Track Listing 1. Ceremony 2. Procession 3. Everything's Gone Green 4. Temptation 5. Blue Monday 6. Confusion 7. Thieves Like Us 8. Perfect Kiss 9. Subculture 10. Shellshock 11. State Of The Nation 12. Bizarre Love Triangle 13. True Faith 14. 1963 15. Touched By The Hand Of God
1. Blue Monday (1988 version) 2. Fine Time 3. Round And Round 4. Run 2 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
| Details | | Number of CDs: | 2 | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Distributor: | Cinram Logistics | | Recording Mode: | Stereo |
Album Notes After almost 20 years, New Order finally released a compilation that arguably exceeds 1987's SUBSTANCE with 2005's two-disc SINGLES. In terms of the material's breadth, SINGLES easily trounces SUBSTANCE, as it ranges from '81 to '05 and serves as an excellent overview of the famed post-punk/dance act's entire career. While the band's transition from Joy Division gets a slightly shorter shrift ("In a Lonely Place" is one of the few tracks from SUBSTANCE that's notably absent), the second disc is a wonderfully selected sampling of New Order's occasionally maligned later period.Arranged chronologically, SINGLES moves from the group's first true steps out of Joy Division's shadow (the surging classics "Everything's Gone Green," "Temptation," and "Blue Monday") to jubilant pop glory (the catchy smash "Bizarre Love Triangle," the dance floor anthem "True Faith") and, eventually, to their status as veteran dance-rock heroes (the eminently assured "Regret" and "Crystal"). Although some fans may be perplexed by versions of songs that differ from SUBSTANCE (particularly "Temptation" and "Confusion"), SINGLES is so comprehensive that it should even win over New Order diehards still clinging tightly to their vinyl copies of the lauded former collection.
Editorial Reviews [T]hey can still wring more soul from a drum machine than most anybody. -- Grade: B+ Entertainment Weekly
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