Ceremony: A New Order Tribute

by CEREMONY: A NEW ORDER TRIBUTE /

Overview

Ceremony: A New Order Tribute is not the first album to pay tribute to the British techno-dance band New Order. Blue Order: A Trance Tribute to New Order appeared in 1997, and a decade later came True Faith: A Tribute to New Order. But this one is more ambitious, spreading across two CDs, and it can claim at least partial authorization from the group. Band member Peter Hook contributes the opening track, "Strangely Enough Impact," an interview segment in which he reminisces about the late Tony Wilson, who first recorded New Order (as well as its predecessor, Joy Division) for Factory Records. Indeed, the album is in some ways as much a tribute to Wilson as to the group; it's being released on what would have been his 60th birthday, and a portion of the proceeds will benefit the Tony Wilson Awards established in his memory by the Salford Foundation. The album isn't so different from its predecessors, however, in that it consists of performances of New Order songs by a collection of unknown artists, some of whom are better than others. New Order's bass-and-synthesizer-heavy sound tended to be more prominent than any individual song, and artists who try something different with the material tend to fare better than those who try to re-create it. In particular, Jimmy Oakes, who takes on both "Love Vigilantes" and "Bizarre Love Triangle," brings something new by coming up with acoustic arrangements that emphasize the songs as songs, not just as dance arrangements. History's "Sunrise," with its guitar rock arrangement and the female vocals of Melissa Parker Caron, is another standout, and even Light Yourself on Fire's "Chosen Time" brings an interesting wrinkle by boasting a vocal that is a heavy metal howl. The least interesting tracks are ones that are similar to New Order's. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	02/09/2010
Label:	24 Hour Service Station
UPC:	0897030002551
Rank:	124366

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Strangely Enough Impact
2. Ceremony
3. Dream Attack
4. Blue Monday
5. Crystal
6. Sub-Culture
7. World
8. Turn
9. Mr Disco
10. Paradise
11. Run
12. Thieves Like Us
13. 60 Miles an Hour
14. Love Vigilantes
15. All Day Long
16. Temptation
17. The Him

Disc 2

18. As It Is When It Was
19. Round & Round
20. The Perfect Kiss
21. Your Silent Face
22. This Time of Night
23. Blue Monday
24. Ceremony
25. Sunrise
26. Chosen Time
27. Leave Me Alone
28. Every Little Counts
29. Bizarre Love Triangle
30. Regret
31. 1963
32. Ceremony [Kites with Lights Remix]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Flight   Primary Artist,Primary Artist
The Milling Gowns   Primary Artist
Marc Deon   Primary Artist
Razed In A New Division Of Agony   Primary Artist
Manumatic   Primary Artist
Turbovamps   Primary Artist
The Thin Boys   Primary Artist
Against the Stars   Primary Artist
Cbentley   Primary Artist
Wedgepiece   Primary Artist
Tracy Shedd   Primary Artist
Fornever   Primary Artist
Jimmy Oakes   Primary Artist
Shaun Robinson   Primary Artist
Yes But No   Primary Artist
Christian Webb   Primary Artist
The Sheaks   Primary Artist
Sibling   Primary Artist
Sunbears!   Primary Artist
Adam Knowles   Primary Artist
The Cloud Room   Primary Artist
GD Luxxe   Primary Artist
Peter Hook   Primary Artist
Rabbit in the Moon   Primary Artist
John Ralston   Primary Artist
The Dark Romantics   Primary Artist
History   Primary Artist
Win Win Winter   Primary Artist
This Year's Model   Primary Artist
Johnny Parry   Primary Artist
Lone Wolf   Primary Artist
The Beauvilles   Primary Artist
Geri X   Primary Artist
XOXO   Primary Artist
Jim Oakes   Primary Artist
The Artificial Sea   Primary Artist
Detachments   Primary Artist
Kingsbury   Primary Artist
Sologigolos   Primary Artist
Kites with Lights   Primary Artist
Allegra Gellar   Primary Artist
Pocket   Primary Artist
Lush Progress   Primary Artist
Light Yourself on Fire   Primary Artist
Last Years Model   Primary Artist
The Dark Esquire   Primary Artist
The Bedford Incident   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Bernard Sumner   Composer
Phil Cunningham   Composer
Gillian Gilbert   Composer
Peter Hook   Composer
Stephen Hague   Composer
Ian Curtis   Composer
John Denver   Composer
Stephen Morris   Composer
Arthur Baker   Composer