Looking From a Hilltop

Meanwhile, Bernard Sumner and ACR drummer Donald Johnson (aka DoJo) had reworked Looking From a Hilltop as a single, FAC 108. On release in June these much extended 'Restructure' and 'Megamix' versions met with considerable success, particularly on import in the States, where Hilltop broke as a club hit in New York. The single also received extensive airplay, and succeeded in crossing over to black stations in the Chicago area. Repeated listening more than a decade later serves only to reinforce the Michigan Daily's impression of 'pure sonic capability', as does latterday sampling of the track by the Shamen (1992) and Orbital (1993).