REPUBLIC Vinyl Record

New Order: Bernard Sumner (vocals, guitar); Gillian Gilbert (keyboards); Peter Hook (bass); Stephen Morris (drums). Additional personnel: Audrey Riley, David Rhodes, Andy Duncan, Dee Lewis. Engineers: Simon Gogerly, Mike "Spike" Drake, Owen Morris, Richard Chappell. New Order: Bernard Sumner (vocals, guitar); Gillian Gilbert (keyboards); Peter Hook (bass); Stephen Morris (drums). Additional personnel: Audrey Riley, David Rhodes, Andy Duncan, Dee Lewis. Engineers: Simon Gogerly, Mike "Spike" Drake, Owen Morris, Richard Chappell. This limited edition CD release of REPUBLIC - THE LIMITED RUN is packaged in a rubber dayglo orange digi-pak resembling a flotation device. Includes a booklet similarly printed on rubber-like material. Their cult years behind them, 1993 saw New Order put their best commercial foot forward with this, their major label debut. By this time they were an act geared to mainstream appetites, and the lighter tone and preponderance of upbeat synthesizer hooks on REPUBLIC suggested a group who had identified their strengths and weaknesses in the four-year interval since their last album. The vibrant tunesmithery that has always been the group's trademark was augmented by a typically polished Stephen Hague production. "Regret" duly became their first major US radio hit. Other effective tracks include set-closer "Avalanche," and "World," the record's most feisty interlude.

• Format: Vinyl
• Label: Warner Records
• Genre: Electronic