10 More Perfect Rock Albums Of The 80s With No Bad Songs

Mirroring the Foo Fighters/Nirvana trajectory a decade later, New Order managed to rise from the ashes of Joy Division following the death of Ian Curtis.

New Order's debut album, Movement, was a rocky transitional period for the remaining members of Joy Division. It was a departure from their former band but still seemed to be holding onto vestiges of the Curtis influence. Indeed, several tracks had been written, and partly recorded, while Curtis was still alive.

Their second album was a different beast entirely. Bernard Sumner established himself as a frontman, with his vocal melodies being enough of a departure from the sound of Joy Division, fans recognised this as a separate creative force.

Tracks like The Village and 5 8 6 took on a distinctly upbeat tone, with synth melodies that lent themselves far more to the dance tracks of the era, rather than the sombre post-punk melodies the group had been playing with previously. As the album progresses you can hear the band move more and more into the realms of alternative-dance and synth-pop.

The bands defining 1983 track, Blue Monday, would be included on certain subsequent releases of the album.