Previously unreleased track from 2005, set to appear on upcoming "Total" compilation featuring songs by Joy Division and New Order... a combined "best of" over 1 CD.
You can hear the new song, Hellbent here... (presumably one of the several unreleased tracks from the Waiting For The Sirens Call sessions)
I quite like it. Not far from what you'd normally expect from New Order.
I wish they'd reunite and come back.
Re: New Order - Hellbent
Posted: Thu 02 Jun 2011, 11:40 am
by Syncratic
It's a bit MOR actually. Not sure what the point is in yet another Best Of.
Re: New Order - Hellbent
Posted: Thu 02 Jun 2011, 2:03 pm
by Radiophonic
So so. I loved the Technique album but not really a fan since then.
Re: New Order - Hellbent
Posted: Thu 02 Jun 2011, 4:07 pm
by Fugitive1979
It's not too bad, but like most of the Sirens stuff, it seems to promise a lot, but comes up short. Not an era I'm too fond of, and it sadly shows that the tank was running dry.
Re: New Order - Hellbent
Posted: Thu 02 Jun 2011, 11:25 pm
by Patrick Bateman
Radiophonic wrote:So so. I loved the Technique album but not really a fan since then.
Republic was decent too but apart from the odd single - Crystal and Here to Stay - there's not a huge amount to recommend the material after they reformed.
Re: New Order - Hellbent
Posted: Thu 02 Jun 2011, 11:43 pm
by Radiophonic
Oh, I bought the Regret CD single, but I didn't invest further in the album. I took a C90 tape of Technique and Holly Johnson's Blast! with me to Sitges in 1989 and they both hold special memories for me.
Re: New Order - Hellbent
Posted: Thu 02 Jun 2011, 11:49 pm
by Patrick Bateman
Republic's an excellent pop album. I used to play it all the time with Very.
Re: New Order - Hellbent
Posted: Thu 02 Jun 2011, 11:56 pm
by Radiophonic
I'm familiar with that song too, it must be on the greatest hits. I like that vid.
Re: New Order - Hellbent
Posted: Fri 03 Jun 2011, 12:05 am
by Patrick Bateman
Yeah, it's a classy video. Love the cameos. Republic's their most *pop* album; that's why it gets slagged off by lots of New Order fans. I always associate it with Very; both came out in 1993, have a very slickly produced power-pop sound, and there's even a track called Young Offender on each album.
Re: New Order - Hellbent
Posted: Fri 03 Jun 2011, 12:15 am
by Palpatine
Republic is amazing. Regret is the perfect pop single.
Re: New Order - Hellbent
Posted: Fri 03 Jun 2011, 12:24 am
by Patrick Bateman
I think you could make a case for Neil influencing the album in a funny kind of way. It really is their only truly *pop* album (as opposed to the New Wave indie-dance of the early albums, Balearic beats of Technique, and erm, dad-rock of the later years) and it's no coincidence that it followed the Electronic collaboration. Didn't Bernard call Neil Dr. Pop or something?
Re: New Order - Hellbent
Posted: Sat 04 Jun 2011, 1:18 am
by Deschanel
Radiophonic wrote:Oh, I bought the Regret CD single, but I didn't invest further in the album. I took a C90 tape of Technique and Holly Johnson's Blast! with me to Sitges in 1989 and they both hold special memories for me.
Sigh, nice.. A year later I bought Behaviour in Sitges, it was the soundtrack of my extended off-season stay there that September. Listened to it often with almost all British semi ex-pats, they were intrigued. Special memories of SItges and music, I can relate. Lovely town.
And yeah, Republic and most especially "Regret" and its remixes -brilliant- was better than they get credit for. Mostly. Noy as good as Very by any stretch. Imho. Not a hit I gather. How strange they both had a "Young Offender". Purposeful? I know which one I like better.
