| Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | |
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Andy McCluskey e Paul Humphreys em 2011 | |
| Informações gerais | |
| Origem | Wirral, Cheshire |
| País | Inglaterra |
| Gêneros | New wave Synthpop Pós-punk Experimental |
| Período em atividade | 1978 - 1996 2006 - atualmente |
| Gravadoras | 100% Records Virgin Records Dindisc Factory Records Bright Anntena |
| Afiliações | The Id Dalek I Love You Godot The Listening Pool Atomic Kitten Onetwo |
| Integrantes | Andy McCluskey Paul Humphreys Martin Cooper Malcolm Holmes |
| Ex-integrantes | Dave Hughes Michael Douglas Neil Weir Graham Weir Abe Jukes Nigel Ipinson Phil Coxon Stuart Kershaw |
| Página oficial | Sitio Oficial |
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (abreviado para OMD) é uma banda de new wave/synthpop de Wirral, Reino Unido, que gravou para a Virgin Records (originalmente para a subsidiária DinDisc).
O grupo foi formado em 1978 por Andy McCluskey e Paul Humphreys, que constituíram o núcleo da banda até 1989, quando se separaram. McCluskey ficou com o nome e continuou a gravar com novos músicos. Em dezembro de 2005 o site oficial do grupo anunciou que no verão de 2006 haveria uma retomada para apresentações ao vivo e lançamento de um novo disco, possivelmente com os membros originais de 1978. Dentre seus grandes sucessos destacam-se Electricity, Enola Gay, Secret, Souvenir, Messages, So in Love, Talking Loud And Clear, Best Years Of Our Lives, She's Leaving, If You Leave e The Pandoras Box.
| Ano | Título | Posição nas paradas musicais | Vendas | Certificações | |||||
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| 1980 | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
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27 | — | — | — | 49 | — |
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Organisation
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6 | — | — | — | 18 | — |
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| 1981 | Architecture & Morality
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3 | 62 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 144 |
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| 1983 | Dazzle Ships
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5 | 100 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 162 |
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| 1984 | Junk Culture
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9 | 54 | 32 | 12 | — | 182 |
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| 1985 | Crush
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13 | — | 23 | 15 | 23 | 38 |
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| 1986 | The Pacific Age
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15 | 36 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 47 |
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| 1991 | Sugar Tax
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3 | 96 | 8 | — | — | — |
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| 1993 | Liberator
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14 | — | 17 | 59 | — | 169 | ||
| 1996 | Universal
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24 | — | 39 | — | — | — | ||
| 2010 | History of Modern
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28 | — | 5 | 97 | — | — |
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| 2013 | English Electric
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12 | — | 10 | — | — | — | ||
| 2017 | The Punishment of Luxury
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4 | — | 9 | 95 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | Bauhaus Staircase | ||||||||
| Ano | Canção | Posição nas paradas musicais | Vendas | Certificações | Álbum | ||||||||
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EUA Dance | |||||
| 1979 | "Electricity" (lançado duas vezes) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | ||
| 1980 | "Red Frame/White Light" | 67 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Electricity" (terceiro lançamento) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Messages" | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 67 | ||||
| "Enola Gay" | 8 | 47 | — | — | 14 | — | 31 | — | 34 |
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| 1981 | "Souvenir" | 3 | 57 | — | 39 | 9 | 38 | — | — | — |
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| "Joan of Arc" | 5 | — | — | — | 13 | — | — | — | — |
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| 1982 | "Maid of Orleans (The Waltz Joan of Arc)" | 4 | 78 | 32 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | — | — |
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| "She's Leaving" (apenas Países Baixos) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1983 | "Genetic Engineering" | 20 | — | — | 20 | 11 | — | — | — | — | Dazzle Ships | ||
| "Telegraph" | 42 | — | — | 39 | 28 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1984 | "Locomotion" | 5 | 30 | — | 14 | 4 | 8 | 32 | — | 61 | Junk Culture | ||
| "Talking Loud and Clear" | 11 | — | — | 18 | 9 | 6 | — | — | — | ||||
| "Tesla Girls" | 21 | — | — | — | 21 | 33 | — | — | — | ||||
| "Never Turn Away" | 70 | — | — | — | 29 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1985 | "So in Love" | 27 | 56 | — | 18 | 13 | 12 | — | 26 | 16 | Crush | ||
| "Secret" | 34 | — | 31 | 25 | 24 | — | — | 63 | — | ||||
| "La Femme Accident" | 42 | — | — | — | — | 49 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1986 | "If You Leave" | 48 | 15 | 5 | — | — | — | 5 | 4 | — | trilha sonora de Pretty in Pink | ||
| "(Forever) Live and Die" | 11 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 19 | — | The Pacific Age | |||
| "We Love You" | 54 | 18 | — | — | — | — | 26 | — | 16 | ||||
| 1987 | "Shame" | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1988 | "Dreaming" | 50 | 33 | 22 | 26 | — | — | 37 | 16 | 6 | The Best of OMD | ||
| "Brides of Frankenstein" (promocional) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | |||
| Ano | Canção | Posição nas paradas musicais | Álbum | ||||||
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| 1991 | "Sailing on the Seven Seas" | 3 | 77 | 9 | 5 | — | — | 9 | Sugar Tax |
| "Pandora's Box" | 7 | 53 | 11 | 19 | — | — | 11 | ||
| "Then You Turn Away" | 50 | — | 56 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Call My Name" | 50 | — | 28 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993 | "Stand Above Me" | 21 | — | 33 | — | — | 39 | 6 | Liberator |
| "Dream of Me (Based on Love's Theme)" | 24 | — | 53 | — | 22 | — | — | ||
| "Everyday" | 59 | — | 60 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996 | "Walking on the Milky Way" | 17 | — | 53 | — | — | — | — | Universal |
| "Universal" | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010 | "If You Want It" | 176 | — | 49 | — | — | — | — | History of Modern |
| "Sister Marie Says" | 169 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "History of Modern (Part I)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013 | "Metroland" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | English Electric |
| "Dresden" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Night Café" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017 | "Isotype" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Punishment of Luxury |
| "The Punishment of Luxury" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "What Have We Done" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2019 | "Don't Go" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Souvenir – The Singles 1979–2019 |
| "Electricity" (quarto lançamento)[A] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Architecture & Morality... went on to sell over four million copies.
Architecture & Morality, arguably the most experimental album – and the most pretentiously titled one – ever to sell four million copies. [...] Virgin persuaded [Andy] McCluskey to carry on alone as OMD: he enjoyed massive success with the three-million-selling album Sugar Tax.
'Enola Gay' sold five million copies. [...] With eight million singles and four million albums sold, Architecture & Morality...
[W]ith four million albums and a further eight million singles sold, Architecture & Morality...
Dazzle Ships sold 300,000.
History of Modern... has sold more than 100,000 copies.
[OMD] released a new album in 2010, History of Modern, quickly selling more than 100,000 copies.
OMD's newest album, History of Modern, was released last fall and has sold about 100,000 copies.
['Enola Gay'] became OMD's signature song, and sold over 5 million copies.
'Enola Gay'... sold 5 million copies.