Junk Culture (2025 Reissue)
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OMD’s 1984 hit album receives the treatment recently afforded to its two predecessors: remastered from the original ½ inch reels and cut at half speed by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios.
Still very much active (their last album – No. 2 in the UK, No. 7 in Germany – was issued in 2023), Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), founded by Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys, emerged from Liverpool in the late ‘70s and are rightly regarded as one of the more original of the so-called ‘synth pop’ outfits of the following decade.
Junk Culture is their fifth album, released 30 April 1984. It featured another Peter Saville-designed sleeve but was a consciously more melodic effort than its experimental predecessor (Dazzle Ships) and was a significant success, charting across Europe and hitting the top 10 at home in the UK.
Produced by the band and Brian Tench (with additional contributions by Tony Visconti), it was recorded at a variety of locations including AIR Studios in Montserrat, which had a newly-acquired, state-of-the-art Fairlight CMI sampler keyboard, and Wisseloord in Hilversum, Netherlands.
Released: June 2025
Cat: 7577829
Label: UMR
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Tracklist
LP1 Side A
1. Junk Culture
2. Tesla Girls
3. Locomotion
4. Apollo
5. Never Turn Away
LP1 Side B
6. Love And Violence
7. Hard Day
8. All Wrapped Up
9. White Trash
10. Talking Loud And Clear