Sleeve: Cynical hat: bus-to-catch slapdash job by graphics department. Art critic hat: Victoria Sawdon's supremely economical yet chic image of mountain, verdant valley and exotic trees is the quintessence of International lifestyle. So New Order.
Sleeve notes: Amusing stream-of-conscious hagiography. In short bursts. By someone called David Blot. Likes them a lot. Whoever he is.
Content: Typical New Order. They exclude just as much as they include but still this chronological retrospective encapsulates every period from the post-Joy Division funereal Ceremony through life-changing Blue Monday, the ecstatic Ibiza odyssey, 2001's Get Ready comeback and this year's Here To Stay for the 24 Hour Party People soundtrack.
High point: 22 years of Manchester medicinal, mercurial magic
Low point: What, no World In Motion?
Glaring omissions?: Procession, Everything's Gone Green, Temptation, State Of the Nation, Fine Time, Run 2, World In Motion, Ruined In A Day, World, Spooky
Anything new?: Just this import-only release itself
Excuse for release: Cursory career overview for international market.
Ideal Christmas gift for: International travels
Updated: 10:06 Thursday, December 19, 2002
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