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

"Regret" didn't make my Top 40, it was like 41 or 42. was thinking that it might make the Top 10 for this poll, was really surprised that it jumped to number five.

The Republic-era art mostly has this kinda "looks like it could be off the front of a pack of jonnies" vibe to it.

The limited edition Republic CD was so great though! You could throw it in the pool!

thought about a #1 for "Regret", settled for #2. such a classic

Also, I think 'Regret' is the last truly great song of Bernard Sumner's songwriting peak, which to me began with the 'True Faith' single, and lasted throughout Technique and the first Electronic album, and then closed here in fine style

both otm, though I'd begin the peak a little earlier (and have World in Motion at the summit)

Now it looks like any old collage done in Photoshop but I think it was a little more unique in 93. Definitely marks the end of Peter Savilles best work. He has some highlights post 93 but nothing as special as the 79-88 run.

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4. The Perfect Kiss
From: Low-Life
Released: May 1985 (single) and 13 May 1985
1168 Points, 38 Votes, 4 Number Ones

Lasting nearly 9 minutes, the full 12" single version of the song is longer than even "Blue Monday." This version also appears on the vinyl edition of Substance, with the CD pressings deleting 44 seconds of the climatic finale, due to time limitations of the CD format in 1987 (future remasterings of Substance did not restore the missing 44 seconds, even though newer CDs would allow for it). The full version was eventually released unedited on the 2-disc deluxe edition of Low-Life, marking its first appearance on CD.

The version on the original Low-Life and all post-Substance compilations is a 4:48 edit that omits the third verse (the one that mentions the song's title) and fades out before the climax. This version is present on the A-side of the 7" single from the Philippines; most 7" issues from other countries have on the A-side a version that is further edited to 4:24 (in some or all cases without the percussion introduction). The UK 7" promo release on Factory Records is a rarely-heard edit cut by Ivan Ivan which compresses most of the elements of the full, 8:46 version (including the ending but not the third verse) into 3:50.

There is also a live studio recording which corresponds to the music video; it is available on the bonus disc included with some editions of Retro and on various promotional vinyl releases.

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BOOOOO that's it I'm outta here.

so people were thinking this should be higher?

yeah, like #1

awesome image, BTW

this was my #1

I'm gutted because I know that 'Ceremony' is going to place higher than it now, and it really doesn't deserve to.

so there isn't much drama left but we are down to the Top 3 according to ILM.

True Faith, Ceremony and Temptation. Hopefully placing in order of release, Ceremony at 1.

Best version is the live one from the video. "Temptation" may take it.

I love this band, their highs and their lows, the valleys and the hills. No other group means as much to me.

Despite "The Perfect Kiss" being a fan favourite, the song was not performed live between 1993 and 2006 due to the complexity of converting the programs from the E-mu Emulator to the new Roland synthesizer. However, it returned to the live set at a performance in Athens on 3 June 2006.

another pointless exercise in programming. the appeal of that song totally escapes me. music for robots.

BOOOOOOOOOO.

(I joke when I say I'm outta here since I only heard The Perfect Kiss for the first time yesterday, but I've listened to it about twenty times since.)

I was flabbergasted that TPK only made #4. When I first began drafting these pictures, I had the template with TPK tentatively at #1 :\

another pointless exercise in programming. the appeal of that song totally escapes me. music for robots.

Don't get this at all. The enthusiastic, ramshackle element of the band shines through in this song more than many others. Yes, there's a sequencer, but you also have Hooky's bass, the cowbell, hand-played synths, drum pads, guitar...

I'm looking at my ballot now, and kinda wishing I'd swapped it with 'True Faith'... :/

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3. True Faith
From: Substance
Released: 20 July 1987 (single) and 17 August 1987 (album)
1211 Points, 38 Votes

you read that right 0 number one votes and still managed to get into the Top 3.

That's it, poll over.

I could easily have given it a no.1. It meant the world to me when I was *checks* eleven.

This is playing out exactly right. As long as Temptation is next.

True Faith was the first New Order song I consciously heard (on the American Psycho soundtrack!). It intrigued me enough to get sucked deeper and deeper into their work, but the song has never been a favourite.

It's playing out exactly right if you believe that New Order didn't top their first single, which is absolute bollocks.

I love music for robots. Vivre les robots!

Apropos: http://www.dewit.ca/archs/jd/Temptation.html

This is the best song ever written, and if anyone disagrees. I'll fight them.

Pleased with the top 5, though I'm sick of "True Faith," myself. However the top 2 fall is fine with me.

New Order wrote and recorded "True Faith" and "1963" during a 10-day studio session with producer Stephen Hague. The two songs were written as new material for New Order's first singles compilation album, Substance 1987. After the two songs were recorded, the band's US management decided that "True Faith" was the stronger track and would be released as the new single, with "1963" as the B-side. "1963" was remixed and issued as a single in its own right in 1994.

"True Faith" was never used as a track on a regular album, though it did appear on most of New Order's "best of" collections (Substance 1987, The Best of New Order, Retro, Singles and International). The first public performance of the song took place at the 1987 Glastonbury Festival; this version appears on the group's BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert album.

The original 7" version of the song did not appear on any album until 2011's "Total from Joy Division to New Order".

lol want Ceremony to win now for maximum Turrican butthurt

the big question now. is world in motion going to win this? if temptation is next it will, i guess. but i hope ceremony is next.

lol want Ceremony to win now for maximum Turrican butthurt

― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Saturday, June 1, 2013 8:07 PM (1 second ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

You're a bit late for that... that happened when 'Doubts Even Here' came in at #43. "lol".

But hello anyway, zappi! You might want to put that bag of Doritos now, get out of those sweatpants and see some sunlight. Kthx. Bai!

*away

Pleased with the top 5, though I'm sick of "True Faith," myself. However the top 2 fall is fine with me.

― Kent Burt, Saturday, June 1, 2013 8:06 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

There's been a few times over the years that I've thought that I was getting tired of 'True Faith', but really I never seem to. There's been pieces of music I've listened to death over the years where even if I take a break from it and come back to it, it seems to have lost its power through a lot of listens. When I haven't heard 'True Faith' for a while and I find myself listening to it again, it still remains as potent as ever.

hello Turrican! its funny watching people get upset about nothing on the internet, isn't it!

ugh, Temptation beating out TPK and True Faith...

I'm just waking up to the horror that World In Motion might actually not make this. If Ceremony shows...

'temptation' always seemed to me the one that was most likely to the favorite of indie kids who liked dance music but didn't like dance music that much

True Faith, Silent Morning, The Promise and Pure Energy were in constant rotation and probably my favorite era of Pop radio in the States.

like, temptation was still raw enough in the margins that you wouldn't be betraying your indie ideals

hello Turrican! its funny watching people get upset about nothing on the internet, isn't it!

― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Saturday, June 1, 2013 8:15 PM (45 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

It's not so much upset, it's called passion, and if you have none then you're on the wrong forum. Likewise, if this is how you get your kicks then I guess it's not so bad if 'Ceremony' isn't #1 after all... I mean, no matter what places and where it places, I clearly don't have a life as colossally empty as yours seems to be :) Dark in that basement, is it?

*isn't=is

Easy fellas, no need to play out a Barney vs Hooky scenario in this thread.

Turrican's sloppy typos perfectly in keeping w/this poll at any rate