@busterabcat Sorry to be go all anorak on you, but this version was released in 1987, the same year as the original, and two years before Devine and Statton
This version is better than the one by Frente....which got all the rave reviews..... besides, Even As We Speak got there first (although in the UK, Alison Statton - formerly of Young Marble Giants - covered it before them ..... as part of the duo Devine and Statton on their debut album "The Prince Of Wales".)
@busterabcat - Naw, I think Frente's cover is better. But I like New Order's original version the best cause they write sad songs that you can dance to.
I don't think it's a case of "rave reviews"... I remember the NME championing this version when it came out as a Sarah records (?) release. It's just that Frente actually sold way more records in the world than Even As We Speak or Devine&Statton ever did... Their "acoustic" version of BLT made the US Billboard and was also a hit in Mexico and many South-American countries... The sad thing being many kids in love with the Frente version have never heard of New Order...
Love it
bjarnthomas 1 month ago
@busterabcat Sorry to be go all anorak on you, but this version was released in 1987, the same year as the original, and two years before Devine and Statton
tttallis 5 months ago
@lucas - you'd better check out Devine And Statton's acoustic version from 1989 then - it's almost identical to Frente's and they did it first!!! :-)
busterabcat 7 months ago
This version is better than the one by Frente....which got all the rave reviews..... besides, Even As We Speak got there first (although in the UK, Alison Statton - formerly of Young Marble Giants - covered it before them ..... as part of the duo Devine and Statton on their debut album "The Prince Of Wales".)
busterabcat 7 months ago
@busterabcat - Naw, I think Frente's cover is better. But I like New Order's original version the best cause they write sad songs that you can dance to.
lucasboden 7 months ago
@busterabcat
I don't think it's a case of "rave reviews"... I remember the NME championing this version when it came out as a Sarah records (?) release. It's just that Frente actually sold way more records in the world than Even As We Speak or Devine&Statton ever did... Their "acoustic" version of BLT made the US Billboard and was also a hit in Mexico and many South-American countries... The sad thing being many kids in love with the Frente version have never heard of New Order...
MickHaines 2 months ago