Tag Archives: Dazzle Ships

Wha…?! OMD To Helm U.S. “Dazzle Ships” Show + Panel at MOCA Tucson In Days!

Posted on January 8, 2019 by

Stop the [word]presses!! Reader Jordan is currently in Arizona and has discovered that OMD are set to visit The States in conjunction with the Museum Of Contemporary Art – Tucson’s “DAZZLED: OMD, MEMPHIS DESIGN, AND BEYOND” show that will run … Continue reading →

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Rock GPA: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark [part 67]

Posted on May 30, 2018 by

OMD – Architecture + Morality – Dazzle Ships | 2016 – 3.5 [continued from last post] Disc two opened with the title track to “Architecture + Morality” but that sounded like a playback. The next song, “Sealand” was far from … Continue reading →

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Rock GPA: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark [part 66]

Posted on May 29, 2018 by

OMD – Architecture + Morality – Dazzle Ships | 2016 – 3.5 [continued from this post] On the face of it, I had to admit that the band had some cheek to release two live albums drawing from the same … Continue reading →

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Rock GPA: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark [part 55]

Posted on April 6, 2018 by

[continued from last post] At the same time as their return to the concert stages of Europe and the UK, 2007 also brought with it news that an OMD fan, who was a filmmaker at Aspect Television, got the approval … Continue reading →

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Rock GPA: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark [part 17]

Posted on December 20, 2017 by

[continued from previous post] After the “Dazzle Ships” campaign stalled with the non-hit status of “Telegraph,” the earmarked third single “Radio Waves” never had a chance of happening. Virgin must have had kittens because OMD, who had sold 3,000,000 copies … Continue reading →

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Rock GPA: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark [part 16]

Posted on December 18, 2017 by

Orchestral Manœuvres In The Dark – Dazzle Ships | 1983 – 4 [continued from this post] So… we return to the OMD Rock G.P.A.® thread, abandoned almost three weeks ago for a sudden obituary thread for someone I’ve known for over … Continue reading →

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Rock GPA: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark [part 15]

Posted on November 29, 2017 by

Orchestral Manœuvres In The Dark – Dazzle Ships | 1983 – 4 [continued from previous post] Following the brilliant pop of “Telegraph,” the album snapped violently back into fragmentary sound collage with “This Is Helena.” This was surely one of … Continue reading →

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