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compilation
First released:
1988

Overview Edit

The Best of OMD is a compilation album by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, released in 1988. Despite the band's waning popularity both in the UK and abroad, it sold extremely well.

The version of "Electricity" used is the same as the one featured on their debut album (which itself is the band reworking Martin Hannett's original Factory version). The band was originally going to use their very first version of this song, but found the drumming to be inferior and so settled for the remix of the track instead. "Messages" is the more popular 10" single version. "Tesla Girls" and "Talking Loud and Clear" are both 7" edited versions. The Australian version of the album featured "We Love You" since that song had been a popular hit there.

"Dreaming" was released as a single to promote the album. It made little impact on the UK charts, reaching only number 50, but it was a big hit in the US (#16) and in Germany reaching #26.

The CD, MiniDisc and DCC versions of the album are resequenced and feature four extra tracks not present on the LP version: "Telegraph" (a unique mix differing from the album version), "Genetic Engineering", and 12" versions of "La Femme Accident" and "We Love You". There was also a video compilation released with the promo videos of some of the songs featured on the album.

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Catalog number:
cdomd1
Release dates:
  • Feb 11 2002

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5 stars GRACEFUL AND ELEGANT SOUND SCULPTURES
There's not much difference between OMD's Best Of and their Singles collection. All the real classics like Maid Of Orleans, Joan Of Arc, Electricity, Souvenir and Tesla Girls appear on both and those few tracks that are different are not their best. So if you prefer We Love You, La Femme Accident and Genetic Engineering to Sailing On The Seven Seas, Dream Of Me and Walking On The Milky Way, go for this one! You will still get their more experimental first outings like Electricity plus their spac…
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3 stars Has Some Pretty Good Moments.
There's no doubt that OMD was a pretty good group. To be honest, before buying this compilation, I'd only heard one OMD song that I remember of--that being "Enola Gay" off of one of the Living In Oblivion volumes. Can't say that I was or am a fan of that song: it's okay. Most of the material on this compilation is quite standard. These guys went from synth-driven music to more standard pop music on this disc. "Electricity" is a good song; has some interesting synth playing. "Messages" has a good…
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Track listing Edit

  • vinyl 1 : Side A

    format:
    number:
    title:
    number name artist hh:mm:ss
    1
    Electricity
    ?:??
    2
    Messages
    ?:??
    3
    Enola Gay
    ?:??
    4
    Souvenir
    ?:??
    5
    Joan of Arc
    ?:??
    6
    Maid of Orleans
    ?:??
    7
    Talking Loud & Clear
    ?:??

  • vinyl 2 : Side B

    format:
    number:
    title:
    number name artist hh:mm:ss
    1
    Tesla Girls
    ?:??
    2
    Locomotion
    ?:??
    3
    So in Love
    ?:??
    4
    Secret
    ?:??
    5
    If You Leave
    ?:??
    6
    Forever Live & Die
    ?:??
    7
    Dreaming
    ?:??

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The Best of OMD 18 tracks format: 1 x CD
release dates: 1988 in United States
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The Best of OMD 16 tracks format: 1 x CD
release dates: 1988 in United States
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The Best of OMD 22 tracks format: 1 x CD
release dates: Oct 25 1990
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The Best of OMD 16 tracks format: 1 x CD
release dates: Oct 25 1990
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