Substance

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100 Greatest Electronic Albums (100 items)
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New Order - True Faith

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Description: It's a simple concept--the first dozen singles by New Order collected, a couple of them rerecorded--but it's also a totally entertaining seven-year history of the band that married British post-punk alienation to the relentless hedonism of the dance floor. The band's hits were always deeply unconventional (like the haunting "Blue Monday," essentially a seven-minute drum machine test with a short lyric that alluded to the Falklands War), but they were brilliant productions, layering dozens of electronic countermelodies and percussion tricks over Barney Sumner's uncertain warble and Peter Hook's lead bass parts. Though ... (more)

Manufacturer: Qwest / Wea
Release date: 25 October 1990
Number of discs: 2
EAN: 0075992562126 UPC: 075992562126