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Cat: 488149 2. Rel: 3 Apr 23
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Side 1 - Track 1. Radio PragueSide 1 - Track 2. Genetic EngineeringSide 1 - Track 3. ABC Auto-IndustrySide 1 - Track 4. TelegraphSide 1 - Track 5. This Is HelenaSide 1 - Track 6. InternationalSide 2 - Track 1. Dazzle ShipsSide 2 - Track 2. The Romance Of The TelescopeSide 2 - Track 3. Silent RunningSide 2 - Track 4. Radio WavesSide 2 - Track 5. Time ZonesSide 2 - Track 6. Of All The Things We've MadeSide 3 - Track 1. Telegraph 82 (Very Early demo)Side 3 - Track 2. Silent Running (demo)Side 3 - Track 3. Sold Our Souls (The Avenue demo)Side 3 - Track 4. Shakespeare 82Side 4 - Track 1. Untitled Instrumental 82Side 4 - Track 2. In Heaven Above (4-NEU demo)Side 4 - Track 3. Telegraph Live 1984

Named after dazzle camouflage, an approach to painting naval vessels in ways that would make it difficult for them to be targeted with the naked eye (used extensively in World War I, less so in World War II), OMD's fourth studio album also arrived on Telegraph, an imprint that never existed and was instead a fictitious platform backed by Virgin Records. There's no mistaking the fact this is Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, though, with the tracks here defining the band perfectly.
By that, we mean grand, epic overtures, a strange - at the time, groundbreaking - hybrid of electronic synth stuff with classical, Neo-operatics and rock & roll. It's evocative, immediately captivating and very difficult to make many assumptions about, with techniques such as sampling, looping and layering employed to incredible effect, without overshadowing the song craft itself. Which, it's safe to say, is approaching their artistic peak at this point.