Brotherhood (New Order album)

Brotherhood

One of vinyl editions
Studio album by New Order
Released 29 September 1986
Recorded 1986
Studio Jam, London; Windmill Lane, Dublin; Amazon, Liverpool
Genre
Length 43:30
Label Factory
FACT-150
Producer New Order
New Order chronology
Low-Life
(1985)Low-Life1985		 Brotherhood
(1986)		 Technique
(1989)Technique1989
Singles from Brotherhood
  1. "State of the Nation"
    Released: 15 September 1986
  2. "Bizarre Love Triangle"
    Released: 3 November 1986

Brotherhood is the fourth studio album by English rock band New Order, released in 1986 by Factory Records. The album contains a mixture of post-punk and electronic styles, roughly divided between the two sides.

Brotherhood includes the band's break-out single in the USA and Australia, "Bizarre Love Triangle". It is the only track from the album released as a single and as a video (although "State of the Nation" was on the CD). It found its way onto many 1980s soundtracks, including Married to the Mob.

The album sleeve was created by Peter Saville and is a photograph of a sheet of titanium-zinc alloy.[2] Some early releases come in a metallic effect sleeve.

In 2008 the album was re-released in a Collector's Edition with a bonus disc.

Music

Brotherhood saw the band further exploring their mix of post-punk and electronic styles, with the track listing being conceptually divided into "disco and rock sides".[3][4] Stephen Morris stated that the album "was kind of done in a schizophrenic mood that we were trying to do one side synthesizers and one side guitars", which he retrospectively stated "didn't quite work."[5]

In a 1987 interview with Option, Morris commented that the "mad ending" to "Every Little Counts" – which sounds like a vinyl record needle skipping the groove – is similar to the ending of The Beatles' "A Day in the Life".[6] Morris said: "What we should have done is make the tape version sound like the tape getting chewed up. The CD could have the sticking sound."[6]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The A.V. ClubA−[4]
Blender[7]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[8]
Pitchfork9.5/10[9]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[10]
Select3/5[11]
Uncut[12]
The Village VoiceA[13]

Reviewing Brotherhood for the Los Angeles Times, Steve Hochman wrote that New Order "makes atmospheric grooves with more finesse than any contemporary computer-rocker".[14] Robert Christgau of The Village Voice rated it a 'Pick Hit' and remarked: "The tempos are a touch less stately, the hooks a touch less subliminal. Bernard Albrecht's vocals have taken on so much affect they're humane. And the joke closer softens up a skeptic like me to the pure, physically exalting sensation of the music."[13]

In a 1993 retrospective review, Q wrote that Brotherhood was too similar to Low-Life and "suffered from an absence of truly great songs, 'Bizarre Love Triangle' excepted."[15] John Bush of AllMusic was more favourable, writing that "for better and worse, this was a New Order with nothing more to prove – witness the tossed-off lyrics and giggles on 'Every Little Counts' – aside from continuing to make great music."[3] David Quantick of Uncut noted an "increased tension between the frequent beauty of the music and the band's Northern self-consciousness" and concluded: "This was New Order becoming New Order and if anyone was entitled to not be Joy Division, they certainly were."[12] The A.V. Club's Josh Modell called Brotherhood "an unsung great of the catalog that's dwarfed a bit by its massive single".[4]

Track listing

All tracks written by New Order, except where noted.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Paradise"3:50
2."Weirdo"3:52
3."As It Is When It Was"3:46
4."Broken Promise"3:47
5."Way of Life"4:06
Side two
No.TitleLength
6."Bizarre Love Triangle"4:22
7."All Day Long"5:12
8."Angel Dust"3:44
9."Every Little Counts"4:28
CD edition
No.TitleLength
10."State of the Nation"6:32

Note

2008 Collector's Edition bonus disc:
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Bizarre Love Triangle" (Shep Pettibone Remix) 6:44
2."1963"New Order, Stephen Hague5:32
3."True Faith" (Shep Pettibone Remix)New Order, Stephen Hague9:02
4."Touched by the Hand of God" 7:05
5."Blue Monday '88" 7:07
6."Evil Dust" 3:45
7."True Faith" (Eschreamer Dub) (incorrectly listed as "True Faith (True Dub)")New Order, Stephen Hague7:52
8."Blue Monday '88" (Dub) (incorrectly listed as "Beach Buggy") 7:18
Total length:54:25

Note

Personnel

New Order

Production

Release details

Charts

Chart (1986) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart[16] 15
Canadian RPM Albums Chart 70
New Zealand RMNZ Albums Chart[17] 22
Swedish Albums Chart[18] 33
UK Albums Chart[19] 9
UK Independent Albums Chart[20] 1
US Billboard 200[21] 161

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ulyatt, Jonathan (28 September 2014). "Peter Hook & The Light @ Shepherds Bush Empire, London - 27/09/2014". Gigwise. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  2. ↑ Hall, Chris (1 September 2003). "Peter Saville : Designed By Peter Saville : Graphic Sex". Spike Magazine.
  3. 1 2 3 Bush, John. "Brotherhood – New Order". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 Modell, Josh (10 November 2008). "New Order". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  5. ↑ Pessaro, Fred (3 September 2015). "Rank Your Records: New Order's Stephen Morris Rates the Band's Pioneering Catalog". Noisey. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  6. 1 2 Woodard, Josef (November–December 1987). "Out From The Shadows: New Order". Option: 77.
  7. ↑ "Back catalogue: New Order". Blender. 29 January 2009. Archived from the original on 11 January 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  8. ↑ Howe, Sean (7 November 2008). "New Order: Reissues". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  9. ↑ Ewing, Tom (10 November 2008). "New Order: Movement / Power, Corruption and Lies / Low-Life / Brotherhood / Technique [Collector's Editions]". Pitchfork. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  10. ↑ Gross, Joe (2004). "New Order". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian. The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. pp. 582–83. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  11. ↑ Harrison, Andrew (August 1993). "Republish". Select (38).
  12. 1 2 Quantick, David (24 September 2008). "New Order – Reissues". Uncut. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  13. 1 2 Christgau, Robert (3 February 1987). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  14. ↑ Hochman, Steve (2 November 1986). "Coming To Order". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  15. ↑ "New Order: Low-Life". Q (84): 97. September 1993.
  16. ↑ "Discography New Order". Australian-Charts.com. Retrieved 3 November 2008.
  17. ↑ "Discography New Order". Charts.org.nz. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
  18. ↑ "Discography New Order". SwedishCharts.com. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
  19. ↑ "The Official Charts Company - Brotherhood (New Order album)". The Official Charts Company. 29 June 2014.
  20. ↑ "Indie Hits "N"". Cherry Red Records. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  21. ↑ "New Order > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
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