New Order - Substance 1987

Here’s my latest New Order album-as-books print. It’s their 1987 compilation album ‘Substance’ (or more accurately ‘Substance 1987’), which contains all their great early singles including ‘Blue Monday’, ‘State of the Nation’, ‘Thieves Like Us’ and so on up to ‘True Faith’.

I thought it’d be good to use a compilation of different Penguin and Pelican books for this one (instead of the more ordered look of the ‘Power, Corruption and Lies’ print, which I think will be the model for future New Order ones). It’s kind of to reflect the similarities and differences between the songs - different synths and drum machines, the increasing influence of the 12” single and remix culture on song composition as you go through the album, etc. Fact-fans will note that the title of the single ‘Sub-culture’ is written ‘Subculture’ here - that’s how it’s (mis)labeled on the original vinyl release. In life, as in the tawdry world of music publishing, it’s the little things that make all the difference.

The print’s available in my shop here.