Waiting for the Sirens' Call

For the song, see Waiting for the Sirens' Call (song).

Waiting for the Sirens' Call is the eighth studio album by English rock band New Order, released on 28 March 2005 by London Records. The album was preceded by the single "Krafty". Two additional singles from the album were released: "Jetstream", which features vocals by Ana Matronic from Scissor Sisters, and the album's title track.

Waiting for the Sirens' Call
Studio album by New Order
Released	28 March 2005 (2005-03-28)
Recorded	2003–2004
Studio	Real World (Box, England) St Catherine's Court (Bath, England)
Genre	Alternative rock[1][2] synth-pop[3]
Length	57:07
Label	London, Warner Bros.
Producer	New Order John Leckie Stephen Street Stuart Price
New Order chronology
Get Ready (2001) Waiting for the Sirens' Call (2005) Lost Sirens (2013)
Singles from Waiting for the Sirens' Call
"Krafty" Released: 7 March 2005 "Jetstream" Released: 16 May 2005 "Waiting for the Sirens' Call" Released: 19 September 2005 "Guilt Is a Useless Emotion" Released: 2006 (promo only)

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	63/100[4]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
Blender	[6]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[7]
The Guardian	[8]
Mojo	[9]
NME	6/10[3]
Pitchfork	7.9/10[10]
Q	[11]
Rolling Stone	[12]
Uncut	[13]

According to Metacritic, the album received generally favourable reviews.^[4]

Track listing

Waiting for the Sirens' Call track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Who's Joe?"	5:41
2.	"Hey Now What You Doing"	5:16
3.	"Waiting for the Sirens' Call"	5:42
4.	"Krafty"	4:33
5.	"I Told You So"	6:00
6.	"Morning Night and Day"	5:12
7.	"Dracula's Castle"	5:40
8.	"Jetstream"	5:23
9.	"Guilt Is a Useless Emotion"	5:39
10.	"Turn"	4:35
11.	"Working Overtime"	3:26

All tracks are written by New Order, except "Jetstream" written by New Order, Stuart Price and Ana Lynch.

US edition bonus track

12. "Guilt Is a Useless Emotion" (Mac Quayle Vocal Mix) – 6:29

Japanese edition bonus tracks

12. "Krafty" (Japanese Version) – 4:33
13. "Krafty" (The Glimmers Twelve Inch Extended) – 6:55
14. "Krafty" (Phones Reality Remix) – 7:07

Personnel

New Order

Musician credits for New Order are not listed in the liner notes of the album's personnel. Below are the instruments that the group typically plays.

• Bernard Sumner – vocals, guitars, synthesisers and programming
• Peter Hook – 4 and 6-stringed bass
• Stephen Morris – drums, synthesisers and programming
• Phil Cunningham – guitars, synthesisers and programming

Production

The original liner notes list the album's personnel as follows:

New Order – producer, writer Jim Spencer – producer (1, 3, 5) Stephen Street – producer (2, 6, 10, 11), mixing (2, 6, 10, 11) Cenzo Townshend – mixing (2, 6, 10, 11), engineer (2, 6, 10, 11) Rich Costey – mixing (4) Dawn Zee – additional vocals (5, 9) John Leckie – producer (7), mixing (7) Stuart Price – producer (8, 9), writer (8)

Ana Matronic – featuring (vocals) (8), writer (8) Beatrice Hatherley – additional vocals (9) Mac Quayle – keyboards, additional programming Bruno Ellingham – additional engineering Tom Stanley, Paul Grady, Claire Lewis, Marco Migliari, Rob Haggett, Phil Rose and Owen Skinner – assistant engineer Peter Saville – art direction, photography Anna Blessman – photography Howard Wakefield and Peter Saville Associates – design

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Waiting for the Sirens' Call Chart (2005) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[14] 15 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[15] 38 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[16] 32 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[17] 21 Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[18] 29 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[19] 24 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[20] 52 European Albums (Billboard)[21] 6 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[22] 34 French Albums (SNEP)[23] 22 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[24] 14 Irish Albums (IRMA)[25] 19 Italian Albums (FIMI)[26] 37 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[27] 21 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[28] 19 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[29] 11 Scottish Albums (OCC)[30] 5 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[31] 45 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[32] 7 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[33] 44 UK Albums (OCC)[34] 5 US Billboard 200[35] 46 US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[36] 1

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for Waiting for the Sirens' Call Chart (2005) Position US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[37] 13

Certifications and sales

Certifications and sales for Waiting for the Sirens' Call

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[38]	Silver	60,000*
United States	—	84,000[39]
* Sales figures based on certification alone.