Republic (album)

This article is about the New Order album. For the Sheavy album, see Republic?

Republic
Studio album by
New Order
Released3 May 1993 (1993-05-03)
Recorded1992
Studio
Genre
Length47:37
LabelCentreDate Co Ltd/London
Producer
New Order chronology
Technique
(1989) 		Republic
(1993) 		(the best of) New Order
(1994)
Singles from Republic
  1. "Regret"
    Released: 5 April 1993
  2. "Ruined in a Day"
    Released: 21 June 1993
  3. "World (The Price of Love)"
    Released: 23 August 1993
  4. "Spooky"
    Released: 6 December 1993
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Blender[7]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[8]
Los Angeles Times[9]
NME8/10[10]
Q[11]
Rolling Stone[12]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]
Select3/5[13]
Vox7/10[14]

Republic (stylised as Republic©) is the sixth studio album by English band New Order. It was first released on 3 May 1993 in the United Kingdom by CentreDate Co Ltd in association with London Records[15][16] and on 11 May 1993 in the United States by Qwest and Warner Bros. Records. It was the band's first album following the demise of their former label Factory Records, and would be their last studio album for eight years until 2001's Get Ready.

Republic became New Order's second consecutive album to top the UK Albums Chart, and was nominated for the 1993 Mercury Music Prize. In the United States, it reached number 11 on the Billboard 200, the band's highest-peaking album on the chart to date. Its lead single "Regret" became New Order's last top-five entry on the UK Singles Chart. The band went on hiatus following a gig at the Reading Festival in promotion of the album in August 1993. Lead singer Bernard Sumner was known to dislike travelling to North America, and media reports suggested that the pressure of the long leg there contributed to the band's temporary demise, although they reunited in 1998.

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  3. ^ a b Gross, Joe (2004). "New Order". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 582–83. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
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  7. ^ Wolk, Douglas (19 April 2005). "New Order: Republic". Blender. Archived from the original on 4 May 2006. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  8. ^ Romero, Michele (14 May 1993). "Republic". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  9. ^ Hochman, Steve (15 May 1993). "'Republic' a Bit Too Comfortable". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  10. ^ Fadele, Dele (1 May 1993). "New Order – Republic". NME. Archived from the original on 12 October 2000. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  11. ^ Kelly, Danny (May 1993). "Animal". Q. No. 80. p. 92.
  12. ^ White, Armond (24 June 1993). "New Order: Republic". Rolling Stone. No. 659. Archived from the original on 2 October 2007. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  13. ^ Harrison, Andrew (May 1993). "World in Slow Motion". Select. No. 35. pp. 78–79.
  14. ^ Pattenden, Mike (June 1993). "Getting Their House in Order". Vox. No. 33. p. 65.
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