Lost Sirens
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{{Infobox album
| name = Lost Sirens
| type = Studio album
| artist = New Order
| cover = New Order - Lost Sirens.png
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2013|1|11|df=yes}}
| recorded = 2003–2004
| studio = Real World (Box, England)
| genre =
| length = 38:21
| label = Rhino
| producer =
- Tore Johansson
- New Order
- Stuart Price
- Mac Quayle
- Jim Spencer
- Stephen Street
| prev_title = Waiting for the Sirens' Call
| prev_year = 2005
| next_title = Music Complete
| next_year = 2015
}}
Lost Sirens is the ninth studio album by English rock band New Order. It was released on 11 January 2013 by Rhino Entertainment. The tracks featured on the album were recorded during the production of 2005's Waiting for the Sirens' Call.
It is the final album featuring bassist Peter Hook, who left the band in 2007 (almost 6 years before the album's release), the final album to feature the band as a quartet, and the only album by New Order produced from archival recordings. Lost Sirens drew mostly positive reviews, and it sold 4,678 copies in its first week in the United Kingdom.{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Alan |url=http://www.musicweek.com/analysis/read/official-charts-analysis-les-mis-album-tops-55k-first-week-sales/053241 |title=Official Charts Analysis: Les Mis album tops 55k first week sales |work=Music Week |date=21 January 2013 |accessdate=26 May 2019}} {{subscription required}}
Release
Lost Sirens was originally scheduled for release in late 2012. In a Brazilian interview to promote the reunited band's appearance in São Paulo, Gilbert acknowledged issues with former member Hook, and stated there was "a lot going on behind the scenes on the copyright" delaying the album.{{cite web |url=http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2011/11/29/new-order-lost-sirens-delayed/ |title=New Order delays release of 'Lost Sirens' outtakes set, will play Australia in 2012 |publisher=Slicing Up Eyeballs |date=29 November 2011 |accessdate=19 December 2012}} The band announced in December 2012 that the album would be released on 14 January 2013. Prior to release, the album was streamed on the Rolling Stone official website from 11 January 2013.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/new-order-unearth-rarities-on-lost-sirens-premiere-20130111 |title=New Order Unearth Rarities on 'Lost Sirens' – Album Premiere |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=11 January 2013 |accessdate=14 January 2013 |archive-date=2 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202013410/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/new-order-unearth-rarities-on-lost-sirens-premiere-20130111 |url-status=dead }}
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |last=Bush |first=John |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/lost-sirens-mw0002277231 |title=Lost Sirens – New Order |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=26 January 2013}}
| rev2 = The A.V. Club
| rev2score = C{{cite web |last=Modell |first=Josh |url=https://www.avclub.com/new-order-lost-sirens-1798175549 |title=New Order: Lost Sirens |publisher=The A.V. Club |date=22 January 2013 |access-date=26 May 2019}}
| rev3 = Consequence of Sound
| rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |last=Gorman |first=Howard |url=https://consequence.net/2013/01/album-review-new-order-lost-sirens/ |title=Album review: New Order − The Lost Sirens |work=Consequence of Sound |date=24 January 2013 |accessdate=24 January 2013}}
| rev4 = The Independent
| rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web |last=Gill |first=Andy |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-review-new-order-the-lost-sirens-rhino-uk-8446221.html |title=Album review: New Order, The Lost Sirens (Rhino UK) |work=The Independent |date=12 January 2013 |accessdate=14 January 2013}}
| rev5 = Metro
| rev5score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web |last=Haider |first=Arwa |url=http://metro.co.uk/2013/01/11/new-orders-the-lost-sirens-feels-like-a-time-capsule-of-sounds-3346874/ |title=New Order's The Lost Sirens feels like a time capsule of sounds |work=Metro |date=11 January 2013 |accessdate=14 January 2013}}
| rev6 = MusicOMH
| rev6score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |last=Green |first=Laurence |url=https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/new-order-lost-sirens |title=New Order – Lost Sirens |publisher=MusicOMH |date=14 January 2013 |accessdate=30 August 2013}}
| rev7 = NME
| rev7score = 6/10{{cite web |last=Mackay |first=Emily |url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/new-order/13979 |title=New Order – 'Lost Sirens' |work=NME |date=18 January 2013 |accessdate=30 August 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509091637/http://www.nme.com/reviews/new-order/13979 |archivedate=9 May 2013}}
| rev8 = Pitchfork
| rev9 = PopMatters
| rev9score = 7/10{{cite web |last=Bergstrom |first=John |url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/168432-new-order-lost-sirens/ |title=New Order: Lost Sirens |publisher=PopMatters |date=28 February 2013 |accessdate=19 August 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130302084546/http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/168432-new-order-lost-sirens/ |archivedate=2 March 2013}}
| rev10 = Rolling Stone
| rev10score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine |last=Diehl |first=Matt |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/lost-sirens-20130128 |title=Lost Sirens |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=28 January 2013 |accessdate=30 August 2013}}
}}
Lost Sirens received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 65, based on 14 reviews.{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/lost-sirens/new-order/critic-reviews |title=Lost Sirens – New Order |publisher=Metacritic |accessdate=19 August 2013}}
The Independent{{'}}s Andy Gill claimed that New Order's ninth outing "actually bests its parent album [Waiting for the Sirens' Call]". Gill particularly cited "I Told You So", "Sugarcane" and "Hellbent" as the album's better tracks. Metro stated the album "offers few classics but will still delight fans of the band with its feelgood sound".
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Lost Sirens track listing
| all_writing = Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris and Phil Cunningham
| title1 = I'll Stay with You
| length1 = 4:22
| title2 = Sugarcane
| length2 = 4:50
| title3 = Recoil
| length3 = 5:09
| title4 = Californian Grass
| length4 = 4:35
| title5 = Hellbent
| length5 = 4:27
| title6 = Shake It Up
| length6 = 5:23
| title7 = I've Got a Feeling
| length7 = 4:29
| title8 = I Told You So
| note8 = Crazy World Mix
| length8 = 5:06
}}
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Lost Sirens.{{cite AV media notes |title=Lost Sirens |type=liner notes |others=New Order |author=Rhino Entertainment |publisher=Rhino Entertainment |year=2013 |id=2564653448}}
- New Order – production
- Stephen Street – production, mixing (tracks 1, 4, 5, 7)
- Cenzo Townshend – mixing (tracks 1, 2, 4–7)
- Tore Johansson – production (track 2)
- Jim Spencer – production (track 3); mixing (tracks 3, 8)
- Mac Quayle – production (track 6)
- Stuart Price – production (track 8)
- Frank Arkwright – mastering
- Studio Parris Wakefield – art direction, design
Charts
class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ Chart performance for Lost Sirens ! scope="col"| Chart (2013) ! scope="col"| Peak |
scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://imgur.com/a/rwgx5LB | title=New Order ARIA Chart history (albums) (1988 to 2016)|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|via=Imgur.com|access-date=26 July 2024}} N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
|align="center"| 171 |
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{{album chart|Flanders|192|artist=New Order|album=Lost Sirens|rowheader=true|access-date=15 November 2013}} |
{{album chart|Wallonia|155|artist=New Order|album=Lost Sirens|rowheader=true|access-date=15 November 2013}} |
{{album chart|France|137|artist=New Order|album=Lost Sirens|rowheader=true|access-date=15 November 2013}} |
{{album chart|Germany4|68|id=210924|artist=New Order|album=Lost Sirens|rowheader=true|access-date=26 May 2019}} |
{{album chart|Scotland|27|date=20130120|rowheader=true|access-date=26 May 2019}} |
{{album chart|Switzerland|74|artist=New Order|album=Lost Sirens|rowheader=true|access-date=15 November 2013}} |
{{album chart|UK2|23|date=20130120|rowheader=true|access-date=26 May 2019}} |
Release history
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Discogs master|type=album|511275|name=Lost Sirens}}
{{New Order}}
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