New Order - Movement

Originally released in 1981, Movement is the "hallucinatory revelation" that saw New Order—Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, and newly joined Gillian Gilbert—emerging from the shadow of Joy Division. As much a final chapter for their past as a blueprint for their future, the album traces a "bracing and brittle" trajectory. Produced by the legendary Martin Hannett, it is a "cinematic landscape" of post-punk gloom that began the "electronic epiphany" that would define the decade.

This European reissue is part of the prestigious series featuring newly remastered audio by Frank Arkwright (Abbey Road Studios). Pressed on high-quality 180-gram vinyl, the release faithfully replicates Peter Saville’s "stark and beautiful" original Factory Records design—inspired by Italian Futurist posters—down to the labels and inner bags. It is a mandatory cornerstone for any collection, capturing a "soul-baring" moment of reinvention with "breathtaking clarity."