OST - 24 Hour Party People
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86 out of 100

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8.3 out of 10

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  • 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, 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

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  1. Positive: 12 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. 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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  2. 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.
  3. Mixer
    80
    The album's sole fault (if you can call it that) is a tendency to stick with sure-fire classics. [Aug 2002, p.78]
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  4. 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 5
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  3. Negative: 1 out of 5
  1. MacM
    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
    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 present is a major gap that shouldn´t exist. Hacienda forever.… Collapse
  3. NealS.
    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 didnt get a showing.… Expand
  4. JeffB.
    7
    Fine compilation of a typically overhyped and overblown period in UK rock -- the new New Order track is excellent.

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