Substance (New Order album)

Substance (referred to by fans as Substance 1987) is the first and most famous New Order compilation album. The album contains all 12" singles and their respective B-sides (except on vinyl LP). It was released on 17 August 1987 and is given the FAC number of 200. A Joy Division compilation of the same name was released a year later.

The album title is fairly consistently presented as just Substance on the spines & labels of the original releases, and that's the title under which it charted. However, the 1987 is so prominent in the graphic design, and its meaning unexplained, that the album is sometimes referred to as Substance 1987, even on official digital/streaming reissues.

On 14 September 2023, the album was announced to get an expanded rerelease on 10 November 2023. It coming back to vinyl and remastered on CD and streaming, as well as a limited 1000-only run on cassette exclusive to the online store. On that same day, "Confusion Dub 87" was released from its new bonus disc as the first and only promo single. Alongside the rerelease, reissues of 12" singles for "True Faith", "True Faith Remix" and "Blue Monday 88" were announced to New Order's website, which would also be released on 10 November. Also announced were a T-Shirt and a poster both featuring the blue rose on one of the album's inserts. The European version of the store got its own "Substance" tab to group everything, while the American one did not.

With the rerelease the album's name got slightly more conjecture about it, being officially referred to as "Substance" on its social media and streaming, "Substance 1987" on the website's blog, and "Substance '87" on the New Order store.

"True Faith Remix" got a new visualizer released on 12 October 2023. The music videos for "Blue Monday 88" and "1963" were reripped and uploaded on YouTube on 28 September and 9 November respectively.

Differences
Below is a list of differences from the singles and their Substance version.
 * "Temptation" and "Confusion" have been remade for the album.
 * "Mesh" and "Cries and Whispers" are mislabeled as each other.
 * "Shellshock" is a unique edit of the 12" version.
 * "Sub-Culture" and "Hurt" have been slightly shortened.
 * "The Perfect Kiss" on the CD & DAT releases has been slightly shortened.

LP Tracklist
Substance was released as a double vinyl, together containing 12 songs. These were not changed for the 2023 reissue.

Side one

 * 1) Ceremony (Version 2)
 * 2) Everything's Gone Green
 * 3) Temptation (87)

Side two

 * 1) Blue Monday
 * 2) Confusion (87)
 * 3) Thieves Like Us

Side three

 * 1) The Perfect Kiss
 * 2) Sub-Culture
 * 3) Shellshock

Side four

 * 1) State of the Nation
 * 2) Bizarre Love Triangle
 * 3) True Faith

CD Tracklist
Substance was initially released as a double CD, containing all 12 songs of the LP version on the first disc, the respective B-sides and lesser famous singles on the second disc. This is the version on streaming platforms.

CD one

 * 1) Ceremony (Version 2)
 * 2) Everything's Gone Green
 * 3) Temptation (1987)
 * 4) Blue Monday
 * 5) Confusion (1987)
 * 6) Thieves Like Us
 * 7) The Perfect Kiss
 * 8) Sub-Culture
 * 9) Shellshock
 * 10) State of the Nation
 * 11) Bizarre Love Triangle
 * 12) True Faith

CD two
^Note: incorrectly labeled as "Mesh"
 * 1) In A Lonely Place
 * 2) Procession
 * 3) Cries and Whispers^
 * 4) Hurt
 * 5) The Beach
 * 6) Confusion Instrumental
 * 7) Lonesome Tonight
 * 8) Murder
 * 9) Thieves Like Us Instrumental
 * 10) Kiss of Death
 * 11) Shame of the Nation
 * 12) 1963

4CD Expanded Edition
For the 2023 rerelease, Substance was given a release on 4 discs, with the initial two discs remaining the same (the store even pointing out that Cries and Whispers was mislabeled.). This version was also released to streaming on 10 November 2023.

CD three

 * 1) Ceremony (Version 1)
 * 2) Mesh
 * 3) Temptation (1982)
 * 4) Confusion (1983 12" version)
 * 5) Dub-Vulture
 * 6) Shellcock
 * 7) Bizarre Dub Triangle
 * 8) True Dub
 * 9) Confusion (Dub 1987) [Promo single, released 14 September 2023]
 * 10) True Faith (Remix)

CD four: "Substance Live"
The fourth CD has the same tracklist as the first CD, and all tracks are from a live performance in Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, California from a concert not long after Substance's release in 1987.

Cassette Tracklist
The cassette version contains more B-sides than the CD version.

Cassette one, Side one

 * 1) Ceremony (Version 2)
 * 2) Everything's Gone Green
 * 3) Temptation (1987)
 * 4) Blue Monday
 * 5) Confusion (1987)
 * 6) Thieves Like Us
 * 7) Murder

Cassette one, Side two

 * 1) The Perfect Kiss
 * 2) Sub-Culture
 * 3) Shellshock
 * 4) State of the Nation
 * 5) Bizarre Love Triangle
 * 6) True Faith

Cassette two, Side one

 * 1) In A Lonely Place
 * 2) Procession
 * 3) Cries and Whispers^
 * 4) Mesh^^
 * 5) Hurt
 * 6) Confusion Instrumental
 * 7) Lonesome Tonight
 * 8) Thieves Like Us Instrumental

Cassette two, Side two
^Note: incorrectly labeled as "Mesh"
 * 1) Kiss of Death
 * 2) Dub-Vulture
 * 3) Shellcock
 * 4) Shame of the Nation
 * 5) Bizarre Dub Triangle
 * 6) 1963
 * 7) True Dub (!)

^^Note: incorrectly labeled as "Cries and Whispers"

(!)Note: only in limited editions, not in the 2023 rerelease.

Substance 1989
Substance 1989 is a music video compilation of the songs enlisted below. Segments of "The Happy One", an unused song originally intended for the album Technique, is heard throughout the compilation.
 * 1) Confusion
 * 2) The Perfect Kiss
 * 3) Shellshock
 * 4) Bizarre Love Triangle
 * 5) True Faith
 * 6) Touched by the Hand of God
 * 7) Blue Monday '88