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New Order will visit their mid-’90s compilation years – with a whole host of mostly trance remixes – on a new 4CD reissue.

True to its name, (the best & the rest of) New Order will include both the 1994 hits set (the best of) New Order and its 1995 follow-up (the rest of) New Order. The former featured their biggest hits up to 1993’s Republic and new mixes of songs like “Bizarre Love Triangle,” “True Faith” and ‘Round & Round,” while the latter collected 10 mostly recent remixes, including a handful of exclusive tracks. For this new package, those discs will be augmented by a further two CDs of remixes and bonus tracks, including the versions exclusive to U.S. and cassette pressings of (the best of) New Order and plenty more period remixes, including many which were only ever on vinyl and even a few unreleased cuts, including the first focus track: a vintage mix of Republic track “Spooky” by Cheshire dance act Sub Sub (who later morphed into indie rock band Doves). Cut-down editions will include a 2CD version featuring just the first two discs of the 4CD set, while two vinyl titles will offer (the best of) on two LPs and (the rest of) on three, including the two cassette-exclusive tracks.

These compilations were sort of unusual, arriving less than a decade after the group’s wildly successful 1987 collection Substance. In the intervening years, the band only released two albums – 1989’s house-influenced Technique and the accessible alt-rock of 1993’s Republic (featuring “Regret,” the group’s biggest U.S. hit) – and were by this point unofficially broken up. (the best of) New Order was certainly a feather in the cap of the band’s then-label London Records, who’d picked up the group after longtime homebase Factory Records collapsed. Promotion for (the best of) and (the rest of) reflected how New Order’s influential electronic sound gave way to a host of new dancefloor sounds, with new mixes commissioned from Paul Oakenfold, Dave Clarke, Howie B., Armand Van Helden, Joe T. Vanelli and Tall Paul. Both albums hit the Top 5 of the U.K. albums chart, ensuring that the group remained beloved when they eventually reconvened for 2001’s Get Ready.

The repackaged titles will be available on July 17 and can be pre-ordered below. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases.

(the best & the rest of) New Order (Warner, 2026)

* previously unreleased
** previously unreleased on CD

4CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
(the best of) 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
(the rest of) 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada

Disc 1: (the best of) New Order (released as London 8285802, 1994)

1. True Faith-94
2. Bizarre Love Triangle-94
3. 1963-94
4. Regret
5. Fine Time
6. The Perfect Kiss
7. Shellshock
8. Thieves Like Us
9. Vanishing Point
10. Run 2
11. Round & Round-94
12. World (Price of Love)
13. Ruined in a Day
14. Touched by the Hand of God
15. Blue Monday-88
16. World in Motion

Tracks 1-3 and 11 exclusive to original compilation

• Original version of Track 1 from Substance – Factory FACT 200, 1987
• Original version of Track 2 from Brotherhood – Factory FACT 150, 1986
• Original version of Track 3 from “True Faith” 12″ – Factory FAC 183, 1987
• Original version of Track 11 from Technique – Factory FACT 275, 1989

Original versions of Tracks 4 and 12-13 from Republic – London 8284132, 1993
Original versions of Tracks 5 and 9-10 from Technique
Original version of Track 6 from Low-Life – Factory FACT 100, 1985
Original version of Track 7 from Pretty in Pink (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – A&M Records SP-5113, 1986
Original version of Track 8 from Factory 12″ FAC 103, 1984
Original version of Track 14 from Salvation! (Original Soundtrack) – Les Disques du Crépuscule TWI 774 (Benelux), 1988
Original version of Track 15 from Factory 12″ FAC 73, 1983/FAC 73R, 1988
Original version of Track 16 from Factory 12″ FAC 293, 1990

Disc 2: (the rest of) New Order (released as London 8286572, 1995)

1. World (Perfecto Mix)
2. Blue Monday (Hardfloor Mix)
3. True Faith (Shep Pettibone Remix)
4. Confusion (Pump Panel Reconstruction Mix)
5. Touched by the Hand of God (Biff & Memphis Remix)
6. Bizarre Love Triangle (Armand Van Helden Mix)
7. Ruined in a Day (K-Klass Remix)
8. Regret (Fire Island Mix)
9. Age of Consent (Howie B. Remix)
10. Spooky (Magimix)

Track 1 from London 12″ NUOX 3, 1993
Track 2 from London 12″ NUOX 7, 1995
Track 3 from Factory 12″ FAC 183R, 1987
Tracks 4-6 and 9 exclusive to this compilation. Original version of Track 9 from Power, Corruption & Lies – Factory FACT 75, 1983
Track 7 from London 12″ NUOX 2, 1993
Track 8 from London 12″ NUOX 1, 1993
Track 10 from London 12″ NUOX 4, 1993

Disc 3

1. Let’s Go (Nothing for Me)
2. Bizarre Love Triangle (Remix)
3. 1963-95
4. Everything’s Gone Green (Dave Clarke Mix)
5. Temptation (CJ Bolland Mix) **
6. Blue Monday-95 (Hawtin Mix)
7. True Faith-94 (Perfecto Mix)
8. 1963 (Lionrock M6 Sunday Morning Mix) **
9. Confusion (Pump Panel Floatation Mix)
10. Everything’s Gone Green (Electric Green)
11. Spooky (Nightstripper Mix)
12. 1963-95 (Blackout Mix)

Tracks 1 and 3 from (the best of) New Order – Qwest/Warner Bros. 45794 (U.S.), 1995
Track 2 from Factory single FAC 163, 1986
Tracks 4-5 from (the rest of) New Order cassette – London 8286574, 1995
Track 6 from (the rest of) New Order double CD – London 8286612, 1995
Track 7 from London 12″ NUOX 5, 1994
Track 8 from London 12″ NUOX 6, 1995
Track 9 from FFRR 12″ FX 260, 1995
Track 10 from Internal CD single LIECD 32, 1996
Track 11 from London CD single NUCDP 6, 1995

Disc 4

1. 1963-94 (Full Length) *
2. Spooky (Sub Sub 12” Remix) *
3. Blue Monday-95 (Hardfloor Dub)
4. 1963 (Joe T. Vanelli Light Mix) **
5. True Faith-94 (Eschreamer Dub)
6. World (The Price of Dub) **
7. True Faith (Sexy Disco Dub) **
8. Regret (Sabres Slow ‘n’ Low) **
9. Blue Monday (Hawtin Mix – Alternate Version 2) *

Track 3 from London German CD single 8500412, 1995
Track 4 from London 12″ NUOX 6, 1995
Track 5 erroneously released on Brotherhood (Collector’s Edition) – Rhino 2564693699, 2008
Track 6 from “Ruined in a Day” 12″ – London NUOX 2, 1993
Track 7 from London 12″ NUOX 5, 1995
Track 8 from London 12″ NUOX 1, 1993