New Order Substance released

Substance New Order

Recorded: 1980-1987 Released: August 11, 1987 Peak: 36 US, 3 UK, -- CN, 12 AU Sales (in millions): 1.0 US, 0.3 UK Genre: new wave/electronica

Tracks (in Chronological Order): Song Title (date of single release, chart peaks) Click for codes to charts. Ceremony (1/81, 34 UK) SS In a Lonely Place (1/81, --) SS Procession (9/81, --) SS Everything’s Gone Green (9/81, --) SS Cries and Whispers (12/81, --) SS Temptation (5/10/82, 29 UK) SS Hurt (5/10/82, --) SS Blue Monday (3/7/83, 68 US, 3 UK) SS The Beach (3/7/83, --) SS Confusion (9/3/83, 12 UK, 71 RB) SS Confusion [instrumental] (9/3/83, --) SS Thieves Like Us (4/28/84, 18 UK) SS Lonesome Tonight (4/28/84, --) SS Murder (5/84, --) SS Thieves Like Us [instrumental] (5/84, --) SS The Perfect Kiss (5/13/85, 46 UK) SS Kiss of Death (5/13/85, --) SS Sub-Culture (10/28/85, 63 UK) SS Shell Shock (3/17/86, 28 UK, 23 AU) SS State of the Nation (9/15/86, 30 UK) SS Shame of the Nation (9/15/86, --) SS Bizarre Love Triangle (11/5/86, 98 US, 56 UK) SS True Faith (7/20/87, 32 US, 4 UK) SS 1963 (7/20/87, 21 UK) SS >Actual Track Listing, Disc 1: (1) Ceremony (2) Everything’s Gone Green (3) Temptation (4) Blue Monday (5) Confusion (6) Thieves Like Us (7) The Perfect Kiss (8) Sub-Culture (9) Shell Shock (10) State of the Nation (11) Bizarre Love Triangle (12) True Faith (13) Actual Track Listing, Disc 2: (1) In a Lonely Place (2) Procession (3) Cries and Whispers (4) Hurt (5) The Beach (6) Confusion [instrumental] (7) Lonesome Tonight (8) Murder (9) Thieves Like Us [instrumental] (10) Kiss of Death (11) Shame of the Nation (12) 1963 The Players: Bernard Sumner (vocals, guitar, keyboards) Peter Hook (bass) Stephen Morris (drums) Gillian Gilbert (keyboards)

Rating: 4.461 out of 5.00 (average of 18 ratings) Awards: (Click on award to learn more).

About the Album: New Order emerged from the ashes of Joy Division, a band often celebrated as ground zero for goth rock. Ian Curtis, the lead singer of Joy Division, hung himself at 23 years old on the eve of the band’s North American tour in 1982. The group had released two studio albums and saw the iconic single “Love Will Tear Us Apart” become a posthumous hit. The other members – Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, and Stephen Morris – decided to continue as New Order. In January 1981, they released the single Ceremony backed by the song In a Lonely Place. Both songs had been recorded by Joy Division, but were re-recorded by New Order. They followed that with the released of Procession in September 1981. It was backed by Everything’s Gone Green, which was then released as a single itself in December. In November 1981, New Order released their first album, Movement. However, it featured all new songs and skipped the singles the group had already released. Three albums followed – Power, Corruption & Lies (1983, Low-Life (1985), and Brotherhood (1986) in which this same pattern, for the most part, was repeated. That meant that by late 1986, New Order had released a dozen singles and B-sides, most of which did not appear on any of their proper studio albums. The two-disc collection Substance, released in 1987, gathered those singles and B-sides in a fan-friendly package. Most of the singles here are the 12” mixes which were designed for play in dance clubs. “Arguably, these 12” mixes represent New Order’s most groundbreaking and successful work, since they expanded the notion of what a rock & roll band, particularly an indie rock band, could do.” AMG Substance “showcases not only the group’s musical innovations, but also their songwriting prowess – Temptation, Blue Monday, Bizarre Love Triangle, and True Faith are some of the finest pop songs of the ‘80s. Although it is a double-disc set, Substance isn’t overly long. Instead it offers a perfect introduction to New Order.” AMG

Resources and Related Links: AMG All Music Guide review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine WK Wikipedia page for Substance Other Related DMDB Pages: First posted 8/12/2008; last updated 5/10/2024.