Customer Reviews

COMMUNITY: A New Order Online Tribute

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Having followed this project from the start, I am full of praise for the three amigos who started the whole thing. Coordinating a worldwide project like this can't have been easy and having now seen and listened to the end result, it's hats off to them!
The artwork is professionally done, the flags especially are a nice touch.
Not all the songs will please everyone, but on average I think this is a good representation of New Order's catalogue together with some fine Joy Division tracks, and should be appreciated by most fans, together with the Community EP.

Personal favourites are Project Wintermute's Transmission, Labster's Face Up, Kremlin's Sooner Than You Think, and Flight's Dreams Never End.

As a fan of both New Order and Joy Division I looked forward to hearing this cd.

Great cd. Some wonderful performances and not a bad track out of all of them.All of the tracks are treated with the respect real fans of the band would wish to see.

Highlights for me were Kremelin, Evaluna, Flight and especially the C Bentley track.

A must for all New Order/ Joy Division fans.

When I first heard about this album I was VERY usnsure.

You know, the usual tribute CD's are pretty poor, with one good cover on it.

This, however is different. From the opening note, to the 'secret' ending this album just oozes class.

There is something here for everyone. Synth based tracks for the techno orderites to guitar based tracks for the JD heads. There are many different styles and takes on the album, from the emptiness of Thieves like us to the full on power of Dead Souls.

It's very hard to pin down favourites but the perfect kiss or dreams never end would set the level of the bar.

Hope there will be a Community II

Donny

As a New Order fan, I've always tried to stay away from tribute albums, because I never found one that was good, and I most of the time said to myself, why should I listen to pale copies of the songs I love when I can listen to the real thing?

Most tribute albums are done by labels to help promote their new bands, this one isn't. It's about a community of fan that decided to create something unique: an international tribute albums by the fans for the fans.

So the artists on this album are true fans of the band, fan enough to visit the biggest New Order fan site on the internet. Then the contest went on, and 16 months later, you have the final product.

Now for the music itself, if you are a true fan of New Order and Joy Division, you will enjoy it. It's the selection of the best 16 tracks on the big contest, as voted by over 300 true fans. The sleeve is also the result of a contest, so it's a complete project and everybody is quite pleased with it so far.

Worth a try!

New Order & Joy Division is one of my favorite bands,
This isn't a bad idea, quite a good one actually,
what fails is the actual music itself, 2nd rate at best,
Not all are, but majority is just that, not too mention gimmicky.

If I look at this like it is a tribute album done by a website, I'd say it is a accomplishment, major efforts and time consumption, and the people who are involved are big fans.

If I look at it like a regular tribute release, It's no better then any other tribute CDs, probably overall, a little worst then the others, It's probably one of those albums that you listen to once, and said "that was interesting" and never listen to it again.

As Spotnick2 said, "he tries to stay away from tribute albums", my advice to all of you is, "this one is no exception"
Not to mention, I have never seen so much Ego rubbing over a release of a CD of this quality.

The Price is also too high, along with Community EP.
So much better stuff u should spend 17-20$ on, unless u live in a small world or you are really really rich...