Souvenir - The Singles Collection 1979-2019

*This page is for the 2xCD edition of the 21 definitive singles collection. See also Souvenir (boxset).*

**Souvenir**, subtitled **The Singles Collection 1979-2019**, is the title of OMD's fourth and 'definitive' singles collection bringing together on 2 CDs all forty of their issued singles, coinciding with forty years of the band's career. It was released on 04 October 2019.

Some less successful singles, such as Red Frame/White Light, Never Turn Away and Everyday, were included on an OMD compilation for the first time. It is also OMD's first compilation since re-forming so all singles released after 2010 appear for the first time on a collection. The new single Don't Go was released as a standalone track slightly ahead of the album.

Were it not for Dreaming being the group's twenty-first single, the forty tracks would have split neatly in two discs dividing the pre-split and post-split and reformed line-up. As it is, the 1988 single starts disc 2.

The same tracks were also issued on 3xLP vinyl set and as part of the *Souvenir* box set which also included CDs with unreleased and live tracks and DVDs.

A special 7" issue of Electricity/Almost was also released a week earlier.[1]

## Origins

The album and boxset had been conceived to coincide with the group's 40th anniversary. Collectors' website Super Deluxe Edition gave news of the release with tracklisting detials on 20 August 2019. [2]

## Tracklisting

### CD1 - The Singles 1979-1987

1. Electricity
2. Red Frame/White Light
3. Messages
4. Enola Gay
5. Souvenir
6. Joan of Arc
7. Maid of Orleans
8. Genetic Engineering
9. Telegraph
10. Locomotion
11. Talking Loud and Clear
12. Tesla Girls
13. Never Turn Away
14. So in Love
15. Secret
16. La Femme Accident
17. If You Leave
18. (Forever) Live and Die
19. We Love You
20. Shame

### CD2 - The Singles 1988-2019

1. Dreaming
2. Sailing on the Seven Seas
3. Pandora's Box (It's A Long, Long Way)
4. The You Turn Away
5. Call My Name
6. Stand Above Me
7. Dream of Me
8. Everyday
9. Walking on the Milky Way
10. Universal
11. If You Want It
12. Sister Marie Says
13. History of Modern (Part I)
14. Metroland
15. Dresden
16. Night Café
17. Isotype
18. The Punishment of Luxury
19. What Have We Done
20. Don't Go

### Vinyl issue

The same 40 tracks were also issued on a 3xLP 180gr vinyl set, respecting the same chronology. Divisions over the 3 discs are as follows:

* LP1: Electricity - Maid of Orleans / Genetic Engineering - So In Love
* LP2: Secret - Dreaming / Sailing on the Seven Seas - Dream of Me
* LP3 Everyday - History of Modern (Part I) / Metroland - Don't Go

## Versions

All versions are the single/7"/edit/radio edit versions of the songs, except Tesla Girls which is the version used on previous compilations. The shorter (7") version of Messages features for the first time on an OMD compilation.

## Reception and performance

The collection was generally well accepted gaining attention across the music and generalist press and internet sites.

The album entered the UK album chart at no.18 a week after its release, disappearing the week after.[3] It also entered the vinyl LP charts at no.11.[4]

## External links

* Discogs.com CD / Vinyl

* Superdeluxeedition.com