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 | Title : Retro
Author : New Order
Release Date : 20030107
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $59.98
Amazon.com Price : $49.99
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Editorial Reviews :
A different kind of boxed set from a different kind of band. The career-spanning Retro fills four CDs with tracks selected by influential New Order fans who've followed the band for years. Disc One gathers the singles, selected by journalist Miranda Sawyer. Disc Two collects album tracks, selected by journalist John McCready. Disc Three is the remixes, selected by Hacienda DJ Mike Pickering. Disc Four is unreleased live tracks, selected by New Order & Primal Scream frontman Bobby Gillespie. Includes an extensive booklet & digipak box featuring new artwork by renowned designer Peter Saville. Rhino. 200.
Buyer Reviews :
A four (five) disc New Order boxset *shouldn't* receive anything fewer than the maximum five... but somehow, this collection manages to do just this.
Most of the first disc, with the hits, is pretty standard fare, with only the final few tracks bringing up question marks. The inclusion of 12' mixes is the definate highpoint, not only for the disc, but the box itself.
Disc two is a collection, of mostly, older album tracks. It's a bit difficult to imagine anyone purchasing a box of this price not already owning the original albums anyway. Filling this disc with more rarities would have made much, much more sense.
Disc three is a bunch of remixes. With a band like New Order, I suppose this shouldn't come as a surprise, but it still fails to earn any extra points. While a much better collection than The Rest Of New Order disc, it still fails to do much amazement.
Disc four is why this boxset is graded so low. It's a collection of live tracks... live tracks which sound absolutely HORRID. Apparently, they went around plucking the worst sounding tracks from the worst sounding bootlegs they could find. This is the disc I do not forsee playing much at all... It not only pains my ears to hear it, but it pains my heart to hear such low quality recordings.
For the limited edition boxes, the fifth disc is nice, but again, nothing too incredibly special. It's a mish-mash of nine songs... some live, some alternate mixes, some rarities thrown together.
On the plus side (yes, there is one) is a very nice book, and some really nice packaging... but that's about it.
For the completists only. The completist with thick enough skin to suffer through it, that is.
(by neondisease)
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