Get Ready

68Pontiac wrote: I personally see Get Ready as the better of the newer albums (i.e. Republic, t Ready, WFTSC), but like mentioned if you like a more guitar driven New Order than you'll like Get Ready better. I'd say get Substance first, Technique next, and go on from there....

I agree with buying Substance first - preferably the cassette version with Dubvulture, Shellcock and Bizarre Dub Triangle - and then Technique.

But Get Ready? If you find pleasure in childish, two-chord crap, then listen to Get Ready. If you want something more challenging, try Waiting For The Sirens' Call...

M1 wrote: Surely it's in the cheap bin?

No, it isn't. It's quite expensive, actually.

NotAMod wrote: If you like guitars and/or Joy Division buy it.

If you like the more synthesizer side of New Order then save your money for something else.

I like both sides of New Order, so I'm looking for an album which features a balance between these two. Having said that, I really enjoy WFTSC, which has a lot of guitars, so I don't mind buying another guitar-driven album.

El Jarvo wrote: Download it illegally, surely?

First of all, I have a downloading program which doesen't donwload entire albums, just songs, and you can't find all of them. Plus, it's the only studio album I've found here in my town and I like buying original albums when I have the opportunity. It might be the last original NO album I'd buy in a long time as I don't have an international credit card, which is required to buy from Amazon.

Coops wrote:

Silvina Hernandez wrote: Is it an essencial purchase?

If you're a fan of the popular beat combo called New Order Id say it probably was. If you like One Direction then not so much.

I haven't heard anything from One Direction yet, besides the song they sang on the Olympics Closing Ceremony, and I probably won't, but I didin't found it as offensive as most of today's artists.

ARGHHH... I just wrote a long review of this and now its disappeared. Here we go again.

Get Ready is a brilliant album... why it is regarded by many as a rock album I don't really know though. Yes there is audible guitars, but there are some really nice electronic sounds on here, kicking off with the lead-track and single, the sublime Crystal, the last great single from them in my opinion [save maybe, Waiting For The Sirens' Call], which on its own saves it from being a poor album, but the good music doesn't stop there. The beautiful "Turn My Way" follows, one of their finest album tracks of the 21st century, though Corgans vocal may be a turn-off for some. I happen to be a huge Pumpkins fan, so it doesn't bother me at all.

Vicious Streak is a lush electronic track with a good mood and atmosphere, Someone Like You should have been the follow-up single to Crystal and gave them their second top 10 single. I don't really get the fuss with 60mph, it's okay, but doesn't stand out as a great one for me. Though the video is very funny...

Close Range is another highlight. Much better live, shame they don't play it anymore.

Get Ready is also in my opinion miles better than Waiting For The Sirens' Call. Now that, I would see why people would regard it as a rock album. Much more rocky than Get Ready. I also think Get Ready has aged VERY well. 11 years after release it still sounds very fresh and contemporary IMO.

In my opinion you should get it. 😎

Linus Solanki wrote: At first I was not that crazy about Get Ready but after a while it grew on me and it is a very good strong NO album, great guitars and synths. The only thing I didn't like about that ablum which people won't care about is the lyrics of that album, I thought the lyrics were anti God and Angry at him which I did not like, This was the only NO album that dealt with God and religion and I thought they were angry at it which I didn't like. I know most of you probably wont care but that is how I felt about it.

You can also get it here, it is very cheap and they will ship it to you also.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00005MOSX/ref=dp\_olp\_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used

I'm an atheist so I don't mind about that, as long as the music is good, which's what I really pay attention to. Thanks for the link, but I'm not allowed to buy on Amazon as I don't have an international credit card.

Cranelane wrote: For me the essential purchases are

Substance

LowLife

Technique

PC&L

I would avoid Get Ready until all the above have been thoroughly digested....

I haven't been able to find any of those albums here in Montevideo and, again, I don't have an international credit card, which is required to buy from Amazon.

You obviously have computer.. why not download them legally and then burn them to disc?

68Pontiac wrote: You obviously have computer.. why not download them legally and then burn them to disc?

Because, as I said many times, I don't have an international credit card.

GR has aged v.well stil play it a lot. As good as brotherhood, better than wftsc, republic, movement. Not as godd as the others but then again not much is. I like GR better now than I did when it was released. Rock the shack should have been replaced but I don't hate this track as much as some on this board.b

NotAMod wrote: I was listening to Vicious Streak at the weekend on headphones for the first time in a few years and it sounds superb.

There is also a Corgan-less mix of Turn My Way (called Shipwreck Of A Broken Man) floating around the Interweb if you can find it which is also worth checking out.

GR definitely had some great moments although I'm not crazy about how they edited/finalised the running order and song mixes by the end.

As for buying it, there are second/third hand copies going on Ebay for literally pennies. It's an immensely easy album to obtain for bugger all cash.

It's probably my least listened to of NO albums,(besides Movement, that I don't own) but it's grown on me. I liked Crystal, Vicious Streak, Primitive Notion, Someone like you, and the bonus track on my edition, Behind Closed Doors. But I'd say I enjoyed Electronic's third album Twisted Tenderness better overall. That said, it's not dated at all, IMO.

NotAMod wrote: I was listening to Vicious Streak at the weekend on headphones for the first time in a few years and it sounds superb.

There is also a Corgan-less mix of Turn My Way (called Shipwreck Of A Broken Man) floating around the Interweb if you can find it which is also worth checking out.

GR definitely had some great moments although I'm not crazy about how they edited/finalised the running order and song mixes by the end.

As for buying it, there are second/third hand copies going on Ebay for literally pennies. It's an immensely easy album to obtain for bugger all cash.

There is some of Get Ready mixes here on youtube :http://www.youtube.com/user/electricum2/videos?query=new+order I prefer the earlier version of Close Range, bit like the BBC session version

steven wrote:

NotAMod wrote: I was listening to Vicious Streak at the weekend on headphones for the first time in a few years and it sounds superb.

There is also a Corgan-less mix of Turn My Way (called Shipwreck Of A Broken Man) floating around the Interweb if you can find it which is also worth checking out.

GR definitely had some great moments although I'm not crazy about how they edited/finalised the running order and song mixes by the end.

As for buying it, there are second/third hand copies going on Ebay for literally pennies. It's an immensely easy album to obtain for bugger all cash.

There is some of Get Ready mixes here on youtube :http://www.youtube.com/user/electricum2/videos?query=new+order I prefer the earlier version of Close Range, bit like the BBC session version

Check out Finsbury '02 on Youtube and 511 for a great live version.

As for buying it, there are second/third hand copies going on Ebay for literally pennies. It's an immensely easy album to obtain for bugger all cash.

...though not cheap on vinyl. Not at all!

NotAMod wrote:

As for buying it, there are second/third hand copies going on Ebay for literally pennies. It's an immensely easy album to obtain for bugger all cash.

BUT THE WOMAN DOES NOT HAVE AN INTERNATIONALLY ACCEPTED CREDIT CARD! Not everyone lives in the western world, you know . Hey I don't, and I remember the hassle I went through to order a NOOL t-shirt a while back (I can pay with my credit card now, but still go through dire troubles to withdraw money from paypal and such).

It might be a good idea to ask around the spanish language forum - plenty of South Americans there, they'll probably have some ideas and suggestions for you regardina all the albums, not only GR. Although all songs from all the albums are available to listen to, if not download, on youbetyoube, so it shouldn't be too difficult to make up your mind regarding a purchase.

Personally I reckon it's a worthwhile album, certainly better than the limpwristed synthpap of Republic / Raise The Pressure and the hit 'n' miss Sirens. The second half's weaker (often the way with NO LPs - for me, anyway) e.g. I don't like Bernard's C'mon-sort-yerself-out-mate lyrical bent as on Close Range - though that one's better live. Anyway, Crystal is the last bollock-crunching single, Turn My Way and Vicious Streak are perfect melancholia, and Primitive Notion would be the equal of 24 Hours or Sunrise if the lyrics werre less wanky. Don't like 60 mph much though.

Michael Monkhouse wrote: Personally I reckon it's a worthwhile album, certainly better than the limpwristed synthpap of Republic / Raise The Pressure and the hit 'n' miss Sirens. The second half's weaker (often the way with NO LPs - for me, anyway) e.g. I don't like Bernard's C'mon-sort-yerself-out-mate lyrical bent as on Close Range - though that one's better live. Anyway, Crystal is the last bollock-crunching single, Turn My Way and Vicious Streak are perfect melancholia, and Primitive Notion would be the equal of 24 Hours or Sunrise if the lyrics werre less wanky. Don't like 60 mph much though.

That's the thing that puts me off of Get Ready, for some strange reason. Barney has never been the greatest lyricist, and there are a lot of real cringe-worthy lines in some of the 'classics' (Thieves Like Us, Face-Up, Paradise, etc). However, they don't really bother me as much as his lyrics do on Get Ready. I mean, they aren't any more clunky than usual, but for some reason they really bother me here. Almost makes the album unlistenable. What's going on here?

Michael Monkhouse wrote: Personally I reckon it's a worthwhile album, certainly better than the limpwristed synthpap of Republic / Raise The Pressure and the hit 'n' miss Sirens. The second half's weaker (often the way with NO LPs - for me, anyway) e.g. I don't like Bernard's C'mon-sort-yerself-out-mate lyrical bent as on Close Range - though that one's better live. Anyway, Crystal is the last bollock-crunching single, Turn My Way and Vicious Streak are perfect melancholia, and Primitive Notion would be the equal of 24 Hours or Sunrise if the lyrics werre less wanky. Don't like 60 mph much though.

Agree with yer totally on every point there mate yep, except 60MPH which i still quite like though rarely listen to now

johnaimarre wrote:

Michael Monkhouse wrote: Primitive Notion would be the equal of 24 Hours or Sunrise if the lyrics werre less wanky. Don't like 60 mph much though.

That's the thing that puts me off of Get Ready, for some strange reason. Barney has never been the greatest lyricist, and there are a lot of real cringe-worthy lines in some of the 'classics' (Thieves Like Us, Face-Up, Paradise, etc). However, they don't really bother me as much as his lyrics do on Get Ready. I mean, they aren't any more clunky than usual, but for some reason they really bother me here. Almost makes the album unlistenable. What's going on here?

Yeah it's a funny one re the clunky lyrics. Clunky Barney lyrics were great in the 80s but were not so great in 2001,i totally agree.Kind of odd that, and a shame . Though one i do find still great is Slow Jam with all that*"i like that kinda stuff, it beats arithmetic"*

johnaimarre wrote:

Michael Monkhouse wrote: Personally I reckon it's a worthwhile album, certainly better than the limpwristed synthpap of Republic / Raise The Pressure and the hit 'n' miss Sirens. The second half's weaker (often the way with NO LPs - for me, anyway) e.g. I don't like Bernard's C'mon-sort-yerself-out-mate lyrical bent as on Close Range - though that one's better live. Anyway, Crystal is the last bollock-crunching single, Turn My Way and Vicious Streak are perfect melancholia, and Primitive Notion would be the equal of 24 Hours or Sunrise if the lyrics werre less wanky. Don't like 60 mph much though.

That's the thing that puts me off of Get Ready, for some strange reason. Barney has never been the greatest lyricist, and there are a lot of real cringe-worthy lines in some of the 'classics' (Thieves Like Us, Face-Up, Paradise, etc). However, they don't really bother me as much as his lyrics do on Get Ready. I mean, they aren't any more clunky than usual, but for some reason they really bother me here. Almost makes the album unlistenable. What's going on here?

I think that the prior albums had a clunky feel... so not only were his lyrics a bit off, but so was the recording and a bit of the playing. Get Ready is a highly polished product, and so the lyrics don't match what would be expected of that quality of production... just a thought..

68Pontiac wrote:

I think that the prior albums had a clunky feel... so not only were his lyrics a bit off, but so was the recording and a bit of the playing. Get Ready is a highly polished product, and so the lyrics don't match what would be expected of that quality of production... just a thought..

Yeah, I agree that's what it probably is. That's what made pre-Republic New Order so special; everything was just a tad...off.

Makes me wonder what Crystal or Primitive Notion would sound like if they weren't quadruple-tracked and laminated to death.