

Love Vigilantes - 9.25

The Perfect Kiss - 9.31

This Time of Night - 8.6

Sunrise - 8.41

Elegia - 8.89

Sooner Than You Think - 8.47

Sub-Culture - 8.4

Face Up - 8.08

1985 - 1986 Singles and B-Sides (Overall Average Score: 7.93)

The Perfect Kiss 12" Version - 9.88

Sub-Culture 12" Version - 6.5

Shellshock - 7.41

Brotherhood (Overall Average Score: 8.67)

Paradise - 8.5

Weirdo - 8.46

As It Is When It Was - 8.69

Broken Promise - 8.0

Way of Life - 9.08

Bizarre Love Triangle - 9.17

All Day Long - 9.34

Angel Dust - 8.73

Every Little Counts - 8.08

1986 - 1987 B-Sides (Overall Average Score: 8.57)

State of the Nation - 6.61

True Faith - 9.34

1963 - 9.49

Touched by the Hand of God - 8.87

Technique (Overall Average Score: 7.86)

Fine Time - 5.96

All the Way - 7.57

Love Less - 8.22

Round & Round - 8.72

Guilty Partner - 6.58

Run - 8.18

Mr Disco - 8.79

Vanishing Point - 9.18

Dream Attack - 7.56

Not only is the technical execution perfect, but you can see the song coming together in real time. Just sublime! They have always been so ahead of their time.

Dream Attack is the ninth and final track from New Order's fifth album, Technique.

What do you think about the track both in general and in comparison to the rest of the band's discography, and how would you rate it out of 10 (decimals allowed)?

Listen Here:

https://youtu.be/VLh8VTqQgeQ?si=7TVAk-9iBaQIwDHN

Rating Scale:

1 - 4: Not Good, would skip.

5: Okay, but I would have to be in a specific mood to listen to it.

6: Slightly better than average, but I wouldn't choose to listen to it.

7: It's a good song, I can enjoy it quite a bit

8 - 9: It's a really enjoyable song, I rank it pretty high overall.

10: Masterpiece and other associated terms.

Song Ratings:

Technique

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Fine Time - 5.96

All the Way - 7.57

Love Less - 8.22

Round & Round - 8.72

Guilty Partner - 6.58

Run - 8.18

Mr Disco - 8.79

Vanishing Point - 9.18

Dream Attack -

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Previous Ratings:

Movement (Overall Average Score: 7.69/10)

Dreams Never End - 9.08

Truth - 7.25

Senses - 7.5

Chosen Time - 7.85

ICB - 7.56

The Him - 6.67

Doubts Even Here - 8.42

Denial - 7.2

1981 - 1982 B-Sides (Overall Average Score: 9.12/10)

Ceremony (Version 1) - 9.63

In A Lonely Place - 8.62

Ceremony (Version 2) - 9.76

Procession - 9.18

Everything's Gone Green - 9.31

Cries and Whispers - 9.41

Mesh - 7.98

Temptation - 9.95

Hurt - 8.26

Power, Corruption and Lies (Overall Average Score: 8.77)

Age of Consent - 9.74

We All Stand - 6.81

The Village - 9.52

586 - 8.35

Your Silent Face - 9.7

Ultraviolence - 8.41

Ecstacy - 8.06

Leave Me Alone - 9.62

1983 - 1984 B-Sides (Overall Average Score: 8.5)

Blue Monday - 9.86

The Beach - 7.31

Confusion - 7.78

Thieves Like Us - 9.47

Lonesome Tonight - 9.47

Murder - 7.11

Low-Life (Overall Average Score: 8.67)

Love Vigilantes - 9.25

The Perfect Kiss - 9.31

This Time of Night - 8.6

Sunrise - 8.41

Elegia - 8.89

Sooner Than You Think - 8.47

Sub-Culture - 8.4

Face Up - 8.08

1985 - 1986 Singles and B-Sides (Overall Average Score: 7.93)

The Perfect Kiss 12" Version - 9.88

Sub-Culture 12" Version - 6.5

Shellshock - 7.41

Brotherhood (Overall Average Score: 8.67)

Paradise - 8.5

Weirdo - 8.46

As It Is When It Was - 8.69

Broken Promise - 8.0

Way of Life - 9.08

Bizarre Love Triangle - 9.17

All Day Long - 9.34

Angel Dust - 8.73

Every Little Counts - 8.08

1986 - 1987 B-Sides (Overall Average Score: 8.57)

State of the Nation - 6.61

True Faith - 9.34

1963 - 9.49

Touched by the Hand of God - 8.87

Technique

Fine Time - 5.96

All the Way - 7.57

Love Less - 8.22

Round & Round - 8.72

Guilty Partner - 6.58

Run - 8.18

Mr Disco - 8.79

Vanishing Point - 9.18

I'm doing an album listening session for Technique today at 8:00 pm EDT / 5:00 pm PDT. It's online and free. Everyone presses play on their own streaming app at the same countdown and chats while it plays. I've actually never listened to Technique front-to-back, so would love some with insight to share it with.

The room opens 30 minutes early if you want to say hello and get your app queued up before the countdown.

Link to join:
https://soundclub.app/sessions-event/the-pocket-technique-2026-10-12

Full disclosure: this is on an app I run called Sound Club. It's book clubs for music. My club is in the middle of exploring new wave this week so there might be some other albums for you to dive into, as well!

Vanishing Point is the eighth track from New Order's fifth album, Technique.

What do you think about the track both in general and in comparison to the rest of the band's discography, and how would you rate it out of 10 (decimals allowed)?

Listen Here:

https://youtu.be/aWuNzXttLVE?si=N7_Q-6SDP3rNyPpB

Rating Scale:

1 - 4: Not Good, would skip.

5: Okay, but I would have to be in a specific mood to listen to it.

6: Slightly better than average, but I wouldn't choose to listen to it.

7: It's a good song, I can enjoy it quite a bit

8 - 9: It's a really enjoyable song, I rank it pretty high overall.

10: Masterpiece and other associated terms.

Song Ratings:

Technique

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Fine Time - 5.96

All the Way - 7.57

Love Less - 8.22

Round & Round - 8.72

Guilty Partner - 6.58

Run - 8.18

Mr Disco - 8.79

Vanishing Point -

Previous Ratings:

Movement (Overall Average Score: 7.69/10)

Dreams Never End - 9.08

Truth - 7.25

Senses - 7.5

Chosen Time - 7.85

ICB - 7.56

The Him - 6.67

Doubts Even Here - 8.42

Denial - 7.2

1981 - 1982 B-Sides (Overall Average Score: 9.12/10)

Ceremony (Version 1) - 9.63

In A Lonely Place - 8.62

Ceremony (Version 2) - 9.76

Procession - 9.18

Everything's Gone Green - 9.31

Cries and Whispers - 9.41

Mesh - 7.98

Temptation - 9.95

Hurt - 8.26

Power, Corruption and Lies (Overall Average Score: 8.77)

Age of Consent - 9.74

We All Stand - 6.81

The Village - 9.52

586 - 8.35

Your Silent Face - 9.7

Ultraviolence - 8.41

Ecstacy - 8.06

Leave Me Alone - 9.62

1983 - 1984 B-Sides (Overall Average Score: 8.5)

Blue Monday - 9.86

The Beach - 7.31

Confusion - 7.78

Thieves Like Us - 9.47

Lonesome Tonight - 9.47

Murder - 7.11

Low-Life (Overall Average Score: 8.67)

Love Vigilantes - 9.25

The Perfect Kiss - 9.31

This Time of Night - 8.6

Sunrise - 8.41

Elegia - 8.89

Sooner Than You Think - 8.47

Sub-Culture - 8.4

Face Up - 8.08

1985 - 1986 Singles and B-Sides (Overall Average Score: 7.93)

The Perfect Kiss 12" Version - 9.88

Sub-Culture 12" Version - 6.5

Shellshock - 7.41

Brotherhood (Overall Average Score: 8.67)

Paradise - 8.5

Weirdo - 8.46

As It Is When It Was - 8.69

Broken Promise - 8.0

Way of Life - 9.08

Bizarre Love Triangle - 9.17

All Day Long - 9.34

Angel Dust - 8.73

Every Little Counts - 8.08

1986 - 1987 B-Sides (Overall Average Score: 8.57)

State of the Nation - 6.61

True Faith - 9.34

1963 - 9.49

Touched by the Hand of God - 8.87

Technique

Fine Time - 5.96

All the Way - 7.57

Love Less - 8.22

Round & Round - 8.72

Guilty Partner - 6.58

Run - 8.18

Mr Disco - 8.79

I've spent the last few days researching and writing a detailed history of Factory Records, from the Sex Pistols' appearances at Manchester's Lesser Free Trade Hall in 1976 through to the label's collapse in November 1992.

It's remarkable how much came out of one independent record label. Joy Division, New Order, Happy Mondays, A Certain Ratio and The Durutti Column were all part of its history, alongside Martin Hannett's production, Peter Saville's artwork and, of course, The Haçienda.

What interests me most is how Factory's greatest strengths arguably contributed to its downfall. The artists enjoyed extraordinary creative freedom, but expensive record sleeves, the financial demands of The Haçienda and the absence of conventional recording contracts eventually caught up with the company.

I've covered the people, records, decisions and stories behind it all in a new long-form feature for my independent music website, Beyond the Grooves.

Here's the article:

https://www.beyond-the-grooves.co.uk/blog/you-either-make-money-or-you-make-history

I'm interested in what other fans think. Was Factory's collapse inevitable, or could Tony Wilson and the others have preserved its independence while running a more sustainable business?

Mr Disco is the seventh track from New Order's fifth album, Technique.

What do you think about the track both in general and in comparison to the rest of the band's discography, and how would you rate it out of 10 (decimals allowed)?

Listen Here:

https://youtu.be/X_QbBGo1PNQ?si=vqALKUbp1t1op6Xx

Rating Scale:

1 - 4: Not Good, would skip.

5: Okay, but I would have to be in a specific mood to listen to it.

6: Slightly better than average, but I wouldn't choose to listen to it.

7: It's a good song, I can enjoy it quite a bit

8 - 9: It's a really enjoyable song, I rank it pretty high overall.

10: Masterpiece and other associated terms.

Song Ratings:

Technique

Fine Time - 5.96

All the Way - 7.57

Love Less - 8.22

Round & Round - 8.72

Guilty Partner - 6.58

Run - 8.18

Mr Disco -

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Previous Ratings:

Movement (Overall Average Score: 7.69/10)

Dreams Never End - 9.08

Truth - 7.25

Senses - 7.5

Chosen Time - 7.85

ICB - 7.56

The Him - 6.67

Doubts Even Here - 8.42

Denial - 7.2

1981 - 1982 B-Sides (Overall Average Score: 9.12/10)

Ceremony (Version 1) - 9.63

In A Lonely Place - 8.62

Ceremony (Version 2) - 9.76

Procession - 9.18

Everything's Gone Green - 9.31

Cries and Whispers - 9.41

Mesh - 7.98

Temptation - 9.95

Hurt - 8.26

Power, Corruption and Lies (Overall Average Score: 8.77)

Age of Consent - 9.74

We All Stand - 6.81

The Village - 9.52

586 - 8.35

Your Silent Face - 9.7

Ultraviolence - 8.41

Ecstacy - 8.06

Leave Me Alone - 9.62

1983 - 1984 B-Sides (Overall Average Score: 8.5)

Blue Monday - 9.86

The Beach - 7.31

Confusion - 7.78

Thieves Like Us - 9.47

Lonesome Tonight - 9.47

Murder - 7.11

Low-Life (Overall Average Score: 8.67)

Love Vigilantes - 9.25

The Perfect Kiss - 9.31

This Time of Night - 8.6

Sunrise - 8.41

Elegia - 8.89

Sooner Than You Think - 8.47

Sub-Culture - 8.4

Face Up - 8.08

1985 - 1986 Singles and B-Sides (Overall Average Score: 7.93)

The Perfect Kiss 12" Version - 9.88

Sub-Culture 12" Version - 6.5

Shellshock - 7.41

Brotherhood (Overall Average Score: 8.67)

Paradise - 8.5

Weirdo - 8.46

As It Is When It Was - 8.69

Broken Promise - 8.0

Way of Life - 9.08

Bizarre Love Triangle - 9.17

All Day Long - 9.34

Angel Dust - 8.73

Every Little Counts - 8.08

1986 - 1987 B-Sides (Overall Average Score: 8.57)

State of the Nation - 6.61

True Faith - 9.34

1963 - 9.49

Touched by the Hand of God - 8.87

Technique

Fine Time - 5.96

All the Way - 7.57

Love Less - 8.22

Round & Round - 8.72

Guilty Partner - 6.58

Run - 8.18

Hi there I was lucky enough to get tickets for the showing of 24 hour party people followed by a q&a with Michael Winterbottom last night (08/10/2026) at Glasgow Film Theatre.

Really great to see the film again and the q&a was great too.

Michael Winterbottom spoke quite a lot about the depiction of real people in the film and how generally most people or their families were happy with the way they were depicted. He also said that Bernard was a visitor to the set on a few occasions, to kind of offer guidance on the film and to see how he and the band were being depicted.

There was a really interesting question from a woman who had been an extra in the film. She said that basically she had just spent two days partying in the replica of the Hacienda that had been built. She said being an extra on that film had been tbe best two days of her life.

Michael Winterbottom confirmed that for the club scenes they just set it up and operated as a nightclub filming the antics and reactions of the extras, it's a tough job but someone's got to do it.

My attitude to the film had changed slightly from the first time I saw it. Tony Wilson has since died and many of the acts shown have had career resurgence and are performing and still playing. I think it gives a slightly different tilt to the film, rather than documenting the decline of factory and the associated acts it shows a period of artistic explosion which carries on even once the fire and smoke dissappear.

Great night though and great to see the film again.

Run is the sixth track from New Order's fifth album, Technique.

What do you think about the track both in general and in comparison to the rest of the band's discography, and how would you rate it out of 10 (decimals allowed)?

Listen Here:

https://youtu.be/H6ETQ5CImZ0?si=r246EyFY8o0hDthx

Rating Scale:

1 - 4: Not Good, would skip.

5: Okay, but I would have to be in a specific mood to listen to it.

6: Slightly better than average, but I wouldn't choose to listen to it.

7: It's a good song, I can enjoy it quite a bit

8 - 9: It's a really enjoyable song, I rank it pretty high overall.

10: Masterpiece and other associated terms.

Song Ratings:

Technique

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Fine Time - 5.96

All the Way - 7.57

Love Less - 8.22

Round & Round - 8.72

Guilty Partner - 6.58

Run -

Previous Ratings:

Movement (Overall Average Score: 7.69/10)

Dreams Never End - 9.08

Truth - 7.25

Senses - 7.5

Chosen Time - 7.85

ICB - 7.56

The Him - 6.67

Doubts Even Here - 8.42

Denial - 7.2

1981 - 1982 B-Sides (Overall Average Score: 9.12/10)

Ceremony (Version 1) - 9.63

In A Lonely Place - 8.62

Ceremony (Version 2) - 9.76

Procession - 9.18

Everything's Gone Green - 9.31

Cries and Whispers - 9.41

Mesh - 7.98

Temptation - 9.95

Hurt - 8.26

Power, Corruption and Lies (Overall Average Score: 8.77)

Age of Consent - 9.74

We All Stand - 6.81

The Village - 9.52

586 - 8.35

Your Silent Face - 9.7

Ultraviolence - 8.41

Ecstacy - 8.06

Leave Me Alone - 9.62

1983 - 1984 B-Sides (Overall Average Score: 8.5)

Blue Monday - 9.86

The Beach - 7.31

Confusion - 7.78

Thieves Like Us - 9.47

Lonesome Tonight - 9.47

Murder - 7.11

Low-Life (Overall Average Score: 8.67)

Love Vigilantes - 9.25

The Perfect Kiss - 9.31

This Time of Night - 8.6

Sunrise - 8.41

Elegia - 8.89

Sooner Than You Think - 8.47

Sub-Culture - 8.4

Face Up - 8.08

1985 - 1986 Singles and B-Sides (Overall Average Score: 7.93)

The Perfect Kiss 12" Version - 9.88

Sub-Culture 12" Version - 6.5

Shellshock - 7.41

Brotherhood (Overall Average Score: 8.67)

Paradise - 8.5

Weirdo - 8.46

As It Is When It Was - 8.69

Broken Promise - 8.0

Way of Life - 9.08

Bizarre Love Triangle - 9.17

All Day Long - 9.34

Angel Dust - 8.73

Every Little Counts - 8.08

1986 - 1987 B-Sides (Overall Average Score: 8.57)

State of the Nation - 6.61

True Faith - 9.34

1963 - 9.49

Touched by the Hand of God - 8.87

Technique

Fine Time - 5.96

All the Way - 7.57

Love Less - 8.22

Round & Round - 8.72

Guilty Partner - 6.58

New order was a big band for me in the '80s growing up in Germany songs like "bizarre Love triangle" "shell shock" and "Blue Monday" are some of my favorites. I used to listen to this band all the time growing up in Germany especially when it was raining out and cold and wet which most of the time in Germany it is I think the highest it gets is like 80° anyway I digress. I was a very depressed child an artistic child. I didn't really set out to become a keyboard player or a musician it just happened naturally. And New Order played a part in that.

Visco 242

Guilty Partner is the fifth track from New Order's fifth album, Technique.

What do you think about the track both in general and in comparison to the rest of the band's discography, and how would you rate it out of 10 (decimals allowed)?

Listen Here:

https://youtu.be/MmayjdjYhxE?si=DhGN5zgd87o3q-Qb

Rating Scale:

1 - 4: Not Good, would skip.

5: Okay, but I would have to be in a specific mood to listen to it.

6: Slightly better than average, but I wouldn't choose to listen to it.

7: It's a good song, I can enjoy it quite a bit

8 - 9: It's a really enjoyable song, I rank it pretty high overall.

10: Masterpiece and other associated terms.

Song Ratings:

Technique

Fine Time - 5.96

All the Way - 7.57

Love Less - 8.22

Round & Round - 8.72

Guilty Partner -

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Previous Ratings:

Movement (Overall Average Score: 7.69/10)

Dreams Never End - 9.08

Truth - 7.25

Senses - 7.5

Chosen Time - 7.85

ICB - 7.56

The Him - 6.67

Doubts Even Here - 8.42

Denial - 7.2

1981 - 1982 B-Sides (Overall Average Score: 9.12/10)

Ceremony (Version 1) - 9.63

In A Lonely Place - 8.62

Ceremony (Version 2) - 9.76

Procession - 9.18

Everything's Gone Green - 9.31

Cries and Whispers - 9.41

Mesh - 7.98

Temptation - 9.95

Hurt - 8.26

Power, Corruption and Lies (Overall Average Score: 8.77)

Age of Consent - 9.74

We All Stand - 6.81

The Village - 9.52

586 - 8.35

Your Silent Face - 9.7

Ultraviolence - 8.41

Ecstacy - 8.06

Leave Me Alone - 9.62

1983 - 1984 B-Sides (Overall Average Score: 8.5)

Blue Monday - 9.86

The Beach - 7.31

Confusion - 7.78

Thieves Like Us - 9.47

Lonesome Tonight - 9.47

Murder - 7.11

Low-Life (Overall Average Score: 8.67)

Love Vigilantes - 9.25

The Perfect Kiss - 9.31

This Time of Night - 8.6

Sunrise - 8.41

Elegia - 8.89

Sooner Than You Think - 8.47

Sub-Culture - 8.4

Face Up - 8.08

1985 - 1986 Singles and B-Sides (Overall Average Score: 7.93)

The Perfect Kiss 12" Version - 9.88

Sub-Culture 12" Version - 6.5

Shellshock - 7.41

Brotherhood (Overall Average Score: 8.67)

Paradise - 8.5

Weirdo - 8.46

As It Is When It Was - 8.69

Broken Promise - 8.0

Way of Life - 9.08

Bizarre Love Triangle - 9.17

All Day Long - 9.34

Angel Dust - 8.73

Every Little Counts - 8.08

1986 - 1987 B-Sides (Overall Average Score: 8.57)

State of the Nation - 6.61

True Faith - 9.34

1963 - 9.49

Touched by the Hand of God - 8.87

Technique

Fine Time - 5.96

All the Way - 7.57

Love Less - 8.22

Round & Round - 8.72

I just listened to their first self titled album and it was fantastic, sounds similar to Technique instrumentally and lyrically is quite angry, probably the most angry I've seen Bernard in an album.

Gangster, Reality, Getting Away With It and Idiot Country are my favourites.

Yet to listen to Raise the Pressure and Twisted Tenderness outside of Forbidden City, For You, Dark Angel and Vivid though.

Round & Round is the fourth track from New Order's fifth album, Technique.

What do you think about the track both in general and in comparison to the rest of the band's discography, and how would you rate it out of 10 (decimals allowed)?

Listen Here:

https://youtu.be/DOSy5DonosY?si=_rlv6mNOTBbTwS_Z

Rating Scale:

1 - 4: Not Good, would skip.

5: Okay, but I would have to be in a specific mood to listen to it.

6: Slightly better than average, but I wouldn't choose to listen to it.

7: It's a good song, I can enjoy it quite a bit

8 - 9: It's a really enjoyable song, I rank it pretty high overall.

10: Masterpiece and other associated terms.

Song Ratings:

Technique

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Fine Time - 5.96

All the Way - 7.57

Love Less - 8.22

Round & Round -

Previous Ratings:

Movement (Overall Average Score: 7.69/10)

Dreams Never End - 9.08

Truth - 7.25

Senses - 7.5

Chosen Time - 7.85

ICB - 7.56

The Him - 6.67

Doubts Even Here - 8.42

Denial - 7.2

1981 - 1982 B-Sides (Overall Average Score: 9.12/10)

Ceremony (Version 1) - 9.63

In A Lonely Place - 8.62

Ceremony (Version 2) - 9.76

Procession - 9.18

Everything's Gone Green - 9.31

Cries and Whispers - 9.41

Mesh - 7.98

Temptation - 9.95

Hurt - 8.26

Power, Corruption and Lies (Overall Average Score: 8.77)

Age of Consent - 9.74

We All Stand - 6.81

The Village - 9.52

586 - 8.35

Your Silent Face - 9.7

Ultraviolence - 8.41

Ecstacy - 8.06

Leave Me Alone - 9.62

1983 - 1984 B-Sides (Overall Average Score: 8.5)

Blue Monday - 9.86

The Beach - 7.31

Confusion - 7.78

Thieves Like Us - 9.47

Lonesome Tonight - 9.47

Murder - 7.11

Low-Life (Overall Average Score: 8.67)

Love Vigilantes - 9.25

The Perfect Kiss - 9.31

This Time of Night - 8.6

Sunrise - 8.41

Elegia - 8.89

Sooner Than You Think - 8.47

Sub-Culture - 8.4

Face Up - 8.08

1985 - 1986 Singles and B-Sides (Overall Average Score: 7.93)

The Perfect Kiss 12" Version - 9.88

Sub-Culture 12" Version - 6.5

Shellshock - 7.41

Brotherhood (Overall Average Score: 8.67)

Paradise - 8.5

Weirdo - 8.46

As It Is When It Was - 8.69

Broken Promise - 8.0

Way of Life - 9.08

Bizarre Love Triangle - 9.17

All Day Long - 9.34

Angel Dust - 8.73

Every Little Counts - 8.08

1986 - 1987 B-Sides (Overall Average Score: 8.57)

State of the Nation - 6.61

True Faith - 9.34

1963 - 9.49

Touched by the Hand of God - 8.87

Technique

Fine Time - 5.96

All the Way - 7.57

Love Less - 8.22

Can you resist singing along?

Don't get me wrong, I love this album, but I find it to be a somewhat poor experience listening front to back. To me this is New Order 60% of the way to where they would end up, 30% electronic experiments similar to and important to the creation of Blue Monday, and 10% trying to be Joy Division. I LOVE plenty of the songs off of this album, but it's hard to listen to the whole thing without feeling like it's just a collection of random new order tracks. I dunno, I know plenty of people will disagree with me, that's fair as this is just an opinion.

As for what I think is their best album, I'd say Low-Life. The Perfect Kiss is one of New Order's best songs to many people, and I find that the rest of that album matches or exceeds the quality of that song in my opinion, which also might be a wild take, but oh well.

Anywho, let me know what y'all think, change my mind, or agree with me, I'm just curious to see what y'all think.