New Order - Singles

Title: Singles Artist: New Order Release Date: 10/25/2005 Re-Released On: 12/6/2005 Label: WEA International, WEA, Factory Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPCs: 667344499824, 821838391029, 825646269020, 9325583033773, 081227330460 Genre: Rock Styles: Alternative Pop/Rock, Post-Punk, Club/Dance, Alternative Dance, Alternative/Indie Rock, College Rock, Dance-Rock Moods: Clinical, Detached, Energetic, Cerebral, Enigmatic, Hypnotic, Cold, Confident, Earnest, Gloomy, Literate, Melancholy, Smooth, Stylish, Ambitious, Angst-Ridden, Atmospheric, Bittersweet, Brooding, Ironic, Nocturnal, Sophisticated Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 3 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 2

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

1. Blue Monday '88
2. Fine Time
3. Round and Round
4. Run 2
5. World in Motion
6. Regret
7. Ruined in a Day
8. World
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 [7" Version]

Year Type Label Catalog # 2005 CD WEA International 262690 2005 CD WEA 62690 2005 CD Factory 2005 CD WEA International 462690

Singles [Japan Bonus Tracks] Singles [Bonus Track]

Now that Waiting for the Sirens' Call has been officially declared part of New Order's history, only eight months after release, it's time once again to reassess the group in the form of a mostly redundant compilation. Rhino calls Singles the group's "first ever career-spanning two-disc retrospective," but it's more like the group's first compilation to contain tracks from Sirens' Call. Besides, 1987's Substance spanned the group's career upon release and remains the basis for most New Order compilations (this one included), so it's no big deal. Just as importantly, over a third of the contents date from 1993 onward; that's too high a percentage to make the set an ideal introduction. Considering its title, Singles has a clear-cut purpose, unlike 2002's International. Then again, each of the 14 tracks contained on International are also here -- what amounts to an inferior version of Substance with some crucial tracks squeezed out in favor of lesser, later singles. A proper sequel to Substance, covering Technique through Sirens' Call, would've made more sense, but the lure in dressing up a combination of oft-recycled classics with slightly varying surroundings has yet to lose its appeal. Substance remains, and will likely always remain, the release to get you started. ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide

Name Credits Arthur Baker Remixing Bill Holding Artwork David Quantick Liner Notes Donald Christie Photography Howard Wakefield Design Jeremy Wheatley Mixing Jim Spencer Producer John Leckie Producer John Robie Producer Mark "Spike" Stent Mixing Martin Hannett Producer New Order Producer Paul Barnes Lettering Peter Saville Art Direction Rich Costey Mixing Stephen Hague Producer Stephen Street Producer Steve Osborne Producer Stuart Price Producer The Chemical Brothers Producer