I'll tell you what fettlers, it's really rather good! Very very good indeed!

......... didn't see that one coming! lol




:smoking:

I haven't downloaded…

Could someone check the length of the Restless Extended on the Japanese release and see if it's the same as that announced for the Extended on the single release that's coming? Thanks.

It's pretty good. First half is the best stuff they've done in ages. Second half is really MOR stuff. Hoping that some of those will grow on me.

Obviously if any of us had heard it then we would have downloaded it illegally, but if we have paid for it from the store and downloaded it early is that illegal?

If I had heard it i might think its the best allround record they have ever done, current without feeling bland,fantastic tune and great instramentalisation. a lot of the older albums have there fair few duds on.

How will they play this live, 2 syneths id have thought

So what i really want to know know is when is the next album coming out?

I had planned to avoid the album til Friday but that was with the tracks being played all week on 6Music because i didn't want to hear a drip by drip one track a day til Friday. I downloaded the album whole from Soulseek today so i could and can listen to it all together .It's not like i haven't paid (twice over and more - the cd and i've ordered the deluxe box set).Ok, that's me desperately trying to justify myself over with.

You know, it always puzzles me how music reviewers find an opinion on an album on one listen.Well, maybe they have more than one listen but i imagine they have so many albums to review on a day to day basis week after week they can't spend too much time on one album before submitting their review before a deadline can they, surely? I guess you have to put it down to as reviewing albums is their job they are well experienced in forming an opinion after just one listen.So this album , like every New Order album after Technique (actually add Brotherhood which took me a lot of time) i can't decide if i like it or not on first listen.I can't come to an opinion after just one listen on the album as a whole, only bits here and there.

I won't talk about Restless and Plastic as i've stated my feelings on them elsewhere.Singularity - yeah pretty solid stuff can't find much not to like about it except that weird noise like a cat being strangled.The Italian lothario spoken thing on Tutti Frutti is fun and that bass synthesiser/sequencer thing is fun and funky but i didn't really get into the song til the last couple of minutes when it really starts to get loose and carefree.People On The High Line i found a bit so so - needs more listens.The first few seconds intro of Stray Dog sounds like a direct rip of the first few seconds intro to NightCall by Kavinsky off the Drive movie soundtrack - those crickets and the sound of an animal ( a distant wolf?) howling in the night. It really is.Look up the song.Iggy didn't sound as menacing as i thought he would though- needs more listens.Academic has that great guitar riff that we all know from the trailer snippet and i was dying to find out where the song went after that.It's pretty good but needs more listens for me.Nothing But A Fool is promising , an optimistic and poignant lyric and feel to the chorus.A pretty strong track.Unlearn This Hatred - needs more listens as does The Game.Superheated doesn't really sound like New Order or The Killers to me despite Flowers guesting.I could hardly even tell it was Brandon or Bernard.Despite that i got a good vibe from the song- optimistic despite the apparent regret in the lyrics. A definite grower i think.


So really, some good moments but like the last few New Order albums for me i need a lot more listens to get my round it all.

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Mick thanks for the links, love it

The Tutti Frutti extended mix is 7:08 mins long, - love it

Thanks again

Ooo… where did you find that? I was hoping the extended mixes would be more than a minute longer than the normal album version.

I thought nothing but a fool was the most drab, maybe itll grow. im liking the more electronic ones. tutti fruiti, singularity, plastic, people on the high line so far my faviorites

cant hear much of brandon flowers, ellie Jackson sounds good.

stray dog could do with a bernard chorus

lots of different vocal styles, tutti fruiti and people on the high line, he sounds like hes got a dry throat

yes, different strokes for different folks.

really liking the undated noises on the electronic stuff and also the drums

has anyone heard the b side for plastic yet, "my hat is on back to front"?

like the extended mix of restless

singularity sounds like something of closer at the start

unlearn this hatred has a bit from the raise the pressure album

Powwwwwww


two steps forward and one step back

Powww ! bleep bang whooo

wha ti dont know is how to get it to my iphone as im in vlc player and apple music has bugged up transferring files

my hat is on the wrong way is another stomping dance tune.

so who is on baking vcals on plastic, dawn zee and Dennese Johnston and/or ellie sound like all of theme at different bits

very upbeat album. lots of diversity on it.

don't have a favorite yet. will be giving it a lot of plays this weekend.

later
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On my third listen and I've got to say I'm struggling to find much wrong with it, extremely poppy in places, but not in a bad way. It's gonna sell by the fecking shed load, number one LP in a week's time?

Lost Sirens was leaked aswell before the official release but only by a few days as I recall. I intend buying the new album in my local record store at the weekend but of course I wouldn't mind hearing it before then, not one bit.