Waiting for the Sirens' Call

Infobox Album | Name = Waiting for the Sirens' Call
Type = Album
Artist = New Order


Released = 28 March 2005
Recorded = 2003-2004
Genre = Alternative rock Alternative dance House Synthpop Electronica
Length = 59:41
Label = London
Producer = New Order, John Leckie, Stephen Street, Stuart Price
Reviews =
*"The Age" Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.theage.com.au/news/Reviews/Waiting-For-the-Sirens-Call/2005/03/31/1111862476051.html 1 April 2005]
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:9wc8b594xsqh link]
*AndWeDanced.com Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.andwedanced.com/reviews/sirens.htm link]
*BBC [http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/cd8c/ link]
*"The Guardian" [http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/reviews/story/0,,1440048,00.html 18 March 2005]
*IndieLondon [http://www.indielondon.co.uk/music/cd_new_order_waiting_sirens_call.html link]
*"NME" (6/10) [http://www.nme.com/reviews/new-order/7645 link]
*Pitchfork (7.9/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/20362-waiting-for-the-sirens-call 30 March 2005]
*"Release" (6/10) [http://www.releasemagazine.net/Onrecord/orneworderwftsc.htm 14 April 2005]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|4|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/7200960/neworder?pageid=rs.Home&pageregion=triple1 5 May 2005]
*"Uncut" Rating|3|5 [http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/new_order/reviews/8568 link]
*XFM [http://www.xfm.co.uk/Article.asp?id=73461 link]
Last album = "Retro"
(2002)
This album = "Waiting for the Sirens' Call"
(2005)
Next album = "Singles"
(2005)|

"Waiting for the Sirens' Call" is the title of the 2005 album by New Order. The album was released on 28 March 2005 in the United Kingdom and 25 April 2005 in the United States, and was preceded by the single "Krafty" in February. Two additional singles from the album have been released: "Jetstream", which features vocals by Ana Matronic from the Scissor Sisters, and the title track of the album.

It is the first New Order album recorded without Gillian Gilbert who left the band in 2001 to look after her family. Her replacement, Phil Cunningham, primarily a guitarist, makes his recording and co-writing debut on this LP. He had however been playing live with the band since the "Get Ready" tour of 2001-2002.

This album was the first (and so far, only) New Order album to have a title track. This matches their current trend of now using song titles which are in the song lyrics, a practise New Order rarely did before their 2001 album "Get Ready". This album is the last recorded music with bass player Peter Hook, with his departure in mid-2007. The remaining members still want to go on with the band's career.

The band used promotional posters for the upcoming album utilising recently developed Hypertag technology to enable fans to download free content to their mobile phones, including ringtones, wallpapers or track previews, depending on the user's phone capability. This was one of the first implementations of such technology by the music industry.

The Japanese release of this album includes several extra tracks, including a version of "Krafty" sung in Japanese. This was the first time that lead singer Bernard Sumner performed in a language other than English on record. The lyrics were written by Masafumi Gotoh (Asian Kung-Fu Generation).

The US release of this album includes only one extra track, a remix of "Guilt Is a Useless Emotion".

This album was chosen as one of Amazon.com's Top 100 Editor's Picks of 2005.

The album track "Guilt Is A Useless Emotion" was nominated as one of six finalists for the Best Dance Recording at the 2006 Grammy Awards.

"Hey Now What You Doing" has been used in an advert for the Indesit Moon.

Track listing

All songs written by New Order.

#"Who's Joe?" – 5:41
#"Hey Now What You Doing" – 5:16
#"Waiting for the Sirens' Call" – 5:42
#"Krafty" – 4:33
#"I Told You So" – 6:00
#"Morning Night and Day" – 5:12
#"Dracula's Castle" – 5:40
#"Jetstream" – 5:23
#"Guilt Is a Useless Emotion" – 5:39
#"Turn" – 4:35
#"Working Overtime" – 3:26

Singles

* "Krafty" (7 March 2005)
* "Jetstream" (16 May 2005)
* "Waiting for the Sirens' Call" (19 September 2005)
* "Guilt Is a Useless Emotion" (Promo Only) (2006)

Personnel

* Bernard Sumner; Vocals,guitars,synthesizers & programming
* Phil Cunningham; Synthesizers & programming, guitars
* Peter Hook; 4 & 6 stringed bass, synthesizers & programming
* Stephen Morris; Drums, synthesizers & programming

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)