10. New OrderMovement
This first New Order album is the closest (in sound and in time) to Joy Division, and is still my favourite; the opener ‘Dreams Never End’ is glorious. Apparently that’s just about the only song the band like – they were not getting along with producer Martin Hannett, who by all accounts was domineering and out of control. I think if a record is really unpleasant to make, then it can be hard for the musicians involved to ever enjoy it – you can only hear the pain that went into it. I’ve heard Peter Hook say the production wasn’t good but I would beg to differ. I love the way the drums are recorded. Really it’s a strange and modern-sounding record – at times it sounds like it was recorded on a spaceship – and still sounds modern thirty years later. You could argue that the very best New Order songs were those not initially released on their albums – ‘Ceremony’, ‘Procession’, ‘Everything’s Gone Green’ and ‘Temptation.’ But the recent deluxe edition of Movement includes them all.
