So, we've had a greatest hits. A couple in fact. There's been the unofficial split and the unofficial reunion. There's been the "Back to Mine" compilation mix CD. Here's the Box Set. And coming soon, the musical, words by Ben Elton, arrangements by Andrew Lloyd Weber. Have the mighty New Order become conventional in their old age? Or, after a career characterized by wilful individuality, have they just given up resisting? Whatever the reasons, if it puts some cash in their pockets after the creative and financial heaven 'n' hell that was Factory, who could begrudge them? For this, ladies and gentlemen, is New Order. Quite simply, one of the best bands to have ever pressed their dreams into wax. "Retro: The Box Set", beautifully packaged as ever, attempts to encapsulate the sprawling, messy marriage of high art and street culture that is New Order. And it does so like this: Disc One- Pop- selected by Miranda Sawyer Disc Two- Fan- selected by...
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