OMD (Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark) - Collection - 1988-2017, FLAC

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.

1988 - Dreaming (US, A&M Records, CDS 51) Mini, Single, Gatefold
1988 - The Best Of OMD (Germany, Virgin, CDOMD 1) Compilation
1988 - The Best Of OMD (EU, Virgin, CDOMD 1) Compilation
1991 - Sailing On The Seven Seas (EU, Virgin, VSCDT1310) Single
1991 - Sugar Tax (US, Virgin Records America Inc, V2-86234) Album
1991 - Pandora's Box (EU, Virgin, VSCDT 1331) Single
1991 - Then You Turn Away (EU, Virgin, VSCDT 1368) Single
1991 - Call My Name (EU, Virgin, VSCDT1380) Single
1993 - Stand Above Me (EU, Virgin, VSCDT 1444) Single
1993 - Liberator (US, Virgin, 0777 7 88225 2 3) Album
1993 - Dream Of Me (Based On Love's Theme) (Netherlands, Virgin, 7243 8 92047 2 8) Maxi-Single
1996 - Walking on the Milky Way (UK, Virgin, VSCDT1599) Single
1996 - Walking on the Milky Way (UK, Virgin, VSCDG1599) Single, Limited Edition
1996 - Universal (Italy, Virgin, CDV 2807) Album
1996 - Universal (UK, Virgin, VSCDT1606) Single
1998 - The OMD Remixes (UK, Virgin, VSCDT 1694) Single
2010 - History of Modern (UK, Blue Noise, BNL001CD) Album
2013 - English Electric (Japan, Sony Music Japan International Inc. - SICP 3810)
2017 - The Punishment Of Luxury (EU, Sony Music - 88985 43551 2) 2xCD, Deluxe, Limited