18 Dec 2005
New Order: Substance
When many people hear the name of New Order the first song that often comes into their heads is that of the seminal track Blue Monday: the hypnotic dance beat with its synthesised bass line is as unmistakable as the melodies of Led Zep’s Whole Lotta Love and Pink Floyd’s Another Brick in the Wall. Substance, the double disc compilation from 1987 and re-released on CD in 1990, does indeed feature ‘That Song’. Before you skip straight to track four on the first disc and press stop when it finishes, you should remember that it also contains some of the greatest rock/dance tracks of the last twenty years.
