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 Power Corruption & Lies (2 CD Collector's Edition)Sales Rank:2592List Price: $24.98 Lowest New Price: $16.99 Lowest Used Price: $9.00 Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Total Reviews: 63 Customer Reviews:Rating: 5 Love, Love, Love... Although there are tiny, noticible clicks in some of the b-sides, this is a great collection. The cover art is simple, and to the point. The remasters sound really good. I couldn't hear the problems mentioned without the chart of so-called errors listed in the first review. One thing to mention is that on the American release 586 does not drop any bass notes. I love New Order. Rating: 1 REVIEW FOR THIS REMASTERING... NOT THE MUSIC I have to admit I held off buying this after reading Paul "Slop"'s review Loaded with errors... but finding it at a discounted price recently, I decided I have to see for myself... and the verdict: Yes, he was right, it's bad. How can I not compare the New Order remastering to Depeche Mode's? Without doubt, the Depeche remasterings, all of them, are amazing, well worth re-purchasing them for the rich dynamic sound, blowing away the original masters, and the extras are awesome... New Order came about the same time as Depeche, Depeche is with Warner as is New Order... so what went wrong here??? Why didn't Hook or Sumner overlook the remasterings as The Edge has been doing for U2 recently? Bottom line: I am a huge fan of remastering, I love the clearer, richer sound, and this is the first time EVER that I say the remastering is maybe just a hair better than the original issue! And the bonus disc remastering is absolutely awful. I couldn't listen to it more than once. THE MUSIC, HOWEVER, IS OUTSTANDING! I HOPE THEY REMASTER THE REMASTERS, PROPERLY. Rating: 4 Great music - but some reviews are not about THIS cd set Look at the dates on the reviews. I think only one review so far is about the remastered cd set - and it flags several problems with the remastering. There is no word on sound quality (otherwise) of the remastered disc (sometimes "remasters" sound about the same as the older cheaper discs). Reader beware..... Rating: 1 Loaded with errors The MUSIC on these New Order reissues get a 5/5, easily. However, there were far too many egregious mistakes made in the creation of the discs themselves to give them a pass. Only the first discs were re-mastered though they still have some problems, it is the bonus discs that are an absolute mess. Warner Music/Rhino know about these problems, but there is yet no word on any forthcoming fixes. So I'd hold off until these issues are addressed. Noted below are the specific problems with the PC&L reissue: 1, Age of consent 2, We all stand 3, The village 4, 586 ("abrupt ending", "drops the last 4 bass notes") 5, Your silent face 6, Ultraviolence 7, Ecstasy 8, Leave me alone Power, Corruption and Lies - bonus disc: 1, Blue Monday (L/R pans 0:07[sudden], and between 0:19 and 2:24. At 2:24 it pans back again. Unconfirmed whether this is on the original 12 inch) 2, The Beach 3, Confusion - Clicks at 4:04 and 6:00 (Left channel click at 8:06) 4, Thieves like us 5, Lonesome Tonight (clicks at 0:40 and 0:59) 6, Murder - "Clicks" at 0:35, 1:08, 1:29, 1:43, 2:03, 2:31, 2:43, 2:50, 3:00, 3:19, 3:26 7, Thieves like us (instrumental) (click at 1:03 ) 8, Confusion (instrumental) Rating: 5 Why you may have to throw away all of your previous ideas on music. New Order , in the throws of casting off the shadow of ian Curtis suicide; desperatly trying to find a voice of their own have created one of the greatest pieces of art in the world. This record stands as the quintesential piece of work from the manchester based band. From the opening "age of consent" to the pop mastery of "the village" to the icy futuristic prophecy known as "blue monday" , they consistantly push the envelope of what could be considered pop music. Bernard Sumners child like whimsical lyrics, Peter Hook's edgy and intensly original bass melodies; and not to mention the near robotic almost perfect timing of stephen morris's drumming make this a listening experience that is rivaled by few others. You may think it a bit much for some one to write such praise but honestly , listen to it then decide for yourself. You will be shocked. |