Who's produced the next album then? — Forum Archive

28 Jul 2005, 15:35

All this talk of the band having roughly three quarters of the next album completed has made me wonder who was working the mixing desk for these "seven" completed tracks. Is the next NO album going to be the same combination of Stephen Street/John Leckie/New Order as WFTSC or will it use a completely different production team?

One to ponder I suppose, I personally quite liked the WFTSC sound, although I agree it probably could've been made a bit harder/edgey sounding in places. Can anyone suggest who they would like to see the Order to work with on their next batch of ideas? I personally vote Stephen Street or Stephen Hague. It would be nice to see what the bloke who coaxed True Faith/1963 out of them could do in 2006! :) Although I do realise that may be a step back...

28 Jul 2005, 15:51

Well, the first seven tracks have been produced by Brian Higgins. But I personally would like to see them do the honors themself this time. I would love to hear something edgier and harder. the last I would want is for stephen hague to work with them (no offense ally). I have 2 reasons, Arthur baker made 1963 into a glorious track that hague could only aim for (in my opinion). And after Republic, I don't think he should work with New order anymore. If I had to choose anyone I would choose Arthur Baker at the table, and some more input from Hooky. If get ready was a return to there JD roots, and wftsc was a return to a more electronic sound then I think it perfect that they do a harder album.

28 Jul 2005, 16:05

Beach Boy wrote: Well, the first seven tracks have been produced by Brian Higgins. But I personally would like to see them do the honors themself this time. I would love to hear something edgier and harder. the last I would want is for stephen hague to work with them (no offense ally). I have 2 reasons, Arthur baker made 1963 into a glorious track that hague could only aim for (in my opinion). And after Republic, I don't think he should work with New order anymore. If I had to choose anyone I would choose Arthur Baker at the table, and some more input from Hooky. If get ready was a return to there JD roots, and wftsc was a return to a more electronic sound then I think it perfect that they do a harder album.

Good set of points really :) I'm not so sure about your 1963 take though as I prefer the Substance disc 2 version over the 1995 remix anyday. Don't get me wrong the '95 mix was pretty good but I found it kind of mundane really. Baker turned it into a sort of 'run of the mill' synthpop song whereas the original had alot of character IMO.

I am a fan of A. Baker though, not so much for Confusion but his work on Twisted Tenderness is really good as is his reworking of Let's Go-95, Behind Closed Doors etc. As for Hague I don't think it's entirely fair to blame him for Republic's sound.. the band hated each other's guts and he still managed to coax an album out of them under difficult circumstances (whatever you may think of the album) I suppose in '87 they were getting on with each other and with Hague's help they produced True Faith. I'm just curious as to what they could've further produced with his help if they were functioning as a proper group, rather than a fractured one in '93.

More Hooky bass never goes amiss though!

28 Jul 2005, 16:32

Hmmmm. this Brian Higgins thing.Well, ill keep an open mind.Which im sure is more than some other fans might do.

28 Jul 2005, 16:36

Johnny wrote: Hmmmm. this Brian Higgins thing.Well, ill keep an open mind.Which im sure is more than some other fans might do.

I didn't even know he was producing them now :eek: Show's how much I'm keeping track of news, must've missed that one.

28 Jul 2005, 16:50

I agree with you, I should have put more thought into republic. Its not all hague's fault. I do enjoy the '94 version of true faith a lot. Was he also involved with round and roudn '94 as well? I will say though that I don't much like 1963 '94, and the '95 mix has more hooky bass and guitar and I love that. I would like to see some "real" collaborations going on, with some more compatable people. I love rock the shack but the in session version is much better than the album version. I'd also like to see some b-sides, I think they could rework some of there older songs and throw them on the singles. It'd be better than all these remixes. In terms of collaboration maybe they could work with some people from factory, like vini reilly, or acr or something. And ofcourse..Johnny Marr! Just a thought.

29 Jul 2005, 04:56

I would like to see them have an album produced by Harold Faltermeyer. Apparently, he has quite a collection of old analogue synths and I'd be interested to see what sort of sound they get from that. Would it recapture the sound of Blue Monday-esque....

29 Jul 2005, 05:06

Let NO do their own producing, God knows they have enough experience!

I hope for two things:

1 producer for the whole album; WFTSC is too eclectic; it's like a singles collection; very scattergun...

That it has a harder sound; more like Get Ready but with a sprinkling of Techniquey synths.

29 Jul 2005, 05:34

I'd love to hear something in the vein of Here to Stay. It's a pity they didn't go farther in this way. I also find they did a great job with the latest live rendering of Everything's Gone Green. Use of similar sound effects (echo, etc., also on the voice) would be nice.

29 Jul 2005, 07:25

I really liked John Leckie's contributions on the album. I hope they bring him back.

29 Jul 2005, 12:34

i quite liked the production on Brutal, there was a but of menace there so i'd be interested in Rollo

29 Jul 2005, 17:55

for Hooky´s words Stuart Price won´t be there for sure ;)

now, what was the name of that guy who put on his website he was working on Sugarcane?

29 Jul 2005, 23:19

almansoglasnost wrote: for Hooky´s words Stuart Price won´t be there for sure ;)

now, what was the name of that guy who put on his website he was working on Sugarcane?

That would be Tore "Doctor" Johansson, who produced The Cardigans and Franz Ferdinand.

I hope his production is limited to one song only.

30 Jul 2005, 05:12

Ally3000 wrote:

Johnny wrote: Hmmmm. this Brian Higgins thing.Well, ill keep an open mind.Which im sure is more than some other fans might do.

I didn't even know he was producing them now Show's how much I'm keeping track of news, must've missed that one.

Well i`m going by an article from July 2004 that was featured in the Monthly Music mag which appears in The Observer .Brian Higgins who is mainly known for producing um... Girls Aloud was mentioned as working with New Order :shrug: