I feel so extraordinary somePoll's got a hold on me: NEW ORDER artist poll #37 (RESULTS thread)

one of the most memorable non-dub melodica licks of all time

Love Vigilantes is fhe first track I heard after Electronic that astonished me. The guitar-melodica-bass combo seduced me.

IMO you can't get past "I want see, my family.." lovely stuff

So, was he mistakenly reported dead? Or is he actually gone and its his ghost that goes home to his wife?

Who can say...

melodica is v underrated as a non-dub non-twee pop instrument

I like the idea that he doesn't know he's dead. impossible to tell, really.

should have been a single. they only released two from Low-Life so this would have made for a great third single.

I remember buying Low Life, and wondering how it would be after the generally open-ended songs that was Power, Corruption and Lies..

And there was the most direct song they'd done so far. Ended up playing it three times in a row, most of the rest of the album is a blur, really.

Always a well known album track; my college station played it like crazy

I'm guessing 'Sooner Than You Think' and 'This Time of Night' won't place now - I had both in my top 20.

Speaking of which, did anything in particular prompt a change to their (implicit) "singles and albums shan't have overlapping tracks" stance at Lowlife?

xp Surprised & a little heartbroken at their exclusion so far.

I'm guessing there are 9 incredible, godforesake me, world beating singles left - a couple of Technique tunes that will place here - and...

i really liked this picture. have never seen Pumped Full of Drugs.

i'm certain of what's left, but couldn't begin to guess at the order

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14. 1963
From: Substance and True Faith (B-Side)
Released: 20 July 1987 (single) and 17 August 1987 (Substance)
780 Points, 30 Votes

"1963" received just 4 more points than "Love Vigilantes." LV had 34 votes compared to 1963's 30 votes.

I'm guessing there are 9 incredible, godforesake me, world beating singles left - a couple of Technique tunes that will place here - and...

― kraudive

Another B-side and an awesome Bobby Gillespie collaboration would be my guesses.

One of the greatest B-sides of all time.

I'm kind of surprised this is so low, but it's about right. Wonderful song - one of the first of theirs I fell for.

xp - this is the b-side? I counted it as a single - it was later, right? At least in UK.

Almost had this as my #1 but changed my mind at the last minute.

Yeah the '94 remix was released as a single to promote the Best of (xp).

It was released with the Arthur Baker remix as a single, yes. There are a few different versions, complicating things as usual.

'Your Silent Face' to come, I reckon.

Oh yeah I somehow forgot it was a single. One of the best songs that was a B-side and then later made a single then. Pet Shop's Paninaro is the only example I can think of that happening.

'Your Silent Face' to come, I reckon.

― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican),

Age of Consent too.

and "Dream Attack"

this made my Top 10 but they made the right choice by picking "True Faith" as the single.

folks talking about the Love Vigilante lyrics should read this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Occurrence_at_Owl_Creek_Bridge

that is awesome!

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13 Everything's Gone Green
From: Procession (B-side) also Everything's Gone Green (stand alone single)
Released: September 1981 (Procession B-side) and December 1981 (single)
787 Points, 31 Votes

"Love Vigilantes" just came on the sound system at the coffee shop I'm at! LOL

This is too low. I couldn't really say which was my number 1 or number 2 - this I placed at 2. Damn.

C'mon ILX, this is Everything's Gone Green. Uh. I love it so much.

Great pic though.

blows my mind that this was a b-side, though they corrected that a few months later.

Number 2 for me as well! There are some great live versions of this.

EGG is completely brilliant, probably my favourite sounding song of theirs, it's just so impressive in so many ways

of course this had to come next:

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12. Procession
From: Procession
Released: September 1981
790 Points, 28 Votes, 3 Number Ones

speaking of too low

my #1. best synth intro in history

"Procession" beat its B-side by 3 points, the 3 number ones gave it three extra points pushing it past "Everything's Gone Green."

My prediction for Top 5: 'Regret', 'Bizarre Love Triangle', 'The Perfect Kiss (long version)', 'Blue Monday' and 'True Faith'... in any order.

Thought this would place in the top 5.

Yeah. But Temptation? Ceremony?

I guess we all know the songs that are to place now. But.

no way is regret and perfect kiss beating temptation.

My #1 too. Electricsound OTM. A little bit disappointed in y'all tbh.

no way is regret and perfect kiss beating temptation.

― crabby pate (electricsound), Saturday, June 1, 2013 12:41 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

It did on my ballot.

Perfect Kiss for number one!

There's a Technique track left folks.