Best album before Technique:evil4:

:p

It's Low-Life, you daft bastards! :D

Thgought momentarily about PC&L but yep, it's Low Life alright.

PowerCorruption&Lies

Great mix of songs. Low Life isn't very well produced for me, but its a definate 2nd.

PCL without hesitation. It has three remarkably beautiful songs, a great melodic dance track (The Village), three confident electro grooves, and a leftfield dirge (We All Stand), that, at the very least, bespeaks NO's distinctiveness and willingness to experiment.

For those who say LowLife is the most consistent, how do you explain away the relatively tepid Subculture? And seeing how a number of people put down Love Vigilantes and Face Up, that's more than a 1/3 of the album held in somewhat low regard. Additionally, LowLife lacks the brightness and exuberance that characterizes much of PCL.

Brotherhood! do doubt about it

PC&L Right after

Low Life

Low-life etc

Once and for all - Low Life. Before and after. Always and forever. Sheer class

• edit: all 4 way better than Technique

No offence,but this surely is a forgone conclusion isn't it? Anyway,Low Life.By a smidge.

Brotherhood - so underrated.

Followed closer by PCL, Low Life, Movement

L-L

Power, Corruption + Lies

Age Of Consent, The Village, Your Silent Face + Leave Me Alone. You can't get any better than this.

Power, Corruption & Lies.

• edit: all 4 way better than Technique

You must be loaded, F**kwitt. :beer2:

Foreign F**kwitt wrote: Once and for all - Low Life. Before and after. Always and forever. Sheer class

• edit: all 4 way better than Technique

ditto

technique = overrated & badly dated

Even though I think Brotherhood is a very good album, I picked Low-Life.

Power, Corruption, and Lies is the peak of New Order in terms of creativity and individuality, excellent

... they are all good, thou Movement is flawed.. . "Sub-culture" is not tepid, "Love Vigilantes" is fine, Brotherhood has some great songs including "Every Little Counts", "Paradise" and the orgasmic beauty of "Bizzarelove triangle"

nothing to bitch about... just listen and enjoy these records

I would argue Bernard's vocal on the album version of Subculture is his weakest since their earliest days.

pumped full of drugs wrote: Power, Corruption, and Lies is the peak of New Order in terms of creativity and individuality, excellent

... they are all good, thou Movement is flawed.. . "Sub-culture" is not tepid, "Love Vigilantes" is fine, Brotherhood has some great songs including "Every Little Counts", "Paradise" and the orgasmic beauty of "Bizzarelove triangle"

nothing to bitch about... just listen and enjoy these records

I know what you mean man. I mean PCL has the emergence of the pop hooks their known for. They were still experimenting with different sounds and sequences. But at the same time it's got a really close tie to their darker stuff and the JD stuff, like the scratchy guitar stuff that turns into little melodies by the end of the song for example. It's got some youthful angst and anger in it too. That stuff is still present on the later stuff but this was the perfect blend of all their faces.

Well, I think that PC&L is the best album of NewOrder before Technique!!

Torn between PC&L and Low-Life, but I chose the latter.

PC&L. Low-Life might have slightly better songs overall (and they should've added Let's Go there) but the production...

Low-Life, but only beats PC&L by virtue of having my favourite NO song on it (Love Vigilantes)...

Snorri xxx

Low Life

PC&L narrowly beats LL.

MOVEMENT!!