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"Crystal" was the first single to be released from the 2001 New Order album Get Ready, which entered the UK charts at number 8.

Singer/guitarist Bernard Sumner originally gifted the song to German record label Mastermind for Success and it was recorded by label artist Corvin Dalek. However, DJ Pete Tong heard the song and declared it to be the best New Order single since "Blue Monday", leading Sumner to reconsider the gift and have New Order record and release it.

The video, directed by Johan Renck (otherwise known as Stakka Bo) depicted a young American band miming to New Order's music and words, with a large number of people coming on stage towards the end to pull them off stage. This video is directly responsible for the name of the band The Killers, as that name was written on the bass drum of the fake band in the video. The Killers later lifted a number of elements of the layout of the set from the "Crystal" video for the video for their track "Somebody Told Me".

The DVD single contained an alternate video, set to the "Special Circumstances Mix" of the song, and directed by Gina Birch and Simon Tyszko. The video depicted a motorcycle ride through city streets at night, viewed through two side-by-side shots. Nicolette Krebitz appears on the cover of the CD and DVD packaging.

A special version was also released that featured classic New Order and Joy Division songs from the Reading Festival, 30th aug 2001. It also includes a brand new cover. [link]

The single was B-sided by a variety of remixes, and an original song titled "Behind Closed Doors".

Contents

Tracklisting

UK CD1 - NUOCD8

  1. "Crystal (Radio Edit)" (4:19)
  2. "Behind Closed Doors" (5:24)
  3. "Crystal (Digweed & Muir 'Bedrock' Mix Edit)" (10:06)

UK CD2 - NUCDP8

  1. "Crystal (Digweed & Muir 'Bedrock' Radio Edit)" (4:16)
  2. "Crystal (Lee Coombs Remix)" (8:44)
  3. "Crystal (John Creamer & Stephane K Main Remix Edit)" (6:39)

UK DVD - NUDVD8

  1. "Crystal [video]" (5:19)
  2. "Behind Closed Doors" (5:24)
  3. "Temptation [video]" (0:30)
  4. "Isolation [video]" (0:30)
  5. "True Faith [video]" (0:30)

UK CD special edition (Cat No. unknown)

  1. Crystal
  2. True Faith
  3. Temptation
  4. Atmosphere
  5. Isolation
New Order
Bernard Sumner | Peter Hook | Stephen Morris | Phil Cunningham
Gillian Gilbert
Discography
Albums: Movement | Power, Corruption & Lies | Low-Life | Brotherhood | Technique | Republic | Get Ready | Waiting for the Sirens' Call
Compilation Albums: Substance | The Peel Sessions | BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert | The Best of New Order | The Rest of New Order | International | Retro | In Session | Singles
Extended plays: 1981-1982 New Order | Peel Sessions 1982 | Peel Sessions 1981 | The Peter Saville Show Soundtrack
Singles: "Ceremony" | "Procession" | "Everything's Gone Green" | "Temptation" | "Blue Monday" | "Confusion" | "Thieves Like Us" | "Murder" | "The Perfect Kiss" | "Sub-culture" | "Shellshock" | "State of the Nation" | "Bizarre Love Triangle" | "True Faith" | "Touched by the Hand of God" | "Blue Monday 1988" | "Fine Time" | "Round & Round" | "Run 2" | "World in Motion" | "Regret" | "Ruined in a Day" | World (The Price of Love)" | "Spooky" | "True Faith-94" | "1963" | "Blue Monday-95" | "Bizarre Love Triangle" (US re-release) | "Video 5 8 6" | "Crystal" | "60 Miles an Hour" | "Someone Like You" | "Here to Stay" | "Krafty" | "Jetstream" | "Waiting for the Sirens' Call" | "Guilt is a Useless Emotion"

 

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