Who's Joe- Am I the only one who thinks the chorus to this is a Hendrix reference? Big, sweeping, creeping pseudo-orchestral opening. Somewhat similar to the dragging opening of Crystal except without someone groaning and moaning over it. The opening verses are a bit flaccid, but it evens out once the bridge to the first chorus starts up. Pretty good instrumentals, even with that abrupt guitar wailing at 4:30. Love Vigilantes 2.
7 out of 10
Hey Now What You Doing- God, the dog opens up sounding like a fuggin Aerosmith track. Lyrics alternate between Bernard-clever and Bernard-braindead. Synths make a few token appearances in between the Britpop guitar walls to remind you that yes, in fact, this is a New Order joint.
7 out of 10
Title track- Imagine Technique's All The Way or Love Less reinterpreted by some bunch of britpop neophytes. Sentimental yet still rocky, Technique-lovers will be hooked on this one and it has much promise as a live anthem.
8 out of 10
Krafty- Such a Good Thing and Way of Life's bastard lovechild. Catchy to the brink of insipidness and tightly composed, using this as the first single suggests that indeed, Get Ready is dead. Let's hear it live.
8 out of 10
I Told You So- Like many others have said, this is the first "What the flying FUCK?" moment of this album. This track sounds as if it were donated to NO by a co-op between Ace of Base and Maxi Priest. I could have sworn the last line of the chorus was "And we'll all get, high down in Kingston Town". Take out the verses and leave only the choruses in and maybe you have a decent track.
5 out of 10
Morning Night and Day- How the hell does 'drunken haze' rhyme with 'window pane'? Catchy yet forgettable. It's like the entire repetoire of Blur.
6 out of 10
Dracula's Castle- Cool synths punctuated by Hooky's somewhat-muffled bass and a twangy indie rock guitar sound that sounds nicked from The Music's Cessation. There's just something about the synths here, the closing chords sound downright like the classic keyboard tapping at the end of Dream Attack.
9 out of 10
Jetstream- Fucking lame. Unbearable lyrics and boring, processed synthesizer loops that all sound almost good until the chorus kicks in. Then you're desperately fumbling for the controls to skip the bloody track. They should have given this to Stefani.
4 out of 10
Guilt is a Useless Emotion- An improvement over J-E-T Jetstream Fucker. I knew NO were originally inspired by Italo disco and Summers, but this is ludicrous. I hate it every 1st time I listen to it and then like it on every other playing. This will be a massive discotheque hit on both sides of the Atlantic; Japan will eat it up.
6 out of 10
Turn- Ladies and Gentlemen, say hello to the Order's new live powerhouse tune. Turn sounds like all of Brotherhood rolled into a single 4 minute track. The chorus makes the bugger incredibly radio friendly. I can almost hear this being played on shopping mall PA systems already.
9 out of 10
Working Overtime- Please Lord don't end the album with this. Sounds as if Barney had 45 minutes to think up the lyrics. Just like Rock the Shack, except less embarassing. "It's 1969 for me and you..."
5 out of 10
It would mean millions and getting back some of the money lost in the Hacienda which Hooky still moans about even after all the Warners cash... ;)
