New Order's first compilation album, Substance (1987), finally broke the group through to commercial success in the U S Its second one, The Best of New Order, isn't exactly Substance II. The previous set was a singles collection, and Best Of does pick up that story, including a series of songs ? True Faith (in a new remix), Touched by the Hand of God, Blue Monday 88, Fine Time, Round & Round (in a new remix), Run, and World in Motion ? that were bigger hits in the U.K. than in the U.S. (Also included is the group's biggest U S hit, Regret as well as its charting follow-up, World [The Price of Love].) But in addition, the compilers have included one song each from the group's albums, with the exception of Brotherhood ? Dreams Never End from Movement, Age of Consent from Power, Corruption & Lies, Love Vigilantes from Low-Life, Vanishing Point from Technique, and Ruined in a Day from Republic. Add in some rarities, plus Bizarre Love Triangle, repeated from Substance, and you have 17 tracks taking up 70 and a half minutes and providing a good survey of New Order, 1981-1993. Substance, with its concentration on the group's run of classic singles from the early '80s, is a more consistent effort, but The Best of New Order, even if it is misnamed, is an excellent sampler of one of the major British bands of the 1980s.