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Generally favorable reviews- based on 45 Ratings
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Positive: 34 out of 45
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Mixed: 6 out of 45
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Negative: 5 out of 45
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ChuckHMay 20, 2005
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MacMApr 27, 2005
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SteveMApr 27, 2005Fantastic, as usual. New Order never dissapoint. Very solid album, some songs stronger than others, highlight tracks include Who's Joe, Turn, and the title track.
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MAttRApr 28, 2005The first listen of Sirens was a bit diappointing but after some time in the car this album began to evolve into a winner. The title track not often mentioned is a classic to be. I feel this album will have a lasting impression on how NO will be remembered.
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FredFApr 29, 2005Pleasant but innocuous. Bernard Sumners poorest lyrics to date, plus the fact that you've heard all these songs before maybe 20 years ago. Self reference turns into ripping ones self off. Still glad they are making music however.
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KerryBMay 10, 2005I also didn't like this latest issue from New Order, but after a few more listens, I can't get enough. I personally like "Who's Joe" much better than "Krafty". Also "Guilt is a Useless Emotion" has the hook that I remember so well from when I first discovered them in the 80s.
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JenSMay 2, 2005A great CD.. the New Order style, melodies and hooks you are used to, which is a great thing!
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DCMay 3, 2005Waiting for the Sirens Call, Turn, Morning Night and Day...some great New Order classics in the making.
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[Anonymous]May 4, 2005It's too good to stop and listen to anything else.
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MFalconMay 5, 2005New Order is still one of my favorite bands. I loved "Get Ready" and this album is just as great. I have all of their stuff, and I like them better than ever.
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MusicMavenJun 1, 2005
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MCDJun 13, 2005Love every track.
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PauloDJun 2, 2005for a band that have done so much hits and returned in 2001 with such a great and inspired album (called Get Ready), this one is really awful. i can only describe as "poor pop". maybe "krafty" is the only song that survive from this bad album.
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AndiAJan 25, 2006How the mighty have fallen! WAITING FOR THE SIRENS' CALL, unfortunately, lacks any semblance of inspiration or passion. Barney and Mr. Hook have never sounded more generic; New Order have made an album that is as vapid, dull and thoroughly uninteresting as the lyrics to "Krafty." Avoid this one at all costs.
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jyo_tirmayadSep 2, 2006It is a good solid effort. I don't play it very often because it's just not my fave New Order CD, but when I do play it, I wonder why I don't play it more. Isn't that weird?
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DanD.Apr 26, 2005Solid effort all around. All songs are at worst listenable and at best, evoke memories of their 80's heyday. There is one sure fire brand new NO classic on the disc, Turn. Go buy it, you cheapskate.
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RussellESApr 28, 2005In this new millennium, if Get Ready was a revamped New Order
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SeanMay 4, 2005This is the worst thing they have ever done!
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LochieJun 12, 2005
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DavidM.Jun 5, 2005Brilliant music from this band that continues to deliver well into their 3rd decade.
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DJohnsonJul 6, 2005It's a great album
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donsAug 17, 2005the best!!
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DBJan 7, 2007loved it
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MarkCOct 26, 2005
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JeffDApr 26, 2005Is this really from the same band responsible for some of the best music of the 1980's? Nearly every track sounds like it was written over a couple of drinks in an hour or so, and the album as a whole lacks a single highlight. Listenable pop music perhaps, but for something really memorable look at Brotherhood or Republic. Disappointing.
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vermindeathstackApr 27, 2005I really loved Get Ready, an album that I thought out shone even Technique. But this one is a bit of a disappointment. Most of the songs sound uninspired, and pass by like background music. The title track, however, is a real gem, classic New Order that rivals anything they
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KhanWMay 12, 2005On first listen I wasn't that into it, but after the third time through the hooks finally got me and I haven't stopped listening to it since! Have been a New Order fan since the early '80's -- more than half my life, and while this may not be quite up to the standard of their early work, it's still a rockin good time.
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SakesonTJul 19, 2005Clearly & Perfectly Britpop
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Jun 5, 2021I like the first six songs, but things do get a little too poppy, and gimmicky after that. The Song itself "Waiting for the Sirens Call" is amazing.
Awards & Rankings
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New Musical Express (NME)Touted as half 'Get Ready', half 'Technique', it lives up to every predictable stylistic retread that entails, to the point of self-parody.... Thank Christ, then, that the songs are so good. [26 Mar 2005, p.49]
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BlenderZigzags between immensely beautiful and crushingly ordinary with disorienting regularity. [May 2005, p.122]
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Their best since Technique.