{"product_id":"new-order-technique-vinyl","title":"New Order - TECHNIQUE - Vinyl","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew Order: Bernard Sumner (vocals, guitar); Gillian Gilbert (keyboards, synthesizer); Peter Hook (bass); Stephen Morris (drums, background vocals). Following the critical dismissal of their previous record, BROTHERHOOD, New Order was at something of a crossroads in their career. TECHNIQUE (1989) found them back in favor as antecedents to a pair of oddly related trends: songs about the British tradition of holidays in Spain, and acid-house music. The first of these trends was adopted by everyone from Blur to the Pet Shop Boys. As for the second, while vacationing in Ibiza, a Spanish island in the Mediterranean, the band was impressed by a fleeting dance style then prevalent in the clubs there. TECHNIQUE was the band's own take on that sound, and eventually, this adaptation became one of the touchstones of acid-house music. The album is an effective mix of strange, sampled sounds (something at which the band had always excelled), propulsive beats, and Bernard Sumner's ever-improving vocal style. \"Fine Time,\" \"Round \u0026amp; Round,\" and \"Mr. Disco\" are New Order at their most assertive, while \"All the Way\" and \"Love Less\" show their more pop-oriented side. The album's standout track \"Run\" sounds as though the band had rediscovered the power of simple bursts of guitar, with searing solos cutting into the smooth beats.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Pop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"New Order","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53251989963061,"sku":"DE6N8Q-3BNW-00","price":54.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0763\/1391\/9797\/files\/new-order-technique_EtZkC.jpg?v=1785951582","url":"https:\/\/www.rocknrollarecordshop.com\/products\/new-order-technique-vinyl","provider":"ROCKnROLLA Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}