POWER, CORRUPTION & LIES WAS THE SECOND ALBUM BY MANCHESTER BAND NEW ORDER, RELEASED IN MAY 1983. THE ALBUM (THE BAND'S SECOND), ACHIEVED MORE WIDESPREAD POPULARITY THAN ANY OF THE BAND'S PREVIOUS RELEASES, INCLUDING THOSE OF PREVIOUS BAND JOY DIVISION. THE MUSIC IS MORE ELECTRONIC-BASED THAN PREVIOUS ALBUMS, WITH HEAVY USE OF SYNTHESIZERS.