Power, Corruption & Lies

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Power, Corruption & Lies
Power, Corruption & Lies cover
Studio album by New Order
Released 2 May 1983
Recorded Britannia Row Studios, Islington (1982/3)
Genre Post-punk
Alternative dance
Techno
New Wave
Length 42:35
Label Factory - FACT 75
Producer New Order
Professional reviews
New Order chronology
Movement
(1981)		 Power, Corruption & Lies
(1983)		 Low-Life
(1985)

Power, Corruption & Lies was the second album by Manchester band New Order, released in May 1983. The album (the band's second), achieved more widespread popularity than any of the band's previous releases, including those of previous band Joy Division. The music is more electronic-based than previous albums, with heavy use of synthesizers. In 1989, it was ranked #94 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 greatest albums of the 1980s.

Contents

[edit] Cover

Peter Saville's design for the album had a colour-based code to represent the band's name and the title of the album, but they were not actually written on the sleeve itself (they were, however, present on the North American sleeve). The decoder for the code was featured prominently on the back cover of the album and can also be used for the "Blue Monday" and "Confusion" singles. Saville also used it on Section 25's album From the Hip, which is in many ways aligned stylistically with Power, Corruption & Lies and produced partly by New Order's Bernard Sumner.

The painting on the cover is made by French artist Henri Fantin-Latour. The art director Peter Saville intended to create a collision between the overly romantic and classic image which made a stark contrast to the typography based on the modular, colour-coded alphabet he created solely for the band. It is also said [1] that the owner of the painting (The National Heritage Trust) first refused Factory Records access to it. Tony Wilson, the head of the label, then called them up to ask who actually owned the painting and were given the answer that the Trust belonged to the people of Britain, at some point. Wilson then famously replied "Well, the people of Britain now want it". The title of the album was chosen by Bernard Sumner from a 1981 conceptual art exhibition in Cologne, Germany. On the opening night of the exhibition the artist Gerhard Richter vandalized the exterior of the Kunsthalle by spray painting the text, "Power, Corruption, and Lies".

[edit] Track listing

(all songs written by New Order)

  1. "Age of Consent" – 5:16
  2. "We All Stand" – 5:14
  3. "The Village" – 4:37
  4. "5 8 6" – 7:31
  5. "Your Silent Face" – 6:00
  6. "Ultraviolence" – 4:52
  7. "Ecstasy" – 4:25
  8. "Leave Me Alone" – 4:40

[edit] Alternate track listings

  1. "Age of Consent" – 5:16
  2. "We All Stand" – 5:14
  3. "The Village" – 4:37
  4. "5 8 6" – 7:31
  5. "Blue Monday" – 7:29
  6. "Your Silent Face" – 6:00
  7. "Ultraviolence" – 4:52
  8. "Ecstasy" – 4:25
  9. "Leave Me Alone" – 4:40
  10. "The Beach" – 7:18
  1. "Your Silent Face" – 6:00
  2. "Ecstasy" – 4:25
  3. "Leave Me Alone" – 4:40
  4. "Age of Consent" – 5:16
  5. "We All Stand" – 5:14
  6. "The Village" – 4:37
  7. "5 8 6" – 7:31

Certain versions of the album, including the US release, feature "Blue Monday" after "5 8 6" and "The Beach" after "Leave Me Alone". Some copies list "Your Silent Face" and "Ecstasy" under their working titles, "KW1" (which stands for The Kraftwerk one), and "Only the Lonely", respectively. 'Ultraviolence' when debuted live was originally called 'Who Killed My Father?' and 'Leave Me Alone' as 'Only the Lonely'. The guitar line in the latter song was recycled from the melody played on the melodica on a previous release, 'Hurt'.

The 24 January 2000 CD re-release features just seven tracks, in a different order to previous versions. 'Ultraviolence' is omitted from these versions.

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Release details

  • UK 12" – Factory Records (FACT 75)
  • UK cassette – Factory Records (FACT 75C)
  • US 12" – Factory Records/Rough Trade Records (FACTUS 12)
  • UK CD (1993 re-release) – London Records (520 019-2)

[edit] Chart positions

  • UK – #4
  • AUS – #38

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Peter Saville, Tony Wilson. (2002). 24 Hour Party People [DVD (commentary)]. Pathé.


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New Order
Bernard Sumner • Stephen Morris • Phil Cunningham
Gillian Gilbert • Peter Hook
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Movement • Power, Corruption & Lies • Low-Life • Brotherhood • Technique • Republic • Get Ready • Waiting for the Sirens' Call
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"Ceremony" • "Procession" • "Everything's Gone Green" • "Temptation" • "Blue Monday" • "Confusion" • "Thieves Like Us" • "Murder" • "The Perfect Kiss" • "Sub-culture" • "Shellshock" • "State of the Nation" • "Bizarre Love Triangle" • "True Faith" • "Touched by the Hand of God" • "Blue Monday 1988" • "Fine Time" • "Round & Round" • "Run 2" • "World in Motion" • "Regret" • "Ruined in a Day" • "World (The Price of Love)" • "Spooky" • "True Faith-94" • "1963" • "Blue Monday-95" • "Video 5 8 6" • "Crystal" • "60 Miles an Hour" • "Someone Like You" • "Here to Stay" • "Krafty" • "Jetstream" • "Waiting for the Sirens' Call" • "Guilt Is a Useless Emotion"
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