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Universal acclaim- based on 10 Ratings

  • Summary: The soundtrack to the fictionalized account of the rise and fall of Manchester's Factory Records includes, somewhat obviously, a generous helping of New Order, Joy Division, and Happy Mondays songs (including the title track by the latter), as well as cuts from A Guy Called Gerald, DuruttiThe soundtrack to the fictionalized account of the rise and fall of Manchester's Factory Records includes, somewhat obviously, a generous helping of New Order, Joy Division, and Happy Mondays songs (including the title track by the latter), as well as cuts from A Guy Called Gerald, Durutti Column, and the Buzzcocks. This is also the only album where you'll find the newest New Order single, "Here to Stay," a collaboration with the Chemical Brothers that failed to appear on either group's latest LP.… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. Urb
    100
    Nearly every song here can be called seminal without the slightest flinch. [Oct 2002, p.102]
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  2. Blender
    100
    Any collection that encompasses A Guy Called Gerald's peerless dance anthem "Voodoo Ray" and Joy Division's exquisite "Atmosphere" is "double double good," as the Happy Mondays' drug-addled singer Shaun Ryder used to quip. [#9, p.158]
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  3. Q Magazine
    100
    This is a sheer visceral delight. [May 2002, p.124]
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  4. PopMatters
    80
    If you're really into British dance music, you might actually own most of this album already, in which case you probably don't need it.
  5. CDNow
    80
    A feast of post-punk and seminal house.
  6. New Musical Express (NME)
    80
    Fact is, if you know enough about Joy Division, New Order and Happy Mondays to want to watch the movie, you probably own everything on this record already.
  7. Rolling Stone
    60
    It works well as a very basic introduction to Factory's better-known groups: Joy Division, New Order, Happy Mondays.

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  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
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  1. MacM
    May 12, 2004
    10
    The best party album ever!... Ok, that's an obnoxious and lazy over-exaggeration. It's a bloody good party album with not one duff track.
  2. N.Batista
    Nov 24, 2002
    10
    I already had the songs as a consequence of apreciating the Manchester music scene of the 70s and 80s. Of course, not having the Stone Roses I already had the songs as a consequence of apreciating the Manchester music scene of the 70s and 80s. Of course, not having the Stone Roses present is a major gap that shouldn´t exist. Hacienda forever.… Expand
  4. NealS.
    Apr 20, 2007
    8
    A great sample of what Factory were putting out at that time. And guys, The Stone Roses, were not on Factory. Which is probably why they A great sample of what Factory were putting out at that time. And guys, The Stone Roses, were not on Factory. Which is probably why they didnt get a showing.… Expand
  5. JeffB.
    Aug 13, 2002
    7
    Fine compilation of a typically overhyped and overblown period in UK rock -- the new New Order track is excellent.

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#9 Best Album of 2002
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#30 Most Shared Album of 2002