The Best Of OMD

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The Best Of OMD
Studio album by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Released	1988
Genre	Synthpop
Length	66:33
Label	Virgin
Producer(s)	Various
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark chronology
The Pacific Age (1986)	The Best Of OMD (1988)	Sugar Tax (1991)

The Best Of OMD is a compilation album by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, released in 1988. Despite the band's waning popularity both in the UK and abroad, it sold extremely well. The version of "Electricty" used is the same as the one featured on their debut album (which itself is the band reworking Martin Hannett's original Factory version). The band were originally going to use their very first version of this song, but found the drumming to be inferior and so settled for the remix of the track instead. "Messages" is the more popular 10" single version. The Australian version of the album featured "We Love You" since that song had been a popular hit there. The CD, MiniDisc and DCC versions of the album are resequenced and feature four extra tracks not present on the LP version: "Telegraph" (a unique mix differing from the album version), "Genetic Engineering", "La Femme Accident" and "We Love You".

[edit] LP and cassette track listing

1. "Electricity" - 3:30
2. "Messages" - 4:44
3. "Enola Gay" - 3:31
4. "Souvenir" - 3:34
5. "Joan Of Arc" - 3:47
6. "Maid Of Orleans" - 4:09
7. "Talking Loud And Clear" - 3:53
8. "Tesla Girls" - 3:33
9. "Locomotion" - 3:53
10. "So In Love" - 3:28
11. "Secret" - 3:56
12. "If You Leave" - 4:28
13. "(Forever) Live And Die" - 3:34
14. "Dreaming" - 3:54

[edit] CD, MiniDisc and DCC track listing

1. "Electricity" - 3:30
2. "Messages" - 4:44
3. "Enola Gay" - 3:31
4. "Souvenir" - 3:34
5. "Joan Of Arc" - 3:47
6. "Maid Of Orleans" - 4:09
7. "Telegraph" - 3:43
8. "Tesla Girls" - 3:33
9. "Locomotion" - 3:53
10. "Talking Loud And Clear" - 3:53
11. "So In Love" - 3:28
12. "Secret" - 3:56
13. "If You Leave" - 4:28
14. "(Forever) Live And Die" - 3:34
15. "Dreaming" - 3:54
16. "Genetic Engineering" - 3:35
17. "We Love You (12" Version)" - 6:14
18. "La Femme Accident (12" Version)" - 6:16