Monday, September 23, 2019

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark ‎[OMD]: Enola Gay (1980)

"It's 8:15, that's the time that it's always been"
 
This is the original, first UK pressing of Enola Gay, released on September 6, 1980. It is taken from the 2nd LP, Organisation. The flip side is a very cool tune called Annex. It's difficult to imagine that a catchier song about unwarranted nuclear devastation could ever be written. The Wikipedia page for this song has lots of interesting details. I find the following to be particularly bizarre:
Keyboardist Paul Humphreys and OMD manager Paul Collister were not fans of "Enola Gay" (the latter originally threatened to resign if it were released as a single). Collister did, however, believe it was a surefire hit – a view that drummer Malcolm Holmes did not share. Initially proud of the song, McCluskey's confidence wavered: he re-recorded his vocal, but was dissatisfied with the final mix of the track.

Hmm. I've always liked this track.

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