Brotherhood (New Order album)
Template:EngvarB Template:Use dmy dates {{safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst-infobox||$params=italic_title,name,type,longtype,artist,cover,border,alt,caption,released,recorded,venue,studio,genre,length,language,label,director,producer,compiler,chronology,prev_title,prev_year,year,next_title,next_year,misc|$extra=italic_title,longtype,border,caption,language,director,compiler,chronology,year,misc|$aliases=italic title>italic_title,Italic title>italic_title,Name>name,Type>type,image>cover,Cover>cover,Border>border,Alt>alt,Caption>caption,Longtype>longtype,Artist>artist,Released>released,Recorded>recorded,Venue>venue,Studio>studio,Genre>genre,Length>length,Language>language,Label>label,Director>director,Producer>producer,Compiler>compiler,Chronology>chronology,Misc>misc|$flags=override|$B={{#ifeq:{{#invoke:Is infobox in lead|main|[Ii]nfobox [Aa]lbum}}|true|{{#if:Template:Has short description | |{{#if: Template:Start date | Template:Short description}}}}}}{{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template otherTemplate:Category handlerTemplate:Main other{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=Template:Main other|preview=Page using Template:Infobox album with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y|italic_title |type |name |image |cover |border |alt |caption |longtype |artist |released |recorded |venue |studio |genre |length |language |label |director |producer |compiler |prev_title|prev_year|next_title|next_year|chronology|year|misc}}{{#if:{{#invoke:String|match|error_category=Music infoboxes with Module:String errors|A|1=Low-Life1985Substance1987studioBrotherhoodNew Order - Brotherhood.pngNew OrderTemplate:Start date1986* Jam (London)
- Windmill Lane (Dublin)
- Amazon (Liverpool)* Synth-pop
- post-punk<ref name="gigwise-gig">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
|CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:DurationFactoryNew Orderx|2=</?t[drh][ >]|nomatch=}}|Template:Main other}}Template:Main other}} Brotherhood is the fourth studio album by the English rock band New Order, released on 29 September 1986 by Factory Records. It contains a mixture of post-punk and electronic styles, roughly divided between the two sides. The album includes "Bizarre Love Triangle", the band's breakthrough single in the United States and Australia; it was the only track from the album released as a single and as a video (although "State of the Nation" was added to most CD editions).
The album sleeve, created by Peter Saville, is a photograph of a sheet of titanium–zinc alloy.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Some early releases came in a metallic sleeve.Template:Cn
Music
Brotherhood saw the band further exploring their mix of post-punk and electronic styles, with the track listing being conceptually divided into "disco and rock sides".<ref name="Bush"/><ref name="Modell"/> Stephen Morris stated that the album "was kind of done in a schizophrenic mood that we were trying to do one side synthesizers and one side guitars", which he retrospectively stated "didn't quite work".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In a 1987 interview with Option, Morris commented that the "mad ending" to "Every Little Counts" – which sounds like a vinyl record needle skipping the groove – is similar to the ending of The Beatles' "A Day in the Life".<ref name="Woodard">Template:Cite journal</ref> Morris said: "What we should have done is make the tape version sound like the tape getting chewed up. The CD could have the sticking sound."<ref name="Woodard"/>
Influences of Richard Wagner's "Prelude" to Das Rheingold can be heard throughout the track "All Day Long." New Order have subsequently used the piece as a concert opener.
Critical reception
Reviewing Brotherhood for the Los Angeles Times, Steve Hochman wrote that New Order "makes atmospheric grooves with more finesse than any contemporary computer-rocker."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In his "Consumer Guide" column for The Village Voice, Robert Christgau selected the album as a "pick hit" and said: "The tempos are a touch less stately, the hooks a touch less subliminal. Bernard Albrecht's vocals have taken on so much affect they're humane. And the joke closer softens up a skeptic like me to the pure, physically exalting sensation of the music."<ref name="Christgau"/>
In a 1993 retrospective review, Q critic Stuart Maconie described Brotherhood as "often overlooked, nestling as it does between two superior studio albums", and ultimately "more for the initiated than the first-time buyer."<ref name="Maconie"/> John Bush of AllMusic was more favourable, writing that "for better and worse, this was a New Order with nothing more to prove – witness the tossed-off lyrics and giggles on 'Every Little Counts' – aside from continuing to make great music."<ref name="Bush"/> David Quantick of Uncut noted "an increased tension between the frequent beauty of the music and the band's Northern self-consciousness" and concluded: "This was New Order becoming New Order and if anyone was entitled to not be Joy Division, they certainly were."<ref name="Quantick"/> The A.V. ClubTemplate:'s Josh Modell called Brotherhood "an unsung great of the catalog that's dwarfed a bit by its massive single".<ref name="Modell"/>
Track listing
Template:Track listing Template:Track listing Template:Track listing Notes
- Most CD copies, with the sole exception of Qwest Records' 1988 release, feature the 12" version of "State of the Nation" as a bonus track (although it is not listed as such). It is identical to the version found on Substance. It runs for 6:32, making the album's new total running time approximately 43:39.
Template:Track listing
Notes
- "True Faith" (Eschreamer Dub) and "Blue Monday '88" (Dub) are only incorrectly listed on the disc itself. The booklet included with all five re-issued 2008 Collector's Edition New Order Factory Records studio albums correctly identifies them.
2024 Definitive Edition
2024 Definitive Edition bonus DVD 1 Template:Track listing Template:Track listing Template:Track listing Template:Track listing Template:Track listing Template:Track listing Template:Track listing Template:Track listing Template:Track listing Template:Track listing 2024 Definitive Edition bonus DVD 2 Template:Track listing Template:Track listing Template:Track listing Template:Track listing Template:Track listing Template:Track listing
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Brotherhood.<ref>Template:Cite AV media notes</ref>
- New Order – production
- Michael Johnson – engineering
- Peter Saville Associates – design
- Trevor Key – photography
Charts
| Chart (1986) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | 15 |
| European Albums (Music & Media)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> | 50 |
| UK Independent Albums (MRIB)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | 1 |
| Chart (2025) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Hungarian Physical Albums (MAHASZ)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
27 |
Release history
- UK LP – Factory Records (FACT 150)
- UK Music cassette – Factory Records (FACT 150C)
- US LP – Qwest (25511-1)
- US cassette – Qwest (9 25511-4)
- Canada CD – Factory Records / PolyGram (830,527-2)
- UK CD (1993 re-release) – London Records (520,021-2)