# New Order — Every Record We Rank

New Order appears 5 times in our Madchester, Post-Punk, Laurent Garnier — A Life in Twenty-One Records, The Waxonia Desk — Both Rooms, and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred lists, placing as high as No. 2. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.

- **Ranked entries:** 5
- **Appears on:** Madchester, Post-Punk, Laurent Garnier — A Life in Twenty-One Records, The Waxonia Desk — Both Rooms, and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred
- **Years:** 1981–1983
- **Highest placing:** No. 2 in Madchester
- **Updated:** 2026-08-29
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/artist/new-order/

## Appears on

### [Blue Monday](https://waxonia.com/track/new-order--blue-monday/)

*1983 · Factory · No. 2 in [Madchester](https://waxonia.com/genre/madchester/)*

Five years early, and the reason everything after it was possible. A guitar band making a twelve-inch club record on sequencers, in packaging that lost money on every copy sold.

Also on: [Laurent Garnier — A Life in Twenty-One Records](https://waxonia.com/selection/laurent-garnier-a-life-in-records/), [The Waxonia Desk — Both Rooms](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-both-rooms/), [The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-the-hundred/).

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/New%20Order%20Blue%20Monday) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=9GMjH1nR0ds)

### [Ceremony](https://waxonia.com/track/new-order--ceremony/)

*1981 · Factory · No. 10 in [Post-Punk](https://waxonia.com/genre/post-punk/)*

The last Joy Division song, released by the band that had to become something else to play it. The hinge on which British guitar music turned towards the dancefloor.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/New%20Order%20Ceremony) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=kkASIx9Xk6s)

### [Blue Monday](https://waxonia.com/track/new-order--blue-monday/)

*1983 · Factory · Picked by [Laurent Garnier — A Life in Twenty-One Records](https://waxonia.com/selection/laurent-garnier-a-life-in-records/)*

The classic of classics. I first danced to it at sixteen at La Piscine, a new wave club in Paris; two years later I was in England playing the Haçienda and hanging around with the band. A whole chapter sits in it.

Also on: [Madchester](https://waxonia.com/genre/madchester/), [The Waxonia Desk — Both Rooms](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-both-rooms/), [The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-the-hundred/).

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/New%20Order%20Blue%20Monday) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=9GMjH1nR0ds)

### [Blue Monday](https://waxonia.com/track/new-order--blue-monday/)

*1983 · Factory · Picked by [The Waxonia Desk — Both Rooms](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-both-rooms/)*

The record that made the argument first and made every later version of it easier. A guitar band bought a sequencer, never explained itself, and sold it in a sleeve that lost money on every copy.

Also on: [Madchester](https://waxonia.com/genre/madchester/), [Laurent Garnier — A Life in Twenty-One Records](https://waxonia.com/selection/laurent-garnier-a-life-in-records/), [The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-the-hundred/).

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/New%20Order%20Blue%20Monday) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=9GMjH1nR0ds)

### [Blue Monday](https://waxonia.com/track/new-order--blue-monday/)

*1983 · Factory · Picked by [The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-the-hundred/)*

A guitar band making a club twelve-inch on sequencers, in packaging that lost money per copy. Five years early and the reason so much else was possible.

Also on: [Madchester](https://waxonia.com/genre/madchester/), [Laurent Garnier — A Life in Twenty-One Records](https://waxonia.com/selection/laurent-garnier-a-life-in-records/), [The Waxonia Desk — Both Rooms](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-both-rooms/).

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/New%20Order%20Blue%20Monday) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=9GMjH1nR0ds)

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