Brotherhood

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New Order spent the first half of the 1980s emerging from the wreckage of Joy Division—and, in doing so, became one of the best dance-rock bands in the world. As the decade went on, New Order would evolve into a dance band <i>and</i> a rock band—a divide that would never be fully reconciled. The change happened slowly, during the production of 1986’s <i>Brotherhood</i>. There’d always been a musical tension within the band, one that pitted the tech-savvy Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert against the more tech-skeptical Bernard Sumner and Peter Hook. But by the mid 1980, as Sumner began embracing a new generation of more reliable Japanese synths and drum machine, Hook became the odd punk out. Soon, the mixing board became a battleground, with arguments about which instrument should be loudest. The resulting album was split like the Treaty of Versailles: The A-side of <i>Brotherhood</i> contains five rocker, while the B-side features four electronic composition. .

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