Lost Sirens
by New Order
  • Record Label: Rhino
  • Release Date: Jan 14, 2013
Metascore
65

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
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  1. Under The Radar
    Mar 5, 2013
    50
    2005's Waiting for the Sirens' Call is nobody's favorite New Order record, and it's fair to guess not many people were waiting with baited breath for an outtakes album from an apparently dreary and unimaginative recording period.
  2. Uncut
    Feb 4, 2013
    60
    Depleted, but not defeated. [Mar 2013, p.92]
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  3. The Quietus
    Feb 1, 2013
    50
    One play is enough to confirm that defining moments refuse to peak through the murk.
  5. New Musical Express (NME)
    Jan 22, 2013
    60
    Completists can tick a box, but it'd be a shame if this was really the original New Order's last word.
  6. The A.V. Club
    Jan 22, 2013
    50
    It still sounds like New Order, a band that put out some incredible records in the last 30 years, but that stopped growing and changing in half that time.
  7. The Independent on Sunday (UK)
    Jan 17, 2013
    60
    In most cases, the cupboard seems its best home.
  8. No Ripcord
    Jan 17, 2013
    40
    Anyone expecting some sort of lost treasure in this collection will be let down.
  9. The Independent (UK)
    Jan 17, 2013
    60
    The Lost Sirens actually bests its parent album, which was not New Order's finest hour.

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User Score
6.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 12 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 12
  3. Negative: 2 out of 12
  1. loveforfire
    Jun 5, 2021
    5
    If you didn't like Waiting for the Sirens Call (which I do like it, a few songs were very good) just imagine what 8 songs sound like thatIf you didn't like Waiting for the Sirens Call (which I do like it, a few songs were very good) just imagine what 8 songs sound like that weren't good enough for it. That's Lost Sirens.… Full Review »
  2. Stanislavsky71
    Feb 12, 2013
    8
    Not great, not bad but good. This is latter-day NO so the lyrics are a bit predictable and there are no staggering surprises. There are aNot great, not bad but good. This is latter-day NO so the lyrics are a bit predictable and there are no staggering surprises. There are a couple of so-so songs (Recoil and Shake It Up), but the majority compare favourably with a lot of their 90s/2000s output and should have made it onto Sirens instead of tracks like Jetstream or I Told You So. The remix of the latter on here is a revelation a much better song. I'll Stay with You would have been a great single. Even so-so New Order is a lot better than most of the competition.… Full Review »
  3. gaspero1
    Jan 22, 2013
    5
    Bernard's lame lyrics are what hold this compilation back from being very enjoyable. The lyrics really sound like Sumner was just goingBernard's lame lyrics are what hold this compilation back from being very enjoyable. The lyrics really sound like Sumner was just going through the motions, or using a computer to produce lines that fit the music. There's little to no feeling in the words on this record. The music is comparable to the material that made it on the Waiting For the Sirens' Call record, which is overall fairly good, albeit somewhat monotone and repetitive. It's certainly not like any of their memorable records like Get Ready or any of their albums from the 80's like Technique or Ceremony.… Full Review »
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