Omd - Omd ( Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark ) [LP]

DESCRIPTION Vinyl LP pressing. Dazzle Ships is the fourth album by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), released in 1983. The title and cover art (designed by Peter Saville) allude to a painting by Vorticist artist Edward Wadsworth based on dazzle camouflage, titled Dazzle-ships in Drydock at Liverpool. Dazzle Ships was the follow-up release to the band's hugely successful Architecture & Morality (1981). OMD, then at their peak of popularity, opted for a major departure in sound on the record, shunning any commercial obligation to duplicate their previous LP. The album is noted for it's experimental content, particularly musique concrète sound collages, and the use of shortwave radio recordings to explore Cold War and Eastern Bloc themes. Track Listings Disc 1 1Radio Prague 2Genetic Engineering 3ABC Auto-industry 4Telegraph 5This Is Helena 6International 7Dazzle Ships (Parts II, III & VII) 8The Romance of the Telescope 9Silent Running 10Radio Waves 11Time Zones 12Of All the Things We've Made