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Electronic · 2002 · 54 tracks

Retro

New Order

A massive four-disc retrospective charting the journey from post-punk shadows to electronic euphoria, featuring hits, deep cuts, club remixes, and raw live recordings.

December 2002 · Celluloid

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Retro is more than a compilation; it is a sprawling map of how rock music learned to dance. Across four distinct discs, the listener travels from the skeletal, grief-stricken foundations of the early 1980s into the neon-drenched heights of the Manchester club scene. It captures the unique tension that defines New Order: the cold, mathematical precision of sequencers paired with the warm, deeply human imperfection of Bernard Sumner's vocals and Peter Hook's iconic, high-register bass lines. It is an essential document of a band that refused to choose between the guitar and the synthesizer.

Tracklist · 54 Tracks
01
Fine Time
4:43
02
Temptation
8:43
03
True Faith
5:53
04
The Perfect Kiss
4:50
05
Ceremony
4:25
07
Crystal
6:50
09
Confusion
8:13
10
Round & Round
4:31
12
Brutal
4:50
13
Slow Jam
4:53
15
Elegia
4:56
17
Procession
4:28
19
Sunrise
6:00
20
Let’s Go
3:54
23
Cries and Whispers
3:25
25
Sooner Than You Think
5:12
27
Lonesome Tonight
5:12
29
Run Wild
3:57
30
Confusion (Koma and Bones vocal mix)
6:02
31
Paradise (Robert Racic mix)
6:41
32
Regret (Sabres Slow ’n’ Low mix)
6:42
34
Shellshock
6:29
35
Fine Time (Silk mix)
6:17
36
1963 (’95 Arthur Baker remix)
5:05
37
Touched by the Hand of God
3:43
38
Everything’s Gone Green
5:32
39
Blue Monday (Jam & Spoon Manuela mix)
6:39
40
World in Motion… (Subbuteo mix)
5:09
41
Here to Stay (extended instrumental)
5:55
42
Crystal (Lee Coombs mix)
7:04
43
Ceremony
4:49
44
Procession
3:34
45
Everything's Gone Green
5:15
46
In a Lonely Place
5:33
47
Age of Consent
5:03
48
Elegia
4:46
49
The Perfect Kiss
9:44
50
Fine Time
5:02
51
World
4:49
52
Regret
4:02
53
As It Is When It Was
3:48
54
Intermission by Alan Wise
1:20
55
Crystal
6:52
56
Turn My Way
4:58
57
Temptation
7:47
58
Temptation ’98
4:10
59
Transmission (live)
4:01
60
Such a Good Thing
4:08
61
Theme From “Best & Marsh”
4:29
62
Let’s G… (instrumental)
2:04
63
True Faith (Pink Noise Morel edit)
4:31
64
Run Wild (Steve Osbourne original mix)
4:13
65
The Perfect Kiss (live take at video shoot)
9:57
66
Elegia
17:31
Moments Worth Listening For
the transition on disc one from the icy ceremony to the synth drenched blue monday
the sheer intensity of the live version of decades on disc four bridging the gap to joy division
the twelve minute perfect kiss remix on disc three where the sequencers reach a hypnotic peak
the moment the acoustic guitar enters during the live performance of temptation
Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Retro sound next to the rest of New Order's catalogue?

Nostalgia+1.5σ

The writing leans notably further into nostalgia than the rest of the catalogue.

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