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Huntsman wrote:
- The Republican
- Mole Hunt
- Getting Things Ready
- Brothers in the Hood
- Technical Lego
- Low-Light
LMAO @ title changes 
Anyway here's the real list....
1)Substance 2)Video 586 3)Republic 4)The rest of... 5)Technique 6)Get Ready 7)PC&L 8)Movement 9)WFTSC 9)Low Life 10)Brotherhood 11)The best of.....
I'm mostly surprised by the distance between PC&L and Low-Life in the rankings. To me, they're almost like Part 1 and Part 2 of the same record. I'm finding it hard to grasp how someone rates PC&L, say, as No. 1 and Low-Life as No. 6 or 7.
Still, they hit U.S. shores just about simultaneously (in New Order album release time), so that has something to do with it.
That said, I listened to Movement twice last night, and I'm tempted to move it up above both Brotherhood and Republic.
Like other members has stated, the list changes over time. However here´s my list
1 Technique (Will always be no# 1) 2 Wftsc 3 Low-life 4 Republic 5 PCL 6 Get ready 7 Brotherhood 8 Movement (Will always be last)
Toby, Sweden
Technique is way above the other albums, all the others could be placed in any of the remaining places
Ally3000 wrote Aside from that for me Get Ready and Movement suck, with barely a handful of truly memorable tracks on either
How about 'Vicious Streak' and 'Dreams Never End'
Gnu Odor wrote: I'm mostly surprised by the distance between PC&L and Low-Life in the rankings. To me, they're almost like Part 1 and Part 2 of the same record. I'm finding it hard to grasp how someone rates PC&L, say, as No. 1 and Low-Life as No. 6 or 7.
PCL is my 3 and Low-Life is my 5, but there is quite a big gap for me.
PCL has 5 great songs- Leave Me Alone, Your Silent Face, 586, The Village, and Age of Consent And no duds
Low-Life has 2 great songs - This Time of Night and Sunrise And on the other end it has Face Up :-/
Technique-Fantasic no filler Low-Life-As above just not as good Movement-Hugely underrated probably the one I play most PCL-Getting weaker, but YSF, AOC and LMA all masterpieces Republic-Also underrated, the last three tracks especially Brotherhood-Redemmed by BLT and especially All Day Long Get Ready-Just not very inspiring WFTSC-Sorry I don't like it at all
Technique WFTSC Get Ready Low Life Brotherhood Republic PC&L Movement
but i guess in time WFTSC will eventually get the number one spot.... loving it!
I can appreciate both sides of NO, ie the "classic" NO sound of PC&L and the more JD sounding Movement. Movement will always rank highly for me, because of where I was in life when I first heard it and how it spoke to me at the time - now I can appreciate it differently but it still has that emotional impact that none of their other records have. The other side of NO is the more daft, dancey stuff that I can appreciate in a totally different way. Get Ready and Republic will always anchor the bottom 2 spots - one or two great tracks surrounded by unadulterated, overproduced crap.
Now then,most of these may alternate.Especially Movement,there was a point recently,I was revisiting this an playing it to death.Anyway here goes.. TECHNIQUE POWER,CORRUPTION & LIES LOW-LIFE MOVEMENT WAITING FOR THE SIRENS CALL REPUBLIC BROTHERHOOD REPUBLIC GET READY
Get Ready's not bad,Crystal and 60 mph are brilliant,just not enough to save the whole album.
Gnu Odor wrote: I'm mostly surprised by the distance between PC&L and Low-Life in the rankings. To me, they're almost like Part 1 and Part 2 of the same record. I'm finding it hard to grasp how someone rates PC&L, say, as No. 1 and Low-Life as No. 6 or 7.
Still, they hit U.S. shores just about simultaneously (in New Order album release time), so that has something to do with it.
That said, I listened to Movement twice last night, and I'm tempted to move it up above both Brotherhood and Republic.
Interesting comment, I can see where you're coming from, but I don't think they sound like a part 1 and part 2.
My main problem with lowlife is it doesn't really introduce any new ideas into NO's music from PCL. Where PCL ws groundbreaking, LL seems to sit still a little bit to me. Whereas this is also true of more recent material, the songs themselves on WFTSC are a lot stronger.
LL's also dated far more than the other albums IMO. I'm often suprised that NO fans rate it as highly as they do.
So now I'll my put my ranking not considering only the personal taste but also the importance of the albums for the band and music in general... 1. Power, Corruption & Lies: New Order showing they were the best band in the world, even after Ian's death. The first album that really sounds like pure NO for me. 2. Technique: NO at their best, the top of their career. 3. Movement: they show they can go on even after Ian's death 4. Get Ready: after 8 years, the best band in the world IS BACK! And they rock! :D 5. Low-Life: the band members shows up their faces even in the artwork :D And they come to perfection on what they experimented in PC&L. 6. Brotherhood: a very good album, in their glorious years - and with one of the best pop songs on Earth (Bizarre Love Triangle) 7. Waiting For The Sirens' Call: another try to do what made them greatest, less shame on trying to be New Ordery 8. Republic: the first album to have co-written tracks on it (Regret, Spooky, Liar, Chemical, Special), but some credit for them for giving us Regret, one of their greatest tracks ever.
frank smarra wrote: Low-Life Technique Movement Brotherhood Republic Get Ready
and then WFTSC
You forgot PCL...
For my personal taste see: http://www.neworderonline.com/Forums/MessageList.aspx?ThreadID=21118 :D OK, here it is:
1 - Low Life 2 - PC&L 3 - Technique 4 - Brotherhood 5 - WFTSC 6 - Movement 7 - Republic 8 - Get Ready
Please bear in mind that I'm old...
I always thought I was the only one with "Technique" on 8.
Bere wrote:
- PCL
- Movement
- WFTSC
- Republic
- Low Life
- Brotherhood
- Get Ready
- Technique
So did I - always thought that Hooky's bass was never really featured in the right way on that album - too 'electronic' that put me off. Probably why I rate the offshoots as:
Well I don't really know what it is exactly that makes me dislike it (for those just tuning in: it = "Technique")... The tracks somehow sound all the same and there's no real highlight in my ears (perhaps except for "Mr. Disco"). 
The whole career chart (no compilations):
01 NEW ORDER Power Corruption And Lies 02 NEW ORDER Technique 03 JOY DIVISION Closer
04 JOY DIVISION Unknown Pleasures 05 NEW ORDER Waiting For The Sirens' Call
06 REVENGE One True Passion 07 ELECTRONIC Raise The Pressure 08 NEW ORDER Get Ready 09 NEW ORDER Brotherhood 10 NEW ORDER Low Life
11 ELECTRONIC Twisted Tenderness 12 NEW ORDER Republic 13 THE OTHER TWO Superhighways 14 ELECTRONIC Electronic 15 MONACO Music For Pleasure 16 NEW ORDER Movement 17 MONACO Monaco 18 THE OTHER TWO The Other Two And You
Technique Power Corruption & Lies / Republic Low-Life Waiting for the Sirens' Call Movement / Get Ready Brotherhood
Everyone loves Technique!
Mine:
Technique Low Life PCL Brotherhood Movement WFTSC/GR/Republic
#1) Technique (Best album hands down... perfect blend of guitars and synths)
#2) WFTSC (Excellent album that has shades of Technique)
#3) Get Ready (Rockin' album despite two clangers: RTS, SJ)
#4) Brotherhood (Another mostly rockin' album that shows the band's progression; underrated, too IMO)
#5) PC&L (The album they stepped into their own; dated nowadays but still a timeless record)
#6) Low-Life (Too short of an album and featured a painfully truncated version of TPK, but still a good album)
#7) Republic (Some hits, too many misses; overall, I don't hate this album, I'll occasionally listen to it... it's just... different)
#8) Movement (Still have a hard time to this day getting into this album; few good tracks and the rest is easily forgetable)
Ok, my choices are: