"Maid of Orleans" is my single favorite song of theirs and I always thought I was weird for that, heheh. I grew up not having any clue that these singles were their biggest, and most importantly, being so baffled by two songs in a row about Joan of Arc. And it's not as good as either by itself, mainly because it misses this one's texture.Īrchitecture & Morality - This has a stark delicacy to it. In America we didn't get the first two albums, we got one album that combined them. It's dark and atmospheric and shimmers in a weird way, which hints at A&M's sound. The rest feels of a piece with New Order's first album, Movement. Organisation - "Enola Gay" is a great, powerful single. But I think there are great lo-fi indie rock songs here too (that came from the prior incarnation?) like "Julia's Song." Pretty cool album, but its content is overshadowed historically by its die-cut sleeve and the infinite improvement given to "Messages" when it was doled out to 10" single. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark- This album somehow pales in comparison to those that follow its defining characteristic is its earnest synthiness. I don't like to rank albums generally, so I just go in order: Anyhow, some different perspectives here. We had a lot of those in the US - all the bands that peaked with post-punk/new wave on the UK side became "college rock" staples in the mid/late 80s over here and, admittedly, completely defined my taste in music. OMD is very much one of those bands that had two phases of their initial career - the UK (earlier) and US (later) success. I always find it weird that If You Leave is the big song in the US, where I grew up in the UK I don’t recall “If You Leave”ever being released to radio. Those songs should have all been given to Atomic Kitten as he risked the credibility of the band putting out bland generic pop from those albums, thank god he got back with Paul. The 90s output with just Andy was plain awful IMO. The later 80s albums I never bothered with, Forever Live And Die is one of the great OMD songs but the Pacific Age is a 2/10 album where A&M is a 10/10 album. But it’s the greatest album in my collection from a senior 80s band.ģ.Organisation - Enola Gay - the biggest ever OMD songĤ.OMD - where it all started and has some great if dated singles.ĥ.The Punishment Of Luxury - Not as great as EE but better than History of Modern.Ħ.Junk Culture - This album has some amazing singles but the album tracks are not great.ħ.History Of Modern - A good comeback and a lot better than the Andy only OMDĨ.Dazzle Ships - Telegraph + weird radio noisesĩ.Crush - So in love and Secret = 2 great singlesġ0.The Pacific Age - Forever Live And Die - awful album though.
#OMD ENOLA GAY ALBUM FULL#
A&M it’s not even close, when you have an album with 3 huge worldwide hits and the album is full of great songs it has to be number 1, it’s them at the peak.Ģ.English Electric - This album has Helen Of Troy.