The 1983 edition artwork is designed to resemble a inch floppy disk. The sleeve does not display either the group name nor song title in plain English anywhere; the only text on the sleeve is "FAC SEVENTY THREE" on the spine. Instead the legend "FAC 73 BLUE MONDAY AND THE BEACH NEW ORDER" is represented in code by a series of coloured blocks. The key enabling this to be deciphered was printed on the back sleeve of the album, "Power, Corruption & Lies". "Blue Monday" and "Power, Corruption & Lies" are two of four Factory releases from this time period to employ the colour code, the others being "Confusion" by New Order and "From the Hip" by Section 25.