Debut album Movement released

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 route as their previous incarnation, performing dark, melodic songs, albeit with an increased use of synthesizers . The band viewed the period as a low point, as they were still reeling from Curtis’s death. Hook commented that the only positive thing to come out of the Movement sessions was that producer Martin Hannett showed the band how to use a mixing board . This allowed the band to produce records by themselves from then on. More recently, Hook indicated a change of heart: “I think Movement gets a raw deal in general, really—for me, when you consider the circumstances in which it was written, it is a fantastic record.”