Track Listing
DISC 1: MIRANDA SAWYER'S COLLECTION:
1. Fine Time
2. Temptation
3. True Faith
4. Perfect Kiss, The
5. Ceremony
6. Regret
7. Crystal
8. Bizarre Love Triangle
9. Confusion
10. Round and Round
11. Blue Monday
12. Brutal
13. Slow Jam
14. Everyone Everywhere
DISC 2: JOHN MCCREADY'S SELECTION:
1. Elegia
2. In a Lonely Place
3. All Day Long
4. Your Silent Face
5. Sunrise
6. Broken Promise
7. Dreams Never End
8. Cries and Whispers
9. Chosen Time
10. Ecstacy
11. Sooner Than You Think
12. Leave Me Alone
13. Lonesome Tonight
14. Every Little Counts
15. Run Wild
DISC 3: MIKE PICKERING'S SELECTION:
1. Confusion - (Koma & Bones mix)
2. Paradise - (Robert Racic mix)
3. Regret - (Sabres Slow N' Low mix)
4. Bizarre Love Triangle - (Shep Pettibone mix)
5. Shell Shock - (John Robie mix)
6. Fine Time - (Steve "Silk" Hurley mix)
7. 1963 - (Arthur Baker mix)
8. Touched by the Hand of God - (original version)
9. Everything's Gone Green - (original)
10. Blue Monday - (Jam & Spoon Maneula mix)
11. World in Motion - (Pickering/Parke mix)
12. Here to Stay - (Chemical Brothers remix)
13. Crystal - (Lee Coombs remix)
DISC 4: BOBBY GILLESPIE LIVE TRACKS:
1. Ceremony - (previously unreleased, Studio 54, Barcelona on July 7, 1984)
2. Procession - (previously unreleased, Sunderland on August 15, 1984)
3. Everything's Gone Green - (previously unreleased, Tolworth Rec. Centre, Kingston, London on December 6, 1985)
4. In a Lonely Place - (previously unreleased, Glastonbury Festival on June 20, 1981)
5. Age of Consent - (previously unreleased, Spectrum Arena, Warrington on March 1, 1986)
6. This Time of Night - (previously unreleased, Fulcrum Centre, Slough on December 7, 1985)
7. Perfect Kiss, The - (previously unreleased, Fulcrum Centre, Slough on december 7, 1985)
8. Fine Time - (previously unreleased, Hoffman Estates, Chicago on June 30, 1989)
9. World - (previously unreleased, Starplex Amphitheatre, Dallas on July 21, 1993)
10. Regret - (previously unreleased, Reading Festival on Auguist 31, 1993)
11. As It Is When It Was - (previously unreleased, Reading Festival on August 31, 1993)
12. Alan Wise's Introduction - (previously unreleased, Olympia, Paris on November 12, 2001)
13. Crystal - (previously unreleased, Big Day Out, Gold Coast on January 20, 2002)
14. Turn My Way - (previously unreleased, live, Olympia, 2001)
15. Temptation - (previously unreleased, Academy, Brixton on October 10, 2001)
| Details | | Distributor: | WEA (Distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
New Order: Bernard Sumner (vocals, guitar): Gillian Gilbert (keyboards); Peter Hook (bass); Stephen Morris (drums).
Producers include: New Order, Martin Hannett, Arthur Baker, John Robie, Stephen Hague.
One of many New Order compilations, 2002's RETRO distinguishes itself as a thematically arranged four-disc box set that covers the dance-friendly U.K. alt-rock band's 1981-2001 output. With all CDs arranged non-chronologically, the "Pop" disc features catchy usual-suspect singles such as "Blue Monday" and "True Faith," while "Fan" delves into revered lesser-known tracks such as the propulsive "Procession" and the chiming "Leave Me Alone." "Club," not surprisingly, consists largely of remixed tracks (including a Chemical Brothers-tweaked version of "Here to Stay"), and "Live" presents concert performances (most notably a '81 recording of "In a Lonely Place") selected by, of all people, Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie. Far from a tidy collection, RETRO does touch on many fine moments by the beloved British act, though those looking for a more, well, orderly set may want to seek out '05's SINGLES.
Editorial Reviews
...This beautiful box finally gives the post-Ian Curtis hitmakers the veneration they deserve. - Rating: A
Entertainment Weekly (01/03/2003)
4 stars out of 5 - ...Their musical legacy is beyond reach: untouchable, unimpeachable, immortal...
Uncut (01/01/2003)
3 stars out of 5 - ...RETRO preserves the enigma and fends off the fossilisation implicit in any retrospective...
Q (01/01/2003)
...You'll be surprised at how indelible the singles remain, how moving the early stuff is, and how hot the remixes are...
Spin (03/01/2003)
4 stars out of 5 - ...For all of New Order's studio elegance and club-accessible mutability, the live disc is radically, raucously raw.
Rolling Stone (01/23/2003)
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