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. PopMatters
    Feb 28, 2013
    70
    It’s the sound of an indie/dance band hitting middle age, retaining some grace, and indulging their more basic rock ‘n’ roll tendencies.
  2. musicOMH.com
    Feb 1, 2013
    70
    Lost Sirens makes for a welcome parting shot; a sugared pill to take before slipping away into happy dreams where Bizarre Love Triangle plays from now until eternity.
  3. AllMusic
    Jan 30, 2013
    70
    Compared to that album's [Sirens' Call] half-hearted songwriting and rote sound, Lost Sirens positively shines--leading to the customary questions of why this material didn't replace several, if not many, songs on the original Sirens' Call.
  5. Rolling Stone
    Jan 28, 2013
    70
    Lost was cobbled of outtakes from its previous album, 2005's lackluster Waiting for the Siren's Call. Surprisingly, it's a much better record.
  6. Consequence
    Jan 24, 2013
    70
    For the time being, Lost Sirens may not "stay with you 'til Hell freezes over," but long-standing fans are sure to rejoice in this welcome blast from the past.
  7. Pitchfork
    Jan 17, 2013
    68
    As an album, Lost Sirens isn't at all an embarrassment: it's a document of a band whose range and reach, rather than power, are what has been diminished.
  8. Uncut
    Feb 4, 2013
    60
    Depleted, but not defeated. [Mar 2013, p.92]
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  9. 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.
  10. The Independent on Sunday (UK)
    Jan 17, 2013
    60
    In most cases, the cupboard seems its best home.
  11. The Independent (UK)
    Jan 17, 2013
    60
    The Lost Sirens actually bests its parent album, which was not New Order's finest hour.
  12. 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.
  13. The Quietus
    Feb 1, 2013
    50
    One play is enough to confirm that defining moments refuse to peak through the murk.
  14. 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.
  15. No Ripcord
    Jan 17, 2013
    40
    Anyone expecting some sort of lost treasure in this collection will be let down.

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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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