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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 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.
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.
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.
Messages: Greatest Hits (sometimes listed as Messages: OMD Greatest Hits) is a compilation release by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), issued in 2008. At the time it was the most comprehensive of the band's retrospective packages, featuring a CD of 20 charting singles and a DVD of all the band's music videos. Material was drawn from the ...
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The OMD Singles is a singles compilation album by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, released in 1998. It reached number 16 on the UK Albums Chart . Originally, the compilation was to include a second disc of new remixes; however, this idea was abandoned due to budget limitations.