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When i first heard GR there was only one track that stood out above the others - Slow Jam. I thought Crystal was a bland effortless album track
Now, I think Crystal is one of their best ever tracks and Someone Like You is totally awesome.
My opinion has gone from thinking this album was a mediocre album to a fantastic piece of art.
Good idea for a thread ;)
Crystal is still a fantastic song but I don't listen to it all the way through much these days. Brilliant bass solo.
Turn My Way, Viscious Streak, Primitive Notion, Someone Like You, all good songs. I go through stages with these four, often not playing them for ages and then getting into them again.
Close Range is a bit cheesy, Slow Jam and Rock the Shack not really New order. I can't say they get much play now. Run Wild I've grown to like, particularly the Osbourne mix. 60 Miles an Hour has gone the other way in my estimation.
Oldmonkey called it best, Get Ready was the work of a band unsure of itself. Its has its moments but gets a bit dirgy midway through. It would have been better with Behind Closed Doors, Sabotage, Here to Stay, and Player in the League, but never mind. At the very least it was the return of New order.
Hmm it goes down to the question - which is the best of the latest two albums. Well to be honest I don't think both albums are in the same class/genre and therefore un-comparable. Get Ready is quite a decent rock album yet some may feel it's a shame they didn't include much of the NO traditionally written and well constructed synth stuff with this album. WFTSC includes more of the synth stuff which NO is known by yet I wasn't totally impressed by WFTSC that much. WFTSC lacks polish.
Crystal - A great track when it comes down to it.
60 MPH - some hate it, some like it, but again - in my opinion this is another half decent rock song
Close Range - Another good one.
I would say 'Call is a step up from GR where synths take more of a role, still though, 'Call isn't perfect.
I would still say Technique is what you call pure perfection and definitely the best moment of the bands in my opinion.
i seem to have been playing get ready more than sirens over the last few months.
BUT i like them both!
When it first hit the streets, I was pretty, oh, apprehensive. I didn't much like 'Crystal', though it was rockin'. I think what was so unnerving about the album was having mental image of NO, and listening to the record.
The image wasn't fitting the sound. I never saw in my head the bald head of Billy Corgan helping out NO, and I really don't like his tinge on the album. At times I swore it was BC singing, instead of Bernard.
So, as a result, I found it hard to listen to anything aside from "Someone Like You", "Vicious Streak", "Primitive Notion", and "Run Wild".
"Slow Jam" reminded me ALOT of Electronic's "Late At Night", in the structure of the chorus singing.
The rest I basically ignored after listening through the album 5 times one afternoon, trying to get into it. And it was that way pretty much until this year, when I ran the album through again, and still agreed that bits were just not intended for that album and felt weird being there. As I said with the WFTSC thread, I felt there were tracks that should have been switched between the two albums.
GR still remains my least favorite NO release, but I do tip my hat to the songs I do like on there.
get ready took some time for me to appreciate it fully. to anybody out there who didn't like it that much, i can only suggest give it another spin.
Crystal - This is how ALL openers on albums should be.
60 miles an hour - Nice singalong, with good Hooky basswork.
Turn My Way - I think BC gives NO rejuvinated energy with this track. His contribution lifts it immensly.
Vicious Streak - Good, but not particularly memorable.
Primitive Notion - Someone pointed out that there are similarities between this song and 'Heart and Soul.'Try humming that bass line, tapping out that drum pattern and then compare the line "Don't look at me with your critical smile" to Ian Curtis's "I observe with a critical eye".
Slow Jam - Such a potent, life affirming track. I love it.
Rock the Shack - Good, but not particularly memorable.
Someone Like You - Good, but not particularly memorable.
Close Range - Good, but not particularly memorable.
Run Wild - The best track on the album. A beautiful, heartfelt track, and the closing lines sum up the revived NO perfectly.
Oh Get Ready! How I have missed listening to thee!
Played it again the other day as a kind of "compare/contrast" exercise with their latest one and I have come to the conclusion that GR is better by some distance, as it doesn't have quite as embarrassing a middle bit as WFTSC where the whole album sags more than Anne Widdecombe's tits whilst riding the Pepsi Max Big One...
Here is my updated synopsis:
Crystal: Good tune but overrated, too much of that hooooo! and hayyyyyyyy! business prevents me from giving it more than 7 out of 10. Extended intro is very Dark Side Of The Moon though, so two points subtracted.
60 Miles An Hour: The original "Juggernaut" in my opinon. Not as good as the subsequent "Juggernaut" that adorned WFTSC though.... Bad choice for a single though. 5/10
Turn My Way: Billy Corgan is remarkably restrained on this one, I really thought I was going to hate it like I hate all the Smashing Pumpkins stuff. Should have been a single. 8/10
Vicious Streak: Okay but no classic. Nothing much else to add really. 6/10
Primitive Notion: Rrrrrrocktastic rifferama from Hooky. Great Steve drumming. Good Barney vocal. Can't hear Phil though. The best Joy Division song for years. 9/10
Slow Jam: Why do so many people hate this song? I can't get enough of this..........>
I R O N Y A L E R T ..........okay, I was lying..... rather plodding and pedestrian.... good intro though. 5/10
Rock The Shack: Oh........dear.......... Mick 'n' Keef - as performed by Phil Cornwell and John Sessions perhaps? Sounds like a rotten shag to me. What were they thinking dragging that utter cock Gillespie into this? 2/10
Someone Like You: rubbish song, rubbish arrangements, trite lyrics. Oooh ooh ooh oooh my arse! 4/10
Close Range: a return to form after the previous couple of clunkers. Another great intro.... should have been a single. 8/10
Run Wild: cannot make up my mind about this one....on the one hand it's gagworthy sentimental hippy dross of the worst kind. I can almost picture them sitting cross legged on the grass around the campfire with their kaftans blowing gently in the wind. THAT is not how we want New Order to be! So on that reckoning it would barely muster a 2. HOWEVER, on the other hand, it's such a radical departure from ANYTHING we have come to expect from New Order it's kind of like a shock to the system hearing them sound this chilled and mellow......so it's a brave move nonetheless, if not an entirely successful one......so, if only for the fact that it's by far the most unpredictable New Order song for years, it gets a 5/10.
So the final mark after dividing the total by the ten tracks is 6 out of 10. Which I think is a fairly accurate assessment all told.....
i haven't listened to it in a long time, but i still feel the same way about it--i like the whole album bar rock the shack and run wild. close range is my favourite track, followed by slow jam and crystal. i prefer it to WFTSC, but i just haven't bothered changing my car's CD changer so the latter gets a lot more play!
By 'Eck! My Neck! wrote:
Can't hear Phil though
It's no wonder, as he didn't participate in the Get Ready sessions...
Thought the album was pretty bad when it first came out and that "Turn My Way" was the only decent song.
2006: same.
Real liquorice allsorts, but then all their albums since Movement have been to me! Three or four tracks that grab you, three or four you think 'hmm...' to and one or two just plain 'no!' And I bet you their next one will get just the same reaction.
I had to stop and check which songs were on it, to be honest. However, having done that:
Crystal - This is a classic opener. Welcome to how it should be done.
60 miles an hour - has a certain sentimental value, but is NO-by-numbers
Turn My Way - Nowt but dross. They used Corgan's name to shift a few copies and to try and generate some interest just in case people had forgotten who they were.
Vicious Streak - Understated quality track, but album filler only.
Primitive Notion - This should be in everyone's top ten NO songs. High quality.
Slow Jam - Complete shite, trite rhymes over a bog-standard song. If I never hear it again it'll be too soon.
Rock the Shack - Again, the "guest star" ploy. Would have been a good instrumental, but the lyrics are woeful.
Someone Like You - Wasn't finished. Dresden and Gabriel brought out its potential.
Close Range - They "thought it would be great, but a good mind does not a good fuck make". Bernard loves this apparently, he's on his own though!
Run Wild - if I had a quid for every time I said I hated this song, I wouldn't be sat here at work, I'd be on a beach.
i know everyone is entitled to their opinions, but i get tired of hearing people's thoughts of what a new order song should or shouldn't be. Oh it's the backing singers, it's the lack of synths, it's the lyrics, it's too rocking, it's too poppy, it's just so 'not new order'.....blah blah blah. sick sick sick of it 
yeah yeah ...what else are people gonna talk about...right? as a member i find myself becoming way too analytical and nit picky about NO music. So much so that it has changed the way i listen to NO, which is kind of sad. sometimes i think i've lost the visceral effect NO music has had on me over the years.
when i first listened to get ready i wasn't a NOOL member as of yet. after about a month or so, the initial giddiness of having new NO music to listen to wore off, and i really started to appreciate the album for what it was; a back to basics record. it totally sounded like a band coming together, jamming it out like they used to and having a good time making music again. Sure some of the songs were stronger than others, but as a whole i thought GR was pretty damn great and I still do. I remember thinking to myself that it didn't sound like other NO records. That's what I love about NO though, they're always evolving and trying to do something new.
I just want throw in my favorite bit on GR. It's the synth solo on 60mpn. The first time I heard it, it swept me off my feet and was sent on a journey down memory lane, remebering all the reasons why NO are so wonderful.:)
john kershaw wrote: thus far, i like it more than Sirens album
i agree with you on that one!
Still probably the NO album I listen to least (after Brotherhood), but that may just be because I have the rest on tape in the car! Reckon I might eventually get to like it more, as it has taken a while for me to appreciate a lot of Republic... Crystal is still a cracking opener, I think the extended version works well on the album, but the single version packs more of a punch on its own, I think after Republic, this signalled some sort of a return towards the NO I loved so much from previous albums... Still put this as the opening track on my Best Of... Playlists! I have to say, trying to think of stuff to say about a lot of the other tracks makes me think that altough passable they're nothing special - I find it difficult to hate NO, as their filler is still miles mbetter than many bands' best moments, but of the other tracks only Vicious Streak and Run Wild really stand out - and again are the tracks I'd include on a Best Of... mix... Vicious Streak is very understated, dancey but not the sort of in-your-face track that they often produce in 'dance' mode and Run Wild, love it or hate it, is such a departure from anything they'd done before that it has some special quality about it, good closer to the album and love the melodica part! Overall, I think my opinion about the quality of the album hasn't changed much - but when GR came out it was such a relief that they'd released something new that it made it seem better than it actually was, WFTSC on the other hand is more consistent and has more memorable tracks (especially the first 4) that it does make GR pale a bit... Phew, first post having lurked for a while... Will try to the make the next few a bit shorter!
Snorri xxx
I managed to win an Advance Promo copy from the US on eBay, expecting and hoping it to have the early early version of Someone Like You (with different lyric midway). Unfortunately it was just the same as the final release...however it was great listening to it again after a couple of months of no play.
Primitive Notion still stands out for me with Crystal.
Initially i really liked Close Range for its upbeat feel however it didnt hit the spot as it did before. Not a stayer like above.
60 MPH is still an average song...and a poor single. Saved from being a stinker by Hooky's Bass interlude 3/4 way through.
Loved Turn My Way but up against WFTSC or TURN it doesnt seem as much of a long term classic.
Vicious Streak still strikes me as a good instrumental with lyrics.
fuckin loved it when it come out. But maybe coz i'd been starved of new NO for too long. Played it for about 6 months solid drive in-drive out from work, many a speed limit broken.
Still defended it with my hyper-critical NO mates until WFTSC came out which blew Get Ready away.
But. Crystal still send shivers up the spine, every time.
They've done many songs as good as Crystal, but very few better, if any?
hadn't listened to Get Ready in ages, until I was watching Balderdash & Piffle on Beeb 2 the other week and it played the intro to .... what was it again? I'm ashamed to admit that I had to dig out the cd to identify the track. Well, at least I was able to narrow it down to the album. Turned out to be Primitive Notion (which I tend to confuse with Vicious Streak).
Listening to it again, I have to say that my opinion here hasn't changed at all since when it first came out. I think Crystal, Primitive Notion, Vicious Streak and Someone like You are absolute crackers. Run Wild and Close Range I dislike and the rest is ok.
Great album... only recently have I started playing WFTSC more than this... it took ages but I know reckon WFTSC is a better product... although I wouldn't be without 'Get Ready'; An album of catharsis that was badly needed following the 'Republic' days...
I bought Get Ready only a couple of months ago. Crystal is no doubt a stand-out. When I first bought it, the album sounded good. Now, I have come to a realization: NO's trademark sound changed because there is no GILLIAN 
. I'm not saying that the album is bad or anything like that. NO is the best band that I have ever heard of in my life. It's just that Get Ready is the predecessor of what changes would occur in the future of NO's music.
cozmonite61 wrote: I bought Get Ready only a couple of months ago. Crystal is no doubt a stand-out. When I first bought it, the album sounded good. Now, I have come to a realization: NO's trademark sound changed because there is no GILLIAN
But surely Gillian IS on the album?
