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I thought it was Aeneas turn until 10:23am Wed., and my AK time wouldn't be until Thursday?

Anyhow, The Slippery Grooves select for Round 12, #281 overall, in the 1981-1985 category,
New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies (1985)

Power, Corruption & Lies, released in March 1983, was a synthesizer-based outing and a dramatic change in sound from Joy Division and the preceding album, although the band had been hinting at the increased use of technology during the music-making process for a number of years then, including their work as Joy Division. Starting from what earlier singles had hinted, this was where the band had found their footing, mixing early techno music with their earlier guitar-based sound and showing the strong influence of acts like Kraftwerk and Giorgio Moroder. Even further in this direction was the electronically sequenced, four-on-the-floor single "Blue Monday", which became the best-selling independent 12" single of all time in the UK. The disc's sleeve was so elaborate, resembling a large 5¼-inch floppy disk, that the band and Factory themselves were said to lose from 2p to £1 on each copy sold.[9] However, later presses became less elaborate, and the band reaped large profits from the sales of the single. The American edition of Power Corruption & Lies, released later, featured "Blue Monday" and its B-side, "The Beach", as extra tracks.

Power, Corruption & Lies is the second album by Manchester band New Order, released in May 1983. The album achieved more widespread popularity than any of the band's previous releases, including those of previous band Joy Division. The music is more electronic-based than previous albums, with heavy use of synthesizers. In 1989, it was ranked #94 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 greatest albums of the 1980s.

Track listing

All songs written by New Order.

Side one

1. "Age of Consent" – 5:16
2. "We All Stand" – 5:14
3. "The Village" – 4:37
4. "5 8 6" – 7:31

Side two

1. "Your Silent Face" – 6:00
2. "Ultraviolence" – 4:52
3. "Ecstasy" – 4:25
4. "Leave Me Alone" – 4:40

2008 Collector's Edition bonus disc

1. "Blue Monday" – 7:32
2. "The Beach" – 7:22
3. "Confusion" – 8:15
4. "Thieves Like Us" – 6:38
5. "Lonesome Tonight" – 5:13
6. "Murder" – 3:57
7. "Thieves Like Us" (Instrumental)" – 6:59
8. "Confusion" (Alt Version) (Instrumental) – 7:36

Allmusic
Pitchfork review of the remastered releases
Rolling Stone

Age Of Consent


Your Silent Face


Leave Me Alone


The dean of American rock critics, Robert Christgau says of this album,
"I find it relatively gentle and melodic in its ambient postindustrial polyrhythms, their nicest record ever."

This is the album complement to habernac's earlier pick of the 12" single "Blue Monday." I think both belong in this draft.