Low Life [Original recording reissued]

New Order | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: 1985
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued
• Label: Qwest / Wea
• ASIN: B000002L7S
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #86,842 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Their high point, February 27, 2004

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Bighairydoofus "-" (Brooklyn Park, MN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Low Life (Audio CD)

This is the album that best strikes the balance between what they once were and what they were to become. They still remembered their beginnings while breaking new ground. Dance and club beats aside, listen to elegia and tell me that it isn't a powerful piece of music.

I just wish they'd come out with a remastered CD. The original I've had since 86 pales to the UK vinyl... come on, guys. Break out the master tapes and show us what's really there. We deserve it after all these years.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars New Order's finest long form achievement., March 2, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Low Life (Audio CD)

In my opinion, this is New Order's greatest achievement, album-wise. I may be way off here, but to me it seems to be the last album in which the suicide of their former Joy Division singer Ian Curtis is a priority in the lyrics. Perhaps they said all they needed to say to him and about him with this album and were finally able to go on their on way with each successive work. The leadoff song "Love Vigilantes" may very well be the finest kickoff album track of the 80's, a defiantly rock and roll song that almost seems out of place in New Order's quite impressive canon. Along the way you will be treated to such typical NO tracks as The Perfect Kiss and Subculture along with a stunningly beautiful instrumental "Eligia" and such amazingly perfect electronic-flavored masterpieces as Face Up and Sunrise. It's an album you can dance to and album you can listen to with the headphones on and the shades drawn and not be disappointed. If you only know New Order through Bizarre Love Triangle or True Faith, then this album will open your eyes to what else they can accomplish. If you don't know New Order at all, then I suggest you buy this and get prepared to lay out big money for everything else they've ever recorded. END

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Revisiting a Landmark Album., September 15, 2002

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The Groove (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Low Life (Audio CD)

"Low-Life" is a near-flawless album of quirky pop that confirms New Order as one of the most exciting British acts of the last 20 years. Hands down, my favorite track is the disco bounce of "Perfect Kiss," a great tale of loneliness and detachment in the club scene. Most people are familiar with the extended version that appears on the 1987 compilation "Substance," but the edited version that surfaces on "Low-Life" is just as good. Other album cuts such as "Sub Culture" and the catchy "Love Vigilantes" are also of note, too. All the ingredients are here: Bernard's boyish vocal, Peter Hook's signature bass, and cheesy-cute synths. "Low-Life" features a New Oder still reeling from the suicide of Ian Curtis, who led the band when it was known as Joy Division. But it also helped shaped up the band's identity, as they were leaving behind their goth roots in favor of more accessible pop. Anyone who's looking to start a collection of their work should include this among their first purchases.