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.
Professional Reviews
Rolling Stone (6/24/93, p.77) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...the album's discreet dance style is pleasingly familiar...With co-producer Stephen Hague's knack for sculpting imaginative aural spaces, the band creates mysterious waves of melody and rhythm..."
Rolling Stone (6/24/93, p.77) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...the album's discreet dance style is pleasingly familiar....With co-producer Stephen Hague's knack for sculpting imaginative aural spaces, the band creates mysterious waves of melody and rhythm..."
Q (1/94, p.83) - Included in Q's list of 'The 50 Best Albums Of 1993' - "...The overall effect is masterful..."
Melody Maker (1/1/94, p.77) - Ranked #20 in Melody Maker's list of the 'Albums Of The Year' for 1993 - "...As with all of New Order's best work, REPUBLIC is brittle, yet strangely affecting and enduring...."
Mojo (Publisher) (9/01, p.86) - "...A record of a band in crisis, curiously appealing..."
NME (Magazine) (12/25/93, p.67) - Ranked #28 in New Musical Express' list of 'The Top 50 LPs Of 1993' - "...The mood may be elegaic, but the surroundings are positively palatial...."
NME (Magazine) (5/1/93, p.33) - 8 - Excellent - "...they can keep you both weightless in space and fully anchored to the ground on this showing--no mean feat. Rediscover them...."
