The discography of British band New Order consists of 10 studio albums, 12 compilation albums, six live albums, five extended plays (EPs), 45 singles, 12 video releases, 40 music videos and a number of soundtrack appearances. New Order were formed in 1980 by singer, guitarist and keyboardist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook and drummer Stephen Morris. The group began life as a continuation of their former incarnation Joy Division. Joy Division had disbanded after the death of the lead singer Ian Curtis. Gillian Gilbert, who was Morris's girlfriend at the time, soon joined the group and played guitar and keyboards.
Remarkably, New Order's first eight singles released between 1981 and 1984 were not taken from any album. In most cases they were not even released as a 7-inch, but exclusively available in the radio-unfriendly 12-inch format, an unusual approach for a pop-act in the eighties.
Despite the high anticipation that surrounded the group, their debut single "Ceremony" only peaked at number 34 on the UK Singles Chart.New Order peaks in the UK: Top 100 peaks other than "World in Motion": N.B. This site displays 'compressed' chart peaks (exclusion rules applied) for positions 76–100. "World in Motion": Top 200 peaks from 1994 to December 2010: N.B. This site displays 'uncompressed' chart peaks (no exclusion rules applied) for positions 76–200 between November 1994 and May 2001. The group's following two singles and their debut album met with similar moderate success. It would not be until the release of their fourth single, "Blue Monday", that New Order would break into the top 10, with the song peaking at number 9. "Blue Monday" became a defining single for the group and caused a sensation, becoming the biggest selling 12-inch single of all time.Ankeny, Jason. [ "New Order Biography"]. AllMusic. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
New Order, like many other post-punk groups of the period, increasingly utilised keyboards, drum machine and sequencers in their music. As a result, they became associated with the synthpop and electronic dance movements of the 1980s. Beginning with Power, Corruption & Lies from 1983, all of the group's studio albums reached the top 10 in the United Kingdom. The group experienced a lull in popularity in the years 1985 and 1986 but the surprise international popularity of the "Bizarre Love Triangle" single re-launched the group across the world. The group cemented their success in 1987 with the single, "True Faith", and the compilation album Substance.
New Order were at the peak of their popularity in the years 1987 to 1993, with a run of popular singles, including "Blue Monday 1988", "Fine Time", "Regret", "World (The Price of Love)" and in 1990 they scored their only number 1 single in the UK with the official England national football team song, "World in Motion". The two albums released during these years, Technique and Republic; each charted at number 1 in the UK. It was during this successful period that the group's internal dynamic began to falter. Sumner was not fond of touring, and wanted to take time off from the group and produce a solo album. He formed Electronic with Johnny Marr and the pair released their first single in 1989. Hook formed his own band, Revenge, in 1989, while Morris and Gilbert worked together as The Other Two, primarily scoring soundtracks. Of the three side projects, Sumner's was by far the most successful.
The recording and touring of 1993's Republic, their first for London Records, was difficult and intra-band tensions were rife. The group went on hiatus until 1998. In the meantime two compilation albums, The Best of New Order and The Rest of New Order, and several singles were released.
The group reconvened in 1998 for the Reading Festival but did not release new material until 2000. The group released the album Get Ready in 2001. It was met with critical warmth, but it was apparent that the group's popularity had lessened. The lead single from the album, "Crystal", reached the top 10 in the UK. The film 24 Hour Party People, a humorous chronicle of their label Factory Records, was released in 2002. New Order contributed a new song, "Here to Stay", and a re-recording of the Joy Division song "New Dawn Fades" with Moby, for the film's soundtrack. The compilation International and four-disc boxset Retro were released in winter 2002. New Order followed Get Ready with Waiting for the Sirens' Call in 2005. During this period Gilbert stepped down from live performances due to family commitments. Phil Cunningham stepped into her role and in 2005 became an official member of the group.
The group had intended to release a ninth album soon after Waiting for the Sirens' Call, the majority of which had already been recorded. The lack of enthusiasm inside the group and relative failure of Waiting for the Sirens' Call stalled their career momentum. In 2007, Hook decided to leave the group, and stated that he and Sumner had no further plans to work together.New Order carry on without Hook BBC.co.uk, 20 July 2007. Sumner formed Bad Lieutenant with Cunningham, and Hook formed Freebass. Morris continued to work with Sumner and Cunningham. In 2008, New Order released remastered and expanded editions of their first five albums with the intention of releasing the further three albums in a similar format in the future. Lost Sirens was released in the United Kingdom on 14 January 2013. It is an eight-track album of tracks left out of Waiting for the Sirens' Call. On 25 September 2015, the band released a new album, Music Complete. The album was the first without Peter Hook, and was produced mostly by the band themselves, except "Singularity" and "Unlearn This Hatred", both produced by Tom Rowlands, while "Superheated" features additional production by Stuart Price. In 2020, New Order released "Be a Rebel", their first non-album single since "Here to Stay" in 2002.
In the US, the band has sold a certified 2 million albums, and in the UK a certified 1.24 million albums.
Albums Studio albums YearAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications(sales thresholds)UKUK IndieAUSNew Order peaks in Australia: Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to 12 June 1988: N.B. The Kent Music Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 12 June 1988. Top 50 (ARIA) peaks from 13 June 1988: "Round & Round" (ARIA) peak: Top 100 (ARIA) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: "Ruined in a Day" and "Blue Monday-95" (ARIA) peaks: "True Faith-94" (ARIA) peak: N.B. The HP column displays the highest position reached. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.FRAGER N.B. Select the Album tab to display albums chart peaks.NLDNZSWESWISwiss chart peaks: Albums: Singles: US1981Movement Release date: 13 November 1981 Label: Factory (FACT 50), Factory (US) 30 1 — — — — 8 — — — 1983Power, Corruption & Lies Release date: 2 May 1983 Label: Factory (FACT 75), Qwest 4 1 38 — 18 14 3 16 — — BPI: Gold1985Low-Life Release date: 13 May 1985 Label: Factory (FACT 100), Qwest 7 1 70 — — 34 11 20 — 94 MC: Gold"Certified Awards Search ". Music Canada. Retrieved on 13 August 2011. Note: User needs to enter "New Order" in the "Search" field, "Artist" in the "Search by" field and click the "Go" button. Select "More info" next to the relevant entry to see full certification history.1986Brotherhood Release date: 29 September 1986 Label: Factory (FACT 150), Qwest 9 1 15 — — — 22 33 — 117 1989Technique Release date: 30 January 1989 Label: Factory (FACT 275), Qwest 1 1 25 — 25 57 11 23 15 32 BPI: Gold MC: Gold RIAA: Gold Note: User must define 'Artist' search parameter as "New Order".1993Republic Release date: 3 May 1993 Label: Centredate/London, Qwest 1 — 5 39 54 47 24 13 — 11 BPI: Gold MC: Gold RIAA: Gold2001Get Ready Release date: 27 August 2001 Label: Reprise 6 — 7 21 7 61 17 11 24 41 BPI: Gold ARIA: Gold SNEP: Silver2005Waiting for the Sirens' Call Release date: 26 April 2005 Label: Warner Bros. 5 — 15 22 14 52 19 7 44 46 BPI: Silver 2013Lost Sirens Release date: 14 January 2013 Label: Rhino 23 — 171 137 68 — — — 74 1742015Music Complete Release date: 25 September 2015 Label: Mute 2 1 20 19 14 10 37 14 19 34 BPI: Silver "—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Compilations YearAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications(sales thresholds)UKUK IndieAUSFRAGERNLDNZSWESWIUS 1987Substance 1987 Released: 17 August 1987 Labels: Factory (FACT 200), Qwest 3 1 12 — 14 42 4 49 10 36 BPI: Platinum MC: Platinum RIAA: Platinum 1990The John Peel Sessions Released: September 1990 Labels: Strange Fruit (SFRLP110) — — — — — — — — — — 1994(the best of) New Order Released: 21 November 1994 Labels: London, Qwest 4 — 30 — — — 27 — — 78 BPI: Platinum MC: Gold 1995(the rest of) New Order Released: 21 August 1995 Labels: London, Qwest 5 — 114 — — — — 41 — — 2002Before & After – The BBC Sessions Released: 16 July 2002 Labels: Fuel 2000 — — — — — — — — — — International Released: 29 October 2002 Labels: London — — 109 99 — — — — — — Retro Released: 9 December 2002 Labels: London 104 — — — — — — — — — 2004In Session Released: 12 April 2004 Labels: Strange Fruit (SFRSCD128) — — — — — — — — — — 2005Best Remixes Released: 21 June 2005 Labels: Warner Bros. — — — — — — — — — — Singles Released: 3 October 2005 Labels: London, Warner Bros. 14 — 117 — — — — — — — BPI: Gold 2007iTunes Originals – New Order Released: 24 September 2007 Labels: London — — — — — — — — — — 2011Total: From Joy Division to New Order Released: 6 June 2011 Labels: WEA, Rhino 51 — — — — — — — — — BPI: Gold2026(The Best & the Rest of) New Order Released: 17 July 2026 Labels: Warner Bros. 54 — — — — — — — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Live albums YearAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications(sales thresholds)UKUK Indie1992BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert Released: 10 February 1992 Labels: Strange Fruit (SFRSCD093) 33—BPI: Silver2011Live at the London Troxy Released: 21 December 2011 Labels: Abbey Road Live ——2013Live at Bestival 2012 Released: 8 July 2013 Labels: Sunday Best 89212017NOMC15 Released: 26 May 2017 Labels: Live Here Now/Mute ——2019Σ(No,12k,Lg,17Mif) New Order + Liam Gillick: So It Goes.. Released: 12 July 2019 Labels: Mute 3522021Education Entertainment Recreation Released: 7 May 2021 Labels: Warner Music 32— "—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Extended plays YearEP detailsPeak chart positionsUKUK Indie 19821981–1982 Released: November 1982 Label: Factory —4 1986Peel Sessions 1982 Released: September 1986 Label: Strange Fruit 522 1987Peel Sessions 1981 Released: December 1987 Label: Strange Fruit 955 200260 Miles an Hour – Australian Tour EP Released: 2002 Label: London ——2002Confusion Remixes '02
Released: 2002 Label: Whacked6452004Acid House Mixes by 808 State Released: 2004 Label: Rephlex7615 2017Music Complete: Remix EP Released: 7 April 2017 Label: Mute —— "—" denotes releases that did not chart.
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Singles Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications AlbumUKUK IndieAUSGERIRENew Order peaks in Ireland: Top 30 singles chart peaks: