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Technique is the fifth studio album by New Order, released in 1989 via Factory Records. Partly recorded on the island of Ibiza, it incorporates Balearic beat and acid house influences into the group's electro/rock sound. The album's style was also heavily influenced by Danish group Laid Back's 1987 album See You in the Lobby, especially on the first single "Fine Time", on which Bernard Sumner takes influence from Laid Back's singing style, using various tones to sing parts of the song.

Technique was the first New Order album to reach number one in the UK charts. "Fine Time", the first single lifted from it, reached number 11. Remixed versions of "Round & Round" and "Run" were also released as singles. John Denver's publishing company filed a lawsuit, alleging that the guitar break in "Run" too closely resembled Denver's "Leaving on a Jet Plane". The case was settled out of court. "Vanishing Point" was used on the BBC series Making Out.

Music videos were produced for the three singles.

In 2008 the album was re-released in a Collector's Edition with a bonus disc.


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Track listing

All songs written by New Order.

  1. "Fine Time" – 4:42
  2. "All the Way" – 3:22
  3. "Love Less" – 2:58
  4. "Round & Round" – 4:29
  5. "Guilty Partner" – 4:44
  6. "Run" – 4:29
  7. "Mr. Disco" – 4:20
  8. "Vanishing Point" – 5:15
  9. "Dream Attack" – 5:13
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2008 Collector's Edition reissue bonus disc

  1. "Don't Do It" – 4:34
  2. "Fine Line" – 4:45
  3. "Round & Round" (12" version) – 6:52
  4. "Best & Marsh" – 4:32
  5. "Run 2" – 5:26
  6. "MTO" [actually the "Minus Mix" of the song] – 5:27
  7. "Fine Time" (Silk Mix) – 6:19
  8. "Vanishing Point" (Instrumental) – 5:12
  9. "World in Motion" (Carabinieri Mix) – 5:52
Total length: 48:59
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Personnel

  • Bernard Sumner – vocals, guitars, melodica, synthesizers and programming
  • Peter Hook – 4 and 6-stringed bass, electronic percussion, synthesizers and programming
  • Stephen Morris – drums, synthesizers and programming
  • Gillian Gilbert – synthesizers and programming, guitars
  • New Order – production
  • Michael Johnson – engineer
  • Richard Chappell – assistant engineer
  • Aaron Denson – assistant engineer
  • Richard Evans – assistant engineer
  • Trevor Key – cover design
  • Alan Meyerson – mixing
  • Peter Saville – cover design



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