Watch New Order Discuss the Story Behind “Power, Corruption and Lies”

On October 2nd., New Order are set to release a “definitive edition” box set of their second studio album Power, Corruption & Lies through Rhino Records.

Originally issued in 1983, this new edition of Power, Corruption & Lies will be re-released in a five-disc multi-format box set that will include 13 previously unreleased tracks from the group’s writing sessions and BBC appearances.

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Watch below Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, and Gillian Gilbert of New Order talk about the story behind their second studio album Power, Corruption and Lies, from working together to creating a new sound and direction for the band.

Also on October 2nd, four 12-inch singles from the 1983-84 era, “Blue Monday,” “Confusion,” “Thieves Like Us” and “Murder” —will be reissued as well.

The Power, Corruption & Lies box set will include the album, remastered for the first time from the original analog tapes, on both CD and vinyl. The second CD, labeled Extras, includes previously unreleased versions of the album’s songs from the writing sessions for the record and John Peel session outtakes.

The DVDs include several live performances from concerts in 1982 and 1983, as well as TV appearances and the infamous New Order edition of the “Play At Home” documentary made for Channel 4 in 1984, noteworthy for featuring Tony Wilson waxing philosophical in a Hot Tub (as seen in the promotional artwork below).

The box set features new art design by Peter Saville, and also includes a 48-page hardback book collecting rare photographs and original text collated by Warren Jackson.

Here’s the full tracklist for the box set below, as well as the individual 12-inch single releases.

New Order, Power, Corruption & Lies: Definitive Edition

Power, Corruption & Lies (for CD and LP) (2020 remaster)
1. “Age of Consent”
2. “We All Stand”
3. “The Village”
4. “5 8 6”
5. “Your Silent Face”
6. “Ultraviolence”
7. “Ecstacy”
8. “Leave Me Alone”

Power Corruption & Lies — Extras (CD)
Writing Session Recordings
1. “Age Of Consent” *
2. “The Village” *
3. “5 8 6” *
4. “Your Silent Face” *
5. “Ecstacy” *
6. “Leave Me Alone” *
John Peel Session
7. “Turn The Heater On”
8. “We All Stand”
9. “Too Late”
10. “5 8 6”
John Peel Session Outtake
11. “Too Late” (instrumental rough mix) *
New York Session Outtake
12. “Thieves Like Us” (New York demo #1) *
Writing Session Recordings
13. “Thieves Like Us” *
14. “Murder” *
15. “Blue Monday” *
16. “Blue Monday” *
Album Session Recordings
17. “Blue Monday” (instrumental outtake) *

* Previously unreleased

Power, Corruption & Lies DVD

DVD 1

Live Shows
The Hacienda, Manchester, June 26, 1982
“In A Lonely Place”
“Ultraviolence”
“Denial”
“The Village”
“We All Stand”
“Senses”
“Chosen Time”
“5 8 6 ”
“Temptation”
“Everything’s Gone Green”
Rosehill Hotel, Kilkenny, Ireland, April 24, 1983
“We All Stand”
“Leave Me Alone”
“Denial”
“The Village”
“Temptation”
“Confusion”
“Age Of Consent”
“Blue Monday”
“Everything’s Gone Green”
“Ceremony”

TV Sessions
BBC Top Of The Pops, London, 1983
Blue Monday
Countdown – 1983
“Confusion”
Switch – 1983
“Age Of Consent”
“Blue Monday”
BBC Top Of The Pops, London, 1984
“Thieves Like Us”

Extras
The Hacienda, Manchester, 1983
“Your Silent Face”
“5 8 6”
Recreation Centre, Tolworth, 1983
“We All Stand”
“Leave Me Alone”
Tower Ballroom, Birmingham, 1983
“Love Will Tear Us Apart”
First Avenue, Minneapolis, 1983
“Ultraviolence”
Uni-Mensa, Dusseldorf, 1984
“The Village”
Alabamahalle, Munich, 1984
“Thieves Like Us”
“Blue Monday”
Metropol, Berlin, 1984
“Lonesome Tonight”
“Confusion”

DVD 2

Play At Home
Channel 4 documentary made by New Order
Live Show
The Hacienda, Manchester, July 20, 1983
“Blue Monday”
“Age Of Consent”
“Lonesome Tonight”
“Your Silent Face”
“Leave Me Alone”
“5 8 6”
“Denial”
“Confusion”
“Temptation”
“Thieves Like Us”
“In A Lonely Place”
“Everything’s Gone Green”

12-Inch Singles
(Released separately)

Blue Monday
Side 1
“Blue Monday”
Side 2
“The Beach”

Confusion
Side 1
“Confusion”
“Confused Beats”
Side 2
“Confusion Instrumental”
“Confusion” (Rough Mix)

Thieves Like Us
Side 1
“Thieves Like Us”
Side 2
“Lonesome Tonight”

Murder
Side 1
“Murder”
Side 2
“Thieves Like Us Instrumental”