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release date: May 13, 1985
format: vinyl (FACT 100) / cd
[album rate: 4 / 5] [4,14]
producer: New Order
label: Factory Records - nationality: England, UK
Tracklist: A) 1. "Love Vigilantes" (4 / 5) - 2. "The Perfect Kiss" (4,5 / 5) - 3. "This Time of Night" - 4. "Sunrise" - - B) 1. "Elegia" (4 / 5) - 2. "Sooner Than You Think" (4 / 5) (studio session) - 3. "Sub-Culture" (4,5 / 5) - 4. "Face Up" (4,5 / 5)
3rd studio album by New Order following Power, Corruption & Lies (May 1983) released as FACT 100 on Factory Records. Soon after the release, I found that this was the best album they had ever made. Today, I think of it as great but not quite as powerful as its predecessor from '83, but gosh, it's a fine and positive synthpop and dance pop album, which is enlisted in "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die".
Btw. this the first and only front cover featuring the members of the band. The cd issue allows you to pick any of the members to front the disc but on the original vinyl issue, the front cover has Stephen Morris on the front with Gillian Gilbert on the back, and with Peter Hook and Bernard Summers on each side of the inlay cover.
Highly recommended.
[ allmusic.com 4,5 / 5 stars ]
