Technique (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Technique
Type = Album
Artist = New Order

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Released = 30 January 1989
Recorded = 1988
Genre = House Techno Acid House Alternative rock
Length = 42:57
Label = Factory - FACT 275
Producer = New Order
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:5ek9ikx6bbc9~T1 link]
* "Rolling Stone" Rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/neworder/albums/album/98510/review/5945747/technique link]
* Robert Christgau (B+) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=new+order link]
Last album = "Substance"
(1987)
This album = "Technique"
(1989)
Next album = "The Peel Sessions"
(1990)

"Technique" is the fifth original album by New Order, released in 1989 (see 1989 in music). Partly recorded on the island of Ibiza, it incorporates Balearic beat and acid house influences into the group's techno-rock sound.

"Technique" was the first New Order album to reach number one in the UK charts. "Fine Time", the first single lifted from it, reached number 11. Remixed versions of "Round & Round" and "Run" were also released as singles. John Denver filed a lawsuit, alleging that (the guitar break in) "Run" too closely resembled Denver's "Leaving on a Jet Plane". The case was settled out-of-court. "Mr Disco" and "Vanishing Point" were not released as singles, despite their dance appeal, however the latter was used on the BBC series, "Making Out".

Music videos were produced for the three singles.

In 2008 the album was re-released in a Collector's Edition with a bonus disc.

Track listing

All songs written by New Order.

# "Fine Time" – 4:42
# "All the Way" – 3:22
# "Love Less" – 2:58
# "Round & Round" – 4:29
# "Guilty Partner" – 4:44
# "Run" – 4:29
# "Mr. Disco" – 4:20
# "Vanishing Point" – 5:15
# "Dream Attack" – 5:13

2008 Collector's Edition reissue bonus disc:
# "Don't Do It" (12" Version)
# "Fine Line (12" Version)
# "Round & Round" (12" Version)
# "Best & Marsh" (12" Version)
# "Run 2" (12" Version)
# "MTO"
# "Fine Time" (Silk Mix)
# "Vanishing Point" (Instrumental) (12" Version)
# "World in Motion" (Cabinieri Mix) (12" Version)

Personnel

* Bernard Sumner; Vocals, guitars, melodica, synthesizers & programming
* Peter Hook; 4 & 6 stringed bass, electronic percussion, synthesizers & programming
* Stephen Morris; Drums, synthesizers & programming
* Gillian Gilbert; Synthesizers & programming, guitars
* New Order; Production
* Michael Johnson – Engineer
* Richard Chappell - Assistant Engineer
* Aaron Denson - Assistant Engineer
* Richard Evans - Assistant Engineer
* Trevor Key - Cover Design
* Alan Meyerson - Mixing
* Peter Saville - Cover Design

Charts

Singles:
*Fine Time, #11
*Round & Round, #21
*Run 2 (Limited) #49.

Album - Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)

succession box
before = "The Legendary Roy Orbison" by Roy Orbison
title = UK number one album
years = February 11, 1989 – February 17, 1989
after = "The Raw and the Cooked" by Fine Young Cannibals