Editing New Order (band) (section)

===Cover artwork===
Almost all New Order recordings have distinctive packaging, and [[Peter Saville (graphic designer)|Peter Saville]] was the [[art director]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=AnotherMan |title=Peter Saville on His Iconic Album Covers for New Order |url=https://www.anothermanmag.com/life-culture/9933/peter-saville-on-his-iconic-album-covers-for-new-order |access-date=2022-07-08 |website=AnotherMan |date=19 June 2017 |language=en}}</ref> The group's record sleeves bucked the 1980s trend by rarely showing the band members (with the exception of the ''Low-Life'' album) or even providing basic information such as the band name or title of the release.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ediriwira |first=Amar |date=2015-09-24 |title=Tracing the art of New Order in 10 iconic record sleeves |url=https://thevinylfactory.com/features/tracing-the-art-of-new-order-in-10-iconic-record-sleeves/ |access-date=2025-01-10 |website=The Vinyl Factory |language=en-US}}</ref> Song names were often hidden within the shrink-wrapped package, either on the disc itself (such as the "Blue Monday" single), on an inconspicuous part of an inner sleeve ("The Perfect Kiss" single), or written in a cryptic colour code invented by Saville (''Power, Corruption & Lies''). Saville said his intention was to sell the band as a "mass-produced secret" of sorts and that the minimalist style was enough to allow fans to identify the band's products without explicit labelling.<ref name="story" /> He frequently sent the artwork straight to the printer, without review by either the band or the label.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://the-talks.com/interviews/peter-saville/ |title= Peter Saville: "I never had to answer to anyone" |work= The Talks |date= 22 May 2013 |access-date= 20 July 2013 |quote= New Order didn't approve it, they rarely saw it. More often than not they would go directly from me; "Blue Monday" for example went directly from me to the printer.}}</ref> Their 1983 album, ''Power, Corruption & Lies'', was one of ten classic album covers from British artists [[Great Britain commemorative stamps 2010–2019#2010|commemorated on a UK postage stamp]] issued by the [[Royal Mail]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Royal Mail unveil classic album cover stamps |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/royal-mail-unveil-classic-album-cover-stamps-1860738.html |access-date=25 September 2022 |work=The Independent}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Royal Mail puts classic albums on to stamps|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/gallery/2009/nov/21/guidelines-rock-stamp-album-covers |access-date=25 September 2022 |work=The Guardian}}</ref>