Tag Archives: Punishment Of Luxury

Rock GPA: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark [part 75]

Posted on June 22, 2018 by postpunkmonk

[continued from last post] With their third modern album, OMD managed to debut on the UK album charts at an impressive #4 position. They cannily top loaded first week sales by running a Pledge Music presale which couldn’t have hurt … Continue reading →

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Rock GPA: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark [part 71]

Posted on June 14, 2018 by postpunkmonk

OMD – The Punishment Of Luxury | 2017 – 4 [continued from this post] There have been a handful of world class OMD songs on the band’s modern albums. Several songs that were absolutely at the top of the stack … Continue reading →

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Rock GPA: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark [part 70]

Posted on June 8, 2018 by postpunkmonk

OMD – The Punishment Of Luxury | 2017 – 4 [continued from this post] “Kiss Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Bang” might have been called “Kiss Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Bang Bloc Bloc Bloc” since it represented a second example of … Continue reading →

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Rock GPA: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark [part 69]

Posted on June 5, 2018 by postpunkmonk

OMD – The Punishment Of Luxury | 2017 – 4 [continued from last post] The next track was something quite different. “Robot Man” was a deliberately hoary sci-fi cliché of a title that gave the tune maximum ironic value, since … Continue reading →

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Rock GPA: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark [part 68]

Posted on June 4, 2018 by postpunkmonk

OMD – The Punishment Of Luxury | 2017 – 4 [continued from this post] OMD, as usual in their third phase, discussed the making of their latest album well in advance of its September  2017 release. The name of the … Continue reading →

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The OMD Resurgence Continues Unabated With The “Punishment Of Luxury”

Posted on May 15, 2017 by postpunkmonk

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark: The Punishment Of Luxury UK CD [2017] The Punishment of Luxury Isotype One More Time Precision & Decay As We Open, So We Close What Have We Done Robot Man Art Eats Art Kiss Kiss … Continue reading →

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