Brotherhood (New Order album)

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Brotherhood
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Studio album by
New Order
Released29 September 1986 (1986-09-29)
Recorded1986
Studio
Genre
Length37:07
Label Factory
Producer New Order
New Order chronology
Low-Life
(1985)		Brotherhood
(1986)		 Substance
(1987)
Singles from Brotherhood
  1. "State of the Nation"
    Released: 15 September 1986
  2. "Bizarre Love Triangle"
    Released: 3 November 1986

Brotherhood is the fourth studio album by the English rock band New Order, released on 29 September 1986 by Factory Records. It contains a mixture of post-punk and electronic styles, roughly divided between the two sides. The album includes "Bizarre Love Triangle", the band's breakthrough single in the United States and Australia; it was the only track from the album released as a single and as a video (although "State of the Nation" was added to most CD editions).

Contents

The album sleeve, created by Peter Saville, is a photograph of a sheet of titanium–zinc alloy. [2] Some early releases came in a metallic sleeve.[ citation needed ]

Music

Brotherhood saw the band further exploring their mix of post-punk and electronic styles, with the track listing being conceptually divided into "disco and rock sides". [3] [4] Stephen Morris stated that the album "was kind of done in a schizophrenic mood that we were trying to do one side synthesizers and one side guitars", which he retrospectively stated "didn't quite work". [5]

In a 1987 interview with Option , Morris commented that the "mad ending" to "Every Little Counts" – which sounds like a vinyl record needle skipping the groove – is similar to the ending of The Beatles' "A Day in the Life". [6] Morris said: "What we should have done is make the tape version sound like the tape getting chewed up. The CD could have the sticking sound." [6]

Influences of Richard Wagner's "Prelude" to Das Rheingold can be heard throughout the track "All Day Long." New Order have subsequently used the piece as a concert opener.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The A.V. Club A− [4]
Blender Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [7]
Entertainment Weekly A− [8]
Pitchfork 9.5/10 [9]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Select 3/5 [12]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [13]
The Village Voice A [14]

Reviewing Brotherhood for the Los Angeles Times , Steve Hochman wrote that New Order "makes atmospheric grooves with more finesse than any contemporary computer-rocker." [15] In his "Consumer Guide" column for The Village Voice , Robert Christgau selected the album as a "pick hit" and said: "The tempos are a touch less stately, the hooks a touch less subliminal. Bernard Albrecht's vocals have taken on so much affect they're humane. And the joke closer softens up a skeptic like me to the pure, physically exalting sensation of the music." [14]

In a 1993 retrospective review, Q critic Stuart Maconie described Brotherhood as "often overlooked, nestling as it does between two superior studio albums", and ultimately "more for the initiated than the first-time buyer." [10] John Bush of AllMusic was more favourable, writing that "for better and worse, this was a New Order with nothing more to prove – witness the tossed-off lyrics and giggles on 'Every Little Counts' – aside from continuing to make great music." [3] David Quantick of Uncut noted "an increased tension between the frequent beauty of the music and the band's Northern self-consciousness" and concluded: "This was New Order becoming New Order and if anyone was entitled to not be Joy Division, they certainly were." [13] The A.V. Club 's Josh Modell called Brotherhood "an unsung great of the catalog that's dwarfed a bit by its massive single". [4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by New Order, except where noted

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Paradise"3:50
2."Weirdo"3:52
3."As It Is When It Was"3:46
4."Broken Promise"3:47
5."Way of Life"4:06
Side two
No.TitleLength
6."Bizarre Love Triangle"4:22
7."All Day Long"5:12
8."Angel Dust"3:44
9."Every Little Counts"4:28
Total length:37:07
CD edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
10."State of the Nation"6:32
Total length:43:39

Notes

2008 Collector's Edition bonus disc
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Bizarre Love Triangle" (Shep Pettibone Remix) 6:44
2."1963"
5:32
3."True Faith" (Shep Pettibone Remix)
  • New Order
  • Hague
9:02
4."Touched by the Hand of God" 7:05
5."Blue Monday '88" 7:07
6."Evil Dust" 3:45
7."True Faith" (Eschreamer Dub) (incorrectly listed as "True Faith (True Dub)")
  • New Order
  • Hague
7:52
8."Blue Monday '88" (Dub) (incorrectly listed as "Beach Buggy") 7:18
Total length:54:25

Notes

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Brotherhood. [16]

Charts

Chart performance for Brotherhood
Chart (1986)Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [17] 15
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [18] 69
European Albums ( Music & Media ) [19] 50
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [20] 22
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [21] 33
UK Albums (OCC) [22] 9
UK Independent Albums (MRIB) [23] 1
US Billboard 200 [24] 117

Release history

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