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| 5.0 classic | StrangerofSorts EMERITUS | February 12th 14 |
the only song you will ever need for anything. About to go out? Blue Monday. Just broken up with the girl? Blue Monday. Want to be forced to the ground by the weight of sheer audio majesty? Blue Monday.
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| 3.5 great | Bedex | November 7th 21 |
Blue Monday the original is of course a synthpop masterclass. New Order really had the knack for making long-ish songs that were absolutely worth listening to all the way through, because they keep revealing more and more elements, and the conclusions almost always elevate the track in its final minute or so. This is of course true of this track, which lines up idea after idea with so many classic sounds. That being said, I know it was innovative and all but some of the drum machine bursts arent too much my cuppa. The other big downside is, at least on the single version I jammed, that the track ends on a fadeout, which after its grand conclusion is really a shame. Still a solid 4.1 4.2 as a track if not more for historical importance. Then (again on the version I jammed) comes the B side, which frankly is unnecessary. It doubles the runtime and just feels like unnecessarily stretching the same ideas thinner and thinner. The only things that are on The Beach that werent one Blue Monday are a cool aah pad at 1:30, a couple scarce vocoded vocals, and that's it. The other great moments, including the conclusion, are practically copy pasted from Blue Monday. So I don't really see the point of it, and since it takes half the record's length, that diminsihes the record value imo. So on the whole 3.7
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| 4.5 superb | Alabaster Jones | November 15th 14 |
There really isn't much left to say about "Blue Monday". It's just one of the greatest dance tracks ever made, no question. It's importance cannot be understated either, as it is often seen as one of the strongest links between the disco of the seventies and the dance/house music that permeated the late eighties. The B-side remix known as "The Beach" is really cool as well, but nothing can compare to the greatness of the original.
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| 4.5 superb | Tasty | August 15th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | MvdW | September 13th 22 |
| 5.0 classic | KuyJuk | November 3rd 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | bmelt CONTRIBUTOR | January 30th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Jrzg85 | December 18th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Oobaloo | December 17th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Aranox | June 6th 20 |
| 5.0 classic | Sinews | May 24th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Emily | December 18th 19 |
| 5.0 classic | Miguee7 | October 20th 19 |
| 5.0 classic | Sinyooz | September 4th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | blou52 | July 2nd 19 |
| 2.5 average | Ceg | June 17th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Onater | April 26th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Erwann S. STAFF | February 2nd 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Sine | November 17th 18 |
| 5.0 classic | Juanpa | October 11th 18 |
| 5.0 classic | Jan555 | July 28th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | Rmazer | July 7th 18 |
| 5.0 classic | PaabL | March 5th 18 |
| 5.0 classic | kb3984 | January 19th 18 |
| 5.0 classic | Fear | January 1st 18 |
| 4.5 superb | RAGG | December 2nd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | gilly | September 10th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Runeii | June 2nd 17 |
| 5.0 classic | bSmith | January 6th 17 |
| 3.5 great | rjk | November 4th 16 |
| 2.0 poor | rstc2 | October 1st 16 |
| 4.5 superb | DarthGL | September 25th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Denis | April 26th 16 |
| 5.0 classic | Let | April 1st 15 |
| 4.5 superb | irid | February 8th 15 |
| 3.5 great | mrfixit | November 22nd 14 |
| 5.0 classic | heck | November 15th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | M1CH03L | November 11th 14 |
| 5.0 classic | TwigTW | February 27th 14 |
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