Release Date: 26 April, 2005
Audio CD
Tracks
- Who's Joe?
- Hey Now What You Doing
- Waiting for the Sirens Call
- Krafty
- I Told You So
- Morning Night & Day
- Dracula's Castle
- Jetstream
- Guilt Is A Useless Emotion
- Turn
- Working Overtime
- Guilt Is A Useless Emotion - U.S. Bonus Track
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Rating 4.0
New Order, What Have You Done?I started listening to this cd in hope that it was better then their previous release "Get Ready". But oh, was I disappointed. I like "Krafty" but after finishing the album, it seemned annoying. If this cd is supposed to be the redeeming album of their career. The next album will be hilarious.This Album is Great When I first heard of New Order back in the eighties, I hadn't even heard of Joy Division (I've since become a fan though) so I think a lot of reviews I've read slamming this album are by people who are viewing the album through "the crusty lens of their own failed expectations" (as other comeback kids Becker & Fagen once said) based on a legend created in their heads the day Ian Curtis died (no disrespect, I just think that when people in the public eye die somehow they become deified in some peoples eyes eg. Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, heck even Selena, I sometimes wonder how they would be percieved if they were alive today). Anyhoo these people should review the album based on what they hear, I mean, I understand that when you say a name like New Order certain baggage must be taken into account, these are people who have set the standard pretty high for themselves.
With that in mind when I first heard the album I really liked "Krafty" and "Morning Night & Day" didn't like "Who's Joe" and "Dracula's Castle" and thought the rest was ok, now that's not a glowing review by any stretch of the imagination, but as the weeks went by I gave this platter a few more spins and it started growing on me like the wost case of allergic rash you've ever experienced to the point where I'm now addicted to the thing and I'm just about ready to add "Waiting..." and "Turn" to my list of all time greatest songs by ANY band, the rest is similarly growing in stature in my eyes (and ears) now I really think Barney, Hooky, Stephen & new guy Phil have come up with a truly great album. So maybe those guys who badmouth this record should give it another listen and maybe they too will be stricken with the best kind of allergic rash one can have.OwnershipI currently own all of the works ever issued by New Order not counting singles and imports. Does that mean anything?...Not really. I did find that this effort harkens back to their earlier works and brought a slight reflective feeling of what they were famous for.
Some of what's found on here evokes a sound similar to what you would find in Substance. Which for those not holding the entire NO library in their possession is a pretty straight-forward, minimalist sound and steady beat. I remember NO for that and that seems to be what they have done best over the years....Straight-forward and minimalist with a beat...Not such a bad deal.
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