The Best of New Order

by New Order

Overview

New Order's first compilation album, Substance (1987), finally broke the group through to commercial success in the U.S. Its second one, The Best of New Order, isn't exactly Substance II. The previous set was a singles collection, and Best Of does pick up that story, including a series of songs -- "True Faith" (in a new remix), "Touched by the Hand of God," "Blue Monday 88," "Fine Time," "Round & Round" (in a new remix), "Run," and "World in Motion" -- that were bigger hits in the U.K. than in the U.S. (Also included is the group's biggest U.S. hit, "Regret" as well as its charting follow-up, "World [The Price of Love].") But in addition, the compilers have included one song each from the group's albums -- "Dreams Never End" from Movement, "Age of Consent" from Power, Corruption & Lies, "Love Vigilantes" from Low-Life, "Vanishing Point" from Technique, and "Ruined in a Day" from Republic. Add in some rarities, plus "Bizarre Love Triangle," repeated from Brotherhood and Substance, and you have 17 tracks taking up 70 and a half minutes and providing a good survey of New Order, 1981-1993. Substance, with its concentration on the group's run of classic singles from the early '80s, is a more consistent effort, but The Best of New Order, even if it is misnamed, is an excellent sampler of one of the major British bands of the 1980s. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	08/26/2008
Label:	Rhino
UPC:	0081227990961
Rank:	7869

Tracks

1. Let's Go (Nothing for Me)
2. Dreams Never End
3. Age of Consent
4. Love Vigilantes
5. True Faith-94
6. Bizarre Love Triangle
7. 1963-95
8. Fine Time
9. Vanishing Point
10. Run
11. Round & Round-94
12. Regret
13. World
14. Ruined in a Day
15. Touched by the Hand of God
16. Blue Monday-88
17. World in Motion

Album Credits

Performance Credits

New Order   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Michael Shamberg   Compilation Coordinator
Pascal Gabriel   Producer
Flood   Assistant Engineer
Dee Lewis   Musician
David Rhodes   Musician
Johnny Potoker   Remixing
John Robie   Composer,Producer
Peter Hook   Composer
Richard Chappell   Engineer
New Order   Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Spike Drake   Mixing,Engineer
Stephen Hague   Mixing,Composer,Producer
Paul Morley   Liner Notes
Stephen Morris   Composer
Shep Pettibone   Remixing
Simon Gogerly   Engineer
Bernard Albrecht   Composer
Audrey Riley   Musician
Martin Hannett   Producer
Quincy Jones   Production Supervisor
Owen Morris   Engineer
Arthur Baker   Mixing,Composer,Producer,Remixing
Gillian Gilbert   Composer
Sam Hardaker   Assistant Engineer
Andy Duncan   Musician
Bernard Sumner   Composer
John Denver   Composer
Mac Quayle   Programming
Lee Herschberg   Mastering
Mike Drake   Engineer
Mark Plati   Engineer,Remixing
Keith Allen   Composer
Michael Johnson   Engineer
Alan Meyerson   Mixing
Andrew Robinson   Programming
Peter Saville   Design Consultant
Trevor Key   Photography,Original Photography
Martin Orpen   Digital Imaging
Michael "Mike Dee" Johnson   Engineer
Kevin Laffey   Compilation Coordinator
Howard Wakefield   Design
Chris Nagle   Engineer
Ben Findlay   Assistant Engineer