Blue Monday the original is of course a synthpop masterclass. New Order really had the knack for making long-ish songs that were absolutely worth listening to all the way through, because they keep revealing more and more elements, and the conclusions almost always elevate the track in its final minute or so. This is of course true of this track, which lines up idea after idea with so many classic sounds. That being said, I know it was innovative and all but some of the drum machine bursts arent too much my cuppa. The other big downside is, at least on the single version I jammed, that the track ends on a fadeout, which after its grand conclusion is really a shame. Still a solid 4.1 4.2 as a track if not more for historical importance. Then (again on the version I jammed) comes the B side, which frankly is unnecessary. It doubles the runtime and just feels like unnecessarily stretching the same ideas thinner and thinner. The only things that are on The Beach that werent one Blue Monday are a cool aah pad at 1:30, a couple scarce vocoded vocals, and that's it. The other great moments, including the conclusion, are practically copy pasted from Blue Monday. So I don't really see the point of it, and since it takes half the record's length, that diminsihes the record value imo. So on the whole 3.7
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