Thirty years ago, when OMD released this classic record, this was a make or break chance for them as their previous record hadn\u2019t done well with critics or buyers. Fortunately, this is the record that shot them into the stratosphere. With this new deluxe edition, full of B-sides, demos and unreleased tracks and remastered sound, one truly gets what makes this album so special.<\/p>\n
The singles still sound fresh and exhilarating as they did upon their original release: \u201cTesla Girls\u201d and \u201cLocomotion\u201d were the album\u2019s original calling cards and still sound great and not dated in the slightest. But it is the other tracks, like \u201cTalking Loud and Clear\u201d and the revelatory \u201cNever Turn Away,\u201d that really captured this writer\u2019s attention; damn, these songs are great! The latter is a ballad that belongs at the top of the list of the \u201880s greatest New Wave ballads.<\/p>\n
The second disc contains some rarely heard treasures that rank amongst the best tracks OMD ever made. \u201cHer Body In My Soul\u201d and \u201cThe Avenue\u201d were original B-sides that would\u2019ve fit perfectly in the original track listing. The \u2018re-recorded\u2019 version of \u201cJulia\u2019s Song\u201d is an astonishing piece of work that really gets the listener and goes for the throat. Words cannot express how amazing this song is; all the listener can do is reach for the repeat button again and again.<\/p>\n
There are also extended, 12\u201d versions of \u201cTesla Girls\u201d and \u201cTalking Loud And Clear\u201d and \u201cNever Turn Away,\u201d the last two of which are really superior and really show off how great these songs are. There\u2019s also two previously never before heard tracks, \u201c10 To 1\u201d and \u201cAll Or Nothing,\u201d the latter of which is described as the closest OMD ever got to a folk song. \u201c10 To 1\u201d is a rather interesting track that sounds really fresh, even thirty years after it was first recorded. <\/p>\n
The album is rounded out by a trio of demos made during the pre-production era of the record.<\/p>\n
An interesting side note about this release: there is a manufacturing defect on disc two. The track \u201cWrappup\u201d is supposed to be a dub version of \u201cAll Wrapped Up,\u201d but in actuality is the regular version of \u201cAll Wrapped Up.\u201d At the time of this review going to press, the label was working on getting this defect fixed.<\/p>\n
In the end, this is an OMD album that is looked upon as the benchmark of their career, a highlight that they would have a tough time repeating. Eventually, they steered themselves in a more pop direction, but this deluxe reissue really shows how great and original of a New Wave band they were.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":32304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[7623],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-44057","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-orchestral-manoeuvres-in-the-dark","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/44057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/44057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44057"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=44057"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=44057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}