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Music journalist Dave Thompson described the track as "anthemic" and "a quintessential dance number". [9] Louder Than War critic Paul Scott-Bates wrote that "'Tesla Girls' is as perfect as pop singles get". [10] The song became one of OMD's biggest club hits, [9] and appeared in KROQ and Slicing Up Eyeballs rankings of 1984's best tracks.
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).
The third single, "Tesla Girls" did not make the UK Top 20 but became one of the band's biggest club hits. [16] A fourth single, "Never Turn Away", was released at the behest of Virgin. [11] Junk Culture was the first OMD album to be released contemporaneously on all three formats of vinyl, cassette and compact disc.
The Best of OMD is a compilation album by English electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), released in 1988; marking a decade since the band's beginnings. The record essentially delineates the group's experimental early years from their pop-oriented later work: side one features recordings from 1979 to 1984, while side two is drawn from the group's 1984–1988 efforts.
Within rock music, OMD directly inspired ZZ Top's introduction of electronic instruments and onstage dancing in the early 1980s. [ 197 ] [ 198 ] The group were influential on U2 , whose frontman, Bono , adorned his bedroom wall with a poster of their debut album cover; bandmate Adam Clayton later contributed to the official biography, OMD ...
Peel Sessions 1979–1983 is a compilation album by English electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), released in 2000. The songs were recorded between 1979 and 1983 for the BBC Radio 1 show presented by John Peel.
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English Electric is the twelfth studio album by English electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), and their second since the 2006 reformation of the group. . Preceded by lead single "Metroland" on 25 March 2013, it was released on 5 April by 100% Rec