Waiting for the Sirens' Call

{{Music ratings

| MC = 63/100{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/waiting-for-the-sirens-call/new-order |title=Reviews for Waiting for the Sirens' Call by New Order |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=19 June 2016}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/waiting-for-the-sirens-call-mw0000670599 |title=Waiting for the Sirens' Call – New Order |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=19 June 2016 |last=Bush |first=John}}

| rev2 = Blender

| rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine |url=http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=3280 |title=New Order: Waiting for the Sirens' Call |magazine=Blender |issue=36 |date=May 2005 |access-date=19 June 2016 |last=Lysnkey |first=Dorian |page=122 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060504151221/http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=3280 |archive-date=4 May 2006 |url-status=dead}}

| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev3score = B+{{cite magazine |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2005/04/25/waiting-sirens-call |title=Waiting for the Sirens' Call |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=25 April 2005 |access-date=19 June 2016 |last=Goldblatt |first=Henry |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107085503/http://www.ew.com/article/2005/04/25/waiting-sirens-call |archive-date=7 November 2016 |url-status=live}}

| rev4 = The Guardian

| rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite news |title=Factory record |work=The Guardian |date=18 March 2005 |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |author-link=Alexis Petridis}}

| rev5 = Mojo

| rev5score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite magazine |title=New Order: Waiting for the Sirens' Call |magazine=Mojo |issue=138 |date=May 2005 |page=96}}

| rev6 = NME

| rev6score = 6/10{{cite magazine |url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/new-order/7645 |title=New Order : Waiting for the Sirens' Call |magazine=NME |date=7 April 2005 |access-date=19 August 2011 |last=Beaumont |first=Mark |author-link=Mark Beaumont (journalist) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614040838/http://www.nme.com/reviews/new-order/7645 |archive-date=14 June 2012 |url-status=dead}}

| rev7 = Pitchfork

| rev7score = 7.9/10{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/5769-waiting-for-the-sirens-call/ |title=New Order: Waiting for the Sirens' Call |work=Pitchfork |date=29 March 2005 |access-date=19 June 2016 |last=Raposa |first=David}}

| rev8 = Q

| rev8score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite magazine |title=New Order: Waiting for the Sirens' Call |magazine=Q |issue=225 |date=April 2005 |page=124}}

| rev9 = Rolling Stone

| rev9score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/neworder/albums/album/7200960/review/7264054/waiting_for_the_sirens_call |title=New Order: Waiting for the Sirens' Call |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=5 May 2005 |access-date=19 June 2016 |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |author-link=Rob Sheffield |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071211053641/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/neworder/albums/album/7200960/review/7264054/waiting_for_the_sirens_call |archive-date=11 December 2007 |url-status=dead}}

| rev10 = Uncut

| rev10score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine |url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/new_order/reviews/8568 |title=New Order – Waiting for the Sirens' Call |magazine=Uncut |issue=95 |date=April 2005 |access-date=19 August 2011 |last=Troussé |first=Stephen |page=104 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050331025138/http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/new_order/reviews/8568 |archive-date=31 March 2005 |url-status=dead}}

}}

According to Metacritic, the album received generally favourable reviews.

{{Track listing

| headline = Waiting for the Sirens' Call track listing

| all_writing = New Order, except "Jetstream" written by New Order, Stuart Price and Ana Lynch

| title1 = Who's Joe?

| length1 = 5:41

| title2 = Hey Now What You Doing

| length2 = 5:16

| title3 = Waiting for the Sirens' Call

| length3 = 5:42

| title4 = Krafty

| length4 = 4:33

| title5 = I Told You So

| length5 = 6:00

| title6 = Morning Night and Day

| length6 = 5:12

| title7 = Dracula's Castle

| length7 = 5:40

| title8 = Jetstream

| length8 = 5:23

| title9 = Guilt Is a Useless Emotion

| length9 = 5:39

| title10 = Turn

| length10 = 4:35

| title11 = Working Overtime

| length11 = 3:26

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US edition bonus track

12. "Guilt Is a Useless Emotion" (Mac Quayle Vocal Mix) – 6:29

Japanese edition bonus tracks

12. "Krafty" (Japanese Version) – 4:33
13. "Krafty" (The Glimmers Twelve Inch Extended) – 6:55
14. "Krafty" (Phones Reality Remix) – 7:07

Musician credits for New Order are not listed in the liner notes of the album's personnel. Below are the instruments that the group typically plays.

• Bernard Sumner – vocals, guitars, synthesisers and programming
• Peter Hook – 4 and 6-stringed bass
• Stephen Morris – drums, synthesisers and programming
• Phil Cunningham – guitars, synthesisers and programming

The original liner notes list the album's personnel as follows:

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• New Order – producer, writer
• Jim Spencer – producer (1, 3, 5)
• Stephen Street – producer (2, 6, 10, 11), mixing (2, 6, 10, 11)
• Cenzo Townshend – mixing (2, 6, 10, 11), engineer (2, 6, 10, 11)
• Rich Costey – mixing (4)
• Dawn Zee – additional vocals (5, 9)
• John Leckie – producer (7), mixing (7)
• Stuart Price – producer (8, 9), writer (8)

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• Ana Matronic – featuring (vocals) (8), writer (8)
• Beatrice Hatherley – additional vocals (9)
• Mac Quayle – keyboards, additional programming
• Bruno Ellingham – additional engineering
• Tom Stanley, Paul Grady, Claire Lewis, Marco Migliari, Rob Haggett, Phil Rose and Owen Skinner – assistant engineer
• Peter Saville – art direction, photography
• Anna Blessman – photography
• Howard Wakefield and Peter Saville Associates – design

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