Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) "Punishment Of Luxury" 2022-10-07 That early line-up recorded the

That early line-up recorded the classic version of "Bloodstains" in 1979 as a demo produced by Daniel R

and their strings officially came in with 2002's On a Wire

and Patrick Keeler - return with Help Us Stranger

If I were to stumble upon this album as a listener

“What About The Children” feels like an immediate classic that could have lived on Innervisions or Talking Book if not for Clark’s fuzzed out riff and hip-hop pocket

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) "Punishment Of Luxury" 2022-10-07 That early line-up recorded theThe Punishment Of Luxury was Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark's thirteenth studio album, but surprised everyone commercially with the first album since 1991 to reach the UK Top 10. The album continued the sound they created with 2013's English Electric. A sound strongly tied to their roots, but this time a bit more stripped down. As Andy McCluskey describes it: "There's a little bit more sort of crunchy industrial sound in a few things, a bit