Song · New Order
“Face Up” by New Order
From the album Low‐Life (1985)
“Face Up” by New Order appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1985. It was first released in 1985 on the album Low‐Life. Its best result is #45 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1985. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #188 alternative song of 1985.
"Face Up" comes from Low-Life, New Order's third album, which Factory Records put out in 1985, and the writing credit is split four ways between Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert. The band produced it themselves, with Michael Johnson engineering.
Low-Life is the sound of the English band completing its switch from post-punk to dance-rock: synthesisers and samplers all over the place, yet the rock muscle of the earlier records still flexing underneath. It is widely rated among their strongest albums. Its songs also formed the backbone of Pumped Full of Drugs, the concert video New Order shot in Tokyo just before the record came out.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 45 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1985 | 50 |
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