History Music / Republic

In spite of the environment it was created in, ''Republic'' was another commercial success for New Order, topping the U.K. Albums chart and securing a Mercury Prize nomination; the album also peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard 200, becoming their third top 40 album in the U.S. and their last until ''Music/MusicComplete'' in 2015 (which reached No. 34). ''Republic'' would later go on to become the 47th best selling album of 1993 in the U.K. and be certified gold in the U.K., the U.S., and Canada. "Regret" was also the band's last top-five hit in the U.K. and their highest-charting single in the U.S., reaching number 28 on the Top 100.

* TakeThat: Multiple songs carry a distinctly bitter tone of voice indicative of the band's less-than-favorable views of the folks at Creator/FactoryRecords, with whom they fell out in the late 80's; "Ruined in a Day" and "Liar" are where this is most apparent. Given the strained relationships within the band at the time, the lyrical barbs might have been directed at the other members as well.

* BrotherSisterIncest: The subject of "Everyone Everywhere".

* TakeThat: Multiple songs carry a distinctly bitter tone of voice indicative of the band's less-than-favorable views of the folks at Creator/FactoryRecords, with whom they fell out in the late 80's; "Ruined in a Day" and "Liar" are where this is most apparent.

* StylisticSuck: In keeping with the album cover's theme of mock-commercialism, the music is slick and suggestive of TV and radio ads and bumpers.

* AlternateAlbumCover: The standard edition was a regular jewel case with stock photos (a house on fire juxtaposed with two models playing on a beach) for cover art. For the US-exclusive "Limited Run", the entire album was packaged inside a puffy orange vinyl digipak, making it resemble a pool toy.

In spite of the environment it was created in, ''Republic'' was another commercial success for New Order, topping the U.K. Albums chart and securing a Mercury Prize nomination; the album also peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard 200, becoming their third top 40 album in the U.S. and their last until ''Music Complete'' in 2015 (which reached No. 34). ''Republic'' would later go on to become the 47th best selling album of 1993 in the U.K. and be certified gold in the U.K., the U.S., and Canada. "Regret" was also the band's last top-five hit in the U.K. and their highest-charting single in the U.S., reaching number 28 on the Top 100.

''Republic'' is the sixth studio album by English AlternativeDance group Music/NewOrder. Released in 1993, four years after the massively acclaimed ''Music/{{Technique}}'', the album was the band's first not to be released on Creator/FactoryRecords, who had declared bankruptcy the previous year following the [[CreatorKiller massive failure]] of Music/HappyMondays' ''Yes Please!'' and the band's own delay in following up ''Technique''. Rather, the album was released through London Records (best known for being the original American distributors for Music/TheRollingStones), who had previously attempted to buy out Factory before backing away from the deal once it was made apparent that none of Factory's artists were actually signed onto them (meaning that the artists, not the label, were the legal owners of their releases). New Order would continue releasing music through London Records up until 2007.

In spite of the environment it was created in, ''Republic'' was another commercial success for New Order, topping the U.K. Albums chart and securing a Mercury Prize nomination; the album also peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard 200, becoming their third top-40 album in the U.S. and their last until ''Music Complete'' in 2015 (which reached No. 34). ''Republic'' would later go on to become the 47th best selling album of 1993 in the U.K. and be certified gold in the U.K., the U.S., and Canada. "Regret" was also the band's last top-five hit in the U.K. and their highest-charting single in the U.S., reaching number 28 on the Top 100.

* {{Undercrank}}: Used throughout the music video for "Spooky" to achieve a distinctly fast-paced, jittery look that compliments the Music/OingoBoingo-esque SurrealHorror visuals.

In spite of the environment it was created in, ''Republic'' was another commercial success for New Order, topping the U.K. Albums chart and securing a Mercury Prize nomination; the album would later go on to become the 47th best selling album of 1993 in the U.K. and be certified gold in the U.K., the U.S., and Canada. "Regret" was also the band's last top-five hit in the U.K. and their highest-charting single in the U.S., reaching number 28 on the Top 100.

The vitriol that existed between Sumner and Hook continued to make things difficult for the band while promoting ''Republic'', which resulted in them feeling burned out after a lengthy U.S. tour. Consequently, New Order announced that they would be going on hiatus, with the band's members returning to focusing on their various side projects. Bernard Sumner's Music/{{Electronic}}, Peter Hook's Revenge, and Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert's the Other Two all resumed activity during this pause in work as New Order; Electronic and the Other Two also released the remainder of their studio output over the course of the 90's as well. New Order would eventually reform in 1998, and would put out their next album, ''Music/GetReady'', three years later, thus making ''Republic'' not only the band's sole 90's album, but also their last record to be released during the 20th century. To this day, the members of New Order look back on ''Republic'' poorly as a result of the strenuous circumstances behind its production.

In spite of the environment it was created in, ''Republic'' was another commercial success for New Order, topping the U.K. Albums chart and securing a Mercury Prize nomination; the album would later go on to become the 47th best selling album of 1993 in the U.K. and be certified gold in the U.K., the U.S., and Canada. "Regret" was also the band's last top-five hit in the U.K. and their highest-charting single in the U.S., reaching number 28 on the Top 100. Even though {{grunge}} was in full swing in the U.S., the song reached number one on the Billboard Modern Rock chart; the fact that New Order sounded distinctly different from the kinds of SynthPop bands that grunge usurped probably helped, as did New Order's status as one of the first popular bands to be labeled AlternativeRock. It's likely the same reason that other '80s alternative acts like Music/DepecheMode and Music/TheCure were able to maintain their popularity around the same time, though unlike those bands New Order didn't need to incorporate grunge influences into their sound (at least not until the 2000's); also helping was the fact that their previous incarnation, Music/JoyDivision, was a major influence on grunge.

''Republic'' was also New Order's highest-charting album stateside, reaching number 11 on the Top 200. It's widely agreed upon that had the album come out a year-- even half a year-- earlier, its success would've allowed Factory to stay afloat for at least a little while longer. ''Republic'' was also the last New Order album to be certified gold in the U.S. ''Republic'' is remembered fondly by fans, though in hindsight they see it as being the point where New Order [[NewSoundAlbum became a very different band sound-wise compared to their prior work]], though it wouldn't be [[Music/PowerCorruptionAndLies the first time]] [[Music/{{Technique}} that happened]].

* BSide: "Vicious Circle", included on some releases of "Ruined in a Day". Alongside "Let's Go (Nothing for Me)" (a vocal remix of an {{instrumental|s}} from the ''Salvation!'' soundtrack, included as a B-side on the 1995 remix of "1963" before later being added to the US release of ''[[GreatestHitsAlbum (the best of) NewOrder]]'' and being handed out to radio stations as a promo single that same year), it was one of the only two proper B-sides put out by the band in the 1990's, with the band's other singles only including alternate mixes of the A-sides as addition tracks on their singles. This marked the start of a shift away from New Order including original songs as B-sides, with the practice being dropped altogether after the early 2000's thanks to the rise of digital downloading and later streaming services making B-sides far less commercially viable; the band's final original B-side was "Such a Good Thing", included on the June 3, 2002 reissue of "World in Motion..." for the World Cup that year.

* CreatorCameo: The band members appear as background characters in the first half of the video for "World (The Price of Love)". Specifically, in order, Peter Hook is lounging in a bathrobe by the dock, Bernard Sumner overlooks a railing to briefly lip-sync to the song, and both Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert are getting their picture taken just outside the hotel. This would be the last time the band ever appeared in one of their music videos until "Jetstream" in 2005, and consequently it's the last music video to visually depict the original lineup of the band.

The vitriol that existed between Sumner and Hook continued to make things difficult for the band while promoting ''Republic'', which resulted in them feeling burned out after a lengthy U.S. tour. Consequently, New Order announced that they would be going on hiatus, with the band's members returning to focusing on their various side projects. Bernard Sumner's Music/{{Electronic}}, Peter Hook's Revenge, and Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert's the Other Two all resumed activity during this pause in work as New Order; Electronic and the Other Two also released the remainder of their studio output over the course of the 90's as well. New Order would eventually reform in 1998, and would put out their next album, ''Get Ready'', three years later, thus making ''Republic'' not only the band's sole 90's album, but also their last record to be released during the 20th century. To this day, the members of New Order look back on ''Republic'' poorly as a result of the strenuous circumstances behind its production.