Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark discography

The discography of English electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) includes 14 studio albums and 46 singles, among other releases. The group issued their debut single, "Electricity", in 1979, and achieved several international top 10 hits during the 1980s and 1990s, including their signature songs "Enola Gay" (1980) and "If You Leave" (1986).[1][2] OMD's albums Architecture & Morality (1981), The Best of OMD (1988) and Sugar Tax (1991) were certified platinum or higher in the UK; the gold-certified Dazzle Ships (1983) became one of the band's more influential works.[3][4]

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark discography
Co-founders Andy McCluskey (left) and Paul Humphreys in 2011
Studio albums14
EPs5
Live albums10
Compilation albums9
Singles46
Video albums9
Music videos49

OMD disbanded in 1996 but reformed in 2006, and have since re-established themselves as a top 10 presence on international album charts. The group's overall record sales stand in excess of 40 million,[5][6][7] with sales of 15 million albums and 25 million singles as of 2019.[8]

Albums

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Studio albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[9]
AUS
[10]
CAN
[11]
GER
[12]
NL
[13]
NZ
[14]
SPA
[15][16]
SWE
[17]
SWI
[18]
US
[19]
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
  • Released: 22 February 1980
  • Label: Dindisc
  • Formats: LP, MC
27 49
Organisation
  • Released: 24 October 1980
  • Label: Dindisc
  • Formats: LP, MC
6 18 15
Architecture & Morality
  • Released: 6 November 1981
  • Label: Dindisc
  • Formats: LP, MC
3 62 18 8 1 22 3 28 144
Dazzle Ships
  • Released: 4 March 1983
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: LP, MC
5 100 25 11 19 10 7 38 162
Junk Culture
  • Released: 30 April 1984
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
9 54 74 32 12 27 32 28 182
Crush
  • Released: 17 June 1985
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
13 36 23 15 23 38 38
The Pacific Age
  • Released: 29 September 1986
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
15 36 18 15 17 14 20 47
Sugar Tax
  • Released: 6 May 1991
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
3 96 76 8 7 14
Liberator
  • Released: 14 June 1993
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
14 17 59 20 32 169
Universal
  • Released: 2 September 1996
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
24 39 34 28
History of Modern 28 5 97 63
English Electric
  • Released: 8 April 2013
  • Label: 100%/BMG
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
12 10 60 46
The Punishment of Luxury
  • Released: 1 September 2017
  • Label: 100%/White Noise
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC, digital download
4 9 95 44
Bauhaus Staircase
  • Released: 27 October 2023
  • Label: White Noise
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC, digital download
2 7 38
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

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Title Album details
Peel Sessions 1979–1983
  • Released: 24 April 2000
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, MC
OMD Live: Architecture & Morality & More
  • Released: 7 April 2008
  • Label: Eagle
  • Formats: CD
The History of Modern Tour – Live in Berlin
  • Released: 9 September 2011
  • Label: 100%/bluenoise
  • Formats: CD
Dazzle Ships at the Museum of Liverpool
  • Released: 25 September 2015
  • Label: White Noise
  • Formats: CD+DVD, digital download
Access All Areas
  • Released: 25 September 2015
  • Label: Edsel
  • Formats: CD+DVD, digital download
Architecture & Morality/Dazzle Ships – Live at the Royal Albert Hall
  • Released: 9 May 2016
  • Label: Live Here Now
  • Formats: 2×CD, 3×LP, digital download
Live with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra 06/10/18
  • Released: 6 October 2018
  • Label: Live Here Now
  • Formats: 2×CD, digital download
Live with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra 07/10/18
  • Released: 7 October 2018
  • Label: Live Here Now
  • Formats: 2×CD, digital download
Live at the Liverpool Empire
  • Released: 4 November 2019
  • Label: Live Here Now
  • Formats: 2×CD, digital download
Live at Eventim Hammersmith Apollo
  • Released: 20 November 2019
  • Label: Live Here Now
  • Formats: 2×CD, digital download

Compilation albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[9]
AUS
[10]
CAN
[11]
GER
[12]
NL
[13]
NZ
[14]
SPA
[15]
SWI
[18]
US
[19]
O.M.D.
  • Released: July 1981
  • Label: Epic/Virgin/Dindisc
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • US-only release
The Best of OMD
  • Released: 29 February 1988
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
2 48 19 8 4 1 19 16 46
The OMD Singles
  • Released: 28 September 1998
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, MC, MD
16 30 50
Navigation: The OMD B-Sides
  • Released: 14 May 2001
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD
Messages: Greatest Hits
  • Released: 29 September 2008
  • Label: EMI/Virgin
  • Formats: CD+DVD
So80s (Soeighties) Present OMD – Curated by Blank & Jones
  • Released: 7 February 2011
  • Label: EMI/Soundcolours
  • Formats: CD
The Punishment of Luxury: B Sides & Bonus Material
  • Released: 15 December 2017
  • Label: 100%/White Noise
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Souvenir – The Singles 1979–2019
  • Released: 4 October 2019
  • Label: UMC/Virgin EMI
  • Formats: 2×CD, 5×CD+2×DVD, 3×LP, digital download
18 27 70
Architecture & Morality – The Singles
  • Released: 15 October 2021
  • Label: UMC/EMI
  • Formats: CD, 3x12", digital download
45 39
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[9]
The Unreleased '78 Tapes
  • Released: 24 October 1980
  • Label: Dindisc
  • Formats: 7"
  • Limited release with initial copies of Organisation
The OMD Remixes
  • Released: 14 September 1998
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CDS, 12"
35
History of Modern (Part I)
  • Released: 2 September 2011
  • Label: 100%/bluenoise
  • Formats: CDS, 10", digital download
The Future Will Be Silent
  • Released: 20 April 2013
  • Label: 100%/BMG
  • Formats: 10"
Dazzle Ships at the Museum of Liverpool
  • Released: 11 December 2015
  • Label: PledgeMusic
  • Formats: 12"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

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1970s–1980s

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Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[9]
AUS
[10]
BEL
(FL)

[28]
GER
[12]
IRE
[29]
NL
[13]
NZ
[14]
SPA
[15]
US
[30]
US Dance
[31]
"Electricity" (released twice) 1979 Non-album single
"Red Frame/White Light" 1980 67 67[A] Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
"Electricity" (third release) 99
"Messages" 13 67[A]
"Enola Gay" 8 47 14 31 1 34 Organisation
"Souvenir" 1981 3 57 16 39 9 38 1 Architecture & Morality
"Joan of Arc" 5 13
"Maid of Orleans (The Waltz Joan of Arc)" 1982 4 78 1 1 5 1 7 1
"She's Leaving" (Benelux-only release)
"Genetic Engineering" 1983 20 18 20 11 6 Dazzle Ships
"Telegraph" 42 39 28
"Locomotion" 1984 5 30 4 14 4 8 32 61 Junk Culture
"Talking Loud and Clear" 11 6 18 9 6
"Tesla Girls" 21 32 21 33
"Never Turn Away" 70 29
"So in Love" 1985 27 56 4 18 13 12 26 16 Crush
"Secret" 34 25 24 63
"La Femme Accident" 42 17 49
"If You Leave" 1986 48 15 5 4 Pretty in Pink soundtrack
"(Forever) Live and Die" 11 19 6 8 13 5 14 19 The Pacific Age
"We Love You" 54 18 26 16
"Shame" 1987 52 27
"Dreaming" 1988 50 33 26 26 37 16 6 The Best of OMD
"Brides of Frankenstein" (US and Canada-only release) 7 Non-album single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

1990s–present

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Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
[9]
UK Indie
[33]
AUS
[10]
BEL
(FL)

[28]
GER
[12]
IRE
[29]
NL
[13]
NZ
[14]
SWE
[34]
US Dance
[31]
"Sailing on the Seven Seas" 1991 3 77 39 9 5 3 9 Sugar Tax
"Pandora's Box" 7 53 19 11 19 7 11
"Then You Turn Away" 50 56
"Call My Name" 50 28
"Stand Above Me" 1993 21 29 33 39 28 6 Liberator
"Dream of Me (Based on Love's Theme)" 24 53 22
"Everyday" 59 60
"Walking on the Milky Way" 1996 17 53 49 Universal
"Universal" 55
"If You Want It" 2010 176 21 49 History of Modern
"Sister Marie Says" 169 15
"Metroland" 2013 44 English Electric
"Dresden"
"Night Café"
"Julia's Song" 2015 Junk Culture (deluxe edition)
"Isotype" 2017 The Punishment of Luxury
"The Punishment of Luxury"
"What Have We Done"
"One More Time" 2018
"Don't Go" 2019 Souvenir – The Singles 1979–2019
"Electricity" (fourth release) [B] Non-album single
"Bauhaus Staircase" 2023 Bauhaus Staircase
"Look At You Now" 2024
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Videography

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Video albums

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Title Album details Additional information
Live at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
  • Released: July 1982
  • Label: Virgin Video
  • Formats: VHS, Beta
Live concert. A DVD of this concert came with the 2007 reissue of Architecture & Morality.
Crush – The Movie
  • Released: June 1985
  • Label: Virgin Video
  • Formats: VHS, Beta, LD
Documentary on the band during the recording of Crush, with promo videos of the album's singles.
The Best of OMD
  • Released: March 1988
  • Label: Virgin Video
  • Formats: VHS
Promo videos
Souvenir Documentary on the history of the band, including the reformation in 2006/2007.
OMD Live: Architecture & Morality & More Live concert
Messages: Greatest Hits
  • Released: 29 September 2008
  • Label: EMI/Virgin
  • Formats: CD+DVD
Promo videos
Electricity: OMD with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Released: 14 December 2009
  • Label: FACT Films
  • Formats: 2xDVD
Live concerts
Architecture & Morality/Dazzle Ships – Live at the Royal Albert Hall
  • Released: 25 September 2015
  • Label: White Noise
  • Formats: CD+DVD, digital download
Live concert
Access All Areas
  • Released: 25 September 2015
  • Label: Edsel
  • Formats: CD+DVD, digital download
Live concert

Music videos

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Title Year Director
"Electricity" 1979 Unknown
"Red Frame/White Light" 1980 Russell Mulcahy
"Messages"
"Enola Gay" (version 1) Unknown
"Enola Gay" (version 2)
"Souvenir" 1981 Peter Saville
"Maid of Orleans (The Waltz Joan of Arc)" 1982 Steve Barron
"Genetic Engineering" 1983
"Telegraph" Peter Sinclair
"Locomotion" 1984 Jean-Pierre Berckmans
"Talking Loud and Clear" (version 1) Simon Milne
"Talking Loud and Clear" (version 2) Unknown
"Tesla Girls" Simon Milne
"Never Turn Away"
"So in Love" 1985 Andy Morahan
"Secret"
"La Femme Accident"
"Hold You"
"If You Leave" 1986 Ian Fletcher
"(Forever) Live and Die" Leslie Libman & Larry Williams
"We Love You" Unknown
"Shame" (version 1) 1987 Leslie Libman & Larry Williams
"Shame" (version 2) Unknown
"Dreaming" 1988
"Sailing on the Seven Seas" (UK version) 1991 Martha Fiennes
"Sailing on the Seven Seas" (US version) Unknown
"Pandora's Box" (UK version) Andrew Doucette
"Pandora's Box (It's a Long, Long, Way)" (US version) Unknown
"Then You Turn Away"
"Call My Name" Andrew Doucette
"Stand Above Me" (Smoking version) 1993 Marcus Nispel
"Stand Above Me" (Non-smoking version)
"Dream of Me (Based on Love's Theme)" Pedro Romhanyi
"Everyday" Mr. Reindherr
"Walking on the Milky Way" 1996 Howard Greenhalgh
"Universal"
"Enola Gay" (Sash! remix) 1998 Unknown
"If You Want It" 2010 Lilah Vandenburgh
"Sister Marie Says"
"History of Modern (Part 1)" Danilo Giannini, Bo Nordin, Björn Skallström
"Please Remain Seated" 2013 Henning M. Lederer
"Decimal"
"Atomic Ranch"
"Metroland" David O'Byrne
"Dresden" ROBisROB
"Night Café" Unknown
"Isotype" 2017 Henning M. Lederer
"The Punishment of Luxury" Luca Monterosso Wittmann
"What Have We Done" Unknown

Soundtracks

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Song Year Soundtrack
"Enola Gay" 1981 Urgh! A Music War
"Enola Gay" 1983 Party Party
"Tesla Girls" 1985 Weird Science
"Sealand" Static
"If You Leave" 1986 Pretty in Pink
"We Love You" Playing for Keeps
"Secret" 1988 Arthur 2: On the Rocks
Film score (unreleased) 1991 For the Greater Good (TV)
"Locomotion" 1997 Thank God He Met Lizzie
"Enola Gay" 2008 Waltz with Bashir
"Enola Gay" 2009 1981
"Electricity" 2010 Worried About the Boy
"If You Leave" 2014 Back in the Day
"Secret" The Skeleton Twins
"So in Love" The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
"If You Leave" Horrible Bosses 2
"Enola Gay" Ex Machina
"So in Love" 2015 The D Train
"Souvenir" Mistress America
"Thrill Me" Eddie the Eagle
"Enola Gay" 2017 Rock'n Roll
"Electricity", "Enola Gay" 2021 Happily

Notes

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  1. ^ a b "Red Frame/White Light" and "Messages" jointly charted on the US Dance chart.
  2. ^ This version of "Electricity" debuted on the UK Vinyl Singles Chart at No. 1, making it the highest "Electricity" has ever charted.[35]

References

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  1. ^ O'Brien, Jon. "Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – Live in Berlin". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  2. ^ "'Now I'm bored and old': 27 deliberately confounding follow-ups to popular successes". The A.V. Club. 17 August 2009. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  3. ^ Wade, Ian (8 April 2013). "Souvenirs: Andy McCluskey of OMD's Favourite Albums". The Quietus. Retrieved 9 May 2021. In 1983 [OMD] released the slightly bonkers but deeply influential Dazzle Ships.
  4. ^ Gray, Martin (7 April 2023). "OMD – Dazzle Ships: 40th Anniversary Reappraisal". Louder Than War. Retrieved 28 January 2024. A lot of bands now cite Dazzle Ships as an influence.
  5. ^ Awbi, Anita (19 March 2013). "Andy McCluskey, OMD". PRS for Music. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  6. ^ Simpson, Dave (28 October 2019). "OMD review – clap-along electropop sounds even better with age". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  7. ^ Sherwin, Adam (16 October 2020). "OMD forced to postpone benefit gig for roadies after Andy McCluskey tests positive for Covid-19". iNews. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  8. ^ Hanley, James (24 October 2019). "'It's been a remarkable journey': OMD toast their 40th anniversary". Music Week. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  9. ^ a b c d e UK chart peaks:
  10. ^ a b c d Australian chart peaks:
    • Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to 12 June 1988: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 224. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA from mid-1983 until 12 June 1988.
    • Top 100 (ARIA) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 209.
  11. ^ a b Peak positions for Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark albums in Canada:
  12. ^ a b c d "Offizielle Deutsche Charts > Suchen nach "Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark"" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 20 June 2019. N.B. Select Album tab to display albums chart peaks.
  13. ^ a b c d "dutchcharts.nl > OMD (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark) in Dutch Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  14. ^ a b c d "charts.nz > OMD (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark) in New Zealand Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  15. ^ a b c Salaverri, Fernando (2015). Sólo éxitos 1959–2012 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 978-84-8048-866-2.
  16. ^ "spanishcharts.com - Spanish charts portal". spanishcharts.com. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  17. ^ "swedishcharts.com - Swedish Charts Portal". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  18. ^ a b "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade - hitparade.ch". www.swisscharts.com. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  19. ^ a b "Billboard > Artists / Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark > Chart History > Billboard 200". Billboard. Archived from the original on 24 September 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  20. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "British certifications – OMD". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 7 January 2023. Type OMD in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  21. ^ Male, Andrew (July 2019). "Days of Future Passed". Mojo. No. 308. pp. 38–43. Organisation went gold in both the UK and France.
  22. ^ a b c "Dutch certifications – Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Retrieved 25 September 2021. Enter Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark in the "Artiest of titel" box.
  23. ^ a b c Salaverrie, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (PDF) (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Madrid: Fundación Autor/SGAE. p. 916. ISBN 84-8048-639-2. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  24. ^ a b c d "Certified Awards Search". Music Canada. Retrieved on 27 August 2011. Note: User needs to enter "Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark" in the "Search" field, "Artist" in the "Search by" field and click the "Go" button. Select "More info" next to the relevant entry to see full certification history.
  25. ^ a b c "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (OMD)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  26. ^ "New Zealand album certifications". Recorded Music NZ. 13 June 1988. Retrieved 26 July 2022.[dead link]
  27. ^ "Searchable Database". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 27 August 2011. Note: User must define 'Artist' search parameter as "OMD".
  28. ^ a b "ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS". www.ultratop.be. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  29. ^ a b "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  30. ^ "Billboard > Artists / Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark > Chart History > The Hot 100". Billboard. Archived from the original on 27 April 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  31. ^ a b "Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark > Chart History > Dance Club Songs". Billboard. Archived from the original on 27 April 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  32. ^ "International" (PDF). Cash Box. 16 January 1982. p. 19. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  33. ^ Peak positions on the UK Independent Singles Chart:
  34. ^ "swedishcharts.com - Swedish Charts Portal". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  35. ^ "Official Vinyl Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts. Retrieved 7 October 2019.