Substance

**Substance** (or **Substance 1987**) is the title of the first compilation album of tracks by British group New Order. The album was released on Factory records on 17 August 1987 as a double LP, double CD and double cassette with the number of tracks varying depending on the format. The album brought together the group's single releases, including the recent hit True Faith, some of which had been either re-recorded or edited especially for *Substance*.

The double cassette and CD releases also featured a selection of B sides, although the double LP issue features A sides only.

## Chart performance

The album went straight into the UK album charts at no.3 on its release, beating Elvis Presley - *The All Time Greatest Hits, and* bettered only by Def Leppard - *Hysteria* and former no.1 *Hits 6* (which both switched positions a week later while *Substance* maintained its no.3 spot). The three albums all went down a place the week after as Michael Jackson's *Bad* went straight in at no.1. Substance remained in the Top 40 for a consecutive eight weeks, returning again for one week in 1993.

## Tracklisting

### LP version - FACT 200

* A1. Ceremony (4:23)
* A2. Everything's Gone Green (5:30)
* A3. Temptation (6:59)
* B1. Blue Monday (7:28)
* B2. Confusion (4:43)
* B3. Thieves Like Us (6:36)
* C1. The Perfect Kiss (8:46)
* C2. Subculture (4:48)
* C3. Shellshock (6:28)
* D1. State of The Nation (6:32)
* D2. Bizarre Love Triangle (6:44)
* D3. True Faith (5:55)

### Cassette version - FACTc 200

Cassette 1 as above, six tracks per side plus Cassette 2 (track timings not stated):

* C1. In a Lonely Place
* C2. Procession
* C3. Mesh
* C4. Cries and Whispers
* C5. Hurt
* C6. The Beach
* C7. Confused Instrumental
* C8. Lonesome Tonight
* C9. Murder
* C10. Thieves Like Us Instrumental
* D1. Kiss of Death
* D2. Dubvulture
* D3. Shellcock
* D4. Shame of the Nation
* D5. Bizarre Dub Triangle
* D6. 1963

### CD version - FACd 200

CD 1 as per 2 x LP / Cassette 1. CD2:

* 1. In a Lonely Place (6:16)
* 2. Procession (4:28)
* 3. Cries and Whispers (3:25)
* 4. Hurt (6:59)
* 5. The Beach (7:20)
* 6. Confused (instrumental) (7:38)
* 7. Lonesome Tonight (5:12)
* 8. Murder (3:56)
* 9. Thieves Like Us (instrumental) (6:57)
* 10. Kiss of Death (7:03)
* 11. Shame of the Nation (7:55)
* 12. 1963 (5:34)

## Notes

* Temptation and Confusion were re-recorded specifically for *Substance* which does not feature the original versions.
* Ceremony is the version recorded after Gillian Gilbert joined the band. The original version – the first New Order recording following the dissolution of Joy Division — would not be re-released until the *Singles* collection in 2005 and the re-release of *Movement* in 2008 (see also 2023 re-release below).
* The Perfect Kiss (CD version only), Sub-culture, Shellshock and Hurt are all edited down from the original 12" recordings.
* Cries and Whispers is incorrectly labelled as Mesh on all versions, and only on the cassette version does the original Mesh actually appear, itself mistitled as Cries and Whispers.

## 2023 re-release

A remastered set of formats of *Substance 1987* was released via Warner on 10 November 2023, available in 2LP, 2CD, 4CD deluxe edition, 2LP coloured vinyl and 2 cassettes. Reissues of the 12” singles True Faith, True Faith Remix and Blue Monday 88 were also issued.

Four CD deluxe edition:
CD1 & CD2 as above
CD3

1. Ceremony (Original)
2. Mesh
3. Temptation (12”)
4. Confusion (Original 12”)
5. Dub Vulture
6. Shellcock
7. Bizarre Dub Triangle
8. True Dub
9. Confusion (Dub 87)
10. True Faith (Remix)

CD4
Live from Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, California 1987

1. Ceremony
2. Everything’s Gone Green
3. Temptation 87
4. Blue Monday
5. Confusion 87
6. Thieves Like Us
7. The Perfect Kiss
8. Sub-culture
9. Shellshock
10. State Of The Nation
11. Bizarre Love Triangle
12. True Faith