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One of New Order’s most celebrated albums is getting expanded in October.

Rhino will issue a “Definitive Edition” of the band’s sophomore release, 1983’s Power, Corruption & Lies. The box will feature the album on CD and LP with the first-ever mastering from the original analog tapes; a bonus disc of unreleased session outtakes and the band’s 1982 live set for John Peel’s BBC radio program; and two DVDs offering three complete live shows, a host of additional concert clips and television appearances, and the band’s tongue-in-cheek Channel 4 documentary Play At Home.

Following the formation of New Order from the ashes of post-punk outfit Joy Division (following frontman Ian Curtis’ passing in 1980) and the release of debut album Movement in 1981 (itself expanded for a definitive box set last year), Power, Corruption & Lies marked a distinctive new direction for the band. Inspired by visits to American clubs and the founding of their label Factory Records’ own nightspot, The Hacienda, the band (singer/guitarist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook, keyboardist Gillian Gilbert and drummer Stephen Morris) fully adopted electronic and dance styles on “Blue Monday,” their first release of 1983.

With a pulsating four-on-the-floor beat and Sumner’s distinctive low vocals, the track remains one of their best-known, reaching No. 9 on the U.K. singles chart and No. 5 on Billboard‘s dance surveys. (By several accounts, it is one of the best-selling 12″ singles of all time.) Two more non-album singles from the period, “Confusion” and “Thieves Like Us,” reached the U.K. Top 20; a Benelux-only single, “Murder,” scraped the bottom of the country’s chart. As for Power, Corruption & Lies, it’s been hailed over time as one of the most notable dance-rock albums of its era, with retrospective placements on best-of-the-’80s album lists by Rolling Stone, Pitchfork and Slant. It became the group’s first of eight career Top 10 albums in England, and the album’s Peter Saville-designed sleeve (utilizing a painting of roses by Henri Fantin-Latour) has appeared everywhere from Royal Mail stamps to fashion brand Supreme’s 2013 collections.

The definitive Power, Corruption & Lies is due October 2; the same day, the band’s four 1983-1984 12″ singles will also be repressed. (As with the Movement deluxe campaign, those tracks – included on a 2008 reissue of the album – will not be available in the box set.) Pre-orders for all five products are below.

Power, Corruption & Lies: Definitive Edition (Rhino, 2020)

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CD1/LP: Remastered album (released as Factory FACT 75 (U.K.)/FACTUS 12 (U.S.), 1983)

1. Age Of Consent
2. We All Stand
3. The Village
4. 5 8 6
5. Your Silent Face
6. Ultraviolence
7. Ecstacy
8. Leave Me Alone

CD2: Extras (previously unreleased except 7-10, from The Peel Sessions – Strange Fruit SFPS 001 (U.K.), 1986)

1. Age Of Consent (Writing Session Recording)
2. The Village (Writing Session Recording)
3. 5 8 6 (Writing Session Recording)
4. Your Silent Face (Writing Session Recording)
5. Ecstacy (Writing Session Recording)
6. Leave Me Alone (Writing Session Recording)
7. Turn The Heater On (John Peel Session – 6/1/1982)
8. We All Stand (John Peel Session – 6/1/1982)
9. Too Late (John Peel Session – 6/1/1982)
10. 5 8 6 (John Peel Session – 6/1/1982)
11. Too Late (Instrumental Rough Mix – John Peel Session Outtake)
12. Thieves Like Us (New York Demo #1)
13. Thieves Like Us (Writing Session Recording)
14. Murder (Writing Session Recording)
15. Blue Monday (Writing Session Recording)
16. Blue Monday (Writing Session Recording #2)
17. Blue Monday (Instrumental Outtake)

DVD 1

The Hacienda, Manchester, England – 6/26/1982

1. In a Lonely Place
2. Ultraviolence
3. Denial
4. The Village
5. We All Stand
6. Senses
7. Chosen Time
8. 5 8 6
9. Temptation
10. Everything’s Gone Green

Rosehill Hotel, Kilkenny, Ireland – 4/24/1983

1. We All Stand
2. Leave Me Alone
3. Denial
4. The Village
5. Temptation
6. Confusion
7. Age Of Consent
8. Blue Monday
9. Everything’s Gone Green
10. Ceremony

TV Sessions

• Blue Monday (Top Of The Pops – 3/31/1983)
• Confusion (Countdown – 1983)
• Age Of Consent (Switch – 1983)
• Blue Monday (Switch – 1983)
• Thieves Like Us (Top Of The Pops – 5/3/1984)

Extras

• Your Silent Face (The Hacienda, Manchester, England – 1/26/1983)
• 5 8 6 (The Hacienda, Manchester, England – 1/26/1983)
• We All Stand (Recreation Centre, Tolworth, England – 3/12/1983)
• Leave Me Alone (Recreation Centre, Tolworth, England – 3/12/1983)
• Love Will Tear Us Apart (Tower Ballroom, Birmingham, England – 5/9/1983)
• Ultraviolence (First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN – 6/29/1983)
• The Village (Uni-Mensa, Dusseldorf, Germany – 3/30/1984)
• Thieves Like Us (Alabamahalle, Munich, Germany – 4/5/1984)
• Blue Monday (Alabamahalle, Munich, Germany – 4/5/1984)
• Lonesome Tonight (Metropol, Berlin, Germany – 4/8/1984)
• Confusion (Metropol, Berlin, Germany – 4/8/1984)

DVD 2

• Play At Home – Channel 4 documentary, 1984

The Hacienda, Manchester, England – 7/20/1983

1. Blue Monday
2. Age Of Consent
3. Lonesome Tonight
4. Your Silent Face
5. Leave Me Alone
6. 5 8 6
7. Denial
8. Confusion
9. Temptation
10. Thieves Like Us
11. In a Lonely Place
12. Everything’s Gone Green

Blue Monday b/w The Beach (released as Factory FAC 73 (U.K.)/FACTUS 10 (U.S.), 1983)

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Confusion / Confused Beats b/w Confusion (Instrumental) / Confusion (Rough Mix) (released as Factory FAC 93 (U.K.)/Streetwise SWRL 2213 (U.S.), 1983)

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Thieves Like Us b/w Lonesome Tonight (released as Factory FAC 103 (U.K.), 1984)

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Murder b/w Thieves Like Us (Instrumental) (released as Factory Benelux FBN 22, 1984)

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