Eagle Rock Entertainment has officially announced that it will release Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark's first ever Blu-ray
OMD Live: Architecture & Morality & More. The release will be available for purchase online and in stores across the nation on May 7th.
Featuring the classic OMD line-up of Andy McCluskey, Paul Humphreys, Malcolm Holmes and Martin Cooper, this show was exclusively recorded on the band's hugely successful UK and European tour in 2007. For the early part of this tour, including this concert recorded at London's Hammersmith Apollo, the concert was split into two halves. The first part of the evening was a complete performance of the
Architecture & Morality album, while the second half was a greatest hits set covering the rest of the band's career. The concert is spectacularly presented with films specially created to complement the songs running on huge screens around the stage.
Architecture & Morality, originally released in 1981, is considered by many to be the pinnacle of Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark's career. This album, a staple of British New Wave and synthpop, spawned three Top 5 UK singles and the album itself peaked at No.3, as well as skyrocketing the band into worldwide recognition.
In addition to this two-tier concert, the Blu-ray includes bonus alternate edits of "Joan of Arc (Maid Of Orleans)," and "The New Stone Age," as well as interviews with the band members and director Hari Haralambous.
Live – Architecture & Morality & More clearly underscores why the band are beloved by so many music fans. Additionally, there will be a new OMD studio album English Electric released on April 8 and the band will be on tour in April 2013.
Tracklisting
1) Architecture & Morality
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