1981–1982 (EP)

March 2012 December 2020 1981–1982 ep New Order Factus8.jpg November 1982 1981–1982 Post-punk 29:49 Factory *Martin Hannett New Order Movement 1981 Power, Corruption & Lies 1983 1981–1982 (also often known by the catalog numbers "Factus 8" and "1981-Factus 8-1982")Nolan David Tony Wilson - You're Entitled to an Opinion But . . . August 2, 2010 John Blake 9781844549900 269 is a five-track extended play (EP) released by the English rock band New Order in November 1982 through Factory Records. It consists entirely of previously released singles, being the tracks "Procession", "Everything's Gone Green", and "Temptation", as well as two of their B-sides, "Mesh" and "Hurt". The EP was New Order's last release to contain production from Martin Hannett, who stopped working with the band during recording sessions for "Everything's Gone Green" due to creative disputes. All tracks from 1981–1982 were featured on the 2008 Collector's Edition of New Order's first studio album, Movement (1981). The EP was officially reissued on Black Friday 2014 as part of a Record Store Day event. Overview 1981–1982 was put together for the American market as a compilation of three of New Order's early singles. It contains "Procession" (September 1981), plus the 12" versions of "Everything's Gone Green" (December 1981) and "Temptation" (May 1982), as well as their B-sides, "Mesh" and "Hurt", respectively. A second B-side to "Everything's Gone Green", "Cries and Whispers" is omitted, as is New Order's first single, "Ceremony" / "In a Lonely Place". Graphic designer Peter Saville designed the EP's sleeve and used a painting made by his then-girlfriend Martha Ladly.Saville Peter Designed by Peter Saville Princeton Architectural Press 2003 9781568984223 14 1981–1982 also documents the band's break from producer Martin Hannett, who had produced Movement and both of Joy Division's studio albums. While Hannett produced "Everything's Gone Green", "Procession", and "Mesh", the remaining songs on the EP were produced by New Order. Bernard Sumner remarked: "Martin's last track was "Everything's Gone Green" – [in] fact he walked out halfway through the mix because Hooky and me asked him to turn the drums up". David Nolan 2007 Bernard Sumner – Confusion 1st Independent Music Press Church Stretton 978-0-9552822-6-3 102 Critical reception AllMusic 3 5Ruhlmann, William Review: 1981 – 1982 – New Order album r13971/review yes AllMusic 28 June 2010 Robert Christgau B+http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=new+order Robert Christgau, Consumer Guide Review: New Order – 1981–1982 21 May 2010 robertchristgau.comThe Village Voice critic Robert Christgau described the EP's version of "Temptation" as being "where Manchester's finest stop hearing ghosts and stake their claim to a danceable pop of unprecedented grimness and power," noting that it was "the first real song this sharp-cornered sound-and-groove band has ever come up with." Reissue of EP tracks All of the tracks from 1981–1982 were eventually re-released on the bonus CD of the 2008 Collector's Edition of Movement, and other tracks from the same period.Fagel Marc 2020-03-05 Uncharted: "New Order 1981-82" The EP https://www.culturesonar.com/uncharted-new-order-1981-82-the-ep/ 2025-05-27 CultureSonar en-US A remastered version of the EP was reissued as a 12" vinyl in 2014, as part of Record Store Day's 2014 Black Friday event.RSDBF '14 Special Release: New Order - 1981-1982 https://recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/7610 2025-05-27 en Track listing All tracks are written by Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, and Bernard Sumner. Side A Everything's Gone Green 5:30 Procession 4:27 Mesh 3:02 Side B Temptation 8:47 Hurt 8:03 Notes Track listing adapted from the 2014 remaster. A late-1980s Canadian issue of the EP on CD (catalog number: FEP 313) reverses the original side sequence, beginning with "Temptation" and ending with "Mesh". Personnel New Order Bernard Sumner – vocals, guitars, melodica, synthesisers. programming Peter Hook – 4- and 6-stringed bass Gillian Gilbert – synthesizers, programming, guitars Stephen Morris – drums, synthesisers, programming Technical Martin Hannett – production (tracks 1–3) Chris Nagle – engineering John and Flood – assistant engineering Charts + Chart performance for 1981–1982 Chart (1983–1984) PeakpositionNew Zealand 4 New Order Mini Album true 22 August 2021 UK Independent Albums (MRIB)Lazell Barry New Order http://www.cherryred.co.uk/books/indiehits/n.htm Indie Hits 1980–1989: The Complete U.K. Independent Charts (Singles & Albums) Cherry Red Books 1997 0-95172-069-4 2 October 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20110606210333/http://www.cherryred.co.uk/books/indiehits/n.htm 6 June 2011 4 References Category:New Order (band) EPs Category:1982 debut EPs Category:Albums produced by Martin Hannett Category:Factory Records EPs