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AUSTRALIAN IMPORT
Condition: Brand New Factory Sealed
One of alt-rock's most fascinating and innovative bands, New Order were kick-started by post-punk and recharged by dance-floor innovations -- hence the club mainstay "Blue Monday" (the bestselling 12" single of all time), which spun out of the band's experiments with a new drum machine. With a box set, the two-CD Substance, and two single-disc overviews already in the bins, one might wonder where Singles fits into the New Order pantheon. Spread over two discs, the set chronicles all of the band's singles, in their original versions, including four from their most recent album, Waiting for the Siren's Call. Disc 1 replays most of Substance's first disc, adding the second New Order single, "Possession," and 1987's "Touched by the Hand of God." Among such must-have early singles as "Everything's Gone Green," "The Perfect Kiss," and "Bizarre Love Triangle" are the original versions of the gorgeous "Temptation" and the classic Arthur Baker–produced "Confusion," both of which had been rerecorded for Substance. The fever continues on Disc 2 with singles from 1989's club-savvy Technique (including the sweat-inducing "Fine Time" and "Run 2," which echoes New Order's beginnings); 1993's Republic (the Top 40 hit "Regret"); 2001's energized Get Ready (the soul-spiked anthem "Crystal"); and Siren's Call (the slinky "Jetstream"). Also appearing are 1990's World Cup single, "World in Motion," and Secret Machines' new, stripped-down remix of "Temptation," which plays cut-'n'-paste with the lyrics. From the haunting bass notes ushering in 1981's "Ceremony" (also Joy Division's final single) to the chiming melancholy of 2005's "Krafty," New Order's sound remains as distinctive and captivating as ever.
TRACK LISTINGS
DISC 1
1 CEREMONY
2 PROCESSION
3 EVERYTHING'S GONE GREEN
4 TEMPTATION
5 BLUE MONDAY
6 CONFUSION
7 THIEVES LIKE US
8 THE PERFECT KISS
9 SUB-CULTURE
10 SHELLSHOCK
11 STATE OF THE NATION
12 BIZARRE LOVE TRIANGLE
13 TRUE FAITH
14 1963
15 TOUCHED BY THE HAND OF GOD
DISC 2
1. BLUE MONDAY '88
2. FINE TIME
3. ROUND AND ROUND
4. RUN
5. WORLD IN MOTION
6. REGRET
7. RUINED IN A DAY
8. WORLD PRICE OF LOVE
9. SPOOKY
10. CRYSTAL
11. 60 MILES AN HOUR
12. HERE TO STAY
13. KRAFTY
14. JETSTREAM
15. WAITING FOR THE SIRENS' CALL
16. TURN
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