Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Live: Architecture & Morality & More (2008) [CD+DVD] {Eagle Records}

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Live: Architecture & Morality & More (2008) [CD+DVD] {Eagle Records}

EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 483 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 93 Mb

DVD9 -> 6.86 Gb | All Regions | NTSC 16:9 | Dolby Digital 2.0 / Dolby Digital 5.1 / DTS 5.1 | ~ 136 min | ISO Image

Subs: English, Deutsch, Espanol, Francais, Italiano, Nederlands,Portugues

Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (jpg) -> 30 Mb | 5% repair rar

© 2008 Eagle Records | EAGCD366 / EREDV664

Pop / Electronic / Synth Pop / New Wave

When Paul Humphreys and Andy McCluskey reunited as Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark to appear on German TV in June 2005, they hadn't performed together for 16 years. Yet it went so well that they soon made plans for a full return to the live arena involving their former bandmates Martin Cooper and Malcolm Holmes, the other two members of the line-up that made the epochal Architecture & Morality album in 1981. Indeed, in May 2007, they embarked on a European tour which included two dates at London's Hammersmith Apollo and saw them perform Architecture & Morality in toto complete with its trio of Top 5 hits Souvenir, Joan Of Arc and Maid Of Orleans followed by a dozen of their synth-pop hits, from Electricity, their wonderful 1979 debut for Factory Records, to the rousing Walking On The Milky Way from 1996, via the yearning If You Leave, their 1986 US breakthrough from the soundtrack to Pretty In Pink. Recorded live on Saturday 19th May, this perfectly demonstrates why OMD are not only one of the most fondly remembered acts associated with the eighties but also a strong and palpable influence on successive generations of music-makers. Their timely return followed the mainstream acceptance of Moby, Daft Punk and The Killers, who all owe a huge debt to OMD, and preceded the emergence of La Roux, Hurts and The xx, who have also namechecked them. In September 2010, OMD reclaimed their rightful place on the charts when they issued an album of new material entitled History Of Modern, with another one, English Electric, due in 2013. Could it have been McCluskey's trademark manic dancing, framed by the strobe lights, during Maid Of Orleans? Or the fact that Humphreys aced the tricky intro to Tesla Girls and was in particularly fine voice on Forever (Live And Die)? There were just so many reasons for the audience to be in a celebratory mood - and to shower the stage in underwear - as they witnessed this fantastic performance.