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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

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Album Review

Following through on the pop inclinations of Junk Culture, OMD recorded a full-fledged mainstream pop album with Crush. Considerably calmer and more accessible than their previous records, the album may be less adventurous than their earlier work, but the breezy melodic charm of dance-pop singles like "So In Love" make Crush a thoroughly winning album.

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The beginning

This album is regarded as the beginning of the end (if not the end itself) by many old-school OMD fans, who cite the first four albums as the only ones worth celebrating, with 'Junk Culture' managing to tread water as a credible fifth right before the release of 'Crush.'

I have always strenuously disagreed. This album was my introduction to the group. I loved the single 'So In Love' (and its b-side) and reverse engineered OMD's output by buying import CDs at great expense, based on the strength of what I heard on 'Crush.'

To those who say it's a crass attempt to crack the US market and doesn't have any bite, I say 'Bloc Bloc Bloc,' 'Crush,' '88 Seconds In Greensboro,' 'The Native Daughters Of The Golden West' and 'The Lights Are Going Out' prove otherwise. That's a full half of the album that is experimental, not radio friendly, not filler (IMHO) and perfectly rendered.

As for the pop tracks, only 'Secret' is a little too saccharin for my tastes. The rest are still great, purists be damned.

Follow the lyrics...

I'm a bit shocked that serious OMD fans (and I confess I'm not exactly there) don't love this album. I guess if the criticism is purely about the evolution of their instrumentation, I might begin to understand (and merely that). But what staggers me is that, lyrically, songs like "So In Love," "Bloc Bloc Bloc," "Women III," and "La Femme Accident," dripping in barely contained, devastating, anguish and razor-sharp irony reflecting on past loves, are nothing short of brilliant. I love this album--and I think everybody else paying attention should, too.

I have always loved and admired this

. . . bands music -- My introduction was in fact Dazzle Ships -- a close following to my earlier years of endless loop tapes driving around Dallas going back and forth between OMD and Laurie Anderson. Being an audio engineer now, I realize and understand ALL the reasons I love this band so much even though I didn't have the technical vocabulary when I first started being a fan. Bloc,bloc,bloc and woman III continue to be my favorite tracks on here -- so glad to have it in my pocket !!

Biography

Formed: 1978 in Liverpool, England

Genre: Pop

Years Active: '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s

Featuring the core members Paul Humphreys and Andy McCluskey, the Liverpudlian synth pop group Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark formed in the late '70s. Humphreys and McCluskey began performing together in school, playing in the bands VCL XI, Hitlerz Underpantz, and the Id. After the Id split in 1978, McCluskey was with Dalek I Love You for a brief time. Once he left Dalek, he joined with Humphreys and Paul Collister to form Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. The group released its first single,...
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