Advantages: OLD BUT SURPRISINGLY FRESH / GROUNDBREAKING MUSIC Disadvantages: SOME OMISSIONS
OMD has always been one of my favourite bands since I grew up in the same town as the band and I’ve followed them ever since. This album from the BBC radio features performances from 1979-1983 of songs they made from the three albums : OMD, Organisation, and Dazzle Ships. The performances are live without an audience which gives the listener the feeling that OMD are performing direct to you. On this release, most of the tracks featured were before ... ...creative and experiential as you might expect. The songs here are right on target for what they were doing during these early years was groundbreaking electronic music. It's also good to see the rarely heard "Annex." track included. The tracks here are obviously in the raw and minimalist form as these tracks were all recorded live, but they still sound amazing. The full track listing is :
1. Bunker Soldiers
2. Julia's Song
3. Messages
4. Red ...
sysip10 31.08.2000
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