Listening Post

I put this song up once before but every once in a while I just get in the mood to hear it. It was the first single from what I (and I alone, more than likely) believe is New Order's best album: 2001's Get Ready.

Here's Crystal.

Listening Post

It's one of those seemingly impossible feats in popular music.

In 2001, after 21 years together (25 if you count Joy Division), New Order somehow recorded the most vital album of their career. By all accounts, Get Ready could've and probably should've been an afterthought -- an effort that barely registered on the cultural radar from a group whose best days were surely behind it.

Instead, the damn thing barreled along with astonishing ferocity -- beginning with this opening track.

Here's Crystal.