Dazzle Ships (40th Anniversary Edition) (half speed remastered)
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ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK
Dazzle Ships (40th Anniversary Edition) (half speed remastered) (limited gatefold 180 gram silver & blue vinyl 2xLP)
UMC
Cat: 488149 2. Rel: 3 Apr 23
Pop
Side 1 - Track 1. Radio Prague Side 1 - Track 2. Genetic Engineering Side 1 - Track 3. ABC Auto-Industry Side 1 - Track 4. Telegraph Side 1 - Track 5. This Is Helena Side 1 - Track 6. International Side 2 - Track 1. Dazzle Ships Side 2 - Track 2. The Romance Of The Telescope Side 2 - Track 3. Silent Running Side 2 - Track 4. Radio Waves Side 2 - Track 5. Time Zones Side 2 - Track 6. Of All The Things We've Made Side 3 - Track 1. Telegraph 82 (Very Early demo) Side 3 - Track 2. Silent Running (demo) Side 3 - Track 3. Sold Our Souls (The Avenue demo) Side 3 - Track 4. Shakespeare 82 Side 4 - Track 1. Untitled Instrumental 82 Side 4 - Track 2. In Heaven Above (4-NEU demo) Side 4 - Track 3. Telegraph Live 1984
Named after dazzle camouflage, an approach to painting naval vessels in ways that would make it difficult for them to be targeted with the naked eye (used extensively in World War I, less so in World War II), OMD's fourth studio album also arrived on Telegraph, an imprint that never existed and was instead a fictitious platform backed by Virgin Records. There's no mistaking the fact this is Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, though, with the tracks here defining the band perfectly.
By that, we mean grand, epic overtures, a strange - at the time, groundbreaking - hybrid of electronic synth stuff with classical, Neo-operatics and rock & roll. It's evocative, immediately captivating and very difficult to make many assumptions about, with techniques such as sampling, looping and layering employed to incredible effect, without overshadowing the song craft itself. Which, it's safe to say, is approaching their artistic peak at this point.
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