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Will take a while before I will do all of those, but eventually, those polls will be useful to put the "ranking" in the discography.
Feel free to comment your grade ;)
I'll hesitate between 7 and 8 honestly, Technique, my favorite would get a 9... Get Ready is probably my 3rd or 4th favorite New Order album (Technique, Brotherhood, Get Ready, Low-Life, Republic, PC&L, Movement in order!)
7, if only because it's a grower. It's a great album, but stacked against the others (which is, I'm assuming, the criteria for this poll) it seems a bit humbled by comparison to Low-life or PCL (my two faves)
Hum, if Sabotage & Player In The League were on the album, as they were until the last month, would you still give that vote? :)
If the official release had mirrored the Premix exactly i would rate Get Ready a bit higher (8.5 - 9)...a better tracklisting for sure and the versions are superior in my opinion. Why they thought Slow Jam and Rock the Shack were better than Sabotage, Player and Behind Closed Doors (even though it's not on the Premix) will always be a mystery to me. Slow Jam and Rock the Shack are more "b-side" tunes to my ears. Can you believe i'm still pissed about that?
Brian GRUDGE HOLDER Geaux
Get over Slow Jam you fool..
It's obvious the band like those tracks, otherwise you would have seen Primitive Notion and Vicious Streak live..!
The premix is good, but you know, those "extended versions" doesn't necessairly means they are better.. they are different and nice to have..
Well I personally gave it 9....I still play it a lot, and recently I have been singing Crystal all day at work. It still sounds fresh to moi, and I love all the tracks people like to give a bad name
Viva Slow Jam and Rock The Shitter! Primitive Notion is up there with some of the best tracks by the band, and while others aren't quite of the same quality, ye's have to admit this is still a hugely impressive record.....why else would I still be playing the fooker;)
Get Ready fer the next album......it's gonna be just as good.
BTW Technique is a 10....no doubts about it
it may or may not surprise you that i will disagree with your statement about seeing PN and VS live. I do not think we will ever hear Vicious Streak live and that's fine with me. They couldn't reproduce the glory of the original. Same with some other slower numbers they've tried but failed to produce live. Primitive Notion is just too hard for them to do and that is the main reason in my little head for them not playing it. Slow Jam is just a simple little guitar, bass, drums song that doesn't take any special focus (or talent) to play. I just relistened to Rock the Shack at Glasgow Barrowlands...when they stop about 10 seconds in with Barney shouting to "Stop, stop it's too hard....let's play Blue Monday". They just don't have the ability (sobriety) to pull off something like Primitive Notion.
And NO! i will not get over Slow Jam...I love NewOrder and to me Slow Jam is a slap in the face. A serious scar on the band. Sorry, but I just cannot understand where they were coming from when they wrote that song. I'd take SubCulture 12" mix any day over that.
I do not agree with the premise stated by you and Jarvis that the band play SJ and RTS because they are their favorites off Get Ready. NewOrder are not in the mode of playing what they WANT to play anymore. They play what they think the general punter wants to hear and what requires the least amount of rehearsal time.
Originally posted by ShugZV©
5 voters have give this album a 7
7 is a good grade, consering they have done better albums.
5 is an album you don't hate, neither like...
At least, that was my scale, finally gave it a 7 because I don't think anything diserves a 10, and I'm saving 9 for Technique and 8 for Brotherhood.. but it could have been a 8.. ;)
Gave it a 7 as well. I actually listened to it earlier. Some of the things I never originally liked now wash over me a bit i.e. the 'rock' drum sounds on Crystal that is looped as is now the norm with pro tools production it would seem. As anyone who'd downloaded the samples from the Acid Planet comp would be familiar with. I actually found myself singing along to shithouse until the chorus kicked in and the the usual
shake of my head response took over. Overall I can't go as low as 6 for something that contains Primitive Notion, Close Range and Crystal or as high as 8 because I rank it below all the others bar probably Republic.
7 from the Cobweb jury. 3 points were lost because of the inclusion of Slow Jam, Cock The Snack and Run Wild. (Note how Turn My Way has somehow jumped into the BCE top 7 of this album after one play extra loud !)
I give it a 9. It was so refreshing to hear after such a long time of silence. My only problem with the album was some of the lyrics. (you know which songs I am talking about...)
8 points from me. Would it have "Sabotage" and "Player in the League" included instead of "RTS" and "Slow Yawn" i'd given it a 10! "Technique" would get a proper 10!
I gave Get Ready an 8... I still play it regularly and don't skip anything but RTS. I rate only Brotherhood and Low-Life higher; and it's at the same level as Technique. It has a considerable number of very good songs: Crystal, Turn My Way, Vicious Streak, Someone Like You. My favourite is Primitive Notion though; that's classic New Order. I also agree that the album would have been better with Player In The League and Sabotage.
5 - just listened to it again (for the first time in 4 months)on the drive oop north and found it disappointing, rather than pushing the boundries like the earlier release's (excluding Repugnent) it smacks of music by numbers.
Originally posted by Donnie Brasco 8, 9 on a good day,hang on when is any neworder day not a good day??9 it is then ;)
Aye, with ye on that one bruv......I've gotta say I'm still surprised at the low scoring fer this album.....are you's miserable bastards ever happy?:D
I'm surprised that some people cannot be objective and rate the album accordingly. I know this is NewOrder but they still put some AWFUL, AWFUL music on their disc. They are faltering and the last two albums prove that. The majority of Get Ready is very good but the rest are as Hac put it "music by numbers" and nothing else.
Originally posted by ShugZV©
> Originally posted by Donnie Brasco> 8, 9 on a good day,> > hang on when is any neworder day not a good day??> > 9 it is then ;)
Aye, with ye on that one bruv......I've gotta say I'm still surprised at the low scoring fer this album.....are you's miserable bastards ever happy?:D
no shit.....First of all, NO BAND, and I mean not a single band in history, is or has been perfect. Look at some of the most legendery bands/singers of all time....Beatles, Stones, David Bowie, U2, REM...there is probably a whole albums worth of shit songs from any of those guys. Even their greatest albums probably have at least one dud on them (whats the dud on Technique??). Some of my fav bands, including NO, have been around long enough to have a career that spans decades and I could easily name a handful of their songs that are weak or disappointing, but I dont. I dont see the point. In fact not only do I not worry about them, I dont even listen to the ones I dont like.
I know some of the posts on this site are designed by the postee to stimulate conversation and should be taken in that context. I completely understand that........but it does get old.....
Oh yea havent decided how to rate Get Ready. Am wondering should I compare it to only other NO records, or against my fav records in general. hmm..... 
I am probably the most frequent "negative" poster here but my critical nature is not reserved for just NewOrder. I live for music. I spend all extra money on music and every hour i'm awake, i am listening to music. I hold people to certain standards. I actually listen to Republic straight through and ENJOY the whole album. Get Ready was a great return for NewOrder. My favorite album of 2001. I listen to NewOrder vs. Other bands on a ratio of about 20:1 because of that something special in their music. I believe my comments are OBJECTIVE and not tainted because of my love for the band. Some can enjoy everything they hear from the band just because it's NewOrder but I try to see things objectively. Also, I got into NewOrder because of their use of electronics so a song like Slow Jam is SHITE in my opinion while Someone Like You is EXCELENT in my opinion even though a lot of people hate it. I wonder how many people would like Slow Jam if it said written by..Blink 182 or some other pop band.
Perfect albums in my opinion:
Technique Fox Base Alph - St. Etienne Ultra Vivid Scene - Joy Underworld - Dubnobass The Stone Roses
more later
I gave it a 7, the first half is definitely stronger than the second half in my opinion. Slow Jam is average, Rock The Shack I don't mind, Close Range didnt do much for me at first sounded a bit New Order by the numbers, but it has grown on me a lot, and I can even tolerate Run Wild now!
The best tracks for me are Crystal, Vicious Streak and Primitive Notion (brilliant Hooky bass). I think they could play Primitive Notion live, I think the closest they have done to it in terms of arrangement is Sunrise, and they pulled that off live no problems.
It ranks 4th on my list of New Order albums, just below Brotherhood with Technique and Low Life occupying the top 2.
A lot of it depends on what era you get into New Order me thinks. My sisters rate Republic as probably New Order's best, and Get Ready and Technique would be the only others they listen to.
Cheers ALEX
I give it a very solid 8 after listening to the CD 3 times.
I think the first 5 songs are all pretty much excellent and easy to listen to. The next 5 as a whole aren't as strong--but none of them are too bad.
But I defintely agree the first half has the best music--but overall I give the CD a solid 8.
It depends what standards you are measuring Get Ready against. Compared to other CD's from 2001 it would get a thumping 10. If you have to allow yourself rating space for CD's such as Technique, Low Life and PC&L. then...
I have compromised with myself on an 8. Which is quite good bearing in mind that it's got in it RTS.
All in all they have more than fulfilled my expectations.
Originally posted by Biznotic Love Trapazoid If the official release had mirrored the Premix exactly i would rate Get Ready a bit higher (8.5 - 9)...a better tracklisting for sure and the versions are superior in my opinion. Why they thought Slow Jam and Rock the Shack were better than Sabotage, Player and Behind Closed Doors (even though it's not on the Premix) will always be a mystery to me. Slow Jam and Rock the Shack are more "b-side" tunes to my ears. Can you believe i'm still pissed about that? Brian GRUDGE HOLDER Geaux
Thanks for this CD which i have just received and will give it a good play soon.Cheers for the e-mails too. Sad Rocket Mick
