Lost Sirens

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Lost Sirens
Studio album by
New Order
Released11 January 2013 (2013-01-11)
Recorded2003–2004
StudioReal World (Box, England)
Length38:21
LabelRhino
Producer
New Order chronology
Waiting for the Sirens' Call
(2005) 		Lost Sirens
(2013) 		Music Complete
(2015)

Lost Sirens is the ninth studio album by English rock band New Order. It was released on 11 January 2013 by Rhino Entertainment. The tracks featured on the album were recorded during the production of 2005's Waiting for the Sirens' Call.

It is the final album featuring bassist Peter Hook, who left the band in 2007 (almost 6 years before the album's release), and the only album by New Order produced from archival recordings. Lost Sirens drew mostly positive reviews, and it sold 4,678 copies in its first week in the United Kingdom.[1]

Production[edit]

As with Waiting for the Sirens' Call, Lost Sirens was written and performed by Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris and Phil Cunningham. It is the second New Order album recorded without Gillian Gilbert who left the band in 2001 to look after her family. The album was recorded at Real World Studios between 2003 and 2004; the production cost for the songs on both albums totalled £700,000.

The songs featured on Lost Sirens were originally intended for an album to be released shortly after Waiting for the Sirens' Call, but the songs were shelved after Hook left the group in 2007, and the album was never finished as planned.

"Hellbent" was previously released in 2011 as part of the compilation album Total: From Joy Division to New Order.

Release[edit]

Lost Sirens was originally scheduled for release in late 2012. In a Brazilian interview to promote the reunited band's appearance in São Paulo, Gilbert acknowledged issues with former member Hook, and stated there was "a lot going on behind the scenes on the copyright" delaying the album.[2] The band announced in December 2012 that the album would be released on 14 January 2013. Prior to release, the album was streamed on the Rolling Stone official website from 11 January 2013.[3]

Critical reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic65/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
The A.V. ClubC[6]
Consequence of Sound[7]
The Independent[8]
Metro[9]
musicOMH[10]
NME6/10[11]
Pitchfork6.8/10[12]
PopMatters7/10[13]
Rolling Stone[14]

Lost Sirens received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 65, based on 14 reviews.[4]

The Independent's Andy Gill claimed that New Order's ninth outing "actually bests its parent album [Waiting for the Sirens' Call]". Gill particularly cited "I Told You So", "Sugarcane" and "Hellbent" as the album's better tracks.[8] Metro stated the album "offers few classics but will still delight fans of the band with its feelgood sound".[9]

Track listing[edit]

All tracks are written by Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris and Phil Cunningham

Lost Sirens track listing
No.TitleLength
1."I'll Stay with You"4:22
2."Sugarcane"4:50
3."Recoil"5:09
4."Californian Grass"4:35
5."Hellbent"4:27
6."Shake It Up"5:23
7."I've Got a Feeling"4:29
8."I Told You So" (Crazy World Mix)5:06

Personnel[edit]

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Lost Sirens.[15]

  • New Order – production
  • Stephen Street – production, mixing (tracks 1, 4, 5, 7)
  • Cenzo Townshend – mixing (tracks 1, 2, 4–7)
  • Tore Johansson – production (track 2)
  • Jim Spencer – production (track 3); mixing (tracks 3, 8)
  • Mac Quayle – production (track 6)
  • Stuart Price – production (track 8)
  • Frank Arkwright – mastering
  • Studio Parris Wakefield – art direction, design

Charts[edit]

Chart performance for Lost Sirens
Chart (2013) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[16] 192
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[17] 155
French Albums (SNEP)[18] 137
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[19] 68
Scottish Albums (OCC)[20] 27
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[21] 74
UK Albums (OCC)[22] 23

Release history[edit]

Release history for Lost Sirens
Region Date Label
Netherlands[23] 11 January 2013 Warner
France[24] 14 January 2013
United Kingdom[25] Rhino
Australia[26] 18 January 2013 Warner
Germany[27]
Italy[28] 29 January 2013
Japan[29] 6 March 2013

References[edit]

  1. ^ Jones, Alan (21 January 2013). "Official Charts Analysis: Les Mis album tops 55k first week sales". Music Week. Retrieved 26 May 2019. (subscription required)
  2. ^ "New Order delays release of 'Lost Sirens' outtakes set, will play Australia in 2012". Slicing Up Eyeballs. 29 November 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
  3. ^ "New Order Unearth Rarities on 'Lost Sirens' – Album Premiere". Rolling Stone. 11 January 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Lost Sirens – New Order". Metacritic. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
  5. ^ Bush, John. "Lost Sirens – New Order". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  6. ^ Modell, Josh (22 January 2013). "New Order: Lost Sirens". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  7. ^ Gorman, Howard (24 January 2013). "Album review: New Order − The Lost Sirens". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  8. ^ a b Gill, Andy (12 January 2013). "Album review: New Order, The Lost Sirens (Rhino UK)". The Independent. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
  9. ^ a b Haider, Arwa (11 January 2013). "New Order's The Lost Sirens feels like a time capsule of sounds". Metro. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
  10. ^ Green, Laurence (14 January 2013). "New Order – Lost Sirens". musicOMH. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  11. ^ Mackay, Emily (18 January 2013). "New Order – 'Lost Sirens'". NME. Archived from the original on 9 May 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  12. ^ Wolk, Douglas (17 January 2013). "New Order: Lost Sirens". Pitchfork. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
  13. ^ Bergstrom, John (28 February 2013). "New Order: Lost Sirens". PopMatters. Archived from the original on 2 March 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
  14. ^ Diehl, Matt (28 January 2013). "Lost Sirens". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  15. ^ Rhino Entertainment (2013). Lost Sirens (liner notes). New Order. Rhino Entertainment. 2564653448.
  16. ^ "Ultratop.be – New Order – Lost Sirens" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
  17. ^ "Ultratop.be – New Order – Lost Sirens" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
  18. ^ "Lescharts.com – New Order – Lost Sirens". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
  19. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – New Order – Lost Sirens" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  20. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  21. ^ "Swisscharts.com – New Order – Lost Sirens". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
  22. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  23. ^ "Lost Sirens | New Order" (in Dutch). Free Record Shop. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  24. ^ "Lost sirens – New Order – CD album" (in French). Fnac. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  25. ^ "Lost Sirens". Amazon (UK). Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  26. ^ "Lost Sirens, The – New Order". JB Hi-Fi. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  27. ^ "Lost Sirens" (in German). Amazon.de. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  28. ^ "New Order – The Lost Sirens". IBS.it (in Italian). Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  29. ^ "Lost Sirens / ロスト・サイレンズ" (in Japanese). Warner Music Japan. Archived from the original on 6 April 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2013.

External links[edit]

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