ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVERS IN THE DARK Souvenier 3x LP NEW VINYL Virgin EMI
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ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVERS IN THE DARK Souvenier / 3x LP NEW VINYL / Virgin EMI 2019
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark should celebrate 40 years of existence because their career can be divided into four distinct stages. There were the visionary, pioneering early 1980s; the slicker, America-baiting later '80s; the '90s, during which OMD was a solo vehicle for frontman Andy McCluskey; and the current revival which followed from their 2006 reformation.
It would be difficult to find a more consistently enthralling run of singles than those OMD released between 1979 and 1984. McCluskey and primary partner Paul Humphreys wrote impossibly catchy songs about subjects that were strange and inviting for pop music, even for the time. Song titles like "Electricity", "Genetic Engineering", and "Joan of Arc" speak for themselves. McCluskey chose to address the Cold War and its inherent threat of nuclear annihilation by focusing on the plane that dropped the Bomb. The whirring, paradoxically giddy "Enola Gay" is one of the most enduring singles of its era.
Crucial to OMD's success is their ability to wring genuine emotion out of such unorthodox subjects, often with the aid of haunting, ethereal keyboard textures. From a 21st-century perspective, songs like the alienated "Messages" and coy, ironic "Tesla Girls" seem positively prescient and take on entirely new relevance. All of the pre-reunion singles have been remastered, and they have never sounded better. The synths are sharper and the low-end fuller, making the tracks well worth repurchasing.
A1 Electricity
A2 Red Frame/White Light
A3 Messages
A4 Enola Gay
A5 Souvenir
A6 Joan Of Arc
A7 Maid Of Orleans
B1 Genetic Engineering
B2 Telegraph
B3 Locomotion
B4 Talking Loud & Clear
B5 Tesla Girls
B6 Never Turn Away
B7 So In Love
C1 Secret
C2 La Femme Accident
C3 If You Leave
C4 (Forever) Live & Die
C5 We Love You
C6 Shame
C7 Dreaming
D1 Sailing On The Seven Seas
D2 Pandora's Box (It's A Long, Long Way)
D3 Then You Turn Away
D4 Call My Name
D5 Stand Above Me
D6 Dream Of Me
E1 Everyday
E2 Walking On The Milky Way
E3 Universal
E4 If You Want It
E5 Sister Marie Says
E6 History Of Modern" (part 1)
F1 Metroland
F2 Dresden
F3 Night Cafe
F4 Isotype
F5 The Punishment Of Luxury
F6 What Have We Done
F7 Don't Go
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