Brotherhood (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Brotherhood
Type = Album
Artist = New Order


Released = start date|1986|9|29
Recorded = Jam Studios, London; Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin; Amazon Studios, Liverpool (1986)
Genre = Alternative rock Alternative dance Techno Synthpop Electronica
Length = 37:08
Label = Factory - FACT 150
Producer = New Order
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:xecibk096akm link]
* Robert Christgau (A) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=new+order link] | Last album = "Low-Life"
(1985)
This album = "Brotherhood"
(1986)
Next album = "Substance"
(1987)

"Brotherhood" is the fourth studio album by New Order, released in 1986. The album contains a mixture of acoustic and electronic styles, roughly divided between the two sides. New Order would not utilize the guitar as a main instrument again until 2001's "Get Ready".

"Brotherhood" includes what many consider the band's breakout single in the USA, "Bizarre Love Triangle". It is the only track from the album released as a single and as a video. As such, it was the staple of many 80s soundtracks, including "Married to the Mob". The song was later covered by Frente!. "Shellshock", a track recorded during this period, but not featured on "Brotherhood", also found its way onto a quintessential 80s soundtrack, "Pretty in Pink".

The album sleeve was created by Peter Saville and is a photograph of a sheet of titanium-zinc alloy. [http://www.spikemagazine.com/0903petersaville.php]

In 2008 the album was re-released in a Collector's Edition with a bonus disc.

Track listing

All songs written by New Order.

# "Paradise" – 3:50
# "Weirdo" – 3:52
# "As It Is When It Was" – 3:46
# "Broken Promise" – 3:47
# "Way of Life" – 4:06
# "Bizarre Love Triangle" – 4:22
# "All Day Long" – 5:12
# "Angel Dust" – 3:44
# "Every Little Counts" – 4:28

2008 Collector's Edition reissue bonus disc:
# State of the Nation (12" mix)
# "Bizarre Love Triangle" (12" Version)
# "1963" (12" Version)
# "True Faith" (Shep Pettibone Remix) (12" Version)
# "Touched by the Hand of God" (12" Version)
# "Blue Monday '88"
# "Evil Dust"
# "True Faith" (True Dub)
# "Beach Buggy"

Certain versions, including the 1993 London Records re-releases, feature the 12" version of "State of the Nation" as a bonus track (although it is not listed as such). It is identical to the version found on "Substance".

Personnel

* Bernard Sumner; Vocals, guitars, synthesizers & programming
* Peter Hook; 4 & 6 stringed bass, electronic percussion, vocals
* Stephen Morris; Drums, synthesizers & programming
* Gillian Gilbert; Synthesizers & programming, guitars, vocals
* New Order – Production
* Michael Johnson – Engineering

Release details

* UK 12" – Factory Records (FACT 150)
* UK cassette – Factory Records (FACT 150C)
* US 12" – Qwest (25511-1)
* US cassette – Qwest (9 25511-4)
* Canada CD – Factory Records / PolyGram (830 527-2)
* UK CD (1993 re-release) – London Records (520 021-2)

Chart positions

* UK – #9
* US – #117
* AUS – #15

See also

* New Order discography

External links

* [http://www.neworderonline.com/Music/Release.aspx?ReleaseID=8 "Brotherhood" on New Order Online]
* [http://www.worldinmotion.net/neworder/discography/albums/1986/brotherhood.htm "Brotherhood" on World in Motion]