The Best of OMD

by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

The Best of OMD cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: Virgin
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:14:14
  • Community rating: 3.99/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Kotra, Zavoloka

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Chronicling the English group's highly successful first decade, this compilation traces their evolution from experimental electronic pioneers to polished mainstream pop architects. Featuring the newly recorded single 'Dreaming', the album effectively summarizes their distinctive blend of melancholic melodies and synthesized rhythms.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, hedonism, rhythmic, synth, compilation

Tracklist

  1. Electricity (3:32)
  2. Messages (4:45)
  3. Enola Gay (3:32)
  4. Souvenir (3:38)
  5. Joan Of Arc (3:48)
  6. Joan Of Arc (Maid Of Orleans) (4:12)
  7. Telegraph (3:43)
  8. Tesla Girls (3:33)
  9. Locomotion (3:53)
  10. Talking Loud And Clear (3:55)
  11. So In Love (3:29)
  12. Secret (3:57)
  13. If You Leave (4:30)
  14. (Forever) Live And Die (3:35)
  15. Dreaming (3:57)
  16. Genetic Engineering (3:35)
  17. We Love You - 12'' Version (6:14)
  18. La Femme Accident - 12'' Version (6:16)

Credits

  • Kotra - primary artist, bass, performer [clanged and creaked]
  • Zavoloka - primary artist, design, edited by [nurtured it and killed it]

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