I was very surprised in doing a wee bit of research to discover that from Ceremony in 1981 through to Waiting For The Sirens Call in 2005, New Order had 30 different songs released as singles (I'm not including any of the Blue Monday or World In Motion remixes in that figure).I've previously gone on record that Temptation from 1982 is my all-time favourite single. And because of that, I've never really sat down and tried to work out which order I would list the rest of the New Order singles in terms of personal favourites.
Actually, that's a lie. Ceremony runs Temptation close for my all time favourite 45. Blue Monday isn't all that far behind either. Beyond that, the remainder of the Top 10 would be quite fluid depending on the mood I'm in.
But I know that the comeback single from 1993 would be quite high on the list.
New Order had more or less imploded on the back of the recording of Technique which was released in 1989, notwithstanding that with the help of Keith Allen and sundry footballers they achieved their sole #1 single the following year with World In Motion. The fact that Factory Records had also gone under made many folk think the band would be no more, especially as each member was sidetracked by various solo projects. But after a hiatus of more than three years, this very fine piece of pop was unleashed on the world:-
mp3 : New Order - Regret
Aided by a bizarre Top Of The Pops appearance filmed live from the set of the then hit TV series Baywatch, the single climbed to #4 in the UK charts which remains, outwith of the afore-said World in Motion and one of the Blue Monday remixes the highest chart position they ever enjoyed.
There were three other versions available on the CD single:-
mp3 : New Order - Regret (New Order Mix)
mp3 : New Order - Regret (The Fire Island Mix)
mp3 : New Order - Regret (Junior Dub Mix)
The engineer on the New Order Mix was Owen Morris who within a matter of two years would become famous for his production work with Oasis, particularly on (What's The Story) Morning Glory. The other two mixes were aimed at the dance market with production credited to superstar DJs Terry Farley and Pete Heller.
Happy Listening.
11 comments:
Never seen that vid before...who is the Hooky stand-in?
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Great single. The Baywatch thing was bizarre, but very funny. Don't forget, there were 2 barn-storming Weatherall remixes of this song as well.
Definitely their last great single. In fact, I'm struggling to think of anything they've done since that's worth bothering with
Oops - I was that (accidentally)anonymous commenter!
Tish and pish ! After this they had... ok you might have a point.
Crystal was half decent though. In my personal classification I would have this one as their last...
I thought 'Crystal' was great.
I thought "Crystal" sounded great until you actually listened to it, if that makes sense.
Their last great single was "True Faith". They had other good singles, but "True Faith" was definitely New order's last great single in my opinion:)
I really liked the three other singles off Republic 'Ruined In A day' 'World' and 'Spooky and 'Crystal and 'Here To Stay' aren't bad either...
problem w/ crystal as their last great single is, every New Order song that has backing vocals (ie. some anonymous black ((not to be racist)) chick singing) sux. So in fact, you are correct that this is their last great single. luv yer blog. don't stop!
+1 for Crystal.
Every time I hear it live it gets more and more potent and going back to the original makes you realise how brilliantly they captured the live energy of the song on record.
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