Technique

by New Order

Technique cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 30 January 1989
  • Label: Factory
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 40:01
  • Community rating: 4.04/5 from 12 ratings

Artists on this release: Bernard Sumner, Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Michael Johnson

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded partially in Ibiza at the height of the acid house boom, 'Technique' is New Order's most seamless fusion of indie pop and club-ready electronic music. The record balances highly energetic, rhythmic alternative dance anthems with lush, melancholic reflections on heartbreak.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, melodic, party, breakup, club

Tracklist

  1. Fine Time (4:44)
  2. All the Way (3:24)
  3. Love Less (3:04)
  4. Round & Round (4:31)
  5. Guilty Partner (4:46)
  6. Run (4:31)
  7. Mr Disco (4:21)
  8. Vanishing Point (5:17)
  9. Dream Attack (5:18)

Credits

  • New Order - composer, producer
  • Trevor Key - design/illustration
  • Peter Saville - design/illustration
  • Richard Chappell - additional engineer
  • Aaron Denson - additional engineer
  • Richard Evans - additional engineer
  • Gillian Gilbert - guitar synthesizer, programming
  • Peter Hook - bass guitar percussion synthesizer, programming
  • Stephen Morris - drums (drum set) synthesizer, programming
  • Bernard Sumner - guitar melodica synthesizer, programming, vocal
  • Alan Meyerson - mix
  • Michael Johnson - recording

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