Complete Music
Complete Music is a remix album by English rock band New Order released on 13 May 2016[1][2] by Mute. It is an alternative version of Music Complete, featuring extended versions of all 11 tracks from the original album.
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| Released | 13 May 2016 | |||
| Length | 87:46 | |||
| Label | Mute | |||
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Background
The cover features the same geometric design as Music Complete, with a modified colour palette. Two new exclusive mixes of "Nothing but a Fool" and "Superheated" are included, which are different from those on the eight-LP vinyl box set of Music Complete.
Of the release, Bernard Sumner explained:
"We've given [the music] to different mixers, and they've chopped it up and rearranged it and stripped it back, so it's like another take on the original album [...] Some of [the songs] are radically different, but rather than like a remixer who would write a new set of music, they used the music that we'd already incorporated in the songs, but warped it in a way that was very interesting."[3]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Restless" (Extended Mix) | 9:29 |
| 2. | "Singularity" (Extended Mix) | 7:33 |
| 3. | "Plastic" (Extended Mix) | 9:06 |
| 4. | "Tutti Frutti" (Extended Mix) | 8:05 |
| 5. | "People on the High Line" (Extended Mix) | 7:51 |
| 6. | "Stray Dog" (Extended Mix) | 6:31 |
| 7. | "Academic" (Extended Mix) | 8:56 |
| 8. | "Nothing but a Fool" (Extended Mix 2) | 9:09 |
| 9. | "Unlearn This Hatred" (Extended Mix) | 5:25 |
| 10. | "The Game" (Extended Mix) | 7:24 |
| 11. | "Superheated" (Extended Mix 2) | 7:07 |
| Total length: | 87:46 | |
Charts
| Chart (2016) | Peak position |
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| US Independent Albums (Billboard)[4] | 35 |
| US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[5] | 6 |
References
- Legaspi, Althea (30 March 2016). "New Order Unveil 'Complete Music' Extended Album". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- "New Order – Complete Music: The new extended mix edition of Music Complete". neworder.com. 30 March 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- Doherty, Mike (23 March 2016). "New Order's next album is coming: Bernard Sumner talks "Complete Music," Peter Hook and why it's important to "glow for a very long time"". Salon. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- "New Order Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
- "New Order Chart History (Top Dance/Electronic Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 12 July 2020.