Brotherhood (New Order album)

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The album sleeve, created by Peter Saville, is a photograph of a sheet of titanium–zinc alloy.[1] Some early releases came in a metallic sleeve.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Music

Brotherhood saw the band further exploring their mix of post-punk and electronic styles, with the track listing being conceptually divided into "disco and rock sides".[2][3] Stephen Morris stated that the album "was kind of done in a schizophrenic mood that we were trying to do one side synthesizers and one side guitars", which he retrospectively stated "didn't quite work".[4]

In a 1987 interview with Option, Morris commented that the "mad ending" to "Every Little Counts" – which sounds like a vinyl record needle skipping the groove – is similar to the ending of The Beatles' "A Day in the Life".[5] Morris said: "What we should have done is make the tape version sound like the tape getting chewed up. The CD could have the sticking sound."[5]

Influences of Richard Wagner's "Prelude" to Das Rheingold can be heard throughout the track "All Day Long." New Order have subsequently used the piece as a concert opener.

Critical reception

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Reviewing Brotherhood for the Los Angeles Times, Steve Hochman wrote that New Order "makes atmospheric grooves with more finesse than any contemporary computer-rocker."[6] In his "Consumer Guide" column for The Village Voice, Robert Christgau selected the album as a "pick hit" and said: "The tempos are a touch less stately, the hooks a touch less subliminal. Bernard Albrecht's vocals have taken on so much affect they're humane. And the joke closer softens up a skeptic like me to the pure, physically exalting sensation of the music."[7]

In a 1993 retrospective review, Q critic Stuart Maconie described Brotherhood as "often overlooked, nestling as it does between two superior studio albums", and ultimately "more for the initiated than the first-time buyer."[8] John Bush of AllMusic was more favourable, writing that "for better and worse, this was a New Order with nothing more to prove – witness the tossed-off lyrics and giggles on 'Every Little Counts' – aside from continuing to make great music."[2] David Quantick of Uncut noted "an increased tension between the frequent beauty of the music and the band's Northern self-consciousness" and concluded: "This was New Order becoming New Order and if anyone was entitled to not be Joy Division, they certainly were."[9] The A.V. Club's Josh Modell called Brotherhood "an unsung great of the catalog that's dwarfed a bit by its massive single".[3]

Track listing

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  • Most CD copies, with the sole exception of Qwest Records' 1988 release, 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. It runs for 6:32, making the album's new total running time approximately 43:39.


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  • "True Faith" (Eschreamer Dub) and "Blue Monday '88" (Dub) are only incorrectly listed on the disc itself. The booklet included with all five re-issued 2008 Collector's Edition New Order Factory Records studio albums correctly identifies them. [note: The booklets to the 2008 UK reissues do not contain tracklistings for the second CDs. Is this different in other markets, such as the USA?]

2024 Definitive Edition

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Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Brotherhood.[10]

Charts

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1986 chart performance for Brotherhood
Chart (1986) Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[11] 15
European Albums (Music & Media)[12] 50
UK Independent Albums (MRIB)[13] 1
2025 chart performance for Brotherhood
Chart (2025) Peak
position
Hungarian Physical Albums (MAHASZ)[14] 27

Release history

  • UK LP – Factory Records (FACT 150)
  • UK CD – Factory Records (FACD 150)
  • UK Music cassette – Factory Records (FACT 150C)
  • US LP – 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)

References

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