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* Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
* Original Release Date: 1983
* Number of Discs: 1
* Label: Qwest / Wea
* Catalog Number: 25308
* ASIN: B000002L82
* Other Editions: Audio Cassette
* Average Customer Review: based on 57 reviews. (Write a review.)
* Amazon.com Sales Rank: #7,188 in Music (See Top Sellers in Music)
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1. Age Of Consent Listen Listen
2. We All Stand Listen Listen
3. The Village Listen Listen
4. 5 8 6 Listen Listen
5. Blue Monday Listen Listen
6. Your Silent Face Listen
7. Ultraviolence Listen
8. Ecstasy Listen
9. Leave Me Alone Listen
10. The Beach Listen
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Power, Corruption & Lies established New Order's identity separate from its previous incarnation as Joy Division. Containing "Blue Monday," one of the most sacredly important dance songs of all time, this album truly stands not only as New Order's most defining moment but perhaps as the most standard-setting moment in alternative dance. Yet as definitive as they may be, New Order have outsmarted any copycats. Owing in substantial part to Peter Hook's prominent and melodic bass lines, New Order's songs have always aspired to a complexity that maintains the band's timelessness. Rarely formulaic, New Order's songs are seldom overwhelmed by a four-on-the-floor throb. But interesting rhythms are just one facet of this musical diamond. Their foreboding, grim, and often just plain heartbreaking lyrics present a contradiction to most dance-pop songs, whose lyrics are almost always uplifting or even evangelical. With this album, New Order cut a path for themselves that was rarely, if ever, explored by other artists. --Beth Bessmer
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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
Pinnacle of World-Weary Dance-Pop, June 1, 2001
Reviewer: J. Dennis "Longboard jazzer" (Monument, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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Who could listen to the opening riff of "Age of Consent" and not be hooked? My first hearing of that remains a high point of my encounters with pop culture. I agree with other reviewers who've said that the album in its original form without "Blue Monday" was "better"; it was, but I'm still glad to have it, since I'm not a perfectionist about keeping cultural artifacts in some pristine state.

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the perfect mix, November 19, 2003
Reviewer: Philippe Landry (Louisiana) - See all my reviews
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Whenever someone complains that electronic music is totally void of warmth or realism, I just point to this album. New Order play electronic music with the urgent and manic shifts of rock. Bernards vocals are earnest yet detatched, with guitar work that is jagged, random and sparse; Gillian and Stephen's percussion and synth sequences are both lively and rigid, an up-beat/down-march; Peter's basslines are fluid yet kinetic. This is a work of ironic friction. The warmth and humanity flow thru the restrained and urgent detatchment. The whole album sounds like a friend that wants to say something but can't, hiding it behind his/her eyes.
I would consider Power, Corruption & Lies an artistic/pop masterpiece in the true sense. The electronic and post-punk meanderings are only the charms that envelope the wonderfully angular pop sense that Bernard brings to his lyrics. Everything is so vague and pretty; it's like the album cover...just a random slice of still-life, full of colour and restraint. Tracks like 'Your Silent Face' or '5-8-6' explode with edgy, manic shades of light, sorta like impressionism via expressionism.
You won't be let down by this album. With the band themselves producing it, it's a natural workout of rock and electronics, perfectly blended together to make a classic. ( )