Crush (OMD album)

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Crush
Crush cover
Studio album by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Released June 17, 1985 (1985-06-17)
Recorded 1984-1985
Amazon Studios, Liverpool
Genre Synthpop
Length 38:37
Label Virgin
Producer Stephen Hague and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Professional reviews
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark chronology
Junk Culture
(1984)		 Crush
(1985)		 The Pacific Age
(1986)

Crush is an album by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, released in 1985. "So in Love" became the group's first hit single in the US, the album also sold well in the US.

Crush was Stephen Hague's first album as producer. He would go on to achieve success with groups such as Erasure, The Pet Shop Boys and New Order.

A long-form video, Crush - The Movie was also released, showing the group talking about their career and performing the songs from the album.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

Side 1

  1. "So in Love" – 3:29
  2. "Secret" – 3:56
  3. "Bloc Bloc Bloc" – 3:28
  4. "Women III" – 4:26
  5. "Crush" – 4:27

Side 2

  1. "88 Seconds in Greensboro" – 4:15
  2. "The Native Daughters of the Golden West" – 3:58
  3. "La Femme Accident" – 2:50
  4. "Hold You" – 4:00
  5. "The Lights Are Going Out" – 3:57

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Album singles

Release date Single United Kingdom
75		 United States 100 United States Dance Ireland
 Germany
100		 Netherlands
40
May 13, 1985 (1985-05-13) "So in Love" 27 [1] 26 16 13 [2] 18 7 [3]
July 8, 1985 (1985-07-08) "Secret" 34 [1] 63 24 [2]
October 12, 1985 (1985-10-12) "La Femme Accident" 42

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b everyhit.com search results for Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. Retrieved on 2008-04-12.
  2. ^ a b irishcharts.ie search results for Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. Retrieved on 2008-04-12.
  3. ^ De Nederlandse Top 40, week 28, 1985. Retrieved on 2008-04-12.
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