Get Ready (New Order album)

Peter Hook stated that the album's title "could mean anything or nothing. I thought it was just nice; New Order, Get Ready; 'cause we are, we're getting ready for the next phase of our musical lives both physically and mentally, so it's quite a simple thing but it's very pertinent." The album was dedicated to Rob Gretton, the manager of Joy Division and New Order, who died in 1999. ==Reception==

Get Ready received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 72, based on 24 reviews. Mojos David Peschek was unconvinced by the album, finding it to be "less a call to arms than the sound of an old man wheezing out of a creaky armchair." By April 2006, Get Ready had sold 153,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Accolades Q listed Get Ready as one of the best 50 albums of 2001. In The Village Voices 2001 Pazz & Jop poll, Get Ready was voted by critics as the year's 22nd best album. ==Track listing==

Notes • signifies an additional producer ==Personnel==

Band members • Bernard Sumner – vocals, guitars, keyboards, synths • Peter Hook – bass • Stephen Morris – drums, keyboards, synths • Gillian Gilbert – keyboards, synths Additional musicians • Pete Davis – programming (tracks 1–6, 8–10) • Simon Hale – string arrangements, conducting (track 10) • Dawn Zee – backing vocals (tracks 1, 9, 10) • Billy Corgan – special guest vocals (track 3) • Bobby Gillespie – guest vocals (track 7) • Andrew Innes – guitar (track 7) Technical • Steve Osborne – production (tracks 1–6, 8–10); mixing (tracks 2–6, 8, 10) • New Order – production (track 7) • Bruno Ellingham – engineering (tracks 1–6, 8–10); studio assistance at Rockfield • Andrew Robinson – engineering (tracks 1–6, 8–10) • Mark 'Spike' Stent – mixing (tracks 1, 9) • Jan 'Stan' Kybert – engineering, Pro Tools (track 1); Pro Tools mix pre-production (track 9) • Matt Fields – engineering assistance (track 1); Pro Tools mix pre-production assistance (track 9) • David Treahearn – Pro Tools mix pre-production assistance (track 9) • Adrian Bushby – mix engineering (tracks 2–6, 8, 10) • Paul 'P-dub' Walton – mix engineering (track 9) • Flood – additional production, mix (track 7) • Rob Kirwan – engineering (tracks 7, 10) • Owen Mulcahy – engineering assistance (track 7) • Bernard Sumner – additional production, mix (track 10) • Marco Migliari – studio assistance at Real World • Tom Hannen – studio assistance at Sarm Hook End • Tim Young – mastering at Metropolis Mastering Artwork • Peter Saville – cover art direction • Jürgen Teller – photography • Coco – thanks (cover model) • Howard Wakefield – design • Sam Roberts – design ==Charts==

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