In many ways this web site grew from a year-long event which took place on the New Musik Yahoo Group. In early 2007 someone suggested that we review every track New Musik ever produced, one track per week - the track changing each Saturday.
What started as a bit of fun, though remaining a bit of fun, also became a weekly "punctuation mark" in each contributor's life.
It was decided that the Japanese CDs were the best basis for the review order, as they contain every track New Musik ever produced.
Not one week was missed, and incredibly the whole process took exactly 52 weeks - starting on Saturday 24th Feb 2007 and ending on Saturday 16th Feb 2008 . Another notable coincidence was that 'Churches', a track largely based on the number 7, was reviewed on the 7th day of the 7th month of the 7th year of the millenium.
The tracks have been listed here by week number, as they were reviewed. Week 11 was devoted to the album review of From A to B, and 'Division' was reviewed over 2 weeks because of other "diversions". The comments published on this site are only the reviews, there's a lot of additional banter in the group message archives for anyone that wants to look it up.
Also, group owner and regular contributor Richard M took it upon himself to transcribe all the lyrics, from listening to eack track (many of the sleeve notes had mistakes in the lyrics).
So here you'll find the reviews, and the lyrics, for each and every NM track ever produced:
From A to B
Week 01. Straight Lines 5.12
Week 02. Sanctuary 4.12
Week 03. A Map of You 3.50
Week 04. Science 3.19
Week 05. On Islands 4.25
Week 06. This World of Water 3.37
Week 07. Living by Numbers 3.29
Week 08. Dead Fish (Don't Swim Home) 5.24
Week 09. Adventures 3.51
Week 10. The Safe Side 3.08
Week 12. Missing Persons 3.29 / Tell Me Something New 2.10
Week 13. She's a Magazine 4.16
Week 14. Chik Musik 2.10 / Magazine Musik 0.54
Week 15. Sad Films 2.41
Week 16. Under Attack 4.04
Week 17. And 4.37
Anywhere
Week 18. They All Run after the Carving Knife 5.52
Week 19. Areas 4.10
Week 20. Churches 4.53
Week 21. This World of Walter 2.55
Week 22. Luxury 3.48
Week 23. While You Wait 5.05
Week 24. Changing Minds 4.52
Week 25. Peace 5.14
Week 26. Design 3.44
Week 27. Traps 4.03
Week 28 & 29. Division 4.20
Week 30. Back To Room One 4.15
Week 31. The Office 4.28
Week 32. While You Wait (12" version) 5.55
Week 33 & 34. From the Village 3.56 (including the 26 sec 'Kingdoms Snippet')
Week 35. Guitars 3.29
Warp
Week 36. Here Come the People 3.28
Week 37. Going Round Again 2.57
Week 38. A Train on Twisted Tracks 3.27
Week 39. I Repeat 4.30
Week 40. All You Need Is Love (New Musik) 4.25
Week 41. All You Need Is Love (Beatles) 5.39
Week 42. Kingdoms for Horses 4.18
Week 43. Hunting 4.17
Week 44. The New Evolutionist (Example 'A') 3.22
Week 45. Green and Red (Respectively) 3.06
Week 46. The Planet Doesn't Mind 3.43
Week 47. Warp 4.26
Week 48. The Planet Doesn't Mind (7" version) 3.36
Week 49. The Planet Doesn't Mind (12" version) 4.14
Week 50. 24 Hours from Culture - Part II 3.40
Week 51. Twelfth House 4.36
Week 52. Here Come the People (Remix) 5.27