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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) are an English electronic music band formed in Wirral, Merseyside in 1978. Spawned by earlier group The Id, the outfit is composed of co-founders Andy McCluskey (vocals, bass guitar) and Paul Humphreys (keyboards, vocals), along with Martin Cooper (various instruments) and Stuart Kershaw (drums); McCluskey is the only constant member. OMD released their debut single, "Electricity", in 1979, and gained popularity throughout Europe with the 1980 anti-war song "Enola Gay". The band achieved broader recognition via their album Architecture & Morality (1981) and its three singles, all of which were international hits.
Although retrospectively reappraised, the experimental Dazzle Ships (1983) eroded European support. The band embraced a more straightforward pop sound on Junk Culture (1984), while continuing to experiment via newly acquired digital samplers; this change in direction led to greater success in the United States, and yielded the 1986 hit, "If You Leave". A year after the release of The Best of OMD (1988), creative differences rendered McCluskey the only remaining member of the group as Humphreys formed spin-off band The Listening Pool. OMD would return with a new line-up and explore the dance-pop genre: Sugar Tax (1991) and its initial singles were sizeable hits. By the mid 1990s, however, electronic music had been supplanted by alternative rock, and both OMD and The Listening Pool disbanded in 1996. McCluskey later conceived girl group Atomic Kitten, for whom he served as a principal songwriter, while Humphreys performed as half of the duo Onetwo.
In 2006, the outfit reformed with Humphreys back in the fold, and began to work on material more akin to their early output. The band re-established themselves as a chart act, and kept on touring extensively.

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Albums

Night Café lyrics
2013

Night Café EP

Dresden lyrics
2013

Dresden Single

Metroland lyrics
2013

Metroland Single

OMD lyrics
1998

OMD

Universal lyrics
1996

Universal Single

Liberator lyrics
1993

Liberator

Stand Above Me lyrics
1993

Stand Above Me Single

Call My Name lyrics
1991

Call My Name Single

Pandora's Box lyrics
1991

Pandora's Box Single

Sugar Tax lyrics
1991

Sugar Tax

Then You Turn Away lyrics
1991

Then You Turn Away Single

Dreaming lyrics
1988

Dreaming Single

If You Leave lyrics
1986

If You Leave Single

We Love You lyrics
1986

We Love You Single

La Femme Accident lyrics
1985

La Femme Accident Single

Secret lyrics
1985

Secret Single

Crush lyrics
1985

Crush

So in Love lyrics
1985

So in Love Single

Never Turn Away lyrics
1984

Never Turn Away Single

Tesla Girls lyrics
1984

Tesla Girls Single

Locomotion lyrics
1984

Locomotion Single

Telegraph lyrics
1983

Telegraph Single

Genetic Engineering lyrics
1983

Genetic Engineering Single

Joan of Arc lyrics
1981

Joan of Arc Single

Souvenir lyrics
1981

Souvenir Single

Enola Gay / Souvenir lyrics
1981

Enola Gay / Souvenir Single

Enola Gay lyrics
1980

Enola Gay Single

Messages lyrics
1980

Messages Single

Red Frame/White Light lyrics
1980

Red Frame/White Light Single

Electricity lyrics
1979

Electricity Single

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