Substance 1987, New Order’s classic 12-inch compilation, will be reissued in November as an expanded 4CD edition and across other formats.
Originally released via Factory Records, Substance compiled all of the band’s singles to that point in their 12-inch versions with many of their respective B-sides (on the CD and cassette versions), along with specially recorded versions of ‘Temptation’ and ‘Confusion’.
The album also included the biggest selling 12-inch single of all time, ‘Blue Monday’, alongside other singles ‘The Perfect Kiss’, ‘Bizarre Love Triangle’ and the band’s debut single release ‘Ceremony’. The compilation also features the classic ‘True Faith’ which was one of two new songs (the other being ‘1963’) recorded for Substance. The single reached No 4 in the UK charts and was the band’s biggest hit single to that point.
Substance 1987 is expanded to four CDs for the 2023 reissue (click image to enlarge)
The 2023 reissue sees the audio remastered and expanded to four CDs. This 4CD version includes the original 2CD set and adds two further discs. CD3 expands the collection with alternate versions and extra B-sides, while CD4 features an unreleased concert, Live from Irvine Meadows, California, 12th September 1987, where the band uniquely played the entire album in sequence!
There will also be 2LP and double cassette editions of this reissue with the former available as black or blue/red coloured vinyl. The tape is only available from the New Order shop. There will also be three 12-inch singles released at the same time: ‘True Faith’, ‘True Faith Remix’ and ‘Blue Monday 88’.
Substance 1987 is reissued on 10 November 2023 via Warner Music
Live from Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, California 1987
Ceremony
Everything’s Gone Green
Temptation 87
Blue Monday
Confusion 87
Thieves Like Us
The Perfect Kiss
Sub-culture
Shellshock
State Of The Nation
Bizarre Love Triangle
True Faith
Cassette 1
Side A
Ceremony
Everything’s Gone Green
Temptation 87
Blue Monday
Confusion 87
Thieves Like Us
Murder
Side B
The Perfect Kiss
Sub-culture
Shellshock
State Of The Nation
Bizarre Love Triangle
True Faith
Cassette 2
Side C
In A Lonely Place
Procession
Mesh
Cries And Whispers
Hurt
The Beach
Confusion Instrumental
Lonesome Tonight
Side D
Thieves Like Us Instrumental
The Kiss Of Death
Dub Vulture
Shellcock
Shame Of The Nation
Bizarre Dub Triangle
1963
LP 1
Side 1
Ceremony
Everything’s Gone Green
Temptation 87
Side 2
Blue Monday
Confusion 87
Thieves Like Us
LP 2
Side 3
The Perfect Kiss
Sub-culture
Shellshock
Side 4
State Of The Nation
Bizarre Love Triangle
True Faith
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