New Order
Singles (Rhino / WEA)
Reviewed by Marc Savlov, Fri., Dec. 30, 2005
New Order
Singles (Rhino/WEA)
Thirty-one UK singles and not one that doesn't make you pine for Manchester, Factory Records, and the late, lamented Hacienda. 2005 marks the 25th anniversary of the death of Joy Division's twitchily alluring frontman Ian Curtis, but sans that tragic necktie party, New Order's dance-floor soiree might never have been. Weep not for Curtis' abbreviated tenure, but instead rejoice in the remarkable (and as-yet-ceaseless) subcultural ceremony that resulted in this 2-CD pop kiss of hedonist intellectuals with groove to spare.
