New Order discography

New Order discography

New Order performing at Southside Festival in Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany in 2005
Studio albums 10
Live albums 3
Compilation albums 12
Video albums 12
Music videos 33
EPs 5
Singles 38

The discography of New Order, an English rock band, consists of ten studio albums, twelve compilation albums, three live albums, five extended plays (EPs), thirty-eight singles, twelve video releases, thirty-three music videos and a number of soundtrack appearances. New Order were formed in 1980 by singer and guitarist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook and drummer Stephen Morris. The group began life as a continuation of their former incarnation Joy Division. Joy Division had disbanded after the death of the lead singer Ian Curtis. Gillian Gilbert, who was Morris' girlfriend at the time, soon joined the group and played guitar and keyboards.

Remarkably, New Order's first eight singles released between 1981 and 1984 were not taken from any album. In most cases they were not even released as a 7-inch, but exclusively available in the radio-unfriendly 12-inch format, an unusual approach for a pop-act in the eighties.

Despite the high anticipation that surrounded the group, their debut single "Ceremony" only peaked at number 34 on the UK Singles Chart.[1] The group's following two singles and their debut album met with similar moderate success. It would not be until the release of their fourth single, "Blue Monday", that New Order would break into the top ten, with the song peaking at number 9.[1] "Blue Monday" became a defining single for the group and caused a sensation, becoming the biggest selling 12-inch single of all time.[2]

New Order, like many other post-punk groups of the period, increasingly utilised keyboards, drum machine and sequencers in their music. As a result they became associated with the synthpop and electronic dance movements of the 1980s. Beginning with Power, Corruption & Lies from 1983, all of the group's studio albums reached the top ten in the United Kingdom.[1] The group experienced a lull in popularity in the years 1985 and 1986 but the surprise international popularity of the "Bizarre Love Triangle" single re-launched the group across the world. The group cemented their success in 1987 with the single, "True Faith", and the compilation album Substance.

New Order were at the peak of their popularity in the years 1987 to 1993, with a run of popular singles, including "Blue Monday 1988", "Fine Time", "Regret", "World (The Price of Love)" and in 1990 they scored their only number 1 single in the UK[1] with the official England national football team song, "World in Motion". The two albums released during these years, Technique and Republic; each charted at number 1 in the UK.[1] It was during this successful period that the group's internal dynamic began to falter. Sumner was not fond of touring, and wanted to take time off from the group and produce a solo album. He formed Electronic with Johnny Marr and the pair released their first single in 1989. Hook formed his own band, Revenge, in 1989, while Morris and Gilbert worked together as The Other Two, primarily scoring soundtracks. Of the three side projects, Sumner's was by far the most successful.

The recording and touring of 1993's Republic, their first for London Records, was difficult and intra-band tensions were rife. The group went on hiatus until 1998. In the meantime two compilation albums, The Best of New Order and The Rest of New Order, and several singles were released.

The group reconvened in 1998 for the Reading Festival but did not release new material until 2000. The group released the album Get Ready in 2001. It was met with critical warmth, but it was apparent that the group's popularity had lessened. The lead single from the album, "Crystal", reached the top ten in the UK. The film 24 Hour Party People, a humorous chronicle of their label Factory Records, was released in 2002. New Order contributed a new song, "Here to Stay", and a re-recording of the Joy Division song "New Dawn Fades" with Moby, for the film's soundtrack. The compilation International and four-disc boxset Retro were released in winter 2002. New Order followed Get Ready with Waiting for the Sirens' Call in 2005. During this period Gilbert stepped down from live performances due to family commitments. Phil Cunningham stepped into her role and in 2005 became an official member of the group.

The group had intended to release a ninth album soon after Waiting for the Sirens' Call, the majority of which had already been recorded. The lack of enthusiasm inside the group and relative failure of Waiting for the Sirens' Call stalled their career momentum. In 2007, Hook decided to leave the group, and stated that he and Sumner had no further plans to work together.[3] Sumner formed Bad Lieutenant with Cunningham, and Hook formed Freebass. Morris continued to work with Sumner and Cunningham. In 2008, New Order released remastered and expanded editions of their first five albums with the intention of releasing the further three albums in a similar format in future. In December 2012 it was announced that Lost Sirens would be released in the United Kingdom on 14 January 2013. Lost Sirens is an eight-track album of tracks left out of Waiting for the Sirens' Call. On 22 June 2015, the band announced they are to release a new album, Music Complete, on 25 September 2015. The album will be the first without Peter Hook, and was produced mostly by the band themselves, except "Singularity" and "Unlearn This Hatred", both produced by Tom Rowlands, while "Superheated" features additional production by Stuart Price.

In the US, the band has sold a certified 2 million albums, and in the UK a certified 960,000 albums.

Albums

Studio albums

Year Album details Chart peak positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[1]
AUS
[4]
AUT
[5]
FRA
[6]
GER
[7][8]
IRE
[9]
NLD
[10][11]
NO
[12]
NZ
[13]
SWE
[14]
SWI
[15]
US
[16][17]
1981 Movement
  • Release date: 13 November 1981
  • Label: Factory (FACT 50), Factory (US)
30 8
1983 Power, Corruption & Lies
  • Release date: 2 May 1983
  • Label: Factory (FACT 75), Qwest
4 38 18 14 3 16
1985 Low-Life
  • Release date: 13 May 1985
  • Label: Factory (FACT 100), Qwest
7 70 34 11 20 94
1986 Brotherhood
  • Release date: 29 September 1986
  • Label: Factory (FACT 150), Qwest
9 15 22 33 161
1989 Technique
  • Release date: 30 January 1989
  • Label: Factory (FACT 275), Qwest
1 25 25 57 11 23 15 32
1993 Republic
  • Release date: 3 May 1993
  • Label: Centredate/London, Qwest
1 5 39 54 47 24 13 11
2001 Get Ready
  • Release date: 27 August 2001
  • Label: London, Reprise
6 7 15 21 7 12 61 17 17 11 24 41
2005 Waiting for the Sirens' Call
  • Release date: 28 March 2005
  • Label: London/Warner Bros.
5 15 38 22 14 19 52 11 19 7 44 46
2013 Lost Sirens
  • Release date: 14 January 2013
  • Label: Rhino
23 137 68 74 174
2015 Music Complete 2 20 26 19 14 6 10 24 37 14 19 34
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilations

Year Album details Chart peak positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[1]
AUS
[4]
CAN FRA
[6]
GER
[11]
IRE
[9]
NLD
[10]
NZ
[13]
SWE
[14]
SWI
[15]
US
[16][17]
1987 Substance 1987
  • Released: 17 August 1987
  • Labels: Factory (FACT 200), Qwest
3 12 15 18 42 4 49 10 36
1990 The John Peel Sessions
1994 (the best of) New Order
  • Released: 21 November 1994
  • Labels: London, Qwest
4 30 23 27 78
1995 (the rest of) New Order
  • Released: 21 August 1995
  • Labels: London, Qwest
5 41
2002 Before & After – The BBC Sessions
  • Released: 16 July 2002
  • Labels: Fuel 2000
International
  • Released: 29 October 2002
  • Labels: London
99
Retro
  • Released: 9 December 2002
  • Labels: London
104
2004 In Session
  • Released: 12 April 2004
  • Labels: Strange Fruit (SFRSCD128)
2005 Best Remixes
  • Released: 21 June 2005
  • Labels: Warner Bros.
Singles
  • Released: 3 October 2005
  • Labels: London, Warner Bros.
14 54
2007 iTunes Originals – New Order
  • Released: 24 September 2007
  • Labels: London
2011 Total: From Joy Division to New Order
  • Released: 6 June 2011
  • Labels: WEA UK, Rhino
51 77
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums

Year Album details UK
[1]
Certifications
(sales thresholds)
1992 BBC Radio 1 Live In Concert
  • Released: 10 Feb 1992
  • Labels: Strange Fruit (SFRSCD093)
33
2011 Live at the London Troxy
  • Released: 21 December 2011
  • Labels: Abbey Road Live
2013 Live at Bestival 2012 89
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

1980s

Year Song Chart positions Album
UK
[1]
AUS
[4]
CAN GER
[7]
IRE
[23]
NL
[10]
NZ
[24]
SWI
[15]
US
[25]
US
Dance
1981 "Ceremony" 34 7 61 Singles only
"Procession" 38
"Everything's Gone Green" 29 64
1982 "Temptation" 29 68
1983 "Blue Monday" 9 13 2 4 2 10 5
"Confusion" 12 72 7 7 5
1984 "Thieves Like Us" 18 84 5 14
"Murder" 92
1985 "The Perfect Kiss" 46 85 15 40 10 109 5 Low-life
"Sub-culture" 63 29 35
1986 "Shellshock" 28 23 18 8 14 Pretty in Pink (Soundtrack)
"State of the Nation" 30 17 4
[A]
Brotherhood
"Bizarre Love Triangle" 56 5 51 7 19 98
[B]
1987 "True Faith" 4 8 53 8 5 59 4 13 32 3 Substance
"Touched by the Hand of God" 20 15 37 10 5 1
[C]
Salvation! (Original Soundtrack)
1988 "Blue Monday 1988" 3 4 3 2 4 1 9 68 Single only
"Fine Time" 11 20 9 3 2 Technique
1989 "Round & Round" 21 67 81 10 13 64 1
"Run 2" 49
"–" denotes releases that did not chart.

1990s

Year Song Chart positions Album
UK
[1]
AUS
[4]
CAN GER
[7]
IRE
[23]
NZ
[24]
SWE
[14]
SWI
[15]
US
[25]
US
Dance
1990 "World in Motion" [D] 1 21 21 7 8 27 10 Single only
1993 "Regret" 4 26 6 39 5 30 19 28 1 Republic
"Ruined in a Day" 22 182
"World (The Price of Love)" 13 87 49 77 27 92 1
"Spooky" 22 233 6
1994 "True Faith-94" 9 69 11 (the best of) New Order
1995 "1963" 21 206 29
"Blue Monday-95" 17 109 54 29 38 (the rest of) New Order
1997 "Video 5 8 6" 86 Single only
"–" denotes releases that did not chart.

2000s–present

Year Song Chart positions Album
UK
[1]
AUS
[4]
CAN GER
[7]
IRE
[23]
SWE
[14]
SWI
[15]
US
Dance
2001 "Crystal" 8 53 3 39 24 30 83 1 Get Ready
"60 Miles an Hour" 29 37
"Someone Like You" 34
2002 "Here to Stay" 15 64 77 42 24 Hour Party People (Soundtrack)
"World in Motion" (re-release) [D] 43 Singles only
"Confusion Remixes '02" [E] 64
2004 "Blue Monday" / "Confusion" (Acid House Mixes by 808 State (1988)) 76
2005 "Krafty" 8 54 65 26 24 2 Waiting for the Sirens' Call
"Jetstream" 20 79 86 30 3
"Waiting for the Sirens' Call" 21
"Guilt Is a Useless Emotion" 3
2015 "Restless" Music Complete
"Tutti Frutti"
2016 "Singularity"
"–" denotes releases that did not chart.

Extended plays

Year EP details Chart positions
UK
[1]
NZ
[13]
1982 1981–1982
  • Released: November 1982
  • Labels: Factory
4
1986 Peel Sessions 1982 52
1987 Peel Sessions 1981 95
2002 60 Miles an Hour – Australian Tour EP
  • Released: 2002
  • Labels: London

Miscellaneous

Soundtracks and compilations with other artists

Year Song Album
1980 "Haystack" (with Kevin Hewick) From Brussels with Love
1982 "Rocking Carol" The Hacienda Christmas Flexi – Factory FAC 51B
"Freude Schoener Gotterfunken [Song of Joy]"
1986 "Shellshock" Pretty in Pink: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
"Temptation" Something Wild: Music from the Motion Picture
"Theme (Hommage à la MGM)" The Quick Neat Job
1987 "Let's Go" Salvation! (Original Soundtrack)
"Salvation Theme
"Skullcrusher"
"Sputnik"
"Touched by the Hand of God"
1996 "Temptation" Trainspotting: Music from the Motion Picture
1998 "Confusion" (Pump Panel Reconstruction Mix) Blade: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture
"Blue Monday" The Wedding Singer: Music from the Motion Picture
2000 "True Faith" American Psycho: Music from the Controversial Motion Picture
"Brutal" The Beach: Motion Picture Soundtrack
2001 "Blue Monday" Buffalo Soldiers
2002 "Blue Monday" 24 Hour Party People: Music from the Motion Picture
"Here to Stay"
"New Dawn Fades" (with Moby)
"Temptation"
2003 "Vietnam" War Child: Hope
2004 "Temptation" D.E.B.S.: Original Soundtrack
Left of the Dial: Dispatches from the '80s Underground
2006 "Ceremony" Marie Antoinette: Original Soundtrack
2007 "Exit" Control: Original Soundtrack
"Get Out"
"Hypnosis"
2009 "Your Silent Face" Bronson: Original Soundtrack

Videos

Year Album details
1983 Taras Shevchenko
  • Released: August 1983
  • Label: Factory (FAC77)
  • Formats: VHS
1986 Pumped Full of Drugs
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: Factory (FAC177)
  • Formats: VHS, DVD
1989 Academy
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: Palace (PVC 3019 M)
  • Formats: VHS
Substance 1989
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: Factory (FACT225)
  • Formats: VHS, CDV
1993 New Order Story
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: PolyGram (#087 134-3)
  • Formats: VHS, DVD
1994 (The Best Of) NewOrder
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: PolyGram Video (#8285801)
  • Formats:
2001 New Order 3 16
Crystal
2002 Here to Stay
  • Released: 2002
  • Label: London Records 90 (#NUDVD11)
  • Formats: DVD single
New Order 511
  • Released: 2002
  • Label: Warner Music Vision (#0927 49366-2)
  • Formats: DVD
2005 A Collection
  • Released: 19 September 2005
  • Label: Warner Music Vision (#0349 70484-2)
  • Formats: DVD
2008 Live in Glasgow
  • Released: 2 June 2008
  • Label: Warner Music Vision (#5051442-8468-2-9)
  • Formats: DVD

Music videos

Year Title Director
1983 "Blue Monday"
"Confusion" Charles Sturridge
1985 "The Perfect Kiss" Jonathan Demme
1986 "Shellshock" Richard Elgood
"State of the Nation" Big TV
"Bizarre Love Triangle" Robert Longo
1987 "True Faith" Philippe Decouflé
"Touched by the Hand of God" Kathryn Bigelow
1988 "Blue Monday 1988" Robert Breer and William Wegman
"Fine Time" Richard Heslop
1989 "Round & Round" Paula Greif
"Round & Round" (USA/Patti) Paula Greif
"Run 2" Robert Frank
1990 "World in Motion" The Bailey Brothers
1993 "Regret" Peter Care
"Regret" (Baywatch version)
"Ruined in a Day" Keith Allen
"World (The Price of Love)" Bailley Walsh
"World (The Price of Love)" (Perfecto Remix) Bailley Walsh
"World (The Price of Love)" (US version)
"Spooky" (Minimix) Richard Heslop
1994 "True Faith-94"
1995 "1963" (Arthur Baker Mix) Gina Birch
"Blue Monday-95"
2001 "Crystal" Johan Renck
"Crystal" (radio edit club remix) (Gina Birch version) Gina Birch
"60 Miles an Hour" Leigh Marling and Rob Leggatt
2002 "Here to Stay" Paul Gore
2005 "Krafty" Johan Renck
"Jetstream" Dawn Shadforth
"Waiting for the Sirens' Call" John Hardwick
"Ceremony" Yu Likwai
"Temptation" ("The Temptation of Victoria") Michael H. Shamberg
2015 "Restless" NYSU

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