Clarke began to voice his discomfort at the direction the band was taking, saying “there was never enough time to do anything. Not with all the interviews and photo sessions”. Clarke also said he was sick of touring, which Gahan said years later was “bullshit to be quite honest”. Gahan…
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New Order’s first commercial release was the single ” Ceremony “, backed with “In a Lonely Place”. These two songs were written in the weeks before Curtis took his own life. With the release of their debut album, Movement , in November 1981, New Order initially started on a similar…
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The band’s next single was ” Just Can’t Get Enough “. The synth-pop single became the band’s first UK top ten hit. The video is the only one to feature Vince Clarke. Depeche Mode’s debut album, Speak & Spell , was released in October 1981 and peaked at number ten…
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As a quartet, New Order subsequently re-recorded “Ceremony”, which was released as a twelve-inch single in September 1981.
The band’s debut album, Duran Duran , was released on the EMI label in June 1981. The first single, ” Planet Earth “, had reached the United Kingdom’s top 20 at number 12 in February. A follow-up, ” Careless Memories “, released in April, stalled at number 37. The third…
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released in February 1981. It reached number 57 in the UK charts.
(released in 1981) with the song “Photographic”, later re-recorded for their debut album Speak & Spell .
In late 1981, the band placed an anonymous ad in Melody Maker looking for another musician: “Name band, synthesise, must be under twenty-one.”
New Order embarked on a short US tour in early autumn 1980. In these shows, Sumner, Morris and Hook all sang lead vocals on different tracks. Sumner ultimately took the role of frontman even though he struggled to sing while playing guitar. During this tour, the band recorded two tracks…
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New Order visited New York City again in 1981, where the band were introduced to post-disco , freestyle , and electro . To cheer themselves up, the band started listening to Italian disco while Morris taught himself drum programming . The singles that followed, ” Everything’s Gone Green ” and…
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