New Order, The Peel Sessions - 20m 13s

Tracks & Durations

1. Turn the Heater On	5:01
2. We All Stand	5:24
3. Too Late	3:39
4. 5-8-6	6:06

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Review

New Order's first John Peel session from 1981 now sounds like the withered electronic chill of a band in limbo between the gray-tinged gravitas of their forerunners, Joy Division, and the looser, rhythmic dance leanings of their gloriously inventive future. The latter tendencies, though, start to creep into view on the Peel session from the following year, with "5-8-6" pointing the way to the vigorous but characteristically glum techno-pump of Power, Corruption & Lies. Two tracks from the same session--"Too Late" and a cover of Keith Hudson's "Turn the Heater On"--contribute to the post-Joy Division thaw and are unavailable elsewhere. The omission of the group's third, best, and most representative John Peel session (five songs, including versions of Joy Division's "Isolation" and "Atmosphere" and a guest appearance from Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie), which was originally broadcast at the time of the band's 1998 reformation, is a curious oversight. --Kevin MaidmentThis album features the only 2 sessions New Order ever recorded for the John Peel show on their own. 8 tracks recorded at the start of New Order's post Ian Curtis/Joy Division career. The album reveals a band in transition, emerging from the all-pervading bleakness of Joy Division's sound to experiment with dark, rhythmic poppiness. Tracks include, 'Truth', 'Senses' and 'I.C.B.' 2000 release. Standard jewel case. 1980 marked a year of transition for the members of Joy Division. Lead singer Ian Curtis committed suicide & the band were left to rise from the ashes of that tragedy. In early 1981, New Order recorded their first sessions for Radio 1's John Peel show.

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