New Order Is As Old As My Middle Brother

I learned this week that my all-time favorite band has broken up for good. The last release was the Live in Glasgow DVD and they recorded a few bits of score, each around a minute long, for the black and white biopic, Control. This gives a little more weight to a top 20 songs list, knowing that there might not be any future additions or revisions. As long as I've bought CDs, I've turned around and made mixes with my very favorite songs from my very favorite artists. Blank cassettes allowed for longer mixes and I could fit more than 20 songs on a tape. Now I burn mixes on 80min. CDs and sacrifices must sometimes be made to "official" top 20 song lists. What you'll find below are my "official" personal favorites from New Order, revised and uncensored (surprising to me, the ordering and selected tracks are quite a bit different from the New Order mix CDs I made a few years back to keep in my car):

1. "Ceremony" (1981) "Joy Division created the song, with lyrics written by Ian Curtis. There are two recorded versions of the song by Joy Division. The first available, on the Still album, is from their final concert at High Hall, Birmingham University on May 2, 1980, sixteen days before Curtis' suicide. The second, available on the Heart and Soul four-disc box set is from a rehearsal tape made in April/May 1980. In both recordings, the vocals are only partially audible." (Wikipedia)
2. "Senses" (1981) from the album, Movement
3. "Hurt" (1982) B-side on the single, Temptation
4. "The Village" (1983) from the album, Power, Corruption & Lies
5. "Your Silent Face" (1983) from the album, Power, Corruption & Lies
6. "Lonesome Tonight" (1984) B-side on the single, Thieves Like Us
7. "Face Up" (1985) from the album, Low-Life; my absolute favorite New Order song
8. "Every Little Counts" (1986) from the album, Brotherhood
9. "True Faith" (1987) from the compilation album, Substance
10. "Salvation Theme" (1988) from the movie soundtrack, Salvation!
11. "Blue Monday '88" made familiar by the 7" version on the compilation album, (the best of) New Order; see also the 12" version on the compilation album, Best Remixes
12. "Fine Time" (1988) from the album, Technique
13. "All the Way" (1989) from the album, Technique
14. "Regret (Fire Island Mix)" (1993) B-side on the U.K. single of the same name; see also "Sabres Slow 'n' Low Mix" on the 12" single
15. "Isolation (Live)" (2001) B-side on the single, Crystal
16. "Vicious Streak" (2001) from the album, Get Ready
17. "Sabotage" (2001) B-side on the single, 60 Miles an Hour
18. "Here To Stay (Extended Instrumental, Chemical Brothers Mix)" (2002) from the Retro box set
19. "Guilt Is a Useless Emotion (Mac Quayle Vocal Mix)" (2005) special U.S. bonus track from the album, Waiting for the Sirens' Call
20. "Waiting for the Sirens' Call (Planet Funk Remix)" (2006) from the compilation album, David Waxman Presents Ultra Electro

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