New Order / Power, Corruption & Lies
Artist New Order
Album Title: Power, Corruption & Lies
Album Cover:
Primary Genre Electronica/Dance: Synth Pop
Format CD
Released 05/00/1983
Label Factory Records
Catalog No FACD 75
Bar Code No none
Packaging Jewelcase
Tracks
1. Age Of Consent (5:16)
2. We All Stand (5:14)
3. The Village (4:36)
4. 586 (7:31)
5. Your Silent Face (6:00)
6. Ultraviolence (4:52)
7. Ecstasy (4:25)
8. Leave Me Alone (4:39)
Date Acquired 06/06/1985
Personal Rating
Acquired from Down In The Valley
Purchase Price 16.00

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Notes

First CD issue of the 1983 album. Initial copies came with a "car carry case" - the design, like Blue Monday, based on a floppy disc. Later copies of same press omitted this --> Power, Corruption & Lies
Roses: Reproduced by courtesy of the Trustees, The National Gallery, London.
Published by Bemusic.
A Factory Disc
Made in G.B. by Nimbus.
Spine reads FACD SEVENTY FIVE; disc face reads Facd 75.
Design [Uncredited] – Peter Saville
Engineer – Michael Johnson
Engineer [Assistant] – Barry Sage, Mark Boyne
Painting [Roses] – Fantin-Latour
Written-By, Producer – New Order
Matrix / Runout: FACD 75 · NIMBUS ENGLAND

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Analyzed Folder: New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies_dr.txt
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DR          Peak         RMS        Filename                      
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DR13   -1.89 dB   -16.12 dB  01 - Age of Consent.flac      
DR14   -1.79 dB   -18.37 dB  02 - We All Stand.flac        
DR15   -0.45 dB   -16.98 dB  03 - The Village.flac        
DR14   -2.20 dB   -19.55 dB  04 - 586.flac                
DR12   -1.89 dB   -16.46 dB  05 - Your Silent Face.flac    
DR15  +0.00 dB   -17.59 dB  06 - Ultraviolence.flac      
DR15   -0.30 dB   -17.97 dB  07 - Ecstasy.flac            
DR12   -1.94 dB   -16.79 dB  08 - Leave Me Alone.flac      
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Number of Files: 8
Official DR Value: DR14
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Reviews
All Music Guide Review:

Review by John Bush
A great leap forward from their funereal debut album, Power, Corruption & Lies cemented New Order's place as the most exciting dance-rock hybrid in music (and it didn't even include the massive "Blue Monday" single, released earlier that year). Confident and invigorating where Movement had sounded disconsolate and lost, the record simply pops with energy from the beginning "Age of Consent," an alternative pop song with only a smattering of synthesizers overlaying an assured Bernard Sumner, who took his best vocal turn yet. Unlike the hordes of synth pop acts then active, New Order experimented heavily with their synthesizers and sequencers. What's more, while most synth pop acts kept an eye on the charts when writing and recording, if New Order were looking anywhere (aside from within), it was the clubs -- "The Village" and "586" had most of the technological firepower of the mighty "Blue Monday." But whenever the electronics threatened to take over, Peter Hook's grubby basslines, Bernard Sumner's plaintive vocals, and Stephen Morris' point-perfect drum fills reintroduced the human element. Granted, they still had the will for moodiness; the second track was "We All Stand," over five minutes of dubbed-out melancholia. Aside from all the bright dance music and production on display, Power, Corruption & Lies also portrayed New Order's growing penchant for beauty: "Your Silent Face" is a sublime piece of electronic balladry.
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