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Release Date: 08/26/2008
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, with the exception of
Brotherhood --
"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
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, All Music Guide
;)
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