Whereas the idea of a new New Order would have lent itself to smirks a few years ago, given the sinuous course of its members since the insipid Republic, Get Ready proves to be a solid album for a welcome return.
Closer to their earlier productions rather than their later FM byproducts (like their English soccer anthem), Get Ready, surprisingly, is a rock album where instead of drowning everything out, the electronic sounds are relegated behind the guitars and bass. The result is a more homogeneous disc where various sonorities merge to successfully support each melody. This new vintage gives a lion's share to the guitars, dirtier and more aggressive than usual, without of course forgetting Peter Hook's bass. Save this musical hardening, the collaboration with Bobby Gillepsie of Primal Scream or Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins also marks the new orientation of the trio (ah yes, half of transcendent Other Two did not answer the call).
The heady single "Crystal" opens the hostilities in classic New Order format. Though "Miles An Hour" slowly turns to rock "Turn My Way", which benefits from the support of Billy Corgan and saturated cords, confirms the shift to rock. Returning to known territory with the melancholic "Vicious Streak" which agreeably marries ambient electronic sounds to sharp bass. "Primitive Concept", without a doubt one of the strongest moments of Get Ready, is carried by a venomous bass, syncopated drums and rhythmic guitars in which synthetic arrangements are thrown in. The more serious voice of Bernard Sumner on " Slow Jam" along with the guitars prepares the ground for the chorus "I can' t get enough of this". "Rock the Shack " is the unstoppable rock hymn that with the presence of Bobby Gillepsie openly flirts with the Stoogian tendencies of Primal Scream . While "Someone Like You" returns to electro-pop, the melodic "Close Range" and its synthetic bass unquestionably nod to the Chemical Brothers, who welcomed Sumner on Surrender . Finally the acoustic "Run Wild" smoothly closes the record.
Thus, Get Ready is an album not to be missed by those nostalgic for the grand hours of the Eighties.
New Order Get Ready
