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Movement is the first hesitant step in the transition from Joy Division to New Order. Despite a relatively assured debut, the first New Order album revealed a band apparently caught up in mourning for its former lead singer. Movement encompassed songs written just after the suicide of Ian Curtis, and it was recorded with alternating vocal spots to see whose would fit best -- although neither Peter Hook nor Bernard Sumner sounded worthy of the mantle. Despite the band's opaque lyrics, critics and fans were spotting references to Curtis all over the record, with despair and confusion. More so than on any Joy Division record, it also revealed a group unafraid to experiment relentlessly in the studio until it had emerged with something unique. 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, Movement only paled in comparison to the band's later work.
Condition: Brand New Factory Sealed
TRACK LISTING
Disc 1
1 Dreams Never End 3:15
2 Truth 4:39
3 Senses 4:46
4 Chosen Time 4:08
5 Icb 4:34
6 The Him 5:31
7 Doubts Even Here 4:19
8 Denial 4:23
Disc 2
1 Ceremony Bonus Track / Alternate Version 4:25
2 Temptation Bonus Track / 7" Mix / Version 5:26
3 In a Lonely Place Bonus Track / Version 6:14
4 Everything's Gone Green Bonus Track / Version 5:32
5 Procession Bonus Track / Version 4:29
6 Cries and Whispers Bonus Track / Version 3:03
7 Hurt Bonus Track / Version 8:07
8 Mesh Bonus Track / Version 3:26
9 Ceremony Bonus Track / Alternate Version / Version 4:37
10 Temptation Bonus Track / Alternate Version / Version 8:51
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