Originally released via the legendary Factory Records, Substance compiled all of the band's singles to that point in their 12” versions with many of their respective B-sides and specially new recorded versions of ‘Temptation’ and ‘Confusion’. 

 

The album also included the biggest selling 12” single of all time, Blue Monday, alongside other classic singles The Perfect Kiss, Bizarre Love Triangle and the band’s debut single release Ceremony.The album is the band’s biggest selling to date, with over one million copies sold, going platinum in the US with a Top 5 hit in True Faith which was accompanied by the seminal video, directed by French choreographer Philippe Decouflé.

Tracklist:

1. Ceremony (Version 2) [2019 Remaster]
2. Everythings Gone Green (2019 Remaster)
3. Temptation '87 (2023 Remaster)
4. Blue Monday (2020 Remaster)
5. Confusion '87 (2023 Remaster)
6. Thieves Like Us (2020 Remaster)
7. The Perfect Kiss (2022 Remaster)
8. Sub-culture (John Robie Remix) [Substance Edit] [2023 Remaster]
9. Shellshock (Substance Edit) [2023 Remaster]
10. State of the Nation (2023 Remaster)
11. Bizarre Love Triangle (Shep Pettibone Remix) [2023 Remaster]
12. True Faith (2023 Digital Master)
13. In a Lonely Place (2019 Remaster)
14. Procession (2015 Remaster)
15. Cries and Whispers (2019 Remaster)
16. Hurt (Substance Edit) [2023 Remaster]
17. The Beach (2020 Remaster)
18. Confusion (Instrumental) [2020 Remaster]
19. Lonesome Tonight (2020 Remaster)
20. Murder (2020 Remaster)
21. Thieves like Us (Instrumental) [2020 Remaster]
22. The Kiss Of Death (2022 Remaster)
23. Shame of the Nation (2023 Remaster)
24. 1963 (2023 Digital Master)

UPC: 5054197717888
Label: Wea Int'l
Release Date: 11.10.23
Format: CD