Today (4th September), New Order announce a new remastered set of formats for their album Brotherhood, to be released via Warner Music on 22nd November 2024, available in 2CD, 2DVD and 1LP.
Also being made available are reissues of the respective 12” singles Bizarre Love Triangle, State Of The Nation and Touched By The Hand Of God with corresponding b-sides. Brotherhood is the fourth in the series of limited edition Definitive boxsets, which includes Movement (2019), Power, Corruption and Lies (2020) and Low-Life (2023).
Written, recorded and produced by New Order, Brotherhood was originally released via Factory Records in September 1986 and peaked at #9 in the UK Albums Charts. This new collection for Brotherhood includes the album remastered on vinyl and CD and 2CD, which features 9 unreleased tracks and demos from a recording session in Japan in 1985 and a 2DVD with live performances from Brixton Academy (1987), G-Mex Manchester (1986), Glastonbury and TV shows from UK and Europe, all previously unavailable on DVD.
BROTHERHOOD ‘DEFINITIVE’ – TRACKLIST
CD1
Brotherhood (2024 Remaster)
1. Paradise
2. Weirdo
3. As It Is When It Was
4. Broken Promise
5. Way of Life
6. Bizarre Love Triangle
7. All Day Long
8. Angel Dust
9. Every Little Counts
10. State of the Nation
Written and produced by New Order. Recorded at Jam Studios, London Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin; Amazon Studios, Liverpool. Engineered by Michael Johnson. 2024 mastering by Frank Arkwright at Abbey Road Studios, London.
CD2
Extras
1. Shellshock (AOR Version) *
2. State Of The Nation (Japan Demo) *
3. Paradise (Robert Racic Remix)
4. As It Is When It Was (Japan Demo) *
5. Broken Promise (Instrumental) *
6. Bizarre Love Triangle (Stephen Hague 12” Remix) *
7. All Day Long (Instrumental) *
8. Evil Dust
9. Every Little Counts (Full Length) *
10. Salvation Theme
11. Skullcrusher (Full Length) *
12. Touched By The Hand Of God (Salvation Version)
13. Let’s Go (Salvation Version)
14. Sputnik
15. Blue Monday 1988 (Michael Johnson 12” Remix) *
(* previously unreleased)
Compiled by Stephen Morris, Andrew Robinson and James Zeiter. 2024 mastering by Frank Arkwright at Abbey Road Studios, London.
Japanese demo session, tracks 2, and 4, Denon Studios, Tokyo
Album session outtakes, tracks 5, 7, 8, and 9, Jam Studios, London, Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin and Amazon Studios Liverpool.
VINYL LP
Brotherhood (2024 Remaster)
A1. Paradise
A2. Weirdo
A3. As It Is When It Was
A4. Broken Promise
A5. Way of Life
B1. Bizarre Love Triangle
B2. All Day Long
B3. Angel Dust
B4. Every Little Counts
DVD1
Live at the Academy Brixton, 1987
1. Bizarre Love Triangle
2. The Perfect Kiss
3. Ceremony
4. Dreams Never End
5. Love Vigilantes
6. Confusion
7. Age Of Consent
8. Temptation
TV Appearances:
BBC Northern Ireland – Channel One 1986.
Ceremony
Love Will Tear Us Apart
The Tube 1986.
State Of The Nation
Broken Promise
Top of the Pops 1987.
True Faith
Les Enfants du Rock, Rockline 1987.
Paradise
Bizarre Love Triangle
The Roxy, 1987.
True Faith
11pm, 1987.
Bizarre Love Triangle
Extra Material
Stephen’s Fly On The Wall Documentary 1985.
Recording ‘As It Is’ and ‘State Of The Nation’ at Denon Studios, Tokyo (May 1985).
DVD2
Live at the G-Mex, Manchester, 19/07/86.
1. Elegia
2. Shellshock
3. Paradise
4. Bizarre Love Triangle
5. Way Of Life
6. State Of The Nation
7. Face Up
8. The Perfect Kiss
9. Ceremony
10. Temptation
Glastonbury, 1987.
True Faith
Sister Ray
San Giovanni, 1986.
Dreams Never End
Pier 84, New York, 1987.
All Day Long
Angel Dust
Shellshock
Weirdo
Rapido, Paris 1987.
True Faith
G-Mex, Manchester, 1988.
Touched By the Hand of God
Every Little Counts
BROTHERHOOD ASSOCIATED 12” SINGLES – TRACKLIST
12”
1. Bizarre Love Triangle b/ Bizarre Dub Triangle
2. State Of The Nation b/ Shame Of The Nation
3. Touched By The Hand Of God b/ Touched By The Hand Of Dub
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