New Order: Low-Life

i don’t know what possessed Brian to choose this CD to listen to, but i’m glad he did. i’d completely forgotten that we even have it.

the members of New Order used to comprise Joy Division. after Ian Curtis, Joy Division’s singer committed suicide, the rest of the band re-formed as New Order. gloomy, i know, but it underscores the album’s overall tone, in spite of the upbeat, catchy synthesizer riffs.

Low-Life is one of my favorite all-time albums and, in fact, i originally owned this on vinyl. it was an import copy, too. the band around the left side of the cover where it says New Order wasn’t simply printed on; it was an actual sleeve made of what i can only describe as a heavier weight of typing paper. i can’t remember how i discovered this record, but i played it over and over and over beginning in summer ‘85, right before my junior year of high school.