New Order in the 1980s
Joy Division reborn — and reinvented as the bridge between post-punk and dance music.
Origin: Salford, England · Years active: 1980–present
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New Order — Power, Corruption & Lies
CD · Album released 1983
Where guitars and sequencers met and New Order found its own voice.
Peter Hook — Substance: Inside New Order
Book
An insider's account of New Order through the 80s and beyond.
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Biography
Formed by Joy Division's surviving members in late 1980, New Order spent the decade reinventing what a guitar band could be. Their fusion of post-punk songwriting with sequencers, drum machines and dance-music structures was unprecedented.
Movement (1981) is haunted by Joy Division's shadow. By 1982's 'Temptation' single they had found their own voice.
1983's 'Blue Monday' became the best-selling 12-inch single of all time. Power, Corruption & Lies (1983) and Low-Life (1985) are both classics. Substance (1987) collected the singles into a global blockbuster.
New Order's influence on dance music, indie and pop production is enormous. Their Hacienda nightclub helped birth the rave era.
Key 1980s albums
- Movement (1981) — Search Amazon · Find copies on eBay — 80s albums
- Power, Corruption & Lies (1983) — Search Amazon · Find copies on eBay — 80s albums
- Low-Life (1985) — Search Amazon · Find copies on eBay — 80s albums
- Brotherhood (1986) — Search Amazon · Find copies on eBay — 80s albums
- Substance (1987) — Search Amazon · Find copies on eBay — 80s albums
- Technique (1989) — Search Amazon · Find copies on eBay — 80s albums
Essential songs
- Blue Monday (1983) — 80s songs
- Bizarre Love Triangle (1986) — 80s songs
- True Faith (1987) — 80s songs
- Temptation (1982) — 80s songs
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New Order — quick answers
- Who are New Order?
- New Order — Salford, England, active 1980–present. Joy Division reborn — and reinvented as the bridge between post-punk and dance music.
- What did New Order release in the 1980s?
- RADIO 1980 lists 6 albums and 4 essential songs for New Order, covering 1981–1989.
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