Английская Википедия:Brotherhood (New Order album)
Шаблон:EngvarB Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox album Brotherhood is the fourth studio album by the English rock band New Order, released on 29 September 1986 by Factory Records. It contains a mixture of post-punk and electronic styles, roughly divided between the two sides. The album includes "Bizarre Love Triangle", the band's breakthrough single in the United States and Australia; it was the only track from the album released as a single and as a video (although "State of the Nation" was added to most CD editions).
The album sleeve, created by Peter Saville, is a photograph of a sheet of titanium–zinc alloy.[1] Some early releases came in a metallic sleeve.Шаблон:Cn
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".[2][3] 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".[4]
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".[5] 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."[5]
Influences of Richard Wagner's "Prelude" to Das Rheingold can be heard throughout the track "All Day Long." New Order have subsequently used the piece as a concert opener.
Critical reception
Reviewing Brotherhood for the Los Angeles Times, Steve Hochman wrote that New Order "makes atmospheric grooves with more finesse than any contemporary computer-rocker."[6] In his "Consumer Guide" column for The Village Voice, Robert Christgau selected the album as a "pick hit" and said: "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."[7]
In a 1993 retrospective review, Q critic Stuart Maconie described Brotherhood as "often overlooked, nestling as it does between two superior studio albums", and ultimately "more for the initiated than the first-time buyer."[8] 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."[2] 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."[9] The A.V. ClubШаблон:'s Josh Modell called Brotherhood "an unsung great of the catalog that's dwarfed a bit by its massive single".[3]
Track listing
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Notes
- Most CD copies, with the sole exception of Qwest Records' 1988 release, feature the 12" version of "State of the Nation" as a bonus track (although it is not listed as such). It is identical to the version found on Substance. It runs for 6:32, making the album's new total running time approximately 43:39.
Notes
- "True Faith" (Eschreamer Dub) and "Blue Monday '88" (Dub) are only incorrectly listed on the disc itself. The booklet included with all five re-issued 2008 Collector's Edition New Order Factory Records studio albums correctly identifies them.
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Brotherhood.[10]
- New Order – production
- Michael Johnson – engineering
- Peter Saville Associates – design
- Trevor Key – photography
Charts
Шаблон:Album chartШаблон:Album chartШаблон:Album chartШаблон:Album chartШаблон:Album chart| Chart (1986) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[11] | 15 |
| European Albums (Music & Media)[12] | 50 |
| UK Independent Albums (MRIB)[13] | 1 |
Release history
- UK LP – Factory Records (FACT 150)
- UK Music cassette – Factory Records (FACT 150C)
- US LP – Qwest (25511-1)
- US cassette – Qwest (9 25511-4)
- Canada CD – Factory Records / PolyGram (830,527-2)
- UK CD (1993 re-release) – London Records (520,021-2)
References
External links
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег
<ref>; для сносокBushне указан текст - ↑ 3,0 3,1 Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег
<ref>; для сносокModellне указан текст - ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 5,0 5,1 Шаблон:Cite journal
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег
<ref>; для сносокChristgauне указан текст - ↑ Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег
<ref>; для сносокMaconieне указан текст - ↑ Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег
<ref>; для сносокQuantickне указан текст - ↑ Шаблон:Cite AV media notes
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite magazine
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
