What's your favourite period in the history of New Order?

Originally posted by PAUL TROWELL 85-88.best set lists,best venues and the best of times.

Agreed.

Great thread and interesting posts by all. I didn't find NO until the dark years (93) so sadly my first purchase of a "new" NO album was (the best of).

In hindsight I wish I had been there from 85-87, since those two studio albums are my faves, the set lists were varied, and Substance was/is the definitive best of by any group, any era, any genre. Disc A completely changed my life.

81-85 Ceremony,EGG,Temptation,BM,Thieves Like Us + TPK Power,Corruption & Lies + Low Life. Awesome.

Originally posted by John Sludden 81-85Ceremony,EGG,Temptation,BM,Thieves Like Us + TPKPower,Corruption & Lies + Low Life.Awesome.

Same here...especially THIEVES LIKE US!

Has to be when I fell in love with them in '87. Musically, it has to be '85/'86. But certainly up to '90 they were perfect.

Originally posted by five hates six 1981-1985 - the combination of sleeve art, albums PLUS singles, attitude and overall factory image to a young impressionable 17 year old ......

Completely agree. I think it's one of the great creative periods by any band ever. Experimenting with technology, song structures, etc. Singles not on albums (damn that US market). The 82 and 84 tours are probably also my favorites given all the new and half-finished stuff they wheeled out. Sometimes for the good sometimes not, but either way there's a sense of urgency with the early shows missing from the later gigs. Of course there's that sense of heady euphoria at the later shows that some of the early one's ain't got...

I'd have to go with 84-86' on top form.

1993 - 1998

Originally posted by Major Tarantino 1993 - 1998

Damn how could i forget!! Those 4 albums they released under pseudonyms during that perioud were fabulous werent they

Originally posted by John Sludden 81-85Ceremony,EGG,Temptation,BM,Thieves Like Us + TPKPower,Corruption & Lies + Low Life.Awesome.

Indeed, plus I'll go up to 86, when Brotherhood was released. Not that I dislike the later stuff at all, it was just a great time for being a fan of the band and trying to keep up with the news and releases, I had so much more time to do it than I do now.

Originally posted by DoN > Originally posted by Major Tarantino 1993 - 1998

Damn how could i forget!! Those 4 albums they released under pseudonyms during that perioud were fabulous werent they

My favourite was the beat poetry heavy metal crossover.

Originally posted by Major Tarantino > Originally posted by DoN> > > > Originally posted by Major Tarantino> 1993 - 1998

Damn how could i forget!! Those 4 albums they released under pseudonyms during that perioud were fabulous werent they

My favourite was the beat poetry heavy metal crossover. That ranks close but not quite up to the hip-funk ragga/rock fusion unplugged album they did, close call though

1997's "Cross" album was terrible. Barney on drums and steve on bass

Hooky hanging from a lampost in a pterodactyl suit on the front cover was quite striking though

no need for barney's tantric pose on the inlay though :\puke:

that must be a limited run, i havent seen that (thank god!)

Originally posted by DoN that must be a limited run, i havent seen that (thank god!)

1982 - 1985

with a huge deduction for ruining PC&L by adding BM and TB

Originally posted by Wolfmann 1982 - 1985with a huge deduction for ruining PC&L by adding BM and TB

They didn't. The US distributors did. PCL doesn't contain either of those tracks.

Originally posted by Chuck D > Originally posted by Wolfmann> 1982 - 1985> > with a huge deduction for ruining PC&L by adding BM and TB

They didn't. The US distributors did. PCL doesn't contain either of those tracks.

I guess I knew that, did not mean to pin that one on New Order. I know it was not their doing... sorry.

They'd have charged extra if they knew BM was going on !! :D

Favorite ERA - 1987-1990 ---- This is when i first heard and subsequently fell in love with New Order. Having said that, it's the stuff from Movement to Low Life that i find myself listening to the most. Amazing band all the way from Ceremony to Crystal.