New Order's first compilation album, Substance (1987), finally broke the group through to commercial success in the U.S. Its second one, The Best of New Order, isn't exactly Substance II. The previous set was a singles collection, and Best Of does pick up that story, including a series of songs -- True Faith (in a new remix), Touched by the Hand of God, Blue Monday 88, Fine Time, Round Round (in a new remix), Run, and World in Motion -- that were bigger hits in the U.K. than in the U.S. (Also included is the group's biggest U.S. hit, Regret as well as its charting follow-up, World [The Price of Love].) But in addition, the compilers have included one song each from the group's albums -- Dreams Never End from Movement, Age of Consent from Power, Corruption Lies, Love Vigilantes from Low-Life, Vanishing Point from Technique, and Ruined in a Day from Republic. Add in some rarities, plus Bizarre Love Triangle, repeated from Brotherhood and Substance, and you have 17 tracks taking up 70 and a half minutes and providing a good survey of New Order, 1981-1993. Substance, with its concentration on the group's run of classic singles from the early '80s, is a more consistent effort, but The Best of New Order, even if it is misnamed, is an excellent sampler of one of the major British bands of the 1980s. ~ William Ruhlmann, Rovi

1		True Faith '94
2		Bizarre Love Triangle '94
3		1963-94
4		Regret
5		Fine Time
6		The Perfect Kiss
7		Shellshock
8		Thieves Like Us
9		Vanishing Point
10		Run 2
11		Round and Round '94
12		World (The Price of Love)
13		Ruined In a Day
14		Touched by the Hand of God
15		Blue Monday '88
16		World In Motion