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Power, Corruption & Lies

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Power, Corruption & Lies, Compact Disc version. The coloured blocks at top right spell out the catalogue number in a simple substitution cipher.
Power, Corruption & Lies, Compact Disc version. The coloured blocks at top right spell out the catalogue number in a simple substitution cipher.

Power, Corruption & Lies is the breakthrough album by synth pop band New Order, released in 1983 (see 1983 in music). The band's second album, after forming out of the ashes of Joy Division following the suicide of Ian Curtis, Power, Corruption & Lies achieved more widespread popularity than any of the band's previous releases. The US-version includes the top-selling 12" of all time, "Blue Monday", and showcases a move towards electronic dance music.

On the Billboard Music Charts (North America), "Blue Monday" peaked at #5 on the Club Play Singles chart.

Track listing

  1. "Age of Consent"
  2. "We All Stand"
  3. "The Village"
  4. "5-8-6"
  5. "Blue Monday"
  6. "Your Silent Face"
  7. "Ultraviolence" (see Clockwork Orange)
  8. "Ecstasy"
  9. "Leave Me Alone"
  10. "The Beach"

The UK issue and some other international issues omit Blue Monday and The Beach. Some copies list Your Silent Face under its working title of KW1.

Personnel

  • New Order - Producer
  • Barry Sage - Assistant Engineer
  • Jose Latour - Artwork
  • Peter Saville - Art Direction, Design
  • Mark Boyne - Assistant Engineer
  • Michael Johnson - Engineer
  • London National Gallery - Artwork
  • Henri Fantin-Latour - Artwork

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