| 1981 – Factus 8 – 1982 | ||||
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| EP by New Order | ||||
| Released | November 1982 | |||
| Recorded | 1981-1982 | |||
| Genre | Post-punk Alternative rock New Wave |
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| Length | 29:49 | |||
| Label | Factory Records | |||
| Producer | Martin Hannett New Order |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | [1] |
| Robert Christgau | (B+)[2] |
1981 – Factus 8 – 1982 is an EP released by New Order in November 1982 by Factory.
Contents |
1981 – Factus 8 – 1982 contains New Order's second single, "Procession" / "Everything's Gone Green", from September 1981, and an extended version of "Temptation", a shorter version of which had originally been released as the group's third single in April 1982. The sleeve was designed by Peter Saville and uses a painting Factus 8 from his then-girlfriend Martha Ladly.
The EP—in particular its version of "Temptation"—signaled a critical turning point in the development of New Order as the group shifted from simply being the remnants of Joy Division after the suicide of lead singer Ian Curtis to being a singular band in its own right. The EP is frequently viewed as a bridge from the group's Joy Division-like debut album, Movement, to the new electronic-based sound contained on its second album, Power, Corruption & Lies.
The Village Voice music critic Robert Christgau described the EP's version of "Temptation" as being "where Manchester's finest stop hearing ghosts and stake their claim to a danceable pop of unprecedented grimness and power," noting that it was "the first real song this sharp-cornered sound-and-groove band has ever come up with."[2]
The EP also marks the band's break from producer Martin Hannett, who had produced Movement and both of Joy Division's studio albums. While Hannett produced "Everything's Gone Green", "Procession" and "Mesh", the other two songs on the EP were produced by New Order. Bernard Sumner remarked: "Martin's last track was "Everything's Gone Green" – fact he walked out halfway through the mix because Hooky and me asked him to turn the drums up".[3]
All of the tracks from 1981 – Factus 8 – 1982 were eventually re-released on the bonus CD in the 2008 Collector's Edition of Movement, along with other tracks from the same period.
| Side one | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | |||||||
| 1. | "Temptation" | 8:47 | |||||||
| 2. | "Hurt" | 8:03 | |||||||
| Side two | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | |||||||
| 3. | "Everything's Gone Green" | 5:30 | |||||||
| 4. | "Procession" | 4:27 | |||||||
| 5. | "Mesh" | 3:02 | |||||||
| Chart (1983/4) | Peak position |
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| New Zealand RIANZ Album Chart[4] | 4 |
| U.K. Independent Albums Chart[5] | 4 |