New Order's classic album Power, Corruption and Lies was released on this day in 1983. The album is widely regarded as one of New Order's best and most influential albums, and it frequently appears on 'greatest album of the 80s' lists music magazines/critics publish from time to time. Power, Corruption and Lies was the album where New Order defined their sound - they released Movement and a few other singles previously, however those songs, in part anyway, sounded like their old band Joy Division. While recording PCL in 1982, the band tinkered around with samplers they had just bought weeks before--Gillian Gilbertrevealed the band learned how to use samplers by recording farts--to develop the 'New Order' sound. The result is perfection.
Enjoy the exquisite "Your Silent Face"
The biggest song from Power, Corruption and Lies is unquestionably the dance smash "Blue Monday" - read all about the classic track here and stream Power, Corruption and Lies in full below:
01. Age Of Consent
02. We All Stand
03. The Village
04. 5 8 6
05. Blue Monday
06. Your Silent Face
07. Ultraviolence
08. Ecstasy
09. Leave Me Alone
10. The Beach
