Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark discography

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

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]

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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

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak 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
2749
Organisation
  • Released: 24 October 1980
  • Label: Dindisc
  • Formats: LP, MC
61815
Architecture & Morality
  • Released: 6 November 1981
  • Label: Dindisc
  • Formats: LP, MC
362188122328144
Dazzle Ships
  • Released: 4 March 1983
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: LP, MC
510025111910738162
Junk Culture
  • Released: 30 April 1984
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
954743212273228182
Crush
  • Released: 17 June 1985
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
13362315233838
The Pacific Age
  • Released: 29 September 1986
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
1536181517142047
Sugar Tax
  • Released: 6 May 1991
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
396768714
Liberator
  • Released: 14 June 1993
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
1417592032169
Universal
  • Released: 2 September 1996
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
24393428
History of Modern 2859763
English Electric
  • Released: 8 April 2013
  • Label: 100%/BMG
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
12106046
The Punishment of Luxury
  • Released: 1 September 2017
  • Label: 100%/White Noise
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC, digital download
499544
Bauhaus Staircase
  • Released: 27 October 2023
  • Label: White Noise
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC, digital download
2738
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

TitleAlbum 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

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
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
24819841191646
The OMD Singles
  • Released: 28 September 1998
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD, MC, MD
163050
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
182770
Architecture & Morality – The Singles
  • Released: 15 October 2021
  • Label: UMC/EMI
  • Formats: CD, 3x12", digital download
4539
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

EPs

TitleAlbum detailsPeak 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

1970s–1980s

TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
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)1979Non-album single
"Red Frame/White Light"19806767 [A] Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
"Electricity" (third release)99
"Messages"1367 [A]
"Enola Gay"8471431134Organisation
"Souvenir"198135716399381Architecture & Morality
"Joan of Arc"513
"Maid of Orleans (The Waltz Joan of Arc)"1982478115171
"She's Leaving" (Benelux-only release)
"Genetic Engineering"1983201820116Dazzle Ships
"Telegraph"423928
"Locomotion"1984530414483261Junk Culture
"Talking Loud and Clear"1161896
"Tesla Girls"21322133
"Never Turn Away"7029
"So in Love"1985275641813122616Crush
"Secret"34252463
"La Femme Accident"421749
"If You Leave"1986481554 Pretty in Pink soundtrack
"(Forever) Live and Die"1119681351419The Pacific Age
"We Love You"54182616
"Shame"19875227
"Dreaming"19885033262637166The Best of OMD
"Brides of Frankenstein" (US and Canada-only release)7Non-album single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

1990s–present

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
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"1991377399539Sugar Tax
"Pandora's Box"753191119711
"Then You Turn Away"5056
"Call My Name"5028
"Stand Above Me"199321293339286Liberator
"Dream of Me (Based on Love's Theme)"245322
"Everyday"5960
"Walking on the Milky Way"1996175349Universal
"Universal"55
"If You Want It"20101762149History of Modern
"Sister Marie Says"16915
"Metroland"201344English Electric
"Dresden"
"Night Café"
"Julia's Song"2015Junk Culture (deluxe edition)
"Isotype"2017The Punishment of Luxury
"The Punishment of Luxury"
"What Have We Done"
"One More Time"2018
"Don't Go"2019Souvenir – The Singles 1979–2019
"Electricity" (fourth release) [B] Non-album single
"Bauhaus Staircase"2023Bauhaus Staircase
"Look At You Now"2024
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Videography

Video albums

TitleAlbum detailsAdditional 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
SouvenirDocumentary 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

TitleYearDirector
"Electricity"1979Unknown
"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"1984Jean-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"1986Ian Fletcher
"(Forever) Live and Die" Leslie Libman & Larry Williams
"We Love You"Unknown
"Shame" (version 1)1987Leslie 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)1998Unknown
"If You Want It"2010Lilah Vandenburgh
"Sister Marie Says"
"History of Modern (Part 1)"Danilo Giannini, Bo Nordin, Björn Skallström
"Please Remain Seated"2013Henning M. Lederer
"Decimal"
"Atomic Ranch"
"Metroland"David O'Byrne
"Dresden"ROBisROB
"Night Café"Unknown
"Isotype"2017Henning M. Lederer
"The Punishment of Luxury"Luca Monterosso Wittmann
"What Have We Done"Unknown

Soundtracks

SongYearSoundtrack
"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)1991For 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

  1. 1 2 "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]

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