release date: Nov. 1982
format: vinyl (FACTUS 8) / digital
[album rate: 4 / 5] [4,20]
producer: Martin Hannett; New Order
label: Factory Records - nationality: England, UK
Tracklist: A) 1. "Everything's Gone Green" (5 / 5) - 2. "Procession" (5 / 5) - 3. "Mesh" (3,5 / 5) - - B) 1. "Temptation" (4 / 5) (studio session) - 2. "Hurt" (3,5 / 5)
1st studio ep release by New Order aka Factus 8 on Factory Records. It's a strong and classic ep, which signals a new sound of the band, but it still shows the bonds to the sound of Joy Division. Upon its release, my favourite tracks were #A2, #A1, and #B1, in that order. "Procession" is a marvellous track, I recorded on cassette from a radio program (it was originally released as the band's second single Sep. '81) before buying the album, and I played it over and over a zillion times. That bass-line, and progress in development is... gorgeous. It has both something of the new synthpop as well as much of the old post-punk, like heard on "Ceremony". It's the last album to be produced by Martin Hannett, who had worked with the band since the beginning, thus helping in shaping the sound and style of both Joy Division and New Order. But where the debut album Movement (1981) by New Order follows close in the footsteps of Joy Division, this ep signals a new era, which would really come through on the following album. The A-side is produced by Hannett, whereas New Order themselves produced the B-side.
[ allmusic.com 3 / 5 stars ]
