Get Ready vs Waiting For The Sirens' Call

Tuff one but I think Get Ready was a little darker and hesitant. 3 out of 5

WTFSC wins because of the title track and guilt and better remixes of the singles. 4 out of 5

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Hmmh, seems like a never ending debate, but its my fervent belief that WFTSC is better than Get Ready. GR is too rocky and guitary. Admittedly Crystal is an excellent NO track, but Krafty, Hey Joe, Turn and WFTSC are all much much better.

Blimey - such unanimous praise for "Crystal" it's untrue. I don't know why this is but I have always personally felt that that song is one of the most overrated New Order songs of all time. It's okay but...not as spellbindingly brilliant as some of you make out.

After all it ISN'T 100% perfect whilst there are those cheesy "heyyyyyyyy" and "hoooooo" backing vocals in it (which I have previously mocked already!). The song would have been far far better without those bits spoiling it. It works just right without ANY female backing vocals in my opinion.

The best tracks on Get Ready for me are actually "Primitive Notion" and "Close Range".

I agree that Blobby Gillespie completely ruins the second half with his presence though.

By 'Eck! My Neck! wrote: Blimey - such unanimous praise for "Crystal" it's untrue. I don't know why this is but I have always personally felt that that song is one of the most overrated New Order songs of all time. It's okay but...not as spellbindingly brilliant as some of you make out.

After all it ISN'T 100% perfect whilst there are those cheesy "heyyyyyyyy" and "hoooooo" backing vocals in it (which I have previously mocked already!). The song would have been far far better without those bits spoiling it. It works just right without ANY female backing vocals in my opinion.

The best tracks on Get Ready for me are actually "Primitive Notion" and "Close Range".

I agree that Blobby Gillespie completely ruins the second half with his presence though.

If the subject is "overrated," Regret is always my favorite candidate in that category, but definitely not Crystal.

I pick WFTSC by a nose.

They both have their merits. Get ready is rockin' and raw, while WFTSC is basically a pop album. Not a big fan of Slow Jam or Rock the Shack. They're not terrible songs, just average. While on WFTSC they are only good and great songs.

Have to say Sirens. Its got a pleasant feel to it, whereas Get Ready is a bit of a dirge at times.

Both have some stinkers, but if the next album produces just a couple of gems like the last two, I'll be happy.

Crystal was a weak effort for the band...60mph and turn my way are much better choices of the album and i like primitive notion.

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DC wrote: WFTSC was a MASSIVE surprise to me - I didn't think they had it in them to make an album as great (yes, great) again. The only track I have reservations about is GIAUE. Oh - maybe Jetstream too, but it's a brave effort at all-out total pop. I'm not sure why they felt they needed to do Jetstream, but the rest of the record is so great that I feel inclined to be generous towards it. From Who's Joe through to the end of Dracula's Castle is practically perfect, and Turn and Working Overtime are a great way to end.

Absolutely agree 100% GR had it's moments, but WFTSC is much more representative of NO's greatness, IMHO. CTB

It's like WFTSC met Get Ready in a bar and Get Ready said something rude about WFTSC's mother so WFTSC punched Get Ready in the face, kicked him in the balls, knocked him to the ground, took a pis on his head, dumped whiskey on him, set him on fire, threw him out the bar room window into the path of an oncoming bus, picked his mangled body up, took him to a cursed burial ground and buried him under an upside down cross.

It's like that. And that's the way it is.

for me WFTSC is much better than get ready. GR was too rocky for me and i thought too much for the US market...

get ready--there are just more songs on it that i prefer to the ones on WFTSC. such as the perfection that is slow jam.

getready is a great album. it took me a long time to fully appreciate it.

Waiting has its moments, but is slow to start. I do like all the middle songs. given time the rest may grow on me as well.

Didn't we have this poll recently...

Anyway, good to see it again, because I've changed my mind; I think Sirens is slightly better that GR now...

Both totally different beasts; GR is the best if you're in a rocky mood, WFTSC is best if you want a bit of uplifting poppier stuff. WFTSC also has more diversity.

GR- 8/10. WFTSC- 8.5/10.

Sirens by a wide country mile.

I would generally only listen to Crystal and Primitive Notion from GR these days. (Appropriate little nod to Here to Stay.)

There's only JET & Working Overtime that I don't listen to from Sirens, which has not left my car CD since the day it came out.

I adore Turn & Drac's Castle and really like all the rest.

Where is the contest??

I also endorse OldMonkeys comments about the state of the band when creating these albums.

Rorschach wrote: Sirens by a wide country mile.

I would generally only listen to Crystal and Primitive Notion from GR these days. (Appropriate little nod to Here to Stay.)

i wish here to stay was on get ready!

i admit that when Get Ready rolled out, it sounded damn good. WFTSC rocked Get Ready out of the water! WFTSC is key listening, yo!!!

My favourite was Technique, but now it's WFTSC. Get ready had some good songs (Primitive Notion above all) but WFTSC has more good stuff (Turn in particular).

Hm... kinda hard to chose between these two. I like parts of both, but they're not my favorite NO albuns at all. (now if it was between any of those 2 and Low-life or Technique.. I'd know for sure which one to chose.. ;) )

Btw, about WFTSC.. While browsing amazon uk, I'd found out that they have it for £1.96. A great deal to get a copy to a friend, I think :)

Crystal is by far the best track to come out of both albums. if i was to make one album out of the two, more songs would make the cut from GR.

Patrick wrote: Get Ready includes Slow Jam, one of their all-time worst efforts. WFTSC includes Turn, one of their all-time best efforts, and contains nothing that approaches SJ in badness.

My vote goes to WFTSC.

How about Jetstream or Working Overtime

((((e)))) wrote: Crystal was a weak effort for the band...

I know that we had to wait 8 years for GR but when I heard Crystal it just blew me out of the water, like a lot of other posts have said the two albums have some outstanding tracks but for me GR just pips WFTSC mainly because of Jetsteam.

Get Ready...which grew on me a lot faster. Still processing WFTSC, but strangely it's a tough choice.

It's a tighter call for me.

Some of the Pearce production and lyrics on WFTSC make the vote a lot closer than perhaps it should've been.

Crystal is light years ahead of Krafty as a single, due mainly due the latter's dull lyric. Jetstream was a misadventure, along with the album version of GIAUE. On the flipside, the 60MAH single was 'New Order by numbers' at its worst. And I don't dislike RTS myself, although people moan about it endlessly here. Both also have their own song title crimes.

The WFTSC/Turn highlights of WFTSC are stronger than the best two on GR.

They're both decent as far as the NO canon goes but neither crack my top 3. Mid-table players.

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WAITING FOR THE SIRENS' CALL for me!

Get Ready

1. 60 miles an hour
2. Crystal
3. Slow Jam
4. Someone like you
5. Vicious Streak

Waiting For The Sirens Call

1. Morning day and night
2. Working overtime
3. Hey now what you doing
4. Who's Joe
5. Jetstream

I love them both (duh), but I have to pick Get Ready, cause 60mph, and Crystal are my all time favorite NO tracks.

Francis Maguire wrote: I know that we had to wait 8 years for GR but when I heard Crystal it just blew me out of the water, like a lot of other posts have said the two albums have some outstanding tracks but for me GR just pips WFTSC mainly because of Jetsteam.

How quickly we forget that piece of shit Rock a Shack is on Get Ready but Slow Jam is a rather interesting piece in my opinion.

Siren's wins between the two once you cut out Jetstream and Working Overtime.

I will say Crystal was much overrated til the day I die. I think I've grown to hate it.

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I agree with a lot of folks here about Crystal.. simply a powerful, hypnotic rock song that was worth the years of waiting for any New Order material. However, the whole of Get Ready is not as good as WFTSC (WFTSC, Dracula's Castle, Krafty, Turn) I can listen to WFTSC in most of it's entirety vs. Get Ready where I mostly today only listen to the first 3 tracks.

still a few years away from fully making my mind up, but at this point, I'd say ......................GET READY.

I never play the first two songs on Sirens. crap imo. whereas, what a scorcher Crystal is for an opener

john kershaw wrote: still a few years away from fully making my mind up, but at this point, I'd say ......................GET READY.

I never play the first two songs on Sirens. crap imo. whereas, what a scorcher Crystal is for an opener

I agree

Sorry Nic., a can't vote on this one. I like them both, period. I really don't get why so many disregard 'Get Ready' so much ? NewOrder have always been surprising and innovative, so, as i've certainly stated this before, when they came back with 'Crystal' and shortly thereafter with the new album, it was so refreshin' to hear that they were still at the forefront and with very intense stuff. Unlike 'WFTSC' which, for the very first time to my ears, sound a slight bit average, except for the brilliantissimo title track and 'Turn'. 'Get Ready' stands its marks as a very strong album. I could only hope that the next album will see NewOrder back in proper form : just like the last 2 gigs : AWESOME !