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Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark Bauhaus Staircase - Clear Vinyl - Sealed UK vinyl LP album (LP record)
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Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (OMD) return with their 14th studio album Bauhaus Staircase, over six years after the triumph of their Top 4-charting record The Punishment of Luxury. The album was born from the impetus to kickstart new explorations during lockdown when as Andy McCluskey admits: “I rediscovered the creative power of total boredom.”
The album’s first offering as a single is the title track which serves as a nod both to Andy McCluskey’s love of the Bauhaus era & the power of protest art. “I am a huge lover of visual arts especially mid 20th century movements” Andy comments. “The song is a metaphor for strength and artist passion in the face of criticism and adversity. When times are hard there is a tendency for Governments to look at cutting funding for creativity just at the moment when the arts are most needed to nourish our souls. It seems appropriate that the song and its eponymous album were created during Covid Lockdown.”
Ranging further from the beautiful film noir ballad of ‘Veruschka’ and the dance stylings of ‘Anthropocene’ - a term for the current epoch in Earth’s evolution to the sinister ‘Evolution Of Species’ and the hectic ‘Kleptocracy’ - OMD’s greatest straight-up protest song - the new album is a broad electronic sonic masterpiece that lyrically tackles the topics of the future. The record closes on ‘Healing’ - a moment of reflective calm.
By rights OMD should be in semi-retirement performing classics like Enola Gay and Maid Of Orleans on the nostalgia festival circuit like so many peers. Instead they’ve created a landmark album worthy of their finest work. Bauhaus Staircase remains unmistakably the work of a duo who are still perfectly in sync 45 years after their first gig at legendary Liverpool club Eric’s.
“I’m very happy with what we’ve done on this record" McCluskey summarises. “I’m comfortable if this is OMD’s last statement.”
Side A
1. Bauhaus Staircase
2. Anthropocene
3. Look At You Now
4. G.E.M.
5. Where We Started
6. Veruschka
Side B
7. Slow Train
8. Don't Go
9. Kleptocracy
10. Aphrodite's Favourite Child
11. Evolution Of Species
12. Healing
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| Condition : |
Factory sealed from new. This item is unplayed. Click here for more info. |
| Availability: |
In Stock - Buy Now for shipping on Monday 25th November
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| Year of Release: |
2023 |
| Artist: |
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (click here for complete listing) |
| Title: |
Bauhaus Staircase (click here for more of the same title) |
| Price: |
£ 49.99, US$ 62.49
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| Format: |
vinyl LP album (LP record) |
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| Record Label: |
White Noise 100% |
| Catalogue No: |
100LP138C |
| Country of Origin: |
UK
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| Language: |
Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description. |
| Date of Release: |
27 October 2023
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| Additional info: |
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| EIL.COM Ref No |
OMDLPBA831850 (quote this reference in any e-mails, letters, faxes or phone calls to help identify this item) |
| Barcode : |
5060204805400 |
| Genres: |
Electronica, 80's Pop, 90's Pop, POP
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| Related Artists: |
Andy McCluskey, Dalek I Love You, Godot, Listening Pool, The ID |
| Complete Stock List: |
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark |
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sales@eil.com to contact our sales team. |
| Alternative Names: |
O.M.D.,ORCHESTRAL MANOUEVRES IN THE DARK,OMD |
| To order by phone: |
Call +44 1474 815010 quoting EIL.COM reference number OMDLPBA831850 |
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