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OMD (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark): The OMD Singles

 A l b u m   D e t a i l s


Label: Virgin Records
Released: 1998.09.28
Time:
 70:35
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Rating: ********.. (8/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.omd.uk.com
Appears with:
Purchase date: 1998.10.02
Price in €: 15,99



 S o n g s ,   T r a c k s


[1] Electricity (Humphreys/McCluskey) - 3:30
[2] Messages (Humphreys/McCluskey) - 4:44
[3] Enola Gay (McCluskey) - 3:33
[4] Souvenir (Cooper/Humphreys) - 3:37
[5] Joan Of Arc (McCluskey) - 3:48
[6] Maid Of Orleans (McCluskey) - 4:11
[7] Tesla Girls (Humphreys/McCluskey) - 3:24
[8] Locomotion (Humphreys/McCluskey/Troeller) - 3:45
[9] Talking Loud And Clear (Cooper/Humphreys/McCluskey) - 3:55
[10] So In Love (Hague/Humphreys/McCluskey) - 3:29
[11] If You Leave (Cooper/Humphreys/McCluskey) - 4:29
[12] (Forever) Live And Die (Humphreys/Weir/Weir) - 3:36
[13] Dreaming (Humphreys/McCluskey) - 3:57
[14] Sailing On The Seaven Seas (Kershaw/McCluskey) - 3:45
[15] Pandora's Box (McCluskey) - 4:05
[16] Call My Name (Kershaw/Masset/McCluskey) - 3:45
[17] Dream Of Me (McCluskey/White) - 3:53
[18] Walking On The Milky Way (Ipinson/McCluskey/Small) - 4:03

 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l


ANDY MCCLUSKEY - Music, Vocals, Mixing, Producer
JIMMY TAYLOR - Guitar, Producer, Remixing
MATTHEW VAUGHAN - Bass, Guitar, Piano, Producer, Remixing
PHIL SPALDING - Bass, Background Vocals, Producer, Remixing
CHUCK SABO - Percussion, Drums Producer, Remixing
ANNE DUDLEY - String Arrangements

CAROL KENYON - Background Vocals
HANNAH CLIVE - Background Vocals
BREDA DUNN - Background Vocals
MAGGIE KEANE - Background Vocals

BARRY WHITE - Producer
DOLPHIN - Art Direction, Design, Cover Art Concept
TOM LORD-ALGE - Producer, Engineer, Mixing
JEREMY ALLOM - Engineer
STEVE ANDERSON - Mixing
PETER COLEMAN - Mixing
HOWARD GRAY - Engineer
STEPHEN HAGUE - Producer
MIKE HOWLETT - Producer
STEVE JACKSON - Engineer
RICHARD MANWARING - Producer
ANDY MCCLUSKEY - Producer
DAVID NICHOLAS - Producer
MAX NORMAN - Engineer
RONALD PRENT - Engineer
ANDY RICHARDS - Producer
BRIAN TENCH - Producer, Engineer
CHESTER VALENTINE - Engineer
MATTHEW VAUGHAN - Producer
PHIL COXON - Producer
DAVID JACOB - Engineer
GREGG JACKMAN - Remixing
RICHARD HAUGHTON - Photography
JOSEPH HUNWICK - Photography
DAVID SHEINMAN - Photography
ANDY MCGUIRE - Remixing

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s


Looking back on 20 years of creative growth since the electro-pop band's inception, The OMD Singles is logically and chronologically arranged. The earliest recordings, 1980's "Electricity" and "Messages" prove electric messages were being channeled from such German pioneers as Kraftwek and Neu. These English boys were enamored of melody, though, and it was not long before such dulcet, song-like structure became self evident, as in 1984's "Tesla Girls." From then on, it is a steady climb in coherence, with synth rhythms downplayed in order to bring the melodic theme to the front. The pinnacle of this progression is OMD's memorable "So In Love" (1985) and "If You Leave" (From 1986's Pretty in Pink). The album closes with their last hit, 1996's glam influenced autobiography "Walking on the Milky Way." Last original member, Andy McCluskey, has blessed this greatest hits package as the final swan song for the long-lived group. Originating in post-punk synth experimentation and closing in dated, but still strong, pop productions, The OMD Singles is an excellent timeline of the band whose sound covered in a single career that same territory explored by the Human League, Erasure, Yaz, New Order and beyond.

Thomas Schulte - All Music Guide



Nach der Veröffentlichung von "Electricity" im Jahre 1979 wurde OMD sehr bald zu einer der einflußreicheren Elektropop-Bands aus England. Wenn das Konzept eines singenden Synthesizerduos heutzutage auch nichts besonderes mehr ist, so gab es fur Andy McClusky und Paul Humphreys doch kaum Vorbilder, als sie ihren ungewöhnlichen Stil entwickelten. Diese Sammlung faßt ganze zwei Jahrzehnte der unverwechselbaren Popkunstfertigkeit von OMD zusammen. Von den frühen Stücken wie "Enola Gay" bis hin zu Radioklassikern wie "Joan of Arc" und "Souvenir": OMDs dramatisch-brilliante Interpretationen beeinflußten alle, von Depeche Mode bis zu den Pet Shop Boys. Werke aus den späten 80er Jahren, wie "If You Leave" und "(Forever) Live and Die" runden die Sammlung ab. Und wenn auch ein paar der ausgefalleneren Seiten der Musik von OMD zu kurz kommen,-- von den Hits fehlt keiner.

Mitch Myers - Amazon.de



After releasing "Electricity" in 1979, OMD quickly became one of the more influential electro-pop bands to emerge from England. While the premise of a singing synthesizer duo may now be a fairly conventional concept, Andy McClusky and Paul Humphreys had very few role models when they first developed their unusual style. This package pulls together two full decades of OMD's distinctive pop craftsmanship. From the early sounds of "Enola Gay" to radio classics like "Joan of Arc" and "Souvenir," OMD's polished, dramatic readings influenced everyone from Depeche Mode to the Pet Shop Boys. Late-'80s tunes like "If You Leave" and "(Forever) Live and Die" round out this collection. While not displaying all the more offbeat aspects of OMD's music, this package certainly delivers the hits.

Mitch Myers - Amazon.com
 

 L y r i c s


ELECTRICITY

I want some energy
the ultimate discovery
electric blue for me
never more to be free
electricity
nuclear and heb
come fuels from the sea
wasted electricity

I want some energy
electricity
all we need is to learn to save
and if were made to throw away
it doesn't change the city cost
the alternative is only one
the final source of energy
solar electricity

electricity
electricity
electricity
electricity
electricity
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee


MESSAGES

it worries me this kind of thing
how you hope to live alone
and occupy your waking hours
we're taking sides again
i just wept i couldn't understand
why you started this again

every day you send me more
what makes it worse is this plan of yours
to ensure I don't forget
I'd write and tell you that I've burnt them all
but you never send me your address
and i've kept them anyway

so don't ask me if I think it's true
that communication can bring hope to those
who have gone their seperate ways
it hardly touched me when it should have then
and memories are uncertain friends
when recalled by messages

coded messages always hurt
letters

messages poision


ENOLA GAY

Enola Gay, you should have stayed at home yesterday
Oho it can't describe the feeling and the way you lied

These games you play, they're gonna end it all in tears someday
Oho Enola Gay, it shouldn't ever have to end this way

It's 8:15, that's the time that it's always been

We got your message on the radio, condition's normal and you're coming home

Enola Gay, is mother proud of little boy today
Oho, this kiss you give, it's never ever gonna fade away

Enola Gay, it shouldn't ever have to end this way
Oho Enola Gay, it should've faded our dreams away

It's 8:15, oh that's the time that it's always been
We got your message on the radio, condition's normal and you're coming home

Enola Gay, is mother proud of little boy today
Oho, this you give, it's never ever gonna fade away


SOUVENIR

It's my direction, it's my proposal, it's so hard, it's leading me astray
My obsession, it's my creation, you'll understand, it's not important now

All I need is coordination, I can't imagine my destination
My intention, ask my opinion, with no excuse, my feelings still remain

My feelings still remain


JOAN OF ARC

Little catholic girl is fallin' in love
A face on a page, a gift from above

She should've known better than to give her heart
She should've known better than to ever part without me, without me

I gave her everything that I ever owned
I think she understood it but she never spoke

She shouldn't oughta try to be that way
She shouldn't have to go there every day without me, without me

Now listen to us good and listen well
Listen to the song and everything we tell

We should've known better than to give her away
We should've known better to this very day, without me, without me

Listen, [show it all], all you gotta do
Say the right words and I'll be coming through
Hold you in my arms and take you right away

Now she's turned away to another land
We never understood it why she gave her hand

She shouldn't oughta promise, 'cos it's just pretend
I know she doesn't mean it and she'll leave again without me, without me
Without me, without me


MAIF OF ORLEANS (THE WALTZ OF JOAN OF ARC)

Joan of Arc had a heart
Would she give it as a gift
To such as me
Who longs to see
How an angel ought to be

Her dream’s to give her heart away
Like an orphan on a wave
She cared so much
She offered up
Her body to the grave


FOREVER (LIVE AND DIE)

I never wanted another
Come over to me and discover
How I want to be near you
And you need to be far away
You always seem to make me feel at home
Hey you

People like
I never knew, I never knew, I never knew why
You make me wanna cry
I never knew, I never knew, I never knew why
Forever live and die

I look at all of the people
Doing it over and over
You never get any older
I wish that you could be here
I look at you and I
Make the same mistakes
Hey you

People like
I never knew, I never knew, I never knew why
You make me wanna cry
I never knew, I never knew, I never knew why
Forever Live and Die

I never knew, I never knew, I never knew why
You make me wanna cry
I never knew, I never knew, I never knew why
Forever Live and Die

Repeat to fade


DREAMING

If you were born in heaven girl
I'd understand so well
But ever since I've met you child
You've made my life such hell
With every day that passes
I fall nearer to the ground
It seems that I've been looking for
Something that won't be found

I was only Dreaming
I was only trying to catch your eye
I was only wishing you would notice me
Instead you said goodbye

Could this be the new answer then
To all the dreams we've made
Could there be some solution please
To rid me of this grace
But every single second that you held me in your arms
You build me up
You raise me up
You kill me with your charms

Refrain

Would you stay with me tonight
Won't you make these feelings last
Can we start this all again
Would that be just to much to ask

Refrain


SAILING ON THE SEVEN SEAS

You say that love will capture me
But not unless you give it free
We’re sailing on the seven seas
Sister Ray is on TV
The light of love it shines so bright
That the FBI won’t sleep tonight

‘Cause I’m so in awe of you
That I don’t know what to do
And I’m sailing on
The seven seas so blue

Sick and tired and don’t know why
Skin and bone won’t touch the sky
Sex and lies can’t bring me down
‘Cause I’ve sold my soul all over town

‘Cause I’m so in awe of you
That I don’t know what to do
And I’m sailing on
The seven seas so blue

People try to drag us down
So we learn to swim before we drown

‘Cause I’m so in awe of you
That I don’t know what to do
And I’m sailing on
The seven seas so blue

And I’m so in awe of you
That I don’t know what to do
And I’m sailing on
The seven seas so blue


PANDORAS BOX

Born in Kansas on an ordinary plain
Ran to New York but ran away from fame
Only seventeen when all your dreams come true
But all you wanted was someone to undress you
And all the stars you kissed could never ease the pain
Still the grace remains and though the face has changed
You’re still the same

And it’s a long long way from where you want to be
And it’s a long long road, but you’re too blind to see

Frame of silence of an innocent divine
Is a dangerous creation when you fall the test of time
And all the photographs of ghosts of long ago
Still they hurt you so, won’t let go
And you still don’t know

And it’s a long long way from where you want to be
And it’s a long long road, but you’re too blind to see

When you look around yourself now, do you recognize the girl
The one, who broke a thousand hearts, terrified the world

And all the stars you kissed could never ease the pain
Still the grace remains and though the face has changed
You’re still the same

And it’s a long long way from where you want to be
And it’s a long long road, but you’re too blind to see

And it’s a long long way from where you want to be
And it’s a long long road, but you’re too blind to see


TESLA GIRLS

No
no no no
no no no

Tesla girls Tesla girls
testing out theories
electric chairs and dynamos
dressed to kill they're killing me
but heaven knows their recipe

No no no

You wouldn't believe me if I said
the things I've seen went over my head
I've been patient heaven knows
I've learnt the rules and how it goes
I can't sit still or settle down
and when I walk I don't touch the ground
see those girls they're heaven blessed
I guess it's so they know best
 
Tesla girls Tesla girls
writing in their diaries
now and then they'll watch TV
now and then they'll speak to me
but heaven knows their recipe
 
You wouldn't believe them if they said
the things they've seen went over their heads
they've been patient heaven knows
they seem to care and so it goes
they can't sit still or settle down
and when they walk they don't touch the ground
see those girls they're heaven blessed
I guess it's so they know best
 
Tesla girls
Tesla girls
Tesla girls
Tesla girls
 
Tesla girls Tesla girls
testing out theories
electric chairs and dynamos
dressed to kill they're killing me
but heaven knows their recipe
 
Tesla girls Tesla girls
now and then I watch TV
now and then they'll speak to me
but heaven knows their recipe
 
No no no


LOCOMOTION 

Across every ocean
for the sake of locomotion
but I wouldn't have a notion
how to save my soul
I walk down the sidewalk
run down the boardwalk
stop and make small talk
but I can't say no to you
 
I can't say no I can't say yes
I cant' even write down my own address
I can't touch Heaven it's a little too far
it's the only way to travel
got dreaming on a parr
I'm staring through the window
wonder where you are
moving through the landscape at a million miles an hour
 
Across every nation
from the harbour to the station
it's a source of inspiration
it's a power to the state
they run down the railways
sail across the seaways
fly through the airways
but they can't say no
to you
 
I can't stand up I can't stand still
I know you wouldn't like it if I told you how I feel
I just want to say that it's only common sense
but the words always fail me at my own expense
I'm staring out the window
wonder where you are
moving through the landscape at a million miles an hour
 
Across every ocean
for the sake of locomotion
but I wouldn't have a notion
how to save my soul
I walk down the sidewalk
run down the boardwalk
stop and make small talk
but I can't say no to you


TALKING LOUD AND CLEAR 

Talking loud and clear
saying just what I feel
lying in the grass
with the sun on our backs
it doesn't really matter
what we do or what we say
with every little movement
we give ourselves away
 
Opposite and opposite
decisions are reversed
facing one another
with words that couldn't hurt
with every little word
you're getting closer to me
talking loud and clear
saying just what we feel today
 
Talking loud and clear
saying just what we feel
lying in the grass
we've got time on our hands
body next to body
with silence all around
we understand each other
but didn't make a sound
 
Promises and promises
of vows we shall return
facing one another
I thought my heart would burn
you turn to move away
but then get closer to me
talking loud and clear
saying just what we feel today


SO IN LOVE

Talk to me, don't lie to me
Save your breath
Don't look at me, don't smile at me
Just close your eyes
I was so impressed by you
I was running blind
I would fall for every trick
Every twist of mind

Heaven is cold
Without any soul
It's hard to believe
I was so in love with you

Don't say your prayers, don't build your hopes
Just walk away
Don't phone me up, don't call around
Don't waste your time
You were so in awe of me
You were so divine
You would do just anything
To still be mine

Heaven is cold
Without any soul
It's hard to believe
I was so in love with you

All the things you said to me
I was so obsessed
You were always talking talking
God I did my best

Heaven is cold
Without any soul
It's hard to believe
I was so in love with you

Etc....


IF YOU LEAVE 

If you leave, don't leave now
Please don't take my heart away
Promise me just one more night
Then we'll go our separate ways
With hours left time on our sides
Now it's fading fast
Every second every moment
We've got to--we've gotta make it last
 
I touch you once I touch you twice
I won't let go at any price
I need you now like I needed you then
You always said we'd still be friends someday
 
If you leave I won't cry
I won't waste one single day
But if you leave don't look back
I'll be running the other way
Seven years went under the bridge
Like time was standing still
Heaven knows what happens now
You've got to--you've gotta say you will
 
I touch you once I touch you twice
I won't let go at any price
I need you now like I needed you then
You always said we'd meet again
 
I touch you once I touch you twice
I won't let go at any price
I need you now like I needed you then
You always said we'd still be friends
 
I touch you once I touch you twice
I won't let go at any price
I need you now like I needed you then
You always said we'd meet again someday
 
If you leave
Oh if you leave
Oh if you leave
Don't look back
Don't look back


CALL MY NAME

I've seen a new sensation
I heard you call in pain
But running round in circles
Won't make it right again
The telephone keeps ringing
Your head is in the sand
The future is unfolding
But it's not what you had planned

No matter what you do
There's no escape for you
You say we go too far
You say I'll take my car

So it always ends the same
There's no one else to blame
But I'd die
If you would call my name

Caught between two evils
You should have stayed at home
To wish upon and walk upon
A planet of your own

No matter what you do
There's no escape for you
You say we go too far
You say I'll take my car

So it always ends the same
There's no one else to blame
But I'd die
If you would call my name

Yes I'd die
If you would call my name

No matter what you do
There's no escape for you
You say we go too far
You say I'll take my car

So it always ends the same
There's no one else to blame
But I'd die
If you would call my name

Oh yes I'd die
If you would call my name


DREAM OF ME

say it isn't right
to be alone tonight
so in love with you
tell you what I'm gonna
do about it

I had an idea
based on a love theme
I had an idea
based on a love theme

all I ever do
is what you want me to
so in love with you
tell you what I'm gonna
do about it

I had an idea
based on a love theme
I had an idea
based on a love theme

say it isn't right
to be alone tonight
so in love with you
tell you what I'm gonna
do about it

I had an idea
based on a love theme
I had an idea
based on a love theme


WALKING ON THE MILKY WAY

When I was only 17
My head was full of brilliant dreams
My heart would call and I would gladly go

At 21 the world was mine
And I was yours and your divine
And nothing else would matter to a soul

I don't believe in destiny
I don't believe in love
I don't believe that anything will ever be enough

(Chorus)

Oh, man you should have seen us
On the way to Venus
Walking on the Milky Way
It was quite a day
Walking on the big stuff
Acting like we're real tough
Baby we were on our way
So what you say

As time goes by reality
Destroys your hope and dignity
There's nothing left but shadows on the wall

But just remember who you are
And where you've been you've come so far
And never ever let them see you fall

I don't believe in miracles
I don't believe in truth
I don't believe that anything can recreate your youth

Chorus

Bridge

Walking on the Milky Way

Chorus (repeat twice)

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