The fourth in a series of limited edition Definitive boxsets celebrating their classic albums, A deluxe box set reissue of their 1986 studio album ‘Brotherhood’. Originally released via Factory Records, New Order’s fourth album saw them further delve into both post-punk and electronic, dividing each side of the record with two distinctively different sonic atmospheres. The reissue includes a vinyl LP of the original album, as well as two CDs one featuring a re-mastered version of the original album and one containing nine unreleased tracks and demos from a 1985 recording session in Japan. New Order’s “Definitive Edition” of their fourth album, “Brotherhood“, is out in a couple weeks and one of the many bonus-tracks is this previously unreleased demo of non-LP single “State of the Nation.”
Fans will also have access to two DVDs with TV appearances, including a 1987 performance on Top Of The Pops, and live sets from Brixton Academy in 1987, G-Mex in Manchester in 1986 and Glastonbury in 1987, among others.
The band have also included 12″ singles of hits ‘Bizarre Love Triangle’ ‘State of the Nation’ and ‘Touched by the Hand of God’.
The limited-edition box set — called ‘Brotherhood (Definitive Edition)” will celebrate the seminal album, and is set to be released via Warner Music on November 22nd.
This marks the fourth limited edition box set the band has released to date. Last year, they celebrated the 40th anniversary of their seminal track ‘Blue Monday’, and announced reissued editions of their classic compilation ‘Substance 1987’ to mark the milestone the band’s biggest-selling album to date.
The previous year they announced an expanded edition of their 1985 album ‘Low-Life’, and in 2020, they released a special boxset for their seminal second album ‘Power Corruption & Lies’. Released in 1983 via Factory Records, the LP features the tracks ‘Blue Monday’, ‘Age Of Consent’ and ‘Your Silent Face’, and was hailed as New Order’s best album back in 2018.
Peter Hook said: “They were really heady days. You felt like you were changing the world. Looking back on it, I think that Joy Division and New Order did change the world – culturally and musically.
“‘Power, Corruption & Lies’ was our honeymoon period. It’s quite heartwarming to realise what you’ve achieved together. It makes the shit worthwhile.”
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