Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (OMD) - English Electric (2013) {BMG}
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (OMD) - English Electric (2013) {BMG}
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Synth Pop / Indie / Alternative Dance
On their second album since their 2005 reunion, synth pop pioneers Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark rekindle the spirit of two new wave classics, the first being their own "slept on" masterpiece from 1983, Dazzle Ships, an album that pushed the boundaries sonically. From the blippy, robotic, and almost musique concrète opener "Please Remain Seated" to the geometric sleeve that credits DZ designer Peter Saville with Executive Art Design, English Electric carries on the pop-meets-avant-garde spirit of that fan favorite album.
It gives up a love song like "Night Café" that's so glossed and polished that it could be used in a John Hughes film, and then it offers an edgy swerve like "Decimal," where answering machine messages, countdowns, and other disembodied voices provided some kind of silicon chorus that's equally majestic and precise. Propaganda singer Claudia Brücken contributes some seductive computer voice narration on the highlight "Kissing the Machine," which, being co-written and previously performed by Karl Bartos, brings to light the album's other obvious influence, Kraftwerk. Key cut "Metroland" is dangerously close to Kraftwerk's "Neon Lights," and with its booming drum beat and sampled choir, "Our System" sounds like Andy McCluskey crooning at the Electric Café, but what a croon it is. Here, his voice is comfortable for the most part, full-bodied the whole way through, and powerful when need be, while background tracks are constructed with care, combining angular and certain beats with melodies that are either majestic and big or pillowy clouds of future fluff. Put it all together and it is the kind of OMD longtime fans crave, and if it comes closest to pandering with "Helen of Troy" (their "Joan of Arc" revisited) the duo's performances are as inspired as they are familiar, and you can say the same for most of the songwriting. Still, OMD's Kraftwerk fixation at this late date is a retro-within-retro move that puzzles, so prepare to be jarred a bit before declaring this a welcome addition to the catalog.
Personnel:
Paul Humphreys - Vocals, Keyboards
Andy McCluskey - Vocals, Keyboards, Bass
Malcolm Holmes - Drums
Martin Cooper - Keyboards
tracklist:
01. Please Remain Seated
02. Metroland
03. Night Cafe
04. The Future Will Be Silent
05. Helen Of Troy
06. Our System
07. Kissing The Machine
08. Decimal
09. Stay With Me
10. Dresden
11. Atomic Ranch
12. Final Song
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OMD / English Electric
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EAC extraction logfile from 5. April 2013, 15:24
OMD / English Electric
Used drive : HL-DT-STDVDRWBD CA10N Adapter: 1 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 667
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Gap handling : Appended to previous track
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 1024 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files (x86)\Exact Audio Copy\FLAC\FLAC.EXE
Additional command line options : -6 -V -T "ARTIST=%artist%" -T "TITLE=%title%" -T "ALBUM=%albumtitle%" -T "DATE=%year%" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%tracknr%" -T "GENRE=%genre%" -T "COMMENT=%comment%" %hascover%–picture="%coverfile%"%hascover% %source% -o %dest%
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.00 | 0:43.61 | 0 | 3285
2 | 0:43.61 | 7:33.02 | 3286 | 37262
3 | 8:16.63 | 3:45.47 | 37263 | 54184
4 | 12:02.35 | 2:40.56 | 54185 | 66240
5 | 14:43.16 | 4:13.29 | 66241 | 85244
6 | 18:56.45 | 4:33.05 | 85245 | 105724
7 | 23:29.50 | 5:05.61 | 105725 | 128660
8 | 28:35.36 | 1:15.51 | 128661 | 134336
9 | 29:51.12 | 4:26.63 | 134337 | 154349
10 | 34:18.00 | 3:37.01 | 154350 | 170625
11 | 37:55.01 | 1:43.57 | 170626 | 178407
12 | 39:38.58 | 3:24.63 | 178408 | 193770
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Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (OMD) - English Electric (2013) {BMG}
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (OMD) - English Electric (2013) {BMG}
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