Slicing Up Eyeballs are running one of their votes. They’ve already done bands like Depeche Mode, The Cure and R.E.M. and have now turned their attention to New Order.

Get voting:

http://www.slicingupeyeb...avorite-new-order-songs/

I love a pointless list. Here's mine.

1963
Academic
As It Is When It Was
BLT
Blue Monday
Ceremony
Dream Attack
Elegia
Face Up
Guilty Partner
Nothing But A Fool
Plastic
Primitive Notion
Round & Round
Shellshock
Special
Temptation
TPK
The Village
Thieves Like Us
This Time of Night
True Faith
Vanishing Point
Way Of Life
World

It seems wrong to leave out Love Vigilantes, Age of Consent, Run, Everything's Gone Green and All Day Long, plus about 25 others.

This has been a wonderful distraction from all the papers I need to be writing. Once I got my first fifteen picks, though, the selection process started to get a bit tricky. After I got through my major favorites, it took a lot more deliberation.

Anyway, I wound up with the following twenty-five:

586
Age of Consent
All Day Long
Angel Dust
Bizarre Love Triangle
Ceremony
Chosen Time
Dream Attack
Dreams Never End
Elegia
Leave Me Alone
Lonesome Tonight
Paradise
Procession
Senses
Sunrise
Temptation
The Him
The Perfect Kiss
The Village
Thieves Like Us
This Time of Night
Vanishing Point
Waiting for the Sirens' Call
Your Silent Face

There are, of course, many other songs I wish could fit on this list.

Ultimately, this was a fun, little activity. Thanks for pointing us toward the poll, Perspexorange.

Too many great song to choose over the years that new order has made.

And I always put you down as a '2 Becomes 1' fan, Michael.

I think it kind of depends on who the majority of voters are.

If it's mostly casual fans (i.e. those that only really know, say, 10-20 tracks) voting, Blue Monday will probably come in at number 1.

If there are a large number of keen fans (like us) voting, I'd say it'll be a little further down the order (pardon the pun), being behind the likes of Temptation, TPK and Ceremony.
If you look at the four of us who have shared our votes here, it'a a 50:50 split on including BM or not. Yet all four of us have voted for the above three tracks.

I'd be surprised if BM figures lower than number 5 either way.
SlicingUpEyeballs is a fairly dedicated website, so we should expect a reasonably high turnout of NO fans.
I hope so - I think it will be far more interesting if this is the case. I'd hate to think of the votes being, on the whole, cast by people who only know BM, TF, BLT, Regret, WIM & Crystal, and thereby only vote for these tracks (you don't have to vote for as many as 25 songs).

I have to stop talking about the Spice Girls. Just stop right now, thank you very much.
I'm sick to death of Blue Monday but I can't argue it's technically 'bad'.
If I could take a time machine and go back to 1989 to tell my younger self I'd still rate 'Round and Round' in 2017, he'd be very surprised. Because he just saw a fucking time machine.

That's the second time I've heard that in 35 years. However the most influential track of all time is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDx1uHpY_S8 .
That picture is crying out for the caption: 'They were bowled over when he played them 'One True Passion'.'
Technique is still my favourite but I always thought the second side suffered from excess padding. My mother (so it must be true) said Mr Disco was unneccesarily strteched out. I remember because it is the only interesting, worthwhile thing she has ever said in my entire life.
There's usually a little indie snobbery in these lists. The bog standard listener will go for Blue Snoozeday; the hard core fan for Homage. No one gives a fuck anyway.
'From their emergence out of the ashes of Joy Division...' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu18d5fP7Ic

Edited by user 09 November 2017 02:27:12(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

You lost me with "My mother...strteched (sic) out."

I think Guilty Partner and Fine Time were the only Technique tracks that didn't make my list.

Blue Monday probably deserved my vote but I figured it would get more than enough votes from others.

Even less impressive when you realise that they've included some remixes in there (Shellcock, Perfect Pit etc.).

New Order, eh?
Always leave the fans wanting more...

STREEETTTCCHH.

I agree......

Despite owning everything created by NewOrder in multiple formats, I got to about 15 then found myself liking songs just to get the count up to 25......

NewOrder songs are like chasing girls in your youth.....Its the hope and anticipation of the song, not the listening which is more akin to the children and divorces that inevitably come later.....



Face up.......