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Get Ready

EMAILPRINTby New Order

New Order reviews
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8.8 User Score:

Generally favorable reviews

Based on 24 critic reviews
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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.

What The Critics Said

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91

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.

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91

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]

88

Spin Cycle

Demonstrates a virility missing from [1993's "Republic"].

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83

E! Online

The best tracks--"Crystal" and "Turn My Way"--sound like they were recorded in 1987.

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80

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.

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80

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.

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80

New Musical Express

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.

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80

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?

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80

The Onion (A.V. Club)

Both a regressive return to form and a progressive triumph.

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80

Playlouder

New Order are one of the best bands in the world again.

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78

Austin Chronicle

Get Ready is one of New Order's better works, and that's saying a lot.

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76

Pitchfork

Finds them as able as ever, playing as though they'd never been gone, and offering their most organic album in ages.

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70

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.

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70

Billboard

Get Ready follows through fully on the promise of "Crystal."

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70

Mixer

Get Ready succeeds in feeling like a New Order record despite all its new flavors. [Sep 2001, p.86]

70

Alternative Press

Solid pop sensibility... [Nov 2001, p.89]

70

The Wire

Negotiate Steve Osborne's rather dated stadium Techno-rock production, and there's plenty to stimulate here... [#211, p.70]

70

Rolling Stone

A catchy, beautiful album that looks to the past but refuses to be burdened by it.

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60

Splendid

From a new band, Get Ready would seem like an accomplished if uneven effort.

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60

Blender

Think 1993's hit "Regret," but with tougher guitars, rockier grooves and a more up vibe. [Oct/Nov 2001, p.113]

50

Shredding Paper

Get Ready has all the charm of those Old Navy ads we keep seeing on the telly. [#11]

50

Sonicnet

Ultimately, the four-on-the-floor rhythm and riffing quickly become repetitive, blunting Get Ready's impact.

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40

Village Voice

Neither as bad as you might fear nor as good as you might hope.

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30

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".

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