Junk Culture (album)
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| Studio album by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | ||
| Released | 1984 | |
| Recorded | 1983-1984 | |
| Genre | Electronica Synthpop |
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| Length | 43:05 | |
| Label | Virgin | |
| Producer(s) | Brian Tench and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark chronology | ||
| Dazzle Ships (1983) |
Junk Culture (1984) |
Crush (1985) |
Junk Culture is an album by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, released in 1984. It is most noteworthy for being the last OMD album to receive critical and commercial acclaim in the UK.
It was also the last OMD album to have its artwork designed by Peter Saville.
Junk Culture is pretty much OMD's attempt to regain commercial success, and while songs like "Tesla Girls", "Locomotion" and "Apollo" are all pretty mainstream efforts the album actually contains much of what OMD had been doing before. Junk Culture sounds so different because of a change in instrumentation which was due to the band's acquisition of the Fairlight CMI digital sampling/sequencing workstation.
The title track is an instrumental with heavy dub overtones and tape collages, "All Wrapped Up" is a calypso pop song which sounds like some sort of electro take on some of the material on The Clash's London Calling, "Talking Loud and Clear" wraps up the album on a reflective note, a calm pop song featuring a soprano saxophone melody and Kraftwerk-style keyboard arpeggio.
[edit] Track listing
- "Junk Culture" – 4:06
- "Tesla Girls" – 3:51
- "Locomotion" – 3:53
- "Apollo" – 3:39
- "Never Turn Away" – 3:57
- "Love And Violence" – 4:40
- "Hard Day" – 5:59
- "All Wrapped Up" – 4:25
- "White Trash" – 4:35
- "Talking Loud And Clear" – 4:20
- "The Angels Keep Turning (The Wheels of the Universe)" [free one-sided 7" single included with initial pressing of the album]
[edit] Personnel
Group members:
- Paul Humphreys: Vocals, Roland JP8, Emulator, Korg Preset, Acoutic Piano, Fairlight CMI, Celeste, Prophet 5.
- Andy McCluskey: Vocals, Bass, Guitar, Roland JP8, Emulator, Fairlight CMI, Latin Percussion.
- Martin Cooper: Prophet 5, Emulator, Tenor and Soprano Saxophone, Roland SH2, Marimba.
- Malcolm Holmes: Acoustic and Electronic Drums, Latin Percussion, Drum Computer Programming.
Additional Performers:
- Gordan Troeller: Piano on "Locomotion", JP8 on "White Trash".
- Maureen Humphreys: Vocals on "Tesla Girls".
- Jan Faas, Jan Vennik, Bart van Lier: Brass Section on "Locomotion" and "All Wrapped Up".
- Tony Visconti: Brass Arangements on "Locomotion" and "All Wrapped Up".
