From Amazon.co.uk
With
New Order in hiatus, and a reunion looking (at the time) increasingly unlikely, bassist Peter Hook found himself at something of a loose end. His first solo project, Revenge, had gone nowhere--but Hooky, like John Wayne, was not meant for the quiet life. Instead, he recruited singer/guitarist David Potts (a hired hand, reputedly, on the Revenge sessions) and formed Monaco--not so much a successor to New Order's legacy, as its perpetuation. In fact, neither the band's driving brand of pop, nor the fact that Potts was a dead ringer, vocally, for Hook's former band member Bernard Sumner, exactly hurt: many people, upon first hearing tracks like "Shine" and "What Do You Want From Me?", simply assumed they were advance salvos from some soon-to-be-released New Order album. As a collection of songs,
Music For Pleasure is unexpectedly strong, with "Sweet Lips" and "Junk" fully indulging Hook's Euro-disco leanings. Suffice it to say that no New Order fan should be without it.
--Andrew McGuire
Album Details
Debut album by New Order bassist Peter Hook's newband, featuring the singles 'What Do You Want From Me','Sweet Lips' & 'Shine'. 10 tracks total.NOTE: this is the U.K. edition, availabletwo-three weeks ahead of the U.S. (bumped up to July 1, inan effort to