Tuesday, September 17, 2013

OMD "English Electric"

I was completely surprised and pleased with their comeback album in 2010 and bought this fresh from the box.  The opening electronic voice warned, "the future you anticipated has been cancelled."  How right it was...
 
This record harks back to the groundbreaking "Dazzle Ships" in many ways, notably the loops and layers, one using voice mail systems, another a counting lesson, and one that declares "I want a house and a car and a robot wife."  This worked thirty years ago but not today.  And there isn't one song that isn't culled from another in their catalog.  For instance, "Helen Of Troy" is a reworking of "Joan Of Arc."  This is an edited version of the first single...
 
 
Album version is twice the length and it doesn't get old.  Should be on dance floors everywhere.  The electronics are crisp and clean, the vocals as strong as ever, but many of the tracks just don't stir the passion like HOM. 
 
They got this one right as it has just been officially released as the third single...
 



Oh well...I'll keep 15 of the 42 minutes.


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