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Encyclopedia > Crystal (song)

"Crystal"
No cover available
Single by New Order
from the album Get Ready
B-side(s) "Behind Closed Doors"
Released August 2001
Format CD, 12"
Recorded  ???
Genre Alternative
Length 4:20
Label London
Writer(s) New Order
Producer(s) Steve Osborne
Chart positions
New Order singles chronology
"Video 5 8 6"
(1997)		 "Crystal"
(2001)		 "60 Miles an Hour"
(2001)

"Crystal" was the first single to be released from the 2001 New Order album Get Ready, which entered the UK charts at number 8. Image File history File links Nocover. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short record, usually featuring one or two tracks as A-side, often accompanied by several B-sides, usually remixes or other songs. ... New Order are an English rock group formed in 1980 by the surviving members of Joy Division following the suicide of singer Ian Curtis. ... Get Ready was New Orders first album in 8 years, following on from 1993s Republic. ... In recorded music, the terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. ... A CD single is a music single in the form of a compact disc. ... The 12-inch [30 cm] single gramophone record gained popularity with the advent of disco music in the 1970s. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... The terms alternative rock and alternative music[1] (also simply called alternative) were coined in the 1980s to describe punk rock-inspired bands on independent record labels that didnt fit into the mainstream genres of the time. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... London Records is a record label headquartered in the United Kingdom, originally marketing records in the United States, Canada and Latin America from 1947 through the 1980s. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Steve Osborne, music producer. ... A record chart, also known as a music chart, is a method of ranking music according to popularity during a given period of time. ... Billboards Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart is a weekly national survey of what songs are most popular in U.S. dance clubs. ... New Order are an English rock group formed in 1980 by the surviving members of Joy Division following the suicide of singer Ian Curtis. ... Video 5 8 6 is an instrumental piece recorded by British group New Order in 1981. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... New Order are an English rock group formed in 1980 by the surviving members of Joy Division following the suicide of singer Ian Curtis. ... Get Ready was New Orders first album in 8 years, following on from 1993s Republic. ...


Singer/guitarist Bernard Sumner originally gifted the song to German record label Mastermind for Success and it was recorded by label artist Corvin Dalek. However, DJ Pete Tong heard the song and declared it to be the best New Order single since "Blue Monday", leading Sumner to reconsider the gift and have New Order record and release it. Bernard Sumner (born Bernard Dicken, on 4 January 1956 in Salford, Lancashire, England) was the guitarist and keyboardist with Joy Division. ... Pete Tong (born July 1960) is a British DJ who works for BBC Radio 1 in the United Kingdom. ... Blue Monday is an electronica track recorded and released as a single in 1983 by British band New Order. ...


Backing vocals for the track are provided by Dawn Zee, who regularly tours with the band. There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...


The video, directed by Johan Renck (otherwise known as Stakka Bo) depicted a young American band miming to New Order's music and words, with a large number of people coming on stage towards the end to pull them off stage. This video is directly responsible for the name of the band The Killers, as that name was written on the bass drum of the fake band in the video. The Killers later lifted a number of elements of the layout of the set from the "Crystal" video for the video for their track "Somebody Told Me". In 2005, at Scotland's T in the Park festival at which New Order headlined the NME stage on the Saturday, the song was performed with The Killers' frontman Brandon Flowers singing the main vocals in a guest performance. Johan Renck is a Swedish musician (under the stage name Stakka Bo) and music video director. ... Johan Renck is a Swedish musician (under the stage name Stakka Bo) and music video director. ... The Killers are a synth rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada, who formed in 2002. ... Somebody Told Me is a song written and performed by The Killers. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Killers are a synth rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada, who formed in 2002. ... NME picture of Brandon Flowers Photo by Andrew Kendall Brandon Richard Flowers (born June 21, 1981) is the vocalist and keyboardist in the American synth rock band The Killers. ...


The DVD single contained an alternate video, set to the "Special Circumstances Mix" of the song, and directed by Gina Birch and Simon Tyszko. The video depicted a motorcycle ride through city streets at night, viewed through two side-by-side shots. Nicolette Krebitz appears on the cover of the CD and DVD packaging. A DVD single is a music single in the form of a DVD. The format was introduced in the late 1990s/early 2000s. ... Gina Birch is a founding member of The Raincoats. ... Nicolette Coco Krebitz on the cover of New Orders DVD single 60 Miles an Hour. ...


A special version was also released that featured classic New Order and Joy Division songs from the Reading Festival, 30th aug 2001. It also includes a brand new cover. [1]


The single was B-sided by a variety of remixes, and an original song titled "Behind Closed Doors". In recorded music, the terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which singles have been released since the 1950s. ...

Contents


Tracklisting

UK CD1 - NUOCD8

  1. "Crystal (Radio Edit)" (4:19)
  2. "Behind Closed Doors" (5:24)
  3. "Crystal (Digweed & Muir 'Bedrock' Mix Edit)" (10:06)

John Digweed John Digweed (born January 1, 1967 in Hastings, England) is a British DJ and record producer. ... Bedrock Records is an English record label for trance, house and techno started by Nick Muir and John Digweed. ...

UK CD2 - NUCDP8

  1. "Crystal (Digweed & Muir 'Bedrock' Radio Edit)" (4:16)
  2. "Crystal (Lee Coombs Remix)" (8:44)
  3. "Crystal (John Creamer & Stephane K Main Remix Edit)" (6:39)

UK DVD - NUDVD8

  1. "Crystal [video]" (5:19)
  2. "Behind Closed Doors" (5:24)
  3. "Temptation [video]" (0:30)
  4. "Isolation [video]" (0:30)
  5. "True Faith [video]" (0:30)

UK CD special edition (Cat No. unknown)

  1. Crystal
  2. True Faith
  3. Temptation
  4. Atmosphere
  5. Isolation
  • Numerous Crystal 12" records have been released; each featuring differing remixes.
New Order
Bernard Sumner | Peter Hook | Stephen Morris | Phil Cunningham
Gillian Gilbert
Discography
Albums: Movement | Power, Corruption & Lies | Low-Life | Brotherhood | Technique | Republic | Get Ready | Waiting for the Sirens' Call
Compilation Albums: Substance | The Peel Sessions | BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert | The Best of New Order | The Rest of New Order | International | Retro | In Session | Singles
Extended plays: 1981-1982 New Order | Peel Sessions 1982 | Peel Sessions 1981 | The Peter Saville Show Soundtrack
Singles: "Ceremony" | "Procession" | "Everything's Gone Green" | "Temptation" | "Blue Monday" | "Confusion" | "Thieves Like Us" | "Murder" | "The Perfect Kiss" | "Sub-culture" | "Shellshock" | "State of the Nation" | "Bizarre Love Triangle" | "True Faith" | "Touched by the Hand of God" | "Blue Monday 1988" | "Fine Time" | "Round & Round" | "Run 2" | "World in Motion" | "Regret" | "Ruined in a Day" | World (The Price of Love)" | "Spooky" | "True Faith-94" | "1963" | "Blue Monday-95" | "Bizarre Love Triangle" (US re-release) | "Video 5 8 6" | "Crystal" | "60 Miles an Hour" | "Someone Like You" | "Here to Stay" | "Krafty" | "Jetstream" | "Waiting for the Sirens' Call" | "Guilt is a Useless Emotion"

  Results from FactBites:
 
Crystal (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (325 words)
Crystal, in chemistry and mineralogy, a form of matter wherein its molecules are regularly aggregated in a definite internal crystal structure, with the external form of a solid of symmetrically arranged plane faces.
In electronics, a crystal is a crystalline piece of a semiconductor used in a device, such as a crystal radio receiver, for its properties of electrical conduction.
Crystal oscillator, in electronics, a device, often used in timekeeping, as in a quartz clock, and in radio transmission, which produces an alternating electric current stabilized by the mechanical resonance of a piezoelectric crystal, usually quartz.
Crystal (song) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (353 words)
"Crystal" was the first single to be released from the 2001 New Order album Get Ready, which entered the UK charts at number 8.
However, DJ Pete Tong heard the song and declared it to be the best New Order single since "Blue Monday", leading Sumner to reconsider the gift and have New Order record and release it.
The single was B-sided by a variety of remixes, and an original song titled "Behind Closed Doors".
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