Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Lyrics Follow
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) are an English electronic music band formed in Wirral, Merseyside in 1978. Spawned by earlier group The Id, the outfit is composed of co-founders Andy McCluskey (vocals, bass guitar) and Paul Humphreys (keyboards, vocals), along with Martin Cooper (various instruments) and Stuart Kershaw (drums); McCluskey is the only constant member. OMD released their debut single, "Electricity", in 1979, and gained popularity throughout Europe with the 1980 anti-war song "Enola Gay". The band achieved broader recognition via their album Architecture & Morality (1981) and its three singles, all of which were international hits.
Although retrospectively reappraised, the experimental Dazzle Ships (1983) eroded European support. The band embraced a more straightforward pop sound on Junk Culture (1984), while continuing to experiment via newly acquired digital samplers; this change in direction led to greater success in the United States, and yielded the 1986 hit, "If You Leave". A year after the release of The Best of OMD (1988), creative differences rendered McCluskey the only remaining member of the group as Humphreys formed spin-off band The Listening Pool. OMD would return with a new line-up and explore the dance-pop genre: Sugar Tax (1991) and its initial singles were sizeable hits. By the mid 1990s, however, electronic music had been supplanted by alternative rock, and both OMD and The Listening Pool disbanded in 1996. McCluskey later conceived girl group Atomic Kitten, for whom he served as a principal songwriter, while Humphreys performed as half of the duo Onetwo.
In 2006, the outfit reformed with Humphreys back in the fold, and began to work on material more akin to their early output. The band re-established themselves as a chart act, and kept on touring extensively.
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Albums
Night Café EP
Dresden Single
The Future Will Be Silent EP
English Electric
Metroland Single
History of Modern, Part I Single
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History of Modern
If You Want It Single
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Walking on the Milky Way Single
Universal Single
Dream Of Me (Based On Love's Theme) Single
Liberator
Stand Above Me Single
Call My Name Single
Pandora's Box Single
Sailing on the Seven Seas Single
Sugar Tax
Then You Turn Away Single
Dreaming Single
We Love You (extended) Single
If You Leave Single
(Forever) Live and Die Single
The Pacific Age
We Love You Single
La Femme Accident Single
Secret Single
Crush
So in Love Single
Never Turn Away Single
Tesla Girls Single
Talking Loud and Clear Single
Locomotion Single
Telegraph Single
Dazzle Ships
Genetic Engineering Single
Maid of Orleans (The Waltz Joan of Arc) Single
Joan of Arc Single
Souvenir Single
Enola Gay / Souvenir Single
Enola Gay Single
Organisation
Messages Single
Red Frame/White Light Single
Electricity Single
Popular Songs
- 4‐Neu
- ABC Auto‐Industry
- Tesla Girls - Highland Studios Demo
- 10 To 1
- All Or Nothing
- Heaven Is - Highland Studios Demo
- White Trash - Highland Studios Demo
- Talking Loud And Clear - Extended Version
- Never Turn Away - Extended Version
- Locomotion - 12” Version
- (The Angels Keep Turning) The Wheels Of The Universe
- Wrappup - Dub Version of 'All Wrapped Up'
- Tesla Girls - Extended Mix
- Julia's Song - Re-recorded Version
- The Avenue
- Strange Sensations
- The Place You Fear the Most
- New Stone Age
- Area
- Frontline
- Kill Me
- No Man's Land
- Kissing the Machine
- Final Song
- Decimal
- Stay with Me
- Our System
- Atomic Ranch
- The Future Will Be Silent
- Please Remain Seated