Architecture & Morality
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| Studio album by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | ||
| Released | 1981 | |
| Recorded | 1980-1981 | |
| Genre | Electronica | |
| Length | 37:13 | |
| Label | DinDisc | |
| Producer(s) | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Richard Manwaring and Mike Howlett | |
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| Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark chronology | ||
| Organisation (1980) |
Architecture & Morality (1981) |
Dazzle Ships (1983) |
Architecture & Morality is an album by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, released in 1981. It was to be the groups most commercial and critically well received album, selling over 3 million copies, released just eighteen months after their debut it demonstrated both their continuing musical maturity and advancement of their style.
The album continues where Organisation left off, moving away from typical electro-pop. The artwork was produced by Peter Saville Associates.
[edit] Track listing
- "The New Stone Age" – 3:22
- "She's Leaving" – 3:28
- "Souvenir" – 3:39
- "Sealand" – 7:47
- "Joan of Arc" – 3:48
- "Joan of Arc (Maid of Orleans)" – 4:12
- "Architecture and Morality" – 3:43
- "Georgia" – 3:24
- "The Beginning and the End" – 3:48
- "Extended Souvenir" – 4:16
- "Motion and Heart (Amazon Version)" – 3:07
- "Sacred Heart" – 3:30
- "The Romance of the Telescope (Unfinished)" – 3:22
- "Navigation" – 3:00
- "Of All the Things We've Made" – 3:25
- "Gravity Never Failed" – 3:24
Tracks 10-16 are available only on the 2003 remastered release.
[edit] Notes
Tracks 10-16 are Bonus tracks from the 2003 reissue and were B-sides from the album's three singles, except Gravity Never Failed which was an aborted single.
The Romance Of The Telescope and Of All The Things We've Made would appear on OMD's next album in new recordings.
Architecture & Morality was released several times with varying artwork, most notably in yellow, blue and grey but even green Versions are available. The original cover from 1981 is light yellow/orange.
