In my opinion it's one of their best albums. It has a lot guitars on it so if you prefer electronic New Order then I'd buy one of the other albums instead.

Apologies never meant to offend . It was joke all be it a shite one.

I personally see Get Ready as the better of the newer albums (i.e. Republic, Get Ready, WFTSC), but like mentioned if ou like a more guitar driven NO than you'll like GR better. I'd say get Substance first, Technique next, and go on from there....

No, it isn't. It's quite expensive, actually.

First of all, I have a downloading program which doesen't donwload entire albums, just songs, and you can't find all of them. Plus, it's the only studio album I've found here in my town and I like buying original albums when I have the opportunity. It might be the last original NO album I'd buy in a long time as I don't have an international credit card, which is required to buy from Amazon.

ARGHHH... I just wrote a long review of this and now its disappeared. Here we go again.

Get Ready is a brilliant album... why it is regarded by many as a rock album I don't really know though. Yes there is audible guitars, but there are some really nice electronic sounds on here, kicking off with the lead-track and single, the sublime Crystal, the last great single from them in my opinion [save maybe, Waiting For The Sirens' Call], which on its own saves it from being a poor album, but the good music doesn't stop there.
The beautiful "Turn My Way" follows, one of their finest album tracks of the 21st century, though Corgans vocal may be a turn-off for some.
I happen to be a huge Pumpkins fan, so it doesn't bother me at all.

Vicious Streak is a lush electronic track with a good mood and atmosphere, Someone Like You should have been the follow-up single to Crystal and gave them their second top 10 single. I don't really get the fuss with 60mph, it's okay, but doesn't stand out as a great one for me. Though the video is very funny...

Close Range is another highlight. Much better live, shame they don't play it anymore.

Get Ready is also in my opinion miles better than Waiting For The Sirens' Call. Now that, I would see why people would regard it as a rock album. Much more rocky than Get Ready.
I also think Get Ready has aged VERY well.
11 years after release it still sounds very fresh and contemporary IMO.

In my opinion you should get it.

I haven't been able to find any of those albums here in Montevideo and, again, I don't have an international credit card, which is required to buy from Amazon.

Because, as I said many times, I don't have an international credit card.

I was listening to Vicious Streak at the weekend on headphones for the first time in a few years and it sounds superb.

There is also a Corgan-less mix of Turn My Way (called Shipwreck Of A Broken Man) floating around the Interweb if you can find it which is also worth checking out.

GR definitely had some great moments although I'm not crazy about how they edited/finalised the running order and song mixes by the end.

As for buying it, there are second/third hand copies going on Ebay for literally pennies. It's an immensely easy album to obtain for bugger all cash.

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There is some of Get Ready mixes here on youtube :http://www.youtube.com/user/electricum2/videos?query=new+order I prefer the earlier version of Close Range, bit like the BBC session version

...though not cheap on vinyl. Not at all!

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BUT THE WOMAN DOES NOT HAVE AN INTERNATIONALLY ACCEPTED CREDIT CARD!
Not everyone lives in the western world, you know . Hey I don't, and I remember the hassle I went through to order a NOOL t-shirt a while back (I can pay with my credit card now, but still go through dire troubles to withdraw money from paypal and such).

It might be a good idea to ask around the spanish language forum - plenty of South Americans there, they'll probably have some ideas and suggestions for you regardina all the albums, not only GR. Although all songs from all the albums are available to listen to, if not download, on youbetyoube, so it shouldn't be too difficult to make up your mind regarding a purchase.

That's the thing that puts me off of Get Ready, for some strange reason. Barney has never been the greatest lyricist, and there are a lot of real cringe-worthy lines in some of the 'classics' (Thieves Like Us, Face-Up, Paradise, etc). However, they don't really bother me as much as his lyrics do on Get Ready. I mean, they aren't any more clunky than usual, but for some reason they really bother me here. Almost makes the album unlistenable. What's going on here?