| Artist |
New Order |
| Album Title: |
Substance |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Electronica/Dance: Synth Pop |
| Format |
Vinyl 180 gm (2) |
| Released |
08/15/1987 |
| Reissue Date |
11/10/2023 |
| Label |
MNW |
| Catalog No |
FACT 200 |
| Bar Code No |
5 054197 751356 |
| Reissue |
Yes |
| Remastered |
Yes |
| Packaging |
LP Sleeve |
| Tracks |
| Substance (Disc 1) |
| A1.
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Ceremony (4:23)
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| A2.
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Everything's Gone Green (5:30)
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| A3.
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Temptation (6:59)
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| B1.
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Blue Monday (7:29)
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| B2.
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Confusion (4:43)
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| B3.
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Thieves Like Us (6:36)
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| Substance (Disc 2) |
| A1.
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Perfect Kiss (8:02)
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| A2.
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Subculture (4:48)
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| A3.
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Shellshock (6:28)
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| B1.
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State of the Nation (6:32)
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| B2.
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Bizarre Love Triangle (6:44)
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| B3.
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True Faith (5:55)
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| Date Acquired |
12/09/2023 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
1-2-3-4 Go! Records |
| Purchase Price |
34.99 |
Web Links |
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Notes |
Notes:
Indie exclusive pressing, distributed in an embossed sleeve. Barcode as a sticker on sleeve rather than printed on the sleeve.
Hype sticker on shrink-wrap:
"New Order - Substance
Remastered double LP
red and blue vinyl
Fact 200"
Inner sleeves:
1987 Factory Communications Limited
A Factory Record ℗ 1987, 2023 Warner Music UK Ltd. © 2023 Warner Music UK Ltd.
In variant 2 runouts, "21", "1|", and "1△" are mirrored. All is etched.
Credits:
Design [Sleeve] – Peter Saville Associates, Trevor Key
Lacquer Cut By – F.A.
Producer – New Order (tracks: A3 to D3)
Written-By – New Order (tracks: A2 to D3)
Companies, Etc.:
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Warner Music UK Ltd.
Copyright © – Warner Music UK Ltd.
Published By – Universal Music Publishing Ltd.
Published By – Vitalturn Co Ltd.
Published By – Shakin' Baker Music Inc.
Published By – Downtown DMP Songs
Published By – Downtown Music Publishing LLC
Published By – Indulgent Music
Published By – Sony/ATV Harmony UK
Mastered At – Abbey Road Studios
Pressed By – Optimal Media GmbH – BN96718
Barcode and other Identifiers:
Barcode (Scanned, stickered): 5054197751356
Barcode (Text, stickered): 5 054197 751356
Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 1): BN96718-01 A1 0190235928883-01
Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 1): BN96718-01 B1 0190235928883-01 F.A.
Matrix / Runout (Side C, variant 1): BN96718-02 C1 0190235928883-02 VT
Matrix / Runout (Side D, variant 1): BN96718-02 D1 0190235928883-02 F.A.
Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 2): BN96718-01 A1 21 0190295928889-01
Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 2): BN96718-01 B1 1| 0190295928889-01 F.A.
Matrix / Runout (Side C, variant 2): BN96718-02 C1 1△ 0190295928889-02
Matrix / Runout (Side D, variant 2): BN96718-02 D1 0190295928889-02 F.A. 1|
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide Review by Tim Sendra:
Substance collects all the singles New Order released after their inception in 1981 and the 1987 release of the album. It traces their early journey from a nervy post-punk group struggling to break free from the expectations brought along from their time in Joy Division to one that helped to define the new wave era in many important ways. They meshed together the uneasiness of post-punk with the jagged programming of dance music, balanced the interplay of real instruments and electronics, and were able to release both satisfying albums and successful singles. The set includes all the A- and B-sides they released over that span; in the cases of "Temptation" and "Confusion," the songs were recorded fresh, while "Ceremony" isn't the original either as it was recorded after Gillian Gilbert joined. The early tracks show how quickly the band became something quite different than Joy Division, relatively sunnier and more open-ended musically with more of an eye towards making listeners dance rather than break down in tears. By the time of "Blue Monday," they had reinvented themselves fully, and in the process created an all-time classic song that relied on programming as much as it did strumming. The group continued to pursue that path more on future singles, with tracks like "Thieves Like Us" and "Shellshock" drifting towards a poppier sound influenced by freestyle, hip-hop, and R&B. Thanks to their uncanny way with a melody -- as displayed on the timeless "Bizarre Love Triangle" -- their razor-sharp programming skills, and Bernard Sumner's resolutely deadpan vocals, everything they did sounded exactly like New Order and no one else. The B-sides are just as exciting in their own way as the band experiment, hone new ideas, and deliver some gems. The instrumental mix of "Blue Monday" titled "The Beach" is a thrilling blast of inventive dancefloor fun, the album-worthy "Lonesome Tonight" strips away most of the synths in favor of a live group setup and Peter Hook's iconic bass playing, and various remixes make this disc well worth checking out. There's even a track -- the darkly lilting "1963" -- that could have easily been a single in its own right. The set serves as an essential summing up of the group's non-LP work in their early days and makes clear that they had a strong argument for being the best singles band of the '80s regardless of genre.
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