| Artist: | New Order |
| Studio: | 10 |
| Live: | 6 |
| Compilation: | 12 |
| Video: | 12 |
| Music Videos: | 40 |
| Ep: | 5 |
| Singles: | 45 |
The discography of British band New Order consists of 10 studio albums, 12 compilation albums, six live albums, five extended plays (EPs), 45 singles, 12 video releases, 40 music videos and a number of soundtrack appearances. New Order were formed in 1980 by singer, guitarist and keyboardist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook and drummer Stephen Morris. The group began life as a continuation of their former incarnation Joy Division. Joy Division had disbanded after the death of the lead singer Ian Curtis. Gillian Gilbert, who was Morris's girlfriend at the time, soon joined the group and played guitar and keyboards.
Remarkably, New Order's first eight singles released between 1981 and 1984 were not taken from any album. In most cases they were not even released as a 7-inch, but exclusively available in the radio-unfriendly 12-inch format, an unusual approach for a pop-act in the eighties.
Despite the high anticipation that surrounded the group, their debut single "Ceremony" only peaked at number 34 on the UK Singles Chart.[1] The group's following two singles and their debut album met with similar moderate success. It would not be until the release of their fourth single, "Blue Monday", that New Order would break into the top 10, with the song peaking at number 9.[1] "Blue Monday" became a defining single for the group and caused a sensation, becoming the biggest selling 12-inch single of all time.[2]
New Order, like many other post-punk groups of the period, increasingly utilised keyboards, drum machine and sequencers in their music. As a result, they became associated with the synthpop and electronic dance movements of the 1980s. Beginning with Power, Corruption & Lies from 1983, all of the group's studio albums reached the top 10 in the United Kingdom.[1] The group experienced a lull in popularity in the years 1985 and 1986 but the surprise international popularity of the "Bizarre Love Triangle" single re-launched the group across the world. The group cemented their success in 1987 with the single, "True Faith", and the compilation album Substance.
New Order were at the peak of their popularity in the years 1987 to 1993, with a run of popular singles, including "Blue Monday 1988", "Fine Time", "Regret", "World (The Price of Love)" and in 1990 they scored their only number 1 single in the UK[1] with the official England national football team song, "World in Motion". The two albums released during these years, Technique and Republic; each charted at number 1 in the UK.[1] It was during this successful period that the group's internal dynamic began to falter. Sumner was not fond of touring, and wanted to take time off from the group and produce a solo album. He formed Electronic with Johnny Marr and the pair released their first single in 1989. Hook formed his own band, Revenge, in 1989, while Morris and Gilbert worked together as The Other Two, primarily scoring soundtracks. Of the three side projects, Sumner's was by far the most successful.
The recording and touring of 1993's Republic, their first for London Records, was difficult and intra-band tensions were rife. The group went on hiatus until 1998. In the meantime two compilation albums, The Best of New Order and The Rest of New Order, and several singles were released.
The group reconvened in 1998 for the Reading Festival but did not release new material until 2000. The group released the album Get Ready in 2001. It was met with critical warmth, but it was apparent that the group's popularity had lessened. The lead single from the album, "Crystal", reached the top 10 in the UK. The film 24 Hour Party People, a humorous chronicle of their label Factory Records, was released in 2002. New Order contributed a new song, "Here to Stay", and a re-recording of the Joy Division song "New Dawn Fades" with Moby, for the film's soundtrack. The compilation International and four-disc boxset Retro were released in winter 2002. New Order followed Get Ready with Waiting for the Sirens' Call in 2005. During this period Gilbert stepped down from live performances due to family commitments. Phil Cunningham stepped into her role and in 2005 became an official member of the group.
The group had intended to release a ninth album soon after Waiting for the Sirens' Call, the majority of which had already been recorded. The lack of enthusiasm inside the group and relative failure of Waiting for the Sirens' Call stalled their career momentum. In 2007, Hook decided to leave the group, and stated that he and Sumner had no further plans to work together.[3] Sumner formed Bad Lieutenant with Cunningham, and Hook formed Freebass. Morris continued to work with Sumner and Cunningham. In 2008, New Order released remastered and expanded editions of their first five albums with the intention of releasing the further three albums in a similar format in the future.Lost Sirens was released in the United Kingdom on 14 January 2013. It is an eight-track album of tracks left out of Waiting for the Sirens' Call. On 25 September 2015, the band released a new album, Music Complete. The album was the first without Peter Hook, and was produced mostly by the band themselves, except "Singularity" and "Unlearn This Hatred", both produced by Tom Rowlands, while "Superheated" features additional production by Stuart Price. In 2020, New Order released "Be a Rebel", their first non-album single since "Here to Stay" in 2002.
In the US, the band has sold a certified 2 million albums, and in the UK a certified 1.24 million albums.
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||||||||||||
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| UK | UK Indie [4] [5] | AUS [6] [7] | FRA [8] | GER [9] | NLD [10] | NZ [11] | SWE [12] | SWI [13] | US [14] | |||||||
| 1981 | Movement
| 30 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | — | — | |||||
| 1983 | Power, Corruption & Lies
| 4 | 1 | 38 | — | 18 | 14 | 3 | 16 | — | — | |||||
| 1985 | Low-Life
| 7 | 1 | 70 | — | — | 34 | 11 | 20 | — | 94 | |||||
| 1986 | Brotherhood
| 9 | 1 | 15 | — | — | — | 22 | 33 | — | 117 | |||||
| 1989 | Technique
| 1 | 1 | 25 | — | 25 | 57 | 11 | 23 | 15 | 32 | |||||
| 1993 | Republic
| 1 | — | 5 | 39 | 54 | 47 | 24 | 13 | — | 11 |
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| 2001 | Get Ready
| 6 | — | 7 | 21 | 7 | 61 | 17 | 11 | 24 | 41 | |||||
| 2005 | Waiting for the Sirens' Call
| 5 | — | 15 | 22 | 14 | 52 | 19 | 7 | 44 | 46 |
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| 2013 | Lost Sirens
| 23 | — | 171 | 137 | 68 | — | — | — | 74 | 174 | |||||
| 2015 | Music Complete | 2 | 1 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 37 | 14 | 19 | 34 |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||||||||||
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | UK Indie | AUS | FRA | GER | NLD | NZ | SWE | SWI | US | |||||
| 1987 | Substance 1987
| 3 | 1 | 12 | — | 14 | 42 | 4 | 49 | 10 | 36 |
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| 1990 | The John Peel Sessions
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1994 | (the best of) New Order
| 4 | — | 30 | — | — | — | 27 | — | — | 78 |
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| 1995 | (the rest of) New Order
| 5 | — | 114 | — | — | — | — | 41 | — | — | |||
| 2002 | Before & After – The BBC Sessions
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
International
| — | — | 109 | 99 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Retro
| 104 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2004 | In Session
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2005 | Best Remixes
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
Singles
| 14 | — | 117 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2007 | iTunes Originals – New Order
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2011 |
| 51 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||||||||
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | UK Indie [21] [22] | ||||
| 1992 | BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert
| 33 | — |
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| 2011 | Live at the London Troxy
| — | — | ||
| 2013 | Live at Bestival 2012
| 89 | 21 | ||
| 2017 | NOMC15
| — | — | ||
| 2019 | Σ(No,12k,Lg,17Mif) New Order + Liam Gillick: So It Goes..
| 35 | 2 | ||
| 2021 | Education Entertainment Recreation
| 32 | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||
| Year | EP details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | UK Indie | |||
| 1982 | 1981–1982
| — | 4 | |
| 1986 | Peel Sessions 1982
| 52 | 2 | |
| 1987 | Peel Sessions 1981
| 95 | 5 | |
| 2002 | 60 Miles an Hour – Australian Tour EP
| — | — | |
| 2002 | Confusion Remixes '02
| 64 | 5[24] | |
| 2004 | Acid House Mixes by 808 State
| 76 | 15 | |
| 2017 | Music Complete: Remix EP
| — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||
Notes
| Year | Song | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | UK Indie | AUS | GER | IRE [26] | NL | NZ | SWI | US [27] | US Dance [28] | |||||
| 1981 | "Ceremony" | 34 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | — | 61 | rowspan="8" | ||
| "Procession" | 38 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Everything's Gone Green" | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 29 | — | — | 64 | ||||
| 1982 | "Temptation" | 29 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 68 | |||
| 1983 | "Blue Monday" | 9 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 4 | — | 2 | 10 | — | 5 |
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| "Confusion" | 12 | 1 | 72 | — | 7 | — | 7 | — | — | 5 | ||||
| 1984 | "Thieves Like Us" | 18 | 1 | 84 | — | 5 | — | 14 | — | — | — | |||
| "Murder" | 92 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1985 | "The Perfect Kiss" | 46 | 1 | 85 | — | 15 | 40 | 10 | — | — | 5 | Low-Life | ||
| "Sub-culture" | 63 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 29 | — | — | 35 | ||||
| 1986 | "Shellshock" | 28 | 1 | 23 | — | 18 | — | 8 | — | — | 14 | Pretty in Pink (Soundtrack) | ||
| "State of the Nation" | 30 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 17 | — | — | 4 | Brotherhood | |||
| "Bizarre Love Triangle" | 56 | 1 | 5 | — | 25 | — | 19 | — | 98 | |||||
| 1987 | "True Faith" | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 59 | 4 | 13 | 32 | 3 |
| Substance | |
| "Touched by the Hand of God" | 20 | 1 | 15 | 37 | 10 | — | 5 | — | — | 1 | Salvation! (Original Soundtrack) | |||
| 1988 | "Blue Monday 1988" | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 68 | ||||
| "Fine Time" | 11 | 1 | 20 | — | 9 | — | 3 | — | — | 2 | Technique | |||
| 1989 | "Round & Round" | 21 | 2 | 67 | — | 10 | — | 13 | — | 64 | 1 | |||
| "Run 2" | 49 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1990 | "World in Motion" | 1 | 1 | 21 | 21 | 7 | — | 8 | 27 | — | 10 |
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| 1993 | "Regret" | 4 | — | 26 | 39 | 5 | — | 30 | — | 28 | 1 | Republic | ||
| "Ruined in a Day" | 22 | — | 182 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "World (The Price of Love)" | 13 | — | 87 | 77 | 27 | — | — | — | 92 | 1 | ||||
| "Spooky" | 22 | — | 233 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | ||||
| 1994 | "True Faith-94" | 9 | — | 69 | — | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | The Best of New Order | ||
| 1995 | "1963" | 21 | — | 206 | — | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Blue Monday-95" | 17 | — | 109 | 54 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | The Rest of New Order | |||
| 1997 | "Video 5 8 6" | 86 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2001 | "Crystal" | 8 | — | 53 | 39 | 24 | — | — | 83 | — | 1 | Get Ready | ||
| "60 Miles an Hour" | 29 | — | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2002 | "Here to Stay" | 15 | — | 64 | 77 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | 24 Hour Party People (Soundtrack) | ||
| 2005 | "Krafty" | 8 | — | 54 | 65 | 26 | — | — | — | — | 2 | Waiting for the Sirens' Call | ||
| "Jetstream" | 20 | — | 79 | 86 | 30 | — | — | — | — | 3 | ||||
| "Waiting for the Sirens' Call" | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2015 | "Restless" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Music Complete | ||
| "Tutti Frutti" | — | 44[29] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2016 | "Singularity" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "People on the High Line" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2020 | "Be a Rebel" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||||||||
Notes
| Year | Song | Chart positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Dance | ||||
| 1995 | "Let's Go (Nothing For Me)" | — | The Best of New Order | |
| 2001 | "Someone Like You" | 34 | Get Ready | |
| 2005 | "Guilt Is a Useless Emotion"[30] | 3 | Waiting for the Sirens' Call | |
| 2011 | "Hellbent"[31] | — | Total: From Joy Division to New Order | |
| 2015 | "Plastic" | — | Music Complete |
| Year | Song | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | "Haystack" (with Kevin Hewick) | From Brussels with Love | |
| 1982 | "Rocking Carol" | The Hacienda Christmas Flexi – Factory FAC 51B | |
| "Freude Schoener Gotterfunken [Song of Joy]" | |||
| 1986 | "Shellshock" | Pretty in Pink: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | |
| "Temptation" | Something Wild: Music from the Motion Picture | ||
| "Theme (Hommage à la MGM)" | The Quick Neat Job | ||
| 1987 | "Let's Go" | Salvation | (Original Soundtrack) |
| "Salvation Theme" | |||
| "Skullcrusher" | |||
| "Sputnik" | |||
| "Touched by the Hand of God" | |||
| 1996 | "Temptation" | Trainspotting: Music from the Motion Picture | |
| 1998 | "Confusion" (Pump Panel Reconstruction Mix) | Blade: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture | |
| "Blue Monday" | The Wedding Singer: Music from the Motion Picture | ||
| 2000 | "True Faith" | ||
| "Brutal" | The Beach: Motion Picture Soundtrack | ||
| 2001 | "Blue Monday" | Buffalo Soldiers | |
| 2002 | "Blue Monday" | 24 Hour Party People: Music from the Motion Picture | |
| "Here to Stay" | |||
| "New Dawn Fades" (with Moby) | |||
| "Temptation" | |||
| "Crystal" | [32] | ||
| 2003 | "Vietnam" | War Child: Hope | |
| 2004 | "Temptation" | D.E.B.S.: Original Soundtrack | |
| 2006 | "Ceremony" | Marie Antoinette: Original Soundtrack | |
| 2007 | "Exit" | Control: Original Soundtrack | |
| "Get Out" | |||
| "Hypnosis" | |||
| 2009 | "Your Silent Face" | Bronson Original Soundtrack | |
| 2016 | "Elegia" | Stranger Things: Episode 5 - "The Flea and the Acrobat"[33] | |
| 2019 | "4′33″" | STUMM433 box (c) Mute |
| Year | Album details | |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Taras Shevchenko
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| 1985 | Pumped Full of Drugs
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| 1989 | Academy
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Substance 1989
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| 1993 | New Order Story
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| 1994 | (The Best Of) NewOrder
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| 2001 | New Order 3 16
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Crystal
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| 2002 | Here to Stay
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New Order 511
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| 2005 | A Collection
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| 2008 | Live in Glasgow
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| Year | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | "Blue Monday" | |
| "Confusion" | Charles Sturridge | |
| 1985 | "The Perfect Kiss" | Jonathan Demme |
| 1986 | "Shellshock" | Richard Elgood |
| "State of the Nation" | Big TV | |
| "Bizarre Love Triangle" | Robert Longo | |
| 1987 | "True Faith" | Philippe Decouflé |
| "Touched by the Hand of God" | Kathryn Bigelow | |
| 1988 | "Blue Monday 1988" | Robert Breer and William Wegman |
| "Fine Time" | Richard Heslop | |
| 1989 | "Round & Round" | Paula Greif |
| "Round & Round" (USA/Patti) | Paula Greif | |
| "Run 2" | Robert Frank | |
| 1990 | "World in Motion" | The Bailey Brothers |
| 1993 | "Regret" | Peter Care |
| "Regret" (Baywatch version) | Thomas Mignone | |
| "Ruined in a Day" | Keith Allen | |
| "World (The Price of Love)" | Bailley Walsh | |
| "World (The Price of Love)" (Perfecto Remix) | Bailley Walsh | |
| "World (The Price of Love)" (US version) | ||
| "Spooky" (Fluke Minimix) | ||
| 1994 | "True Faith-94" | |
| 1995 | "1963" (Arthur Baker Mix) | Gina Birch |
| "Blue Monday-95" | ||
| 2001 | "Crystal" | Johan Renck |
| "Crystal" (Club Remix Edit; Gina Birch version) | Gina Birch | |
| "60 Miles an Hour" | Leigh Marling and Rob Leggatt | |
| 2002 | "Here to Stay" | Paul Gore |
| 2005 | "Krafty" | Johan Renck |
| "Jetstream" | Dawn Shadforth | |
| "Waiting for the Sirens' Call" | John Hardwick | |
| "Ceremony" | Yu Likwai | |
| "Temptation" (Titled "The Temptation of Victoria") | Michael H. Shamberg | |
| 2015 | "Restless" | NYSU |
| 2016 | "Tutti Frutti" | Tom Haines |
| "Singularity" | Jörg A. Hoppe, Heiko Lange & Klaus Maeck | |
| "People on the High Line" | Grace Lambert & Jackson Ducasse | |
| "People on the High Line" (Claptone Remix Edit) | Zac Witte | |
| 2020 | "Be a Rebel" | NYSU |
| "Age of Consent" | Tina Reingaard |
