Low-Life (2022 Digital Master) New Order

• 1 Love Vigilantes (2022 Digital Master) 04:19
• 2 The Perfect Kiss (2022 Digital Master) 04:49
• 3 This Time of Night (2022 Digital Master) 04:44
• 4 Sunrise (2022 Digital Master) 06:00
• 5 Elegia (2022 Digital Master) 04:56
• 6 Sooner Than You Think (2022 Digital Master) 05:11
• 7 Sub-culture (2022 Digital Master) 04:58
• 8 Face Up (2022 Digital Master) 05:06
• Total Runtime 40:03

Info for Low-Life (2022 Digital Master)

In 1985, New Order released their third studio album ‘Low-Life’, which has a special status in the band's history because there has never been another release before or since that featured photos of the band members on the cover. Almost four decades later, you can now look forward to a digital master edition of the album.

‘Low-Life’ was recorded in London's Jam and Britannia Row Studios in 1984 and produced by New Order.

"New Order's third album, Low-Life, is, in every way, the artistic equal of their breakout, 1983's Power, Corruption & Lies. Building on the genre-hopping brilliance of the two singles they released in between -- the Arthur Baker-produced electro track "Confusion" and the dramatic synth rocker "Thieves Like Us" -- Low-Life marks the point where the band's fusion of rock and electronics becomes seamless. It's heavily sequenced and synthesized, but with bravura work from Bernard Sumner on guitar and Peter Hook's plaintive, melodic bass taking a lead role. The record is filled with hooky, hummable pop songs, but just as important are the experimental techniques that the band and engineer Michael Johnson employ. The melodica-led pop song "Love Vigilantes" is a perfect opener, a surprising bit of songcraft -- for the first time Sumner's lyrics tell a story -- with the kind of melody that's built to be a timeless earworm. "The Perfect Kiss" is almost the equal to that track melodically; however, the skittering beats, gleaming sequencers, and electronic handclaps point more forcefully toward the dancefloor. After this one-two punch, New Order filter in tracks like "This Time of Night" and "Elegia" that evoke the dark, nocturnal mood of the album's title and artwork; they make a white-hot racket on the hardest-rocking song in their catalog so far, "Sunrise," which is an amazing showcase for Hook and Sumner at their electric best; they add popping dance tracks ("Face Up" and "Sub-Culture," which was later improved by a slick remix); and, on "Sooner Than You Think," they show off an almost bouncy, light side of the group. Sumner's openhearted vocals and intimate lyrics here and throughout show the band coming out of their shell and connecting on a broader emotional level. By the end of Low-Life, there's no mistaking that New Order have reached a peak, experimenting with their sound and their style, yet keeping every moment wrapped in an unmistakable humanness." (Tim Sendra, AMG)

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Digitally remastered

Please Note: We offer this album in its native sampling rate of 44.1 kHz, 24-bit. The provided 96 kHz version had a very bad frequency spectrum. Hence we'll not offer it in 96 kHz!

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