New Order: Republic (1993)

I was buying very small amounts of vinyl in 1993, so I didn't buy this when it was released. An original pressing of this one is a bit pricey, so I eventually bought the180g remastered LP in 2015, for a good price.

Discogs:

New Order's sixth studio album, appearing four years after Technique.
And the first one after the demise of their former label Factory, with traces about the partnership gone bitter found on tracks like Ruined In A Day and Liar.

The album is often considered being an economic necessity as New Order have lost large amounts of money because of the deal with Factory Records and their involvement with the Hacienda.

Additionally, the tensions within the band made this “a very, very unpleasant record to make" (according to drummer Stephen Morris), and subsequently the band went into a hiatus for eight years soon after the release.

Discogs insists that the band's name is still NewOrder, and yet they fail to take into consideration the full name of the record. It is referred to as Republic, rather than Republic©. If you look at the jacket, it's clear, so take that, Discogs. The best track on this record is Regret. This isn't a bad record.