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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark is a synthpop artist from Liverpool, England, UK formed in 1977. 52 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
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The OMD Singles
1998 · 18 tracks
Organisation
1980
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
1980
Souvenir
2019
Sugar Tax
1991
Bauhaus Staircase
2023
Crush
1985
The Pacific Age
1986
Junk Culture
1984
Universal
1996
English Electric
2013
History of Modern
2010
Bauhaus Staircase (The Complete Edition)
2025
Crush (40th Anniversary)
2025
So80s Presents OMD (Curated By Blank & Jones)
2024
Live At the Liverpool Empire
2023
Atmospherics & Greatest Hits (Live At The Royal Albert Hall 2022)
2023
Live At the Hammersmith Apollo
2023
Live With the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
2023
Architecture & Morality Singles
2021
Architecture & Morality - Dazzle Ships (Live At The Royal Albert Hall)
2021
The Punishment of Luxury
2017
Dazzle Ships (Live at the Museum of Liverpool)
2015
Night Café
2013
Live in Berlin
2011
Sister Marie Says (Remixes)
2010
Navigation: The OMD B-Sides
2003
Peel Sessions (1979-1983)
2003
The Best Of Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
2003
Architecture And Morality
2003
The Collection
1996
The Best of OMD
1988
Architecture & Morality
1981
Dazzle Ships
Single · 1983
Liberator
Single · 1993
Choral (Remastered 2025)
Single · 2025
Maria Gallante (Remastered 2025)
Single · 2025
Drift (Remastered 2025)
Single · 2025
In Heaven Above (4- NEU Demo)
Single · 2023
Enola Gay (Remixes)
Single · 2020
Don't Go
Single · 2019
Electricity
Single · 2019
Metroland
Single · 2013
Dresden
EP · 2013
History of Modern (Part I) (Remixes)
EP · 2011
History of Modern (Part I)
Single · 2011
Save Me
Single · 2010
If You Want It (Remixes)
EP · 2010
If You Want It
Single · 2010
Sister Marie Says
Single · 2010
If You Leave
Single · 2009
Enola Gay
Single · 1980
OMD
Trinity College
Dublin, Ireland
More about Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) are an English electronic music group formed in Wirral, Merseyside in 1978. Spawned by earlier band The Id, the outfit originally functioned as a duo composed of founding members Andy McCluskey (vocals, bass guitar) and Paul Humphreys (keyboards, vocals), before other personnel were enlisted. As a group, OMD gained popularity throughout Europe with the 1980 single "Enola Gay", and achieved broader recognition via Architecture & Morality (1981) and its singles. Steadily resistant to "pop star" status, the band garnered acclaim for their experimental recordings, which were noted for their intellectual depth.
Although retrospectively lauded, the challenging Dazzle Ships (1983) eroded European support during the mid 1980s; the group shifted toward more pop-oriented songwriting on Junk Culture (1984), while continuing to experiment with sounds via newly acquired digital samplers. Concurrently, the band reached their peak in the United States and had a major hit with 1986's "If You Leave", written for the film Pretty in Pink. Humphreys departed with the other members in 1989 to form The Listening Pool, leaving McCluskey to lead the outfit: Sugar Tax (1991) and its initial singles were sizeable hits in Europe. By the mid 1990s, however, synthpop had been supplanted by alternative rock, and McCluskey dissolved OMD in 1996. In 2006 the group reformed with Humphreys back in the fold, and new material followed in 2009. Their European fanbase remained steadfast: History of Modern (2010) became the band's biggest hit on the German chart; English Electric (2013) their largest in the UK since Sugar Tax. The group have sold over 40 million records and have cultivated a legacy as innovators within popular music. An influence on many artists in diverse genres, OMD's songs have been covered, remixed and sampled by numerous chart acts, and the band are the subject of two tribute albums.
