Peter Hook on the highs and lows of recording New Orders "Brotherhood," 40 years later

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Set us as preferred A year before New Order released its megawatt compilation “Substance,” it was already riding a three-year streak, breaking out with “Blue Monday” in 1983, and the success of albums “Power, Corruption & Lies” (1983) and “Low-Life” (1985).By the time “Brotherhood “ was released on Sept.

29, 1986, the band had already made its mark in the U.S.and on the soundtrack of John Hughes’ “Pretty in Pink” with “Shellshock” (the band’s instrumentals “Elegia” and “Thieves Like Us” were also featured in the film).“Brotherhood” also marked an evident divide within the band, one that ended up splitting the album in two: The first side was more guitar-driven, derivative of the band’s Joy Division roots, and the second, sequencer-led electronic side, was something the band had begun dipping into by 1982.Produced by New Order’s vocalist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook, drummer Stephen Morris and keyboardist Gillian Gilbert, alongside engineer Michael Johnson, the first part of “Brotherhood” was recorded at Windmill Lane in Dublin, and the second was completed at Jam Studios in London.

Once released, “Brotherhood” also delivered another hit that saturated American dance floors, “Bizarre Love Triangle.”In between touring with his band Peter Hook & the Light, the bassist reflected on New Order and Joy Division’s upcoming induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the making of “Brotherhood,” and the experience of revisiting its two halves, live, again.While celebrating the 25th anniversary of New Order’s “Get Ready” on tour (with Hook and the Light), the band’s “Brotherhood” also turned 40.As the years pass, does it feel like there’s a different anniversary at every turn?Hook: When you start looking at how many bloody anniver...