Ellington

What more can be said of New Order than has already been said- adept songwriters and pioneers of atmospheric dance music who stuck around long enough to make it big. After a flurry of releases and triumphs in the 1980's, their output slowed to a trickle in the 1990's with only 1 proper album ["Republic"] that received a luke-warm response from critics. Enter the comeback era and New Order's second release with the renewed vigor that this stage entails and "Waiting for the Sirens' Call" might appear [superficially at least] to capture a band taking their last gasp. However, this album has so many diverse elements going for it that it proves this is, in fact, the work of a band getting their second wind. Their best album, by far, since 1989's "Technique," New Order are once again on the map and look like they are here to stay a while.