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New Order - Retro Audio CD

A fair review of the New Order "Retro" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all New Order reviews here, or go back to the New Order tabs.

Band: New Order
Title: Retro
Rating:

Release Date: 2003-01-07
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Fine Time (From Technique) 2: Temptation (From 12� Single Fac63) 3: True Faith (From Substance) 4: The Perfect Kiss (From Low-Life) 5: Ceremony (From 12� Single Fac63) 6: Regret (From Republic) 7: Crystal (From Get Ready) 8: Bizarre Love Triangle (From Brotherhood) 9: Confusion (From 12� Single Fac93) 10: Round And Round (4�29) (From Technique) 11: Blue Monday (From 12� Single Fac73) 12: Brutal (From The Beach Motion Picture Soundtrack) 13: Slow Jam (From Get Ready) 14: Everyone Everywhere (From Republic) 15: Elegia - New Order 16: In A Lonely Place (12-Inch Version) - New Order 17: All Day Long - New Order 18: Your Silent Face - New Order 19: Sunrise - New Order 20: Broken Promise - New Order 21: Dreams Never End - New Order 22: Cries & Whispers - New Order 23: Chosen Time - New Order 24: Ecstacy - New Order 25: Sooner Than You Think - New Order 26: Leave Me Alone - New Order 27: Lonesome Tonight - New Order 28: Every Little Counts - New Order 29: Run Wild - New Order 30: Confusion (Koma & Bones Mix With Bernard's New Vocal) - New Order 31: Paradise (Robert Racic Mix) - New Order 32: Regret (Sabres Slow N Low Mix) - New Order 33: Bizarre Love Triangle (Shep Pettibone Mix) - New Order 34: Shell Shock (John Robie Mix) - New Order 35: Fine Time (Steve "Silk" Hurley Mix) - New Order 36: 1963 (Arthur Baker Mix) - New Order 37: Touched By The Hand Of God (Original Version) - New Order 38: Everything's Gone Green (Original Version) - New Order 39: Blue Monday (Jam & Spoon Manuela Mix) - New Order 40: World In Motion (Pickering/Parke Mix) - New Order 41: Here To Stay (Chemical Brothers Remix) - New Order 42: Crystal (Lee Coombs Remix) - New Order 43: Ceremony (Live 1984) - New Order 44: Procession (Live 1984) - New Order 45: Everything's Gone Green (Live 1985) - New Order 46: In A Lonely Place (Live 1981) - New Order 47: Age Of Consent (Live 1986) - New Order 48: This Time Of Night (Live 1985) - New Order 49: Perfect Kiss (Live 1985) - New Order 50: Fine Time (Live 1989) - New Order 51: World (Live 1983) - New Order 52: Regret (Live 1993) - New Order 53: As It Is When It Was (Live 1993) - New Order 54: Alan Wise's Introduction (Live 2001) - New Order 55: Crystal (Live 2002) - New Order 56: Turn My Way (Live 2001) - New Order 57: Temptation (Live 2001) - New Order 58: Elegia (From Low-Life) 59: In A Lonely Place (From 12� Single Fac33) 60: Procession 61: All Day Long (From Brotherhood) 62: Your Silent Face (From Power, Corruption & Lies) 63: Sunrise (From Low-Life) 64: Let's Go 65: Broken Promise (From Brotherhood) 66: Dreams Never End (From Movement) 67: Cries And Whispers 68: Sooner Than You Think (From Low-Life) 69: Leave Me Alone (From Power, Corruption & Lies) 70: Lonesome Tonight (From 12� Single Fac103) 71: Every Little Counts (From Brotherhood) 72: Run Wild (From Get Ready) 73: Confusion (Koma & Bones Mix With Bernard�s New Vocal) 74: Paradise (Robert Racic Mix) 75: Regret (Sabres Slow �N� Low Mix) 76: Bizarre Love Triangle (Shep Pettibone Mix) 77: Shell Shock (John Robie Mix) 78: Fine Time (Steve �Silk� Hurley Mix) 79: 1963 (Arthur Baker Mix) 80: Touched By The Hand Of God (Original Version) 81: Everything�s Gone Green (Original) 82: Blue Monday (Jam & Spoon Manuela Mix) 83: World In Motion (Pickering/Parke Mix) 84: Here To Stay (Chemical Brothers Remix) 85: Crystal (Lee Coombs Remix) 86: Ceremony (Studio 54, Barcelona, 7 July 1984) 87: Procession (Sunderland, 15 August 1984) 88: Everythings Gone Green (Tolworth Rec. Centre, Kingston, London 6 Dec 1985) 89: In A Lonely Place (Glastonbury Festival, 20/06/81) 90: Age Of Consent (Spectrum Arena, Warrington, 1 March 1986) 91: Elegia 92: The Perfect Kiss (Fulcrum Centre, Slough, 7 Dec 1985) 93: Fine Time (Hoffman Estates, Chicago, 30 June 1989) 94: World (Starplex Amphitheatre, Dallas, 21 July 1993) 95: Regret (Reading Festival, 31 August 1993) 96: As It Is When It Was (Reading Festival, 31 August 1993) 97: Alan Wise's Introduction (Olympia, Paris, 12 November 2001) 98: Crystal (Big Day Out, Gold Coast, 20 January 2002) 99: Turn My Way (Olympia, Liverpool, 18 July 2001) 100: Temptation (Academy, Brixton, 10 October 2001)

a great overview of a great band
O. big fans who already have every N. release might find this pointless
(but would still rush at it in typical fanlike behavior) but if you're curious
about this 80's phenomenon, this is the one and only introduction
you need to have. a gorgeous
4 cd digibox where N. O is presented Live (unreleased tracks), studio, remixed and in dancefloor versions. every cd has its highlights and N. O's infectiousness is all over the place
with gems like 'true faith' 'elegia' 'everything's gone green' , 'fine time', 'blue monday', 'bizarre love triangle' and many more. .
57 tracks in all, some of them are repeated in their, club, remix or live renditions (17 tracks).
the 72 page booklet is richly illustrated with photos, notes and anecdotes about the writing process and the song background in general.
a very well executed archive about one of the greatest icons of pop and 80's music.

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Really Kinda Pointless for a Boxed Set
What was the point here. . ? Let's have a boxset because New order deserves it, I guess. Sure there are plenty of classic tracks but. . . It's like setting your iPod to shuffle, it's not really the "best of New Order's career" and it is not really all that interesting for long time fans. It doesn't really make a statement about New order's career. The tracks have not really been remastered as far as I can tell. The live tracks are nice if a mixed bag, many tracks post prime for the band. The booklet is nice if not really essential. The boxset is just a boxset to be a boxset, just to have one. Really kinda pointless. It's a shame the band didn't have much interest in their history, but I guess it is kinda punk to just do a pisstake.

didn't care for it
Save your money. It's an OK collection, but just some more remixes of stuff already included on countless other disks.

Cheers. Bottoms up for this release.

So instead of hunting down and collecting several of they're early releases, i decided to buy this box-set. Out of respect for those who truly are, i won't call myself a dedicated new order fan, but they are with out any doubt one of my favourite groups. What realy excited me was the fact that there is an entire disc dedicated to club remixes, wich i love. Since I was not fortunate enough to grow up with new order and being a remix-entusiast, i can't help appreciating the remixes ALMOST as much as i appreciate the original tracks.

Disc one contains a great collection of New Order Hits, Crystal, Blue Monday, True faith, Bizarre, The Perfect Kiss, they're all there. I simply loved it, though i am sure they could have squeezed in a couple of more tracks such as 60 miles per Hour, Here to Stay, 1963, World in Motion and Ruined in a day.

Disc two contains other important album works of new order, and i was suprised at how many new favorites i found on this disc.

Disc Three is the club disc, A LOT of grat remixes on this one, though i kind of miss a few from the Rest of New order release, they could have doubled the tracks on this one.
The Fire Island's remix of Regret is in my opinion a slightly better remix than the one on this release by Sabre . And why is not Shep Pettibones Remix of True Faith on this disc!?!
The Magimix remix of Spooky and K-Klass's remix of Ruined in A Day where also deeply missed. But still, still a great pile of remixes on this one.

The fourth and last disc (unless you got the limited edition Box set) contains rather rare Live recordings of Now Order. Since i have sadly naver been to a New Order coincert, this doesnt probably have the same value to me as to one who has. But i still enjoyed it. Music gets an entirely different energy when its performed live.
Great disc, and definitively nice to have in the record collection. Not my favourite disc in Box, but still great.

Even though its tempting to give 5 of 5 stars here, i cant help being a litle disapointed over the rather slim selection of tracks on disck 1 and 3.

annyway.
New or Not To New Order. If you like'em. Get This Box.
Great music and the box in itself is truly eye candy, looks fantastic.

Everything a fan could hope for and more...
Saw stuff i hadn't heard before and some that I have heard since I was an OVUM. Bought this in hopes I would like it. The box set lives up to all expectations. All 4 CD's deliver what they intended when they compiled this set. I am thouroughly pleased with this purchase. . . . no buyers remorse here!
Doug
Kansaas City, Mo.

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