OMD - Dazzle Ships Album

Tracklist

1	Of All The Things We've Made	3:23
2	Radio Prague Arranged By – OMD	1:18
3	This Is Helena Vocals [Additional] – Maureen Humphreys	1:58
4	Time Zones Arranged By – OMDRecorded By – Andy Dunkley, Dirk Hohmeyer, Jean Michel Reusser, Keith Nixon, Michael Stark , Paul Ward , Sue Sawyer, Tony Lawrence	1:49
5	Silent Running	3:33
6	Telegraph	2:57
7	The Romance Of The Telescope	3:26
8	Genetic Engineering	3:42
9	International	4:26
10	Radio Waves Written-By – Floyd	3:44
11	ABC Auto-Industry	2:06
12	Dazzle Ships (Parts II III & VII)	2:21

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
V 2261	OMD	Dazzle Ships ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	Virgin, Telegraph	V 2261	UK	1983
V2-86090, 0777 7 86090 2 5	Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark	Dazzle Ships ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Virgin Records America, Inc., Virgin Records America, Inc.	V2-86090, 0777 7 86090 2 5	US	1992
CDV 2261	OMD	Dazzle Ships ‎(CD, Album, RP)	Virgin, Telegraph	CDV 2261	UK	Unknown
OVEDC 106	OMD	Dazzle Ships ‎(Cass, Album)	Virgin	OVEDC 106	UK	1983
VNC 5034	OMD	Dazzle Ships ‎(LP, Album)	Virgin	VNC 5034	Zimbabwe	1983

Credits

• Design – B. Wickens, K. Kennedy, M. Garrett, P. Saville, P. Pennington
• Engineer – Brian Tench, Ian Little, Keith Richard Nixon, OMD
• Management – Gordian Troeller
• Management [Assisted By] – Ines Troeller, Steve Baker , Susan Pippet
• Mastered By – Arun Chakraverty
• Performer – G. A. McCluskey, M. A. Holmes, M. H. Cooper, P. D. Humphreys
• Producer – OMD, Rhett Davies
• Written-By – OMD (tracks: A2 to B3, B6)

Notes

This entry is for the non-gatefold version.
The gatefold version can be found here.

Comes in a die-cut sleeve with printed inner sleeve with lyrics and art.

Recorded at The Gramophone Suite, Gallery Studio, Mayfair Studio.
Mixed at The Manor Studios.
Mastered at The Master Room.

"Dazzle Ships" title suggested by Peter Saville after a painting by Edward Wadsworth.

℗ 1983 Virgin Records Limited
© 1983 Virgin Records Limited
Except "The Romance Of The Telescope" & "Of All The Things We've Made" ℗ 1981 Virgin Records Limited

Barcodes

• Matrix / Runout (Side 1, Stamped (ver. 1)): BA [etched] V-2261-A2
• Matrix / Runout (Side 2, Stamped (ver. 1)): BA [etched] V-2261-B
• Matrix / Runout (Side 1, Stamped (ver. 2)): V.2261.1
• Matrix / Runout (Side 1, Stamped (ver. 2)): V.2261.2

Video

Album

Dazzle Ships is the fourth album by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark OMD, released in 1983. The title and cover art designed by Peter Saville allude to a painting by Vorticist artist Edward Wadsworth based on dazzle camouflage, titled Dazzle-ships in Drydock at Liverpool. Dazzle Ships was the follow-up release to the band's hugely successful Architecture & Morality 1981. OMD, then at their peak of popularity, opted for a major departure in sound on the record, shunning any commercial obligation. Покупайте и продавайте винил и компакт-диски, формируйте. OMD's glistening run of top-flight singles and chart domination came to a temporary but dramatic halt with Dazzle Ships, the point where the band's pushing of boundaries reached their furthest limit. A conversation with musician Andy McCluskey from Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark, about their 1983 Dazzle Ships album that serves as the inspiration Ships was OMD's fourth album overall and the follow-up to their massively successful Architecture and Morality album, The highly-experimental Dazzle Ships differed from their previous releases by exploring the use of digital sampling keyboards. Though not a commercial triumph when it was originally released, it is now considered one of their finest musical moments. OMDs fourth album, Dazzle Ships, was perhaps a little too aptly named. Its title derived from the geometrically-painted warship camouflage intended to confuse enemy submarines during the 20th Centurys two World Wars, but its contents just as quickly confounded the public. While the album briefly peaked at No. 5 in the UK Top 40, Dazzle Ships was panned by the press and deemed a commercial failure. Fast-forward almost four decades, however, and this brave and still futuristic-sounding opus is finally enjoying its season in the sun. Template:EngvarB Template:Use dmy dates. The title and cover art designed by Peter Saville alluded to a painting by Vorticist artist Edward Wadsworth based on dazzle camouflage, titled Dazzle-ships in Drydock at Liverpool. OMD, then at their peak of popularity, opted for a major departure in sound on the. Dazzle Ships. Radio Prague is a radio recording of the call sign from the Czechoslovakian radio station of the same name. Genetic Engineering was the first single released from the album. ABC Auto-Industry features a recording from Czechoslovakian radio actually by a presenter called Vladimir who presented a weekly economic talk on Radio Prague. The theme was the use of robots in Czechoslovakian industry. The ABC and 123 are by Paul Humphreys. Telegraph was the second single released from the album but had originally been considered as the first release. This Is Helena uses a recorded br. Dazzle Ships is one of British pop's more notorious flops. It was the follow-up to a major hit album but cut OMD's audience by 90. It was a mix of new songs, reworked B-Sides, and found sound experiments, which promised to mix ABBA and Stockhausen. It was named after wartime camouflage boats. It was appallingly reviewed. In fact I don't think you could design a record more ripe for revisionism: It's got a strong backstory, it's as ambitious as it is catchy and it even has a gorgeous Peter Saville sleeve. Luckily, you don't need a contraria. Listen free to Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Dazzle Ships Radio Prague, Genetic Engineering and more. 12 tracks 34:44