The opening track from one of the best albums ever released, and one I remember buying very clearly., I was with my dad and brother on the way down to, or back from a holiday. He had recently left my mum and was showing some sort of paternal duty by taking us on a holiday to Seaford on the south coast. We stopped in London and I went to HMV at the tTottenham Court Rd end of Oxford Street. ‘Unknown Pleasures’ had just been released and was all you could see when entering the shop. Factory definitely had their marketing dept. On full alert with it. Anyway I think it cost £2.99 at the time and I remember thinking that it, along with ‘Electricity’ by Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark both had very tactile sleeves. ‘Disorder’ is such an incredible opening track. Curtis’ lyrics are amazing and sonically it takes you to a place that most bands of that time weren’t capable of, or hadn’t conceived. You can feel the way things were going to evolve well before New Order started. Every element is perfect.
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