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Manchester's pivotal post-punk quartet offer a 16-track opus that skips obscurities and early material in favor of their greatest singles. Highlights include "Blue Monday," "Thieves Like Us" and "The Perfect Kiss" and sparkling Stephen Hague remixes of "True Faith" and "Bizarre Love Triangle." --Jeff Bateman
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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This 16-track 1994 compilation is probably the best single-disc overview/introduction to New Order. Included here are the radio formats of "Shellshock", "Touched By The Hand Of God", 1990's "World In Motion", and "Blue Monday '88", all making it for the first time onto an official full-length release. However, the collection in my opinion is not a definitive Best Of, since some of the New Order's stand-out tracks (True Faith, Bizarre Love Triangle, and Round & Round) are featured in their alternative 1994 remixed versions, which are not by any means better than the splendid originals. The present collection was also released in America in 1995, but with a slightly different tracklisting; in particular the non-album track "Let's Go (Nothing For Me)" was included on the U.S. version. What I would really have liked to see here was a 2xCD set, with the first disc representing the original versions of the best tracks, and then a companion disc featuring the new mixes as well as some rarities. For example, they could have included the rare dub version of "Touched By The Hand Of God", hard-to-find club mixes of "Round and Round", or the instrumental version of "Vanishing Point".
59 of 65 people found the following review helpful
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I got this album when my curiosity for New Order's music restarted sometime around 1996, and was after a brief resume of a career which due to my age (then about 14, now 18) I had largely missed. The Best of served a purpose, and was an enjoyable listen. More than that in fact, a superb album. I loved the emotions of 'Thieves Like Us', the orgasmatronic 'Perfect Kiss' and the frankly awesome '1963' and 'Vanishing Point.'
So far, so good. Why only 3 stars, you may ask. The answer is this - the versions of these songs differ to many of the album versions. The 94 rehashes of 1963 and True Faith I consider to be sacrilege to the wonderful 12" versions found on Substance 1987. The version of 'Fine Time' is put to shame by the one off 'Technique' and quite why 'Blue Monday 88' is on the album and not the masterful and legendary original is beyond me.
The album has some nice non album additions on it, like 'World in Motion' and to some, I concede, 'Blue Monday 88.' 'Touched by the Hand of God' is probably the overall outstanding track on the album. However, on an album with versions of songs the quality of 'Thieves Like Us,' 'The Perfect Kiss,' 'Blue Monday,' and 'True Faith,' this properly demonstrates the true position of this album.
After the demise of Factory, this album smacks of London Records on a mony making exercise. Who in their right mind would put 'Ruined in a Day' on the Best of New Order? Other than a record company out for a quick buck, I can think of nobody.
Anyway, back to the point. For an introduction to the band, this is a reasonable start, and if you see this cheap in a bargain bucket somewhere, get it. For a real introduction though, get Substance 1987. 150 minutes of audial ecstasy (except 'State of the Nation' and 'Shellshock') and the best compilation album ever made. Get that instead.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
A truly amazing compilation of pop songs that will never age. From the electro-rock of 'blue monday', to the magical bassline of 'regret', to the best football anthem ever 'world inmotion'. New Order had a knack of writing beautiful, emotional pop songs that you could dance to. Thank you Hooky, Barney, Gillian and Stephen!
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Not impressed at all
CD unplayable....scratchy sound, terrible...CDs should be tested before being sent out.
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Published 2 months ago by Max
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Published 7 months ago by Anon
Class, of its time
Once again, NO purists may scoff, but this is a great introduction to the band, and contains some nailed on classics: True Faith, Blue Monday and World in Motion may have rightly... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Dash Riprock
Who wrote the cd description "written for the british soccer team"
Who wrote the cd tag for the greatest hits? Which says "World in Motion", an odd song written for the British soccer team as it entered into the 1990 World Cup. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Jm Woods
Its ok!!
If you are a fan buy it...I loved Joy division but this New order collection didnt hit the spot for me..
Published 18 months ago by Ms. B. Jenkins
theyve got to be joking
no ceremony (7 inch), or in a lonely place (7 inch) two five star tracks written by joy division, movement lp was good effort considering they had lost ian (four stars) after that... Read more
Published on 2 Feb 2010 by casio smith
It's a question mark!
This 16-track compilation is probably aimed at the casual fan aiming to get a taste of New Order. There isn't much in it to appeal to the hardcore fan. Read more
Published on 22 July 2009 by haunted
Keeping the true faith
New Order is a rather mysterious band in many ways. It has pre-history and continuing influence by groups such as Kraftwerk, Eno and the Velvet Underground, and various other... Read more
Published on 29 Dec 2005 by Kurt Messick
New Order @ their very best!
This is an absolute essential for any fan, and anybody longing to relive the unique sound of Bernard, Gillian, Peter and Steven, aka 'New Order'. Read more
Published on 16 Oct 2000
BRILLIANT doesn't do it justice...
The surviving members of Joy Division stepped out of the darkness to embrace the sunlight as New Order. Read more
Published on 3 Feb 2000
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