Milestones: New Order’s ‘Technique,’ flavored by Ibiza, released 21 years ago today

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Revered as an iconic singles band, New Order delivered, with its fifth album “Technique,” what now holds up — alongside 1985’s “Low-Life” — as its strongest front-to-back effort. The album was released on this date in 1989.

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New Order’s botched CD reissues finally to be re-reissued by Rhino Records in August

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Rhino Records has set an Aug. 25 release date for its 2CD re-reissues of New Order’s first five albums following last year’s release of mislabeled, poorly mastered editions that apparently included some tracks ripped straight from vinyl — complete with skips, crackles and pops.
The expanded reissues of Movement (1981), Power Corruption and Lies (1983), Low-Life [...]

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