Power, Corruption & Lies  by New Order

New Order entered Britannia Row Studios in London in late 1982 and by early 1983 they had prepared their second studio album, which would be released on May 2, 1983, by Factory Records. Its title would be Power, Corruption & Lies.

Its musical style combines post-punk with electro-pop and dance music. It is the record where synthesizers take the forefront. The band is influenced by the sounds of Kraftwerk and Giorgio Moroder. The production was done by the band itself (Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Gillian Gilbert), adopting a more experimental approach using technology that they learned to handle themselves. The iconic cover was designed by Peter Saville and is a reproduction of the painting "A Basket Of Roses" by the French painter Henri Fantin-Latour. Saville chose the flowers to symbolize the way in which power, corruption, and lies "permeate" our lives in an alluring, almost silent manner. In the top right corner, there is a color code corresponding to the album's title and the band's name, as the original British cover did not have any text. In 2010, it was selected by the Royal Mail for a series of stamps featuring the most classic album covers.

Power, Corruption & Lies reached No. 4 on the official UK Albums Chart and topped (No. 1) the UK Independent Charts. The album reached No. 3 in New Zealand. This particular record is consistently included in lists of the greatest albums of all time.