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Get Ready
Generally favorable reviews
Based on 24 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 33 votes
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Album Info
Label: London/Reprise
Release Date: 16 October 2001
Discs: 1 disc
Genre(s): Alternative, Rock
Summary
The band's first album together since 1993's 'Republic' finds the group moving away from electronica and back to guitar rock. The Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan duets with Bernard Sumner on "Turn My Way" (and has been touring with the band as an additional guitarist), and Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie and Innes contribute vocals and guitar to "Rock The Shack." Steve Osborne produced the 10-track album.
Also By This Artist: Waiting For The Sirens' Call
Also On The Web: Official Album Site
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Village Voice (Consumer Guide)
Obviously it's not perky enough, funky enough either, but their best (and third) album in 15 years (and probably last ever) sounds an awful lot like what kids today call pop.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly
New Order roll out that trademark sound again, and it's never sounded stronger or more vigorous.... A stunning and confident return to form. [19 Oct 2001, p.80]
E! Online
The best tracks--"Crystal" and "Turn My Way"--sound like they were recorded in 1987.
Read Full Review >Dot Music
Well, it's not 'Low Life' or 'Technique' but there's at least seven welcome additions to the New Order canon and in the thrilling 'Crystal' and poignant 'Run Wild', a brace of bona fide classics.
Read Full Review >All Music Guide
Even for fans not needing much convincing, Get Ready is a "grower," an album whose focus on sublime songcraft and introverted delivery reveals its secrets slowly and after many listens.
Read Full Review >New Musical Express (NME)
They may have been apart for eight years, but less than a minute into opening track, 'Crystal', they've slotted back into their own idiosyncratic groove and the years are pouring off them.... Being in New Order never sounded like half as much fun as it does here.
Read Full Review >Q Magazine
New Order have made better records than this, but not many with such an emotional charge and the expansive noise to carry it off.... Get Ready is the sound of a great band breaking free of their past before your ears. Who’d have thought it?
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club)
Both a regressive return to form and a progressive triumph.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle
Get Ready is one of New Order's better works, and that's saying a lot.
Read Full Review >Pitchfork
Finds them as able as ever, playing as though they'd never been gone, and offering their most organic album in ages.
Read Full Review >Neumu.net
True, only "60 Miles an Hour" sounds like a candidate for New Order's pantheon of hallowed singles; still, Get Ready might be the group's most consistent album from top to bottom.
Read Full Review >Mixer
Get Ready succeeds in feeling like a New Order record despite all its new flavors. [Sep 2001, p.86]
Alternative Press
Solid pop sensibility... [Nov 2001, p.89]
The Wire
Negotiate Steve Osborne's rather dated stadium Techno-rock production, and there's plenty to stimulate here... [#211, p.70]
Rolling Stone
A catchy, beautiful album that looks to the past but refuses to be burdened by it.
Read Full Review >Splendid
From a new band, Get Ready would seem like an accomplished if uneven effort.
Read Full Review >Blender
Think 1993's hit "Regret," but with tougher guitars, rockier grooves and a more up vibe. [Oct/Nov 2001, p.113]
Shredding Paper
Get Ready has all the charm of those Old Navy ads we keep seeing on the telly. [#11]
Sonicnet
Ultimately, the four-on-the-floor rhythm and riffing quickly become repetitive, blunting Get Ready's impact.
Read Full Review >Mojo
Much of Get Ready is less a call to arms than the sound of an old man wheezing out of a creaky armchair. [Sep 2001, p.108]
What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this album is 8.8 (out of 10) based on 33 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Cuana D gave it a10:
I'd have to rate this as highly as PC&L, and Technique - ahead of Republic, Movement, and well ahead of Brotherhood & Lowlife. there are a bunch of great tracks here & I really only skip track 3 because of Billy Corgan's additional vocals.
Roberto F gave it a10:
It's my favorite album by the best band on Earth.
luca gave it an8:
great return from pop genius New Order. Who could hav predicted it after so many years of silence? this album is really exciting and fresh, much more than most new bands
Poontang Jackson gave it a 0:
This album sucks mongo ass.
Nico G gave it a 9:
What can I say? This album is just fantastic, from the first to the last track. I just adore it.
Mac M. gave it a 10:
Back and more energeised than ever before, more focused since...before Technique, more addicitve than heroin. 24 Hour Party octagenarians!
Tony T. gave it a 9:
I've been a fan of New Order since the Joy Division days, but I really haven't paid much attention to them since Technique. I'm absolutely shocked at how good this album is. With "Get Ready" New Order effortlessly pulls off sounding fresher than 99% of the stuff out there while never being anything but unmistakably New Order. Honestly, I think it's their best since "Power, Corruption and Lies".
