The Peel Sessions (New Order album)

Infobox Album | Name = The Peel Sessions
Type = live album
Artist = New Order


Released = 1990
Recorded = 1981 and 1982
Genre = Post-punk
Length =
Label = Strange Fruit - SFRLP110
Producer =
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:5so7gjtro6iv link]
Last album = "Technique"
(1989)
This album = "The Peel Sessions"
(1990)
Next album = "BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert"
(1992) |

"The Peel Sessions" (The John Peel Sessions) was the 1990 album release of the sessions New Order recorded in January 1981 and June 1982 for Radio 1's John Peel Show. Each session had previously been released as four track EPs in 1986 and 1987.

"Truth", "Senses", "I.C.B." and "Dreams Never End" would be later recorded with Martin Hannett and released on "Movement". The production and arrangements differ notably from those on the album. New Order would later dismiss "Movement" due to Hannett's style. In common with the album, the lead vocals on "Dreams Never End" were by bassist Peter Hook.

The 1982 session caught the band still in search of a new musical direction. "We All Stand" and "5-8-6" appeared on the subsequent album "Power, Corruption & Lies". The songs "Too Late" and "Turn The Heater On", the latter a Keith Hudson reggae cover, were only ever recorded for the Peel session, and neither was performed live.

Track listing

# "Truth" – 4:21
# "Senses" – 4:25
# "I.C.B." – 5:19
# "Dreams Never End" – 3:13
# "Turn the Heater On" – 5:03
# "We All Stand" – 5:26
# "Too Late" – 3:39
# "5-8-6" – 6:08

* All songs written by New Order, except 5 by Keith Hudson.
* Tracks 1-4 recorded 26 January 1981.
* Tracks 5-8 broadcast 1 June 1982 (recorded presumably in spring 1982).