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Dazzle Ships
Electronic · 1983 · 12 tracks

Dazzle Ships

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

A fractured masterpiece of Cold War anxiety. Warm synthesizers collide with shortwave radio static and industrial sound collages to create a haunting, mechanical soul.

March 4, 1983 · Virgin

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A tense, mechanical meditation on a world being rewired by technology and divided by politics.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks
01
Radio Prague
1:18
02
Genetic Engineering
3:38
03
ABC Auto‐Industry
2:07
04
Telegraph
2:58
05
This Is Helena
1:58
06
International
4:25
07
Dazzle Ships, Parts II, III & VII
2:22
08
The Romance of the Telescope
3:27
09
Silent Running
3:35
10
Radio Waves
3:45
11
Time Zones
1:50
12
Of All the Things We’ve Made
3:28
Moments Worth Waiting For
The jarring transition from the shortwave pips of Radio Prague into the hyper-kinetic Speak & Spell percussion of Genetic Engineering.
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Dazzle Ships sound next to the rest of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark's catalogue?

Field Recordings+3.1σ

The production is built around field recordings than this artist usually allows.

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