Retro (New Order album)

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Retro
Box set by New Order
Released	9 December 2002
Recorded	1981-2002
Genre	Rock, House, Synthpop
Length	359:06 (5 CD Version)
Label	London Records
Producer(s)	New Order, Martin Hannett, John Robie, Stephen Hague, Steven Osbourne
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link BBC 12/9/02 NME (7/10) link Pitchfork (4.8/10) 1/24/03 Rolling Stone 1/3/03 Stylus (B-) 9/1/03
New Order chronology
International (2002)	Retro (2002)	Waiting for the Sirens' Call (2005)

Retro is a 2002 box set from the English band New Order, it comprises of four CDs. In the UK, initial quantities came with a fifth disc, featuring rare tracks.

The box set was released as a compromise. The band's manager, Rob Gretton, had originally envisioned a boxset called Recycle which would feature all the singles New Order had released, one single per CD, in a grand 20 CD box.

Gretton's vision of Recycle would feature every recorded version of every New Order track as well as unreleased material, making it the holy grail for New Order fans. Sadly, London Records deemed this a little too excessive; the idea was shelved, New Order released Get Ready and a year later Retro surfaced.

The CDs each have a particular theme: 'Pop', 'Fan', 'Club' and 'Live'. Each one was selected by a friend of the band.

There were large numbers of complaints over the omission of the track "Love Vigilantes" from the CD, which were met with suggestions that it was a hidden track, which it is not. However, convincing people that it is has become a newbie initiation procedure on many New Order fansites.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Disc one: 'Pop' 1.2 Disc two: 'Fan' 1.3 Disc three: 'Club' 1.4 Disc four: 'Live' 1.5 Disc five : 'Bonus' (Limited edition CD)

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Disc one: 'Pop'

Selected by Miranda Sawyer; journalist.

1. "Fine Time" (From Technique) – 4:42
2. "Temptation" (From 12” Single Fac63) – 8:42
3. "True Faith" (From Substance) – 5:53
4. "The Perfect Kiss" (From Low-Life) – 4:49
5. "Ceremony" (From 12” Single Fac63) – 4:24
6. "Regret" (From Republic) – 4:08
7. "Crystal" (From Get Ready) – 6:49
8. "Bizarre Love Triangle" (From Brotherhood) – 4:21
9. "Confusion" (From 12” Single Fac93) – 8:13
10. "Round and Round" (From Technique) – 4:31
11. "Blue Monday" (From 12” Single Fac73) – 7:28
12. "Brutal" (From The Beach Motion Picture Soundtrack) – 4:49
13. "Slow Jam" (From Get Ready) – 4:52
14. "Everyone Everywhere" (From Republic) – 4:25

[edit] Disc two: 'Fan'

Selected by John McCready; music journalist.

1. "Elegia" (From Low-Life) – 4:55
2. "In a Lonely Place" (From 12” Single Fac33) – 6:15
3. "Procession" (From 12” Single Fac63) – 4:28
4. "Your Silent Face" (From Power, Corruption & Lies) – 5:59
5. "Sunrise" (From Low-Life) – 6:00
6. "Let's Go" – 3:53
7. "Broken Promise" (From Brotherhood) – 3:45
8. "Dreams Never End" (From Movement) – 3:12
9. "Cries and Whispers" (From Everything's Gone Green; Single FBNL 8) – 3:25
10. "All Day Long" (From Brotherhood) – 5:10
11. "Sooner Than You Think" (From Low-Life) – 5:12
12. "Leave Me Alone" (From Power, Corruption & Lies) – 4:39
13. "Lonesome Tonight" (From 12” Single Fac103) – 5:11
14. "Every Little Counts" (From Brotherhood) – 4:28
15. "Run Wild" (From Get Ready) – 3:56

[edit] Disc three: 'Club'

Selected by Mike Pickering; DJ.

1. "Confusion (Koma & Bones Vocal Mix)" (With Bernard's New Vocal) – 6:01
2. "Paradise (Robert Racic Mix)" – 6:40
3. "Regret (Sabres Slow 'N' Low Mix)" – 6:42
4. "Bizarre Love Triangle (Shep Pettibone Extended Remix)" – 6:42
5. "Shell Shock (John Robie Mix)" – 6:28
6. "Fine Time (Steve 'Silk' Hurley Mix)" – 6:16
7. "1963 ('95 Arthur Baker Mix)" – 5:04
8. "Touched by the Hand of God (Original Version)" – 3:42
9. "Everything's Gone Green (Original)" – 5:31
10. "Blue Monday (Jam & Spoon Manuela Mix)" – 6:39
11. "World in Motion (Subbuteo Mix)" (Pickering/Parke Mix) – 5:08
12. "Here to Stay (Extended Instrumental)" (Chemical Brothers Remix) – 5:55
13. "Crystal (Lee Coombs Remix)" – 7:03

[edit] Disc four: 'Live'

Selected by Bobby Gillespie; vocalist from Primal Scream.

1. "Ceremony" (Studio 54, Barcelona, 7 July 1984) – 4:49
2. "Procession" (Polytechnic of Central London, 6 December 1985) – 3:34
3. "Everything's Gone Green" (Recreation Centre, Kingston-upon-Thames, Tolworth, London 12 March 1983) – 5:09
4. "In a Lonely Place" (Glastonbury Festival, 20/06/81) – 5:37
5. "Age of Consent" (Spectrum Arena, Warrington, 1 March 1986) – 5:02
6. "Elegia" (Glastonbury Festival, 19 June 1987) – 4:46
7. "The Perfect Kiss" (Glastonbury Festival, 19 June 1987)) – 9:43
8. "Fine Time" (Claims to be from Hoffman Estates, Chicago, 30 June 1989 but is really Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH 5 July 1989) – 5:04
9. "World" (Starplex Amphitheatre, Dallas, 21 July 1993) – 4:46
10. "Regret" (Reading Festival, 31 August 1993) – 4:02
11. "As It Is When It Was" (Reading Festival, 31 August 1993) – 3:48
12. "Intermission by Alan Wise" (Olympia, Paris, 12 November 2001) – 1:20
13. "Crystal" (Big Day Out, Gold Coast, 20 January 2002) – 6:51
14. "Turn My Way" (Olympia, Liverpool, 18 July 2001) – 4:57
15. "Temptation" (Academy, Brixton, 10 October 2001) – 7:47

[edit] Disc five : 'Bonus' (Limited edition CD)

1. "Temptation '98" – 4:08
2. "Transmission (Live)" – 4:01
3. "Such a Good Thing" (From World in Motion re-release) – 4:08
4. "Theme from "Best & Marsh"" – 4:26
5. "Let's G... (Instrumental)" (Extract from Instrumental used on 'Salvation' Motion Picture Sound Track) – 2:03
6. "True Faith (Pink Noise Morel Edit)" – 4:29
7. "Run Wild (Steve Osborne Original Mix)" – 4:13
8. "The Perfect Kiss" (Live take recorded at video shoot) – 9:56
9. "Elegia (Full Version)" – 17:30

New Order
Bernard Sumner | Peter Hook | Stephen Morris | Phil Cunningham Former member: Gillian Gilbert
Discography
Albums: Movement | Power, Corruption & Lies | Low-Life | Brotherhood | Technique | Republic | Get Ready | Waiting for the Sirens' Call
Compilation Albums: Substance | (The Best of) New Order | (The Rest of) New Order | International | Retro | Singles
EPs: 1981-1982 New Order | Peel Sessions 1982 | Peel Sessions 1981 | The Peter Saville Show Soundtrack
Singles: New Order discography
Videography
Substance| New Order Story | New Order: 316 (Reading Festival / New York) | New Order: 511 (Finsbury Park) | New Order - Item | New Order - A Collection |
Related articles
Side projects: Electronic | Revenge | Monaco | The Other Two | Freebass Topics: Joy Division | Factory Records | The Haçienda | 24 Hour Party People People: Ian Curtis | Martin Hannett | Peter Saville | Tony Wilson | Rob Gretton | Stephen Hague
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