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If You Leave

7" cover

**If You Leave** is the title of a song written and recorded by OMD and released as a stand-alone single on 21 April 1986.

The song was written specifically for use in the movie *Pretty in Pink* and appears towards the end of the film. It also features on the movie soundtrack album. Director John Hughes had originally intended to include another new OMD song Goddess of Love although the ending of the movie was changed and so a new song was required. If You Leave was allegedly rush-written within the space of 24 hours while the group were in Los Angeles.

Although the single did not make the Top 40 in the UK, it became a hit in the US and remains one of the group's best known songs.

## Releases

*UK only*

* 7" VS 843
	+ If You Leave b/w 88 Seconds in Greensboro
* 12" VS 843 12
	+ If You Leave (extended version) b/w 88 Seconds in Greensboro / Locomotion (live version)

*No timings stated anywhere on UK releases.*

## Availability

 7" (4:25)
* *Pretty In Pink • Original Motion Picture Soundtrack* (1986)
* *The Best of OMD* (1988)
* *The OMD Singles* (1998)
* *Messages: Greatest Hits* (2003)
* Digital single (2009) [2]
* *Souvenir - The Singles Collection 1979-2019* (2019)
 12" extended version (5:59)
* *Blank & Jones Present So80s (SoEighties)* (2009)
 live versions
* *Live at the Liverpool Empire 04.11.19* (2019)
* *Live at Eventim Hammersmith Apollo 20.11.19* (2019)
* *Live From Your Sofa* (DVD, 2020)

## External links

* Wikipedia
* Discogs
* MusicBrainz release group
Architecture & Morality & More

**Architecture & Morality & More** (also known as *Live (Architecture & Morality & More)*) is the title of a live OMD CD album and DVD released separately in 2008 on Eagle records/video and as a single package in 2013. Both feature the live concert performance at Hammersmith Apollo, London on Saturday 19 May 2007, part of the short tour featuring the original band line-up performing the album *Architecture & Morality*, plus a 'hits' set.

The DVD has the full 22-song set while the CD has 17 tracks. The DVD also includes two 'alternate edits' and two interviews.

A Blu-ray edition, with the same tracks as the DVD, was issued in 2013.

A limited edition 2xLP blue vinyl edition was issued in 2014 with the same track-listing as the original CD, and a further 2xLP 180g vinyl edition including the CD was issued in 2018.

## Line-up

* Andy McCluskey - vocals, bass guitar
* Paul Humphreys - keyboards, vocals, backing vocals
* Martin Cooper - keyboards, sax
* Malcolm Holmes - drums

## Tracklisting

2. Sealand
3. The New Stone Age
4. Georgia
5. She's Leaving
6. Souvenir
7. Joan of Arc
8. Joan of Arc (Maid of Orleans)
9. The Beginning and the End
10. Messages
11. Tesla Girls
12. (Forever) Live and Die
13. If You Leave
14. Pandora's Box
15. Talking Loud and Clear
16. So In Love
17. Locomotion
18. Sailing on the Seven Seas
19. Enola Gay
20. Walking on the Milky Way
21. Electricity
22. Romance of the Telescope
23. Joan Of Arc (Maid Of Orleans) - alternate edit
24. The New Stone Age - alternate edit
25. Interview - The Band
26. Interview - Hambi Haralambous
2. Sealand
3. The New Stone Age
4. Georgia
5. She's Leaving
6. Souvenir
7. Joan of Arc
8. Joan of Arc (Maid of Orleans)
9. The Beginning and the End
10. If You Leave
11. (Forever) Live and Die
12. Pandora's Box
13. Locomotion
14. Sailing on the Seven Seas
15. Enola Gay
16. Electricity
17. Romance of the Telescope

### Notes

* For this first official release of the 're-formed' OMD, writing credits are different to previous releases. AM is credited as 'G.A.McCluskey', whereas PH is credited as 'Paul Humphreys'.
* Souvenir is credited to 'Martin Cooper/Paul Humphreys' and (Forever) Live and Die to 'Paul Humphreys/Graham Weir/Neil Weir'.
* If You Leave is credited to 'Martin Cooper/Paul Humphreys/G.A.McClusky' (sic.)
* Just before Georgia, AM says, "Just because there are cameras here, do not behave".
* As well as omitting some tracks, the Cd also changes the running order. The DVD track-listing is complete and correct.

## See also

* *Architecture & Morality*, original album (1981) and subsequent re-releases
* Architecture & Morality tour (1981/82)
* Architecture & Morality Classic Album Tour, to which this concert belongs
* Architecture & More Tour, album 40th anniversary, planned November 2021

## External links

* Discogs
* *OMD Live: Architecture & Morality & More DVD+CD*, electricityclub.co.uk, April 2 2013.
Hopper I / Hopper 2

**Hopper I** and **Hopper 2** are demo recordings of a song which would eventually be recorded and released as Night Café. The two demo tracks were given official release on the limited edition box set of the *English Electric* album in 2013.

Hopper 2 also bears a parenthesised recording date of 16.05.2012.
Mike Howlett

**Mike Howlett** (Michael John Gilmour Howlett, b. 27 April 1950) is a musician, record producer and teacher. He is of Australian origin although moved to the UK in the early 1970s and became bass player with the prog outfit Gong. He stayed with the group until 1977, recording several albums with them and co-writing much of their material. He then formed the short-lived band Strontium 90, which consisted of himself, Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers all of which later formed The Police. In the early 1980s, Howlett became a record producer, and produced many hit singles and albums for leading new wave music acts of the time.

Howlett was awarded a PhD on the subject of record production in 2009 and has lectured in music technology at several universities.

## OMD

* Mike Howlett produced OMD's breakthrough single Messages, and second album *Organisation* in 1980, including their first top 10 single Enola Gay.
* In 1981 he continued to work with the band and produced the top 3 single Souvenir. Musical differences with AM however lead to him leaving them before recording their third album *Architecture & Morality*.
* Howlett's PhD thesis "*The record producer as nexus : creative inspiration, technology and the recording industry*" gives a detailed account of the processes behind his work with OMD, including the differences which eventually emerged.[1]
* He also produced records for OMD contemporaries Martha & The Muffins, Punishment Of Luxury, A Flock of Seagulls, The Teardrop Explodes. Blancmange and China Crisis.

## External links

* Official site
* Discogs
Electronics & Music Maker

***Electronics & Music Maker*** was the title of a UK monthly magazine, focusing on developing technology in music with features on particular artists or instruments and audio technology.

The magazine was later renamed to Music Technology.

## OMD

* **December 1981**: OMD, by Johnny Black. "*We report on this top chart group"* feature and OMD biography and interview with AM and PH done before the release of *Architecture & Morality*, with a focus on music technology. Online here.
* **June 1984**: "Junk Culture", by Dan Goldstein. "*Synth-pioneers Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark talk to Dan Goldstein about the twists and turns in their musical development, and how they managed to make their new album, Junk Culture, sound more acoustic through the use of computer instruments."* Online here.
Atomic Ranch

Atomic Ranch illustration from deluxe English Electric boxset

**Atomic Ranch** is a track by OMD which features on the *English Electric* album (2013).

The track is an instrumental sound collage, featuring a synthetically generated spoken voice only. Song writing is attributed to McCluskey.

'Atomic ranch' is the name given to a style of family home architecture and interior design popular in the USA in the late 1950s and early 1960s, also known as 'The Atomic Age'. The retro 'mid-century' style has recently been revived (see atomic-ranch.com).

## Evolution

> "*Well see ‘Atomic Ranch’ started as a lyric that I was writing for myself to sing and then I got this vox machine app on my laptop and I started putting the words into that and trying out different voices so I’ve now got a vox machine version of it which is quite cool. It sounds quite good actually, it’s all about the sort of utopia of the ’50s that never quite arrived so that sort of …. that sort of ‘45-‘70 where everyone thought they were going to turn into George Jetson and the future would be great and the atomic power would solve all our problems and science would fix everything in medicine. This sort of utopian vision that everything was gonna be great and of course in reality, it didn’t turn out that way. So ‘Atomic Ranch’ is about that kind of utopian view. I mean I think the opening line is “I want a house and a car and a robot wife, I want two kids, a yard and a perfect life*.” - AM [1]
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## Demo

* A demo version dated 02.05.11 which features the spoken voices only, was released with the box set demo disc of the *English Electric* album (see Media below).

## Release

* Atomic Ranch was the second track from the album to be previewed (after Decimal), with the release of an official video on 05 February 2013, one day after the announcement of the new album and tour on pitchfork.com the previous day.[2] An announcement for the new video had been made on the official OMD site on 01 February 2013.[3]
* After the video preview, Atomic Ranch was released on *English Electric* on 08 April 2013, featuring as the eleventh and penultimate track on the album. The video itself also featured as the second of three on the DVD, included in the deluxe issue of the album, with an early version - dated 02.05.11 - featuring as the first track on the Demo CD.

## Legacy

* A recording of Atomic Ranch featured in the setlist of the live performances on the *English Electric tour*, generally as an intro to Kissing the Machine. Parts of the track were also used in the 'intro tape' featuring other collage type OMD tracks on the Souvenir tour and on the Architecture & More Tour as an 'interlude' between the album tracks and 'hits' section.
* In a 2011 interview McCluskey also stated there would be a 'Part II' with him singing the words. "So you’ll get the robot version and my version. It’s almost like a remix version."[4] This version has yet to emerge.

## Availability

 demo
 live
 video

## External links

* Atomic Ranch on Spotify
* Atomic Ranch on MusicBrainz
Close To The Noise Floor (Formative UK Electronica 1975-1984)

**Close To The Noise Floor (Formative UK Electronica 1975-1984)** is the title of a 60-track compilation album released 29 April 2016 on Cherry Red records.

The 4-CD set features early tracks made by innovators in the field of electronic music such as The Human League, John Foxx, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, Blancmange, Eyeless in Gaza and Throbbing Gristle. The complation is subtitled 'excursions in proto-synth pop', and the official site describes it as ".*.part primitive rave, part synthesiser porn and part history lesson*."

## Links to OMD

* Disc 3, track 16 is a version of Almost.

## External links

* Cherry Red records
* Discogs
Architecture & More Tour

**Architecture & More Tour (2021)**

40th anniversary of *Architecture & Morality* album.

Support: Stealing Sheep / Scritti Politti

## Setlist

* A&M album in its entirety: Architecture & Morality, Sealand, The New Stone Age, Georgia, She's Leaving, Souvenir, Joan of Arc, Maid of Orleans, The Beginning and the End, The Romance of the Telescope (final encore)
* Hits section: Messages, Tesla Girls, History of Modern (Pt.1), (Forever) Live and Die), Don't Go, So In Love, Locomotion, Pandora's Box, Sailing on the Seven Seas, Enola Gay; Encores: If You Leave, Electricity..

## Dates

* 01 November - O2 Academy, Glasgow
* 02 November - Usher Hall, Edinburgh
* 03 November - Sage, Gateshead
* 05 November - Bonus Arena, Hull
* 06 November - First Direct Arena, Leeds
* 07 November - Corn Exchange, Cambridge
* 09 November - De Montfort Hall, Leicester
* 10 November - Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff
* 12 November - Resorts World Arena, Birmingham
* 13 November - Eventim Apollo, London
* 14 November - International Centre, Bournemouth
* 16 November - Brighton Centre
* 17 November - New Theatre, Oxford
* 19 November - O2 Apollo, Manchester (1/2)
* 20 November - O2 Apollo, Manchester (2/2)
* 21 November - Empire Theatre, Liverpool
* 23 November - Eventim Olympia, Liverpool

Support: Stealing Sheep 01/11 - 8/11 & 17/11 - 23/11; Scritti Politti 10/11 - 16/11.
Birmingham, 23 October 1991

Source: The Fan Club Years

## Location

City: Birmingham, UK

Venue: NEC

Date: 23 October 1991

Tour: Sugar Tax tour

Support: The Railway Children

## Line-up

* Andy McCluskey, Phil Coxon, Nigel Ipinson, Abe Juckes

## Setlist

* Apollo XI
* Sugar Tax
* Messages
* Tesla Girls
* Call My Name
* If You Leave
* Then You Turn Away
* So in Love
* Big Town
* Talking Loud and Clear
* Walk Tall
* Maid of Orleans
* Walking on Air
* Locomotion
* Dreaming
* Pandora’s Box
* Sailing on the Seven Seas
* Enola Gay
* **Encore**: Joan of Arc, Electricity
Live At The Theatre Royal Drury Lane

**Live At The Theatre Royal Drury Lane** is the title given to a video recording of a live performance by OMD at the titular venue, as part of the Architecture & Morality tour, on 04 December 1981. The footage was initially released by Virgin Video on VHS video cassette in both Betamax and PAL formats in the UK in July 1982, and was also shown in edited form on BBC TV in August of the same year.

The video recording was released on Laser Disc in Japan only in 1984. Its first UK digital release was as part of a re-release of the *Architecture & Morality* album in May 2007 which featured a CD of the original audio album, plus bonus tracks, and a DVD of the Drury Lane concert, preceded by promo videos of Souvenir, Joan of Arc and Maid of Orleans.

The same video recording of the concert also featured on DVD 2 included in the Souvenir box set in 2019.

Three songs were released in *audio* form only on the *Architecture & Morality The Singles* album in 2021.

## Personnel

* Andy McCluskey - lead vocals, bass guitar
* Paul Humphreys - backing vocals, lead vocals on Souvenir, keyboads
* Martin Cooper - keyboards, saxophone on Mystereality, bass guitar on Julia's Song
* Malcolm Holmes - drums

Cover states: Directed by Gordian Troeller. Soundtrack mixed and produced by OMD and Richard Manwaring. Design: Peter Saville/Brett Wickens. Photography Robin Roddey (F), Eric Watson (B).

## Tracklisting

1. Almost
2. Mysteriality (MC on sax)
3. Joan of Arc
4. Motion and Heart
5. Maid of Orleans
6. Statues
7. Souvenir (PH front stage with small keyboard)
8. New Stone Age
9. Enola Gay
10. Bunker Soldiers
11. Electricity
12. She's Leaving (MC bass guitar)
13. Julia's Song
14. Stanlow

## Notes

* The video track listing omits the first five tracks of the original set list performed on the night, namely Architecture and Morality, The Romance of the Telescope, Sealand, Pretending to See the Future and Messages. The remaining fourteen tracks are as performed on the night.(see omd-live.com)
* McCluskey's vocal timing is slightly out on the intro and so he does not sing the word 'Stanlow' as the bass synths start up to cover his vocal.
* Joan of Arc, Motion and Heart and Maid of Orleans were issued as audio tracks on the *Architecture & Morality The Singles* album in 2021.

## Gallery

Original VHS cover (front)Original VHS cover (rear)Original VHS cassetteOriginal VHS cover (full)Laser disc coverLaser discDVDCD/DVD tracklistingsAd in *Smash Hits*, 08 July 1982
## External links

* Discogs
* Full concert on YouTube (unofficial)
Now That's What I Call Music 8

**Now That's What I Call Music 8** is a 32-track various artists compilation album, part of the *NOW*.. series, originally issued on 24 November 1986.

The album was released as 2xLP, 2xMC and later as a single CD containing just 17 tracks.

A 19 track VHS version was also issued, and a laser disc with the same tracks was issued in Japan only.

## Links to OMD

Record 1, Side 1, track 7 of the LP & MC issues is the OMD single (Forever) Live and Die. The track was not featured on the CD version.

The group name does not feature on the LP/MC cover although the inner gatefold has a colour picture of AM/PH and the wording (all in upper case):

> "*Charted at no.52 on 2nd September, had reached no.11 by 30th September. This is the Liverpool group's 9th Top 20 hit in Britain.*"
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Writing credits attributed to "OMD".

The promo video for (Forever) Live and Die features as track 3 on the VHS (and laserdisc).

[1]

## External links

* NOW 8 on nowmusic.com
* Official TV ad
* NOW 8 on discogs.com
Live at the Liverpool Empire

**Live at the Liverpool Empire** is the title of a live album released by OMD in 2019, a recording of the live performance at the titular venue on 04 November 2019 as part of the Souvenir tour.

The recording was released by the Live Here Now label as a special limited edition on CDR on the same night of the performance, and later as a CD package and digital download which could be ordered from the label.

## Line-up

* Andy McCluskey
* Paul Humphreys
* Martin Cooper
* Stewart Kershaw

## Tracklisting

1. Intro/Stanlow
2. Isotype
3. Messages
4. Tesla Girls
5. History of Modern (Pt. I)
6. (Forever) Live and Die
7. Souvenir
8. Joan of Arc
9. Maid of Orleans
10. Time Zones/Statues
11. Almost
12. Don't Go
13. So In Love
14. Dreaming
15. The Punishment of Luxury
16. Locomotion
17. Sailing on the Seven Seas
18. Enola Gay
19. If You Leave
20. Pandora's Box
21. Electricity
January 1983

**January 1983**

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January 1982 | January 1984

## OMD

* 15: *Record Mirror "Dazzling Manouevres"* gives news of new single, album and tour, with dates.
* 20: *Smash Hits* also breaks the news, *"after a year's absence...".* Adds that concert tickets are already on sale.
* 29: the band go into Maida Vale Studios in London to record their fourth session for John Peel.

## Related

* 31: Depeche Mode release new single Get the Balance Right!
Architecture & Morality tour

*Architecture & Morality* tour to promote newly released third studio album.

## Line-up

* Andy McCluskey, Paul Humphreys, Malcolm Holmes, Martin Cooper

## Set-list

* *A&M* album: Architecture and Morality (intro), The Romance of the Telescope , Sealand, Joan of Arc, Maid of Orleans, Souvenir, The New Stone Age, She's Leaving

* *Organisation*: Enola Gay, Motion and Heart (NB between the two 'Joan of Arcs), Statues, Enola Gay, Stanlow (closing song)

* *OMITD*: Pretending To See The Future, Messages, Almost, Mystereality, Bunker Soldiers, Electricity, Julia's Song (MC on bass),

### UK leg

* November - December 1981

* Saturday 07 November 1981: Lancaster University, UK (opening night)
* Sunday 08 November 1981: Birmingham Odeon, UK
* Monday 09 November 1981: Manchester Apollo, UK
* Wednesday 11 November 1981: Glasgow Apollo, UK
* Thursday 12 November 1981: Edinburgh Playhouse, UK
* Saturday 14 November 1981: Ipswich Gaumont, UK
* Sunday 15 November 1981: Leicester De Montfort Hall, UK
* Monday 16 November 1981: Brighton Dome, UK
* Tuesday 17 November 1981: Southampton Gaumont, UK
* Wednesday 18 November 1981: Poole Arts Centre, UK
* Thursday 19 November 1981: Hammersmith Odeon, UK
* Friday 20 November 1981: Hammersmith Odeon, UK
* Sunday 22 November 1981: Newcastle City Hall, UK
* Tuesday 24 November 1981: Liverpool Empire, UK
* Wednesday 25 November 1981: Liverpool Empire, UK
* Thursday 26 November 1981: Hanley Victoria Hall, UK
* Saturday 28 November 1981: St Austell Coliseum, UK
* Sunday 29 November 1981: Cardiff Sophia Gardens, UK
* Monday 30 November 1981: Sheffield City Hall, UK
* Tuesday01 December 1981: CANCELLED Leeds Tiffany's, UK
* Wednesday02 December 1981: Norwich UEA, Uk
* Thursday 03 December 1981: Nottingham University, UK
* Friday 04 December 1981: Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London (recorded)
* Saturday 05 December 1981: Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London (2/2)
* Monday 14 December 1981: Leeds Queens Hall, UK (re-scheduled from 01/12)
* Sunday 20 December 1981: Belfast Whitla Hall, UK

### Republic of Ireland

* Monday 21 December 1981: Dublin National Stadium, Republic of Ireland
* Tuesday 22 December 1981: Dublin National Stadium, Republic of Ireland

## Official recordings and releases

* *Live At The Theatre Royal Drury Lane* (VHS, 1982; DVD 2003, 2019) - video film of concert performance, starting with Almost.
* See also: Late Night in Concert (BBC, 1982)

## External links

* omd-live.com (1981-82)
* Setlist.fm - 1981
Ambient 1

**Ambient 1** is the title of a demo recording by OMD, dated 04-1980, and first released in 2019 on the *Unreleased Archive Vol I* disc.

Recorded after the release of their debut album, the track bears some resemblance to Statues, which would appear later in the year, although McCluskey's soft vocal effects are similar to those which would eventually be used on the track Joan of Arc.

The background 'drone' is like the one used in the song *4-Neu.*
Bauhaus Staircase tour

**Bauhaus Staircase tour**, to promote the Bauhaus Staircase album, beginning in January 2024.

## Line-up

* Andrew McCluskey - vocals, bass guitar
* Paul Humphreys - keyboards, vocals
* Martin Cooper - keyboards
* Stuart Kershaw - drums, percussion

**Support**: Walt Disco

## Set-list

1. Evolution of Species (intro tape)
2. Anthropocene
3. Messages
4. Tesla Girls
5. Kleptocracy
6. History of Modern (Part I)
7. If You Leave
8. (Forever) Live and Die
9. Souvenir
10. Joan of Arc
11. Joan of Arc (Maid of Orleans)
12. The Rock Drill (intro tape)
13. Veruschka
14. Healing
15. Don't Go
16. So in Love
17. Bauhaus Staircase
18. Dreaming
19. Locomotion
20. Sailing on the Seven Seas
21. Enola Gay
22. Look At You Now
23. Pandora's Box
24. Electricity

### By album

* BS: (Evolution of Species), Kleptocracy, (The Rock Drill), Veruschka, Healing, Don't Go, Bauhaus Staircase, Look at You Now
* PoL: -
* EE: -
* HoM: History of Modern (Part I)
* Universal: -
* Liberator: -
* Sugar Tax: Sailing on the Seven Seas, Pandora's Box
* The Best of: If You Leave, Dreaming
* TPA: (Forever) Live and Die
* Crush: So In Love
* JC: Locomotion, Tesla Girls
* DS: -
* A&M: Souvenir, Joan of Arc, Joan of Arc (Maid of Orleans)
* Org: Enola Gay
* OMITD: Electricity, Messages

## Dates

### January 2024

* 22 January - Rockerfeller, Oslo, Norway
* 24 January - Muenchen Brewery, Stockholm, Sweden (Look At You now not played)
* 25 January - Gothenburg, S (Bauhaus Staircase not played)
* 27 January - Copenhagen, DK
* 29 January - Sparkassen-Arena, Jena, DE
* 30 January - Stadthalle Offenbach, DE
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Bomber (One More Time demo)

**Bomber (One More Time) [16-10-15]** is the title of a demo track that would later be released as One More Time on the album *The Punishment of Luxury* in 2017, and also as a single. The parenthesised date suggests a recording date of 16 October 2015.

The demo was released on CD2 of *The Punishment of Luxury (deluxe).*
Joan of Arc (Saint)

**Joan of Arc** (c. 1412 – 30 May 1431), also known as "The Maid of Orléans", is a a Catholic saint, considered a heroine of France for her role during the Hundred Years' War. Joan claimed to have had visions of the archangel Michael, Saint Margaret, and Saint Catherine of Alexandria who urged her to support Charles VII in the war and recover France from English domination.

She took part in the liberation of Orléans and other victories which led to the consecration of King Charles VII. However, in May 1430, she was captured by a group of French nobles allied with the English and was later handed over put on trial by the pro-English bishop Pierre Cauchon. After Cauchon declared her guilty, she was burned at the stake on 30 May 1431, at about nineteen years of age.

In 1456 she was declared an innocent martyr by the Pope and became a heroine of the Catholic League. In 1803 Napoleon Bonaparte declared a Joan national symbol of France. She was beatified in 1909 and canonized in 1920. Joan of Arc remains one of the nine secondary patron saints of France.

## Links to OMD

* Andy McCluskey has written two songs about Joan of Arc, both of which featured on the album *Architecture & Morality* (1981).
* The song entitled Joan of Arc was released as a single ahead of the album in October 1981 and reached no.5 in the Uk singles charts. It then featured as the opening track of side two of the *Architecture & Morality* album.
* The song entited Joan of Arc (Maid of Orleans) was fist released on the same album, featuring immediately after Joan of Arc, as side tow track two. It was released as the follow-up single to Joan of Arc in January 1982, but had to be re-named Maid of Orleans (the Waltz Joan of Arc) to avoid confusion with its predecessor. The single reached no.4 in the UK singles charts, and reached no.1 in Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany, where it also became the biggest selling single of the year.
* Joan of Arc is alo mentioned in the lyrics to La femme accident (1985): "*she suffers like some Joan of Arc*."
* It's believed that McCluskey was inspired to write songs about the saint after visiting the city of Orleans while on tour in France in early 1981.
March 1982

**March 1982**

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## OMD

* North American tour to promote *Architecture & Morality* begins 01 March in Washington DC, ends 31 March in Vancouver, Canada.
* Maid of Orleans starts month at no.10 then drops in UK Top 50 to 19, 27, 49.
* *Architecture & Morality* album drops from no.7 to no.21 in UK.
Malcolm Holmes

**Malcolm Holmes** (b. 28 July 1960) is a British drummer, and was an Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark collaborator and band member between 1979 and 2013. Previous to playing with OMD he was also a member of The Id.

Holmes is first credited on an OMD recording as playing 'percussion' on the track Julia's Song on the debut *Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark* album. He joined Humphreys and McCuskey on the first OMITD tour together with Dave Hughes, forming the first OMD four-piece. He then appeared on the group's two *Top of the Pops* performances of Messages and on the live *The Old Grey Whistle Test* performance in April 1980.

He is credited with 'drums and acoustic percussion' on OMD's second album *Organisation*, where his contribution is particularly notable on hit single Enola Gay. His performance of the song on *Top of the Pops* (and in the promo video) is also memorable for playing his electronic drum kit standing up. He continued to record and play live with OMD throughout the 80s, on all their tours and album releases. Together with Martin Cooper he was the part of 'the other two', next to leading band members Humphreys & McCluskey and rarely took part in interviews.

When the band split up at the end of the 1980s Holmes joined forces with Humphreys and Cooper to become part of The Listening Pool, who released their only album *Still Life* in 1994. He also credited as song writer on this album.

He re-joined OMD when they reformed in 2006 continuing to play drums and percussion on the History of Modern and English Electric albums and tours. On 19 July 2013, while playing live at the Danforth Music Hall, Toronto, Canada, Holmes collapsed on stage and was subjected to immediate emergency treatment for his heart, which had reportedly stopped. He has since retired from OMD although continues to work in the music industry and has since written and produced his own music.

Malcolm Holmes was later replaced by Stuart Kershaw as OMD's drummer. Kershaw had worked with Andy McCluskey writing and playing drums for OMD in the 1990s.

* See also: What links here

## External links

* realmalholmes (twitter account)
* Discogs.com
* *MAL HOLMES Interview*, www.electricityclub.co.uk, published 31-10-2010
* Interview on northerntransmissions.com, published 20-10-2015
Architecture & Morality (track)

Architecture & Morality side 2 label

**Architecture & Morality** is the title track from the album of the same name, released in 1981. It was written by Humphreys/McCluskey and produced by Richard Manwaring & OMD.

On the album the track features on Side two, immediately after Joan of Arc (Maid of Orleans). It is basically an instrumental although features some vocal/choral effects.

## Live

Architecture & Morality was used as a pre-recorded tape to open concerts on the original Architecture & Morality tour and Architecture & Morality tour (NA) (1981-82) (see also *Live At The Theatre Royal Drury Lane*, 1982).

It also featured in the Architecture & Morality Classic Album Tour (2007) (see also *Architecture & Morality & More*, 2008) and Architecture & Morality / Dazzle Ships – Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2016).
29 January

**29 January**

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* **1986**: EVENT - Première of *Pretty in Pink* at Mann National Theater in Hollywood, California.[1]
* **2017**: RADIO - BBC 6 Music Live Hour - 1983 Peel session [2]
* **2019**: RADIO - *This Day in Music Radio*. Q&A at The Cavern.
* **2021**: PRESS - "*Kraftwerk Invented Atomic Kitten’: The Untold Tale Of The British Girl Group’s Rocky Road To A No.1 Hit*", M. Bagwell, huffingtonpost.co.uk.

## Related

* **2001**: Atomic Kitten release Whole Again single
Mystereality

**Mystereality** is the title of an OMD song written by Humphreys/McCluskey and first released as track three, on side one of the group's debut album *Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark*. It was produced by Orchestral Manoeuvres and Chester Valentino.

The song is one of OMD's earliest tracks and was perfomed at early gigs, such as Leigh, 27 August 1979.

Mystereality features a saxophone solo by Martin Cooper. He is credited for his performance on the debut album. A tape recording of the solo was used in early live performances (up to and including the debut album tour) before Cooper was a permanent member of the band.

## Versions and availability

The song remains exclusive to the debut album release, except for live performances appearing on *Access All Areas* and *Live At The Theatre Royal Drury Lane,* with Cooper playing live on the latter.
Arctic Monkeys

**Artic Monkeys** are an indie-rock band formed in 2002 in High Green, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK.

## Connections

* The group's debut EP *Five Minutes With Arctic Monkeys*[1] (2005) was recorded, produced and mixed by Mike Crossey at Motor Museum studios in Liverpool, owned by Andy McCluskey. Crossey also mixed all but two of the tracks on *History of Modern*.
Architecture & Morality The Singles

**Architecture & Morality The Singles** is a compilation album of A sides, B sides, demos and previously unreleased tracks from the *Architecture & Morality* album era. The compilation was released to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the original album. Details were announced on 02 September 2021.

## Tracklisting

### 3 x 12" coloured vinyl

Each 12" disc features tracks relative to the three singles, Souvenir, Joan of Arc and Maid of Orleans. Each one is a different colour vinyl.

### Digital/CD

Tracks as above in same order, numbered 1-18.

## Notes

* All demo versions were previously unreleased and remain exclusive to this compilation.
* **Submarines** is the only non-demo track which was previously unreleased, and remains exclusive to this album.
* The live tracks from the 1981 Drury Lane concert are released as audio only, and for the first time on vinyl.
* The revised Joan of Arc artwork statue features a sculpture by Paul Belmondo, photographed by Christophe Duron.
* New 'architecture' cover artwork photographs by Innes Marlow, 2021 design by Darren Evans.
* Tracks remastered at Abbey Road.

## External links

* Discogs
* Vinyl package 'unboxing' video here
Intrigue

**Intrigue** Steven Wilson Presents: Progressive Sounds in UK Alternative Music 1979-89 is a compilation box set released in February 2023 featuring various artists with selected tracks from the titular era.

The collection was released as a 58-track 4CD or 7 LP box set or as a reduced 19-track 2 LP edition.

Steve Wilson is best known as the frontman of neo-prog band Porcupine Tree. On the sticker on the front of each issue Wilson states: “*This is my personally curated attempt to redress the balance and to perhaps introduce any 80s-sceptics… to the idea that conceptual thinking and ambition didn’t suddenly evaporate after ‘77*”.

## Links to OMD

OMD track Sealand (1981) is featured as track 13 on CD2, and as Side A track 2 on LP4 of the vinyl edition. It does not feature on the reduced vinyl issue.

* Other featured artists include OMD contemporaries such as Gary Numan, Ultravox, The Cure, John Foxx, Simple Minds, Joy Division, New Order, Tears For Fears, Japan and many more (*see full track list - right*).
Los Angeles, 14 & 15 April 1981

Concert

## Location

City: West Hollywood, Los Angeles CA, USA

Venue: Whisky A Go Go

Date: 14 April & 15 April 1981

Tour: Organisation tour (NA leg)

Support: Our Daughter's Wedding

## Line-up

* Andy McCluskey, Paul Humphreys, Malcolm Holmes, Martin Cooper.

## Set-list

source: bootleg [1]

* Stanlow
* Pretending To See The Future
* Messages
* Almost
* She's Leaving (first time)
* Mystereality
* Motion & Heart
* Promise
* Statues
* The Misunderstanding
* Dancing
* Electricity
* Bunker Soldiers
* Enola Gay
* Julia's Song

## Notes

* First performance of new song She's Leaving.
* The band stayed at the Tropicana Motel, Santa Monica Blvd.,West Hollywood near the venue. Breakfast was to be had at Dukes. (source M. Cooper in Houghton, 2018, pp.131-132) The motel no longer exists although many rockstars stayed there during its heyday - see "*The Tropicana Motel’s Totally Rocking Heyday*", Martino A. in lamag.com, 2015.

* Echo & The Bunnymen played three nights at the venue two days after OMD.
Georgia

## Versions

### Version 3:

demo (New Song)

**Georgia**

## Versions and availability

 live
* Architecture & Morality & More ‎(audio & video)
 demo (New Song)

## See also

* Cologne (Köln, DE), 09 April 1983 ‎
* Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, London 10.05.1983
* Architecture & More Tour
* Architecture & Morality & More ‎
* London, 19 June 2021 ‎
* Aylesbury, 17 September 2021
* Glasgow: 01 November 2021
* 12 October 2020

## External links

* Georgia (country) / Georgia (U.S. state)
NOW Yearbook '81

**NOW Yearbook '81** is a 4xCD and 3xLP compilation album issued by NOW Music as part of the 'Yearbook' series on 20 May 2022.

The 4CD set (available as specal edition with hardback book, or as cheaper ‘standard’ packaging) features 85 tracks, while the red vinyl 3 LP edition has 46 tracks.

## Links to OMD

The single Souvenir by OMD features on CD4, track 11 of the CD editions, and as track 7 on Side A of LP 3 on the vinyl edition.

Souvenir comes after She's Got Claws by Gary Numan on the CD tracklisting and after Landscape's Einstein A Go-Go on vinyl. In both formats it is followed by The Passions' I'm in Love With a German Film Star.

Souvenir has also featured on *Now That's What I Call Music 1981* (1999).

## External links

* NOW Music Store (2022)
* Superdeluxedition announcement
16 November

**16 November**

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* **2017**: RADIO - Tammy Gooding (BBC H&W), "catch-up with the Midlands-bound 80s supergroup, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark!" [1]
* **2019**: LIVE - Souvenir tour: Regent, Ipswich UK
* **2021**: LIVE - Architecture & More Tour, Brighton Centre UK (*review*)

## Related

* **1979**: Gary Numan releases Complex single.
* **1979**: Associates play Eric's club, Liverpool.
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**30 October**

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## OTD

### OMD

* **1980**: PRESS - *Smash Hits*[1]: *Organisation* album review (p.33) & advert with November tour dates (p.04), full page colour poster (p.52), ongoing tour dates (p.50), *Machines* album release news (p.13).
* **1986**: LIVE - The Pacific Age tour: Hammersmith Odeon (2/2)
* **2009**: LIVE - A Night of The Proms. Antwerp Sportpaleis, Belgium
* **2017**: LIVE - The Punishment of Luxury tour: Bristol Colston Hall, UK
* **2019**: LIVE - Souvenir tour: Gateshead Sage
* **2023**: PROMO - Bauhaus Staircase promotion at Resident Records, Brighton UK (link)

## Related

* **1995**: Pulp release *Different Class,* Oasis release Wonderwall single.
Now That's What I Call Music 3

**Now That's What I Call Music 3** is a 30-track various artists compilation album, part of the NOW.. series, originally issued in July 1984.

A 20-track VHS cassette was also issued in 1984. A laserdisc with the same tracklisting was issued in Japan only.

The 28-track CD edition was issued on 19 July 2019.

## Links to OMD

### Audio

Side 1, track 4 of the original 2xLP/MC and Disc 1, track 4 of the 2xCD edition is Locomotion.

The LP front cover and tracklisting gives the full band name of "Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark" although the label on the LP uses the O.M.D. abbreviation. A colour photo of PH & AM in the 'Junk Culture' period is used on the inner gatefold sleeve, and in the CD booklet.

### Video

The VHS video has the promo video for Locomotion as the first track. The photo of PH/AM also features on the front cover.

## External links

* NOW 3 on nowmusic.com
* NOW 3 on discogs.com
Look-In, 29 November 1980

**Look-in** weekly magazine, issue dtd. 29 November 1980.

Special STAR CHARTERS! feature looks at new artists now in the UK charts. (pp.15 & 18) Two pages of short articles on various artists and 'Colour Centre' featuring photos of four of these. (pp.16-17) (*author unknown*)

## OMD

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (p.15) - refers to the group as O.M.I.T.D. Short history mentioning VCL XI, Hitlerz Underpants and The ID. Also mentions Winston - Messages - *Organisation* - Enola Gay.

OMD included as one of the four bands in the centrespread together with XTC, Adam & The Ants and Linx.
Dresden, 14 February 2015

Date: 14 February 2015

Venue: Semperoper, Dresden, Germany

AM, in huffpost.com, 2015:

> *We wrote a song about Dresden, and the people of Dresden invited us to come and play at their peace prize ceremony on the seventieth anniversary of the bombing of their city. It was a great honor, but somewhat intimidating for these musicians to be in with all of the royalty and religious and political leaders who were commemorating and reconciliating. And yet actually our humble presentation and my speech, which started by saying, "We come from Liverpool, The Beatles were born in the second world war and yet they went to Hamburg, a city that we fire bombed, to learn how to be a rock band. We come from Liverpool, but The Beatles didn't influence us, we took our influence from Kraftwerk, in Düsseldorf. Isn't it beautiful that just a few years after our fathers were trying to kill each other, the new generation who haven't grown up in fear and pain were actually inspired musically by each other?"*
> We were honored to be there. We had possibly the most surreal experience in our lives, we played in the Semperoper in Dresden, which had been bombed, to a full house of people who accepted our songs. We played Enola Gay, with the bombing of Hiroshima behind us. It was moving. It was amazing. As I said in my speech, "We can't change the world. We can mirror the changes, and we can celebrate the sense of joy and hope." The surreal icing on the cake was the recipient of the Dresden peace prize this year was the Queen's cousin, the Duke of Kent, who has done a lot in reconciliation between England and Germany. To see him, the seventy-nine-year-old Duke of Kent standing and clapping along to one of our pop songs and the Bishop of Coventry and the Archbishop of Canterbury dancing to OMD was one of the most surreal highlights of my crazy life.
>
>

## Setlist

* Enola Gay
* Dresden
August 1979

**August 1979**

August 1978 | August 1980

## OMD

* 03: LIVE - The Factory Club, Manchester
* 04: LIVE - West Kirby Concourse, UK
* 10: LIVE - Eric's Club, Liverpool with A Certain Ratio
* 13: LIVE - Nashville Rooms, London. Factory night with Joy Division & ACR
* 14: RADIO - John Peel plays Julia's Song by The Id on R1 show, taken from *Street To Street* compilation.
* 18: PRESS - *Sounds* two-page feature. Issue also carries news of Leigh festival and release of *Street to Street* compilation album.
* 20: RADIO - Recording of first John Peel session, Maida Vale, London.
* 27: LIVE - Leigh Festival, UK (7.00 pm)
NME

**NME** (New Musical Express) is the name of a weekly music publication which first appeared in 1952. Its publication online is ongoing although the final print edition was published on 09 March 2018.

* Official site: nme.com
* Twitter account

### 1980

* see 04 October 1980

22 November 1980

### 1981

review of Souvenir, 22 August14 November28 November, live review
Navigation

Maid of Orleans B side label

*This page is for the OMD song called Navigation. For the B-side compilation album of the same name see Navigation The OMD B-Sides.*

**Navigation** is the title of an OMD song first released as a B-side to the Maid of Orleans single in January 1982. It remained exclusive to this release (including the CD single re-issue) until being included in the eponymous B-side collection issued in 2001.

The song was written by Humphreys/McCluskey and produced by OMD.

It was coupled with another new track, Of All The Things We've Made for the 12" release of Maid of Orleans, the last record to be released on the Dindisc label.

While the original version has an (unstated) duration of approx 3:28, an edited version of 3:01 first appeared on the remastered and expanded edition of the *Architecture & Morality* album released in 2003. This version also featured on the 2007 re-issue of the album and again on *Architecture & Morality The Singles*, released in 2021.

## Availability

* Maid of Orleans (CDT27, 1988)
 * edit (3:01)
* *Architecture & Morality The Singles* (2019)

## See also

* The Romance of the Telescope
* Motion and Heart (Amazon version)
* Sacred Heart
* Of All The Things We've Made
Hold You

**Hold You** is the title of an OMD song originally released on the *Crush* album in 1985.

A slow ballad, featuring an impressive sax solo by Martin Cooper, Hold You was considered as a possible single release and so a promo video was made in Almeria, Spain. The single however never emerged.

The song was not performed live during the Crush tour or any ensuing tours.

## Availability

 album version (4:00)
 video
* *Messages: Greatest Hits* (2008)
American Venus

**American Venus** is the title of an OMD demo recording, dated 04-1990, first released on the *Unreleased Archive Vol I* disc in 2019.

The date would suggest that it was recorded by AM only, after he had split with PH. Since the title refers to an American movie starring Louise Brookes, and part of the treated (and mostly incomprehensible) lyrics mention "Born in Kansas", the demo can be considered as a very early idea which would lead to the finished track Pandora's Box.

In the notes to the **Souvenir (box set)** which featured the 'unreleased' disc, AM states he had no recollection of making the demo.
Depeche Mode support tour

## Tour

Name: Depeche Mode support (Music for the Masses Tour, US leg)

Support to Depeche Mode who were promoting their *Music For The Masses* album worldwide. OMD joined them on the final leg of the tour which covered most of the USA (plus one gig in Canada) over thirty-one dates. This was the final leg of the tour, ending in the famous performance at the Pasedena Rosebowl as documented by the *101* live album and video.

The OMD performances comprised a 'greatest hits' set, concentrating mostly on up-beat songs. The group's only new material at the time was the Dreaming single, which had first been released in January ahead of the *Best of OMD* album, and which became a hit in the US during the tour.

These would be the final live performances of OMD of the 1980s, and their last as the classic line-up until (?). Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys had by this time been playing live together for almost ten years.

## Line-Up

* Andy McCluskey - Paul Humphreys - Malcolm Holmes - Martin Cooper - ​​Graham Weir - Neil Weir

## Setlist

* Tesla Girls - Messages - Secret - If You Leave - Forever Live and Die - Maid of Orleans - Souvenir - So In Love - Dreaming - Locomotion - Enola Gay

## Dates

**all 1988**

* 29 April - Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountainview CA, USA
* -
* -
* 18 June - Pasadena Rosebowl, CA, USA

## External links

* For full list see omd-live.com/1988
* See also: dm/live.wiki
Big Town

Sugar Tax disc

**Big Town** (OMD) is an OMD song which first appeared on the Special Collectors Edition CD of the Sailing on the Seven Seas single in March 1991. It later featured on the album *Sugar Tax* released in May 1991. Both versions are identical. Writing is credited to Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark which at the time would have been Andrew McCluskey only.

Big Town appears as track 6 on *Sugar Tax*, and therefore the final song on Side one of the LP and cassette.

The song is a rare example of an OMD album track being first released as a 'B-side'. This had only happened previously with Almost and The Romance of the Telescope.

## Live performances

The song was performed live on the Sugar Tax tour and also on the following Liberator tour.

No officially released recordings are currently available.

## Availability

* *Sugar Tax* album
* Sailing on the Seven Seas - Special Collectors Edition CD (*rare*)
Can I Believe You

**Can I Believe You** is an OMD song first released as a bonus track on the Stand Above Me CD single and as B-side to the 7" and cassette single, in 1993. This remains the track's only release to date, and follows in the old OMD tradition of single B-sides which do not feature on albums.

The track was written, produced and mixed by Andy McCluskey.

## Availability

* Stand Above Me
	+ 7" VS 1444
	+ CDS VSCDG 1444
	+ cassette single VSC 1444
OMD

**OMD** is a commonly used abbreviation for the group name Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark.

It is first seen to have been used for the press adverts for Messages in Spring 1980. The abbreviation OMITD was also used in early used although this eventually became less frequent.

The acronym was used for the writing credits for tracks on many albums from *Junk Culture* onwards. This is generally intended to refer to the songwriting partnership of Humphreys/McCluskey, except for albums released in the 1990s which refer to McCluskey only.

* For the US compilation album see **O.M.D.**
Almost (Vince Clarke remix)

**Almost (Vince Clarke remix)** is a remix of the OMD song Almost by Vince Clarke, founder of Depeche Mode, Yazoo, The Assembly and Erasure.

The remix was issued in September 2019 as part of OMD's fortieth anniversary celebrations as the B side to a 7" clear vinyl reissue of Electricity/Almost, replicating in part the group's first ever single. It was also made available digitally.

See also Electricity.

## Origins

Clarke has stated that Almost was the song which had persuaded him to start writing and performing songs on synthesisers. It's unknown whether the band had approached him to do the remix or if he had offered it spotaneously. In a short NME feature on the release of he track, AM stated, "*He* (Clarke) *has completed the circle by honouring us with an amazing remix of Almost*". [1]

Clarke's style is unmistakeable while at the same time respecting the original. It can be noted that AM also re-recorded the vocal for the track. The track is also slightly extended compared to the original with a hint of a famous drum machine sound from Enola Gay as a further homage by Clarke.

Sleve states Produced by Martin Zero.

## Release

7" ultra-clear vinyl, Virgin/EMI and UMC 0602577481901

A. Electricity

B. Almost (Vincle Clarke remix)

* Available also for download and on streaming sites.