Recording
Blue Monday
New Order
Independently chosen for3 of our lists. Here is what each of them said.
- Released
- 1983
- Label
- Factory
- On
- Madchester, The Waxonia Desk — Both Rooms, and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred
- Updated
- 2026-08-29
Ranked No. 2 in 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.
Picked by The Waxonia 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.
Picked by The Waxonia 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.