Architecture & Morality [Bonus Tracks/Bonus DVD] [Remaster]

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Album: Architecture & Morality [Bonus Tracks/Bonus DVD] [Remaster]
#	Song Title	Time
1)	New Stone Age, The
2)	She's Leaving
3)	Souvenir
4)	Sealand
5)	Joan of Arc
6)	Joan of Arc (Maid of Orleans)
7)	Architecture and Morality
8)	Georgia
9)	Beginning and the End, The
10)	Extended Souvenir
11)	Motion and Heart
12)	Sacred Heart
13)	Romance of the Telescope, The
14)	Navigation
15)	Of All the Things We've Made
16)	Gravity Never Failed
17)	DVD - Souvenir (Promo Video)
18)	DVD - Joan of Arc (Top of the Pops Version)
19)	DVD - Maid of Orleans (Waltz Joan of Arc)
20)	DVD - Almost (Live at Drury Lane)
21)	DVD - Mystereality (Live at Drury Lane)
22)	DVD - Joan of Arc (Live at Drury Lane)
23)	DVD - Maid of Orleans (Live at Drury Lane)
24)	DVD - Statues (Live at Drury Lane)
25)	DVD - Souvenir (Live at Drury Lane)
26)	DVD - New Stone Age (Live at Drury Lane)
27)	DVD - Enola Gay (Live at Drury Lane)
28)	DVD - Bunker Soldiers (Live at Drury Lane)
29)	DVD - Electricity (Live at Drury Lane)
30)	DVD - She's Leaving (Live at Drury Lane)
31)	DVD - Julia's Song (Live at Drury Lane)
32)	DVD - Stanlow (Live at Drury Lane)
1)	Souvenir
2)	Joan of Arc
3)	Maid of New Orleans (The Waltz of Joan of Arc)
4)	Almost - (live)
5)	Mystereality - (live)
6)	Joan of Arc - (live)
7)	Motion and Heart - (live)
8)	Maid of New Orleans - (live)
9)	Statues - (live)
10)	Souvenir - (live)
11)	New Stone Age - (live)
12)	Enola Gay - (live)
13)	Bunker Soldiers - (live)
14)	Electricity - (live)
15)	She's Leaving - (live)
16)	Julia's Song - (live)
17)	Stanlow - (live)

Album: Architecture & Morality [Bonus Tracks/Bonus DVD] [Remaster]
#	Song Title	Time
1)	New Stone Age, The
2)	She's Leaving
3)	Souvenir
4)	Sealand
5)	Joan of Arc
6)	Joan of Arc (Maid of Orleans)
7)	Architecture and Morality
8)	Georgia
9)	Beginning and the End, The
10)	Extended Souvenir
11)	Motion and Heart
12)	Sacred Heart
13)	Romance of the Telescope, The
14)	Navigation
15)	Of All the Things We've Made
16)	Gravity Never Failed
17)	DVD - Souvenir (Promo Video)
18)	DVD - Joan of Arc (Top of the Pops Version)
19)	DVD - Maid of Orleans (Waltz Joan of Arc)
20)	DVD - Almost (Live at Drury Lane)
21)	DVD - Mystereality (Live at Drury Lane)
22)	DVD - Joan of Arc (Live at Drury Lane)
23)	DVD - Maid of Orleans (Live at Drury Lane)
24)	DVD - Statues (Live at Drury Lane)
25)	DVD - Souvenir (Live at Drury Lane)
26)	DVD - New Stone Age (Live at Drury Lane)
27)	DVD - Enola Gay (Live at Drury Lane)
28)	DVD - Bunker Soldiers (Live at Drury Lane)
29)	DVD - Electricity (Live at Drury Lane)
30)	DVD - She's Leaving (Live at Drury Lane)
31)	DVD - Julia's Song (Live at Drury Lane)
32)	DVD - Stanlow (Live at Drury Lane)
1)	Souvenir
2)	Joan of Arc
3)	Maid of New Orleans (The Waltz of Joan of Arc)
4)	Almost - (live)
5)	Mystereality - (live)
6)	Joan of Arc - (live)
7)	Motion and Heart - (live)
8)	Maid of New Orleans - (live)
9)	Statues - (live)
10)	Souvenir - (live)
11)	New Stone Age - (live)
12)	Enola Gay - (live)
13)	Bunker Soldiers - (live)
14)	Electricity - (live)
15)	She's Leaving - (live)
16)	Julia's Song - (live)
17)	Stanlow - (live)

Performer Notes

Full performer name: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark.
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark: Andrew McCluskey (vocals, guitar, reed horns, organ, Mellotron, synthesizer, bass, percussion, electronic percussion, programming); Paul Humphreys (vocals, melodica, piano, organ, Mellotron, synthesizer, percussion, electronic percussion, programming).
Additional personnel: Martin Cooper (saxophone); Michael Douglas (piano, organ, synthesizer); Malcolm Holmes (bass synthesizer, drums, percussion, electronic percussion).
Producers: Richard Manwaring, OMD, Mike Howlett.
Includes liner notes by Paul Browne.
Personnel: Andy McCluskey (vocals, guitar, reeds, organ, Mellotron, synthesizer, percussion, electronic percussion, programming); Paul Humphreys (vocals, melodica, piano, organ, Mellotron, synthesizer, percussion, electronic percussion, programming); Martin Cooper (saxophone); Michael Douglas (piano, organ, synthesizer); Malcolm Holmes (bass synthesizer, drums, percussion, electronic percussion).
Liner Note Authors: Andy McCluskey; Paul Humphreys; Paul Morley.
Recording information: The Gramophone Suite, Liverpool (04/12/1981-10/29/1981); The Manor (04/12/1981-10/29/1981); The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (04/12/1981-10/29/1981).
Photographers: Mark McNulty; Robin Roddy.
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark's eponymous debut and its follow-up, ORGANISATION, were pioneering synth-pop albums. However, some of the sonic experiments sounded forced and the band's ideas occasionally seemed to outstrip their abilities. That's definitely not the case here. Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys integrate their electronics gracefully into the format of the pop song, and Malcolm Cooper's live drums do much to keep the album from sounding too machine-made.
The album's centerpiece is the two-part "Joan of Arc"/"Maid of Orleans" suite, OMD's most memorable, as well as prettiest, achievement at that point. The single "Souvenir" is nearly the equal of those two songs, and the eight-minute atmospheric exploration "Sealand" shows the duo's experimental bent remains strong.

Professional Reviews

Uncut (8/03, p.119) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...A luxuriously bleak collage of avant-garde lullabies..."

Record Collector (magazine) (p.100) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Their combination of a clear-sighted use of emergent technology and techniques to write pop music that was at once futuristic and classicist was, and still is, a winning formula."

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