The Best of New Order (UK Version)

The unofficial sequel to the band’s 1987 retrospective compilation Substance, (the best of) NewOrder presents a second overview of the band’s career with emphasis on their post-Substance material. Earlier tracks are included on the album, but with the sole exception of “Thieves Like Us”, they exist in edited and/or remixed forms different from the versions heard on the band’s earlier compilation.

Despite this, New Order’s US label, Qwest Records, delayed the compilation’s American release by around a year to alter the compilation to further reduce redundancies with Substance, replacing “The Perfect Kiss”, “Shellshock”, and “Thieves Like Us” with album cuts “Dreams Never End”, “Age of Consent”, and “Love Vigilantes” (consequently encompassing the band’s early post-punk material as well as their more iconic alternative dance oeuvre), swapping out “1963-94” with the 1995 Arthur Baker remix, and including a new vocal mix of the Salvation! soundtrack instrumental “Let’s Go”, also releasing this remix as a promotional single.