Movement - Remastered And Expanded Deluxe 2-CD Set (1981)

"The first hesitant step in the transition from Joy Division to New Order. Despite a relatively assured debut single (non-album track "Ceremony"), it revealed a band mourning for its former lead singer. These songs were written just after the suicide of Ian Curtis, and it was recorded with alternating vocal spots between Bernard Sumner en Peter Hook to see whose would fit best. At times, they sound like if they were recording guide vocals for a Joy Division LP, expecting Ian Curtis to come in later. Spurred on by producer Martin Hannett, New Order produced a ghostly, brittle record, occasionally uptempo but never upbeat, with drum machines rattling and echoing over dark waves of synthesizers and Hook's basswork. A masterpiece in the career of any other post-punk band, it only paled in comparison to the band's later work. This edition's second disc contains both sides of their critical 1981-1982 singles ("Ceremony," "Temptation," "Everything's Gone Green") plus alternate versions." (John Bush, Allmusic)

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