Live Architecture & Morality & More

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 8, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Eagle Records
• ASIN: B0015FS8NK
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #177,805 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

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

Editorial Reviews

"Architecture & Morality", originally released in 1981, is considered by many to be the pinnacle of Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark's career. It spawned three Top 5 UK singles and the album itself peaked at No.3. In 2007 Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys reunited with Malcolm Holmes and Martin Cooper as OMD for an extensive tour of Europe. For the early part of this tour, including this concert recorded at London's Hammersmith Apollo in May, 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.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Drunken chimp produces 17 track CD with only 13 tracks, April 21, 2008

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jive_badger "jive_badger" (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live Architecture & Morality & More (Audio CD)

What? Really?
Yes. Only 13 tracks on the CD, but the tracklisting lists 17 tracks. Can Eagle Records actually do this? To allow a drunken chimp to wander into the CD factory and omit 4 tracks after the artwork is printed with 17 tracks? The UK version is complete, so why not the US version?
Aside from this failure of logic, what you do get is good. I love OMD, and the music is great.
Somewhere a chimp laughs. Maybe the chimp is the CEO of Eagle Records USA.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great CD, I Received the Extra Tracks, April 23, 2008

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D-Rock "D-Rock" (South Carolina, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live Architecture & Morality & More (Audio CD)

First, this is a pretty great CD. The lack of the missing tracks definitely had me feeling frustrated, but I sent my request to Eagle Records a second time yesterday and had a very apologetic, very nice email with a link to a place on their site where I could download the additional 4 tracks in MP3 format. Thanks Eagle Records, I'll give them credit for coming through on this. So, all is now right with my world, but even though Pandora's Box, Sailing the Seven Seas and Locomotion are among some of my favorites, his voice is pretty weak on those songs. With the addition of these 4 songs at no extra cost, the US version of the CD is now the way to go from a cost perspective. I actually look forward to the DVD later this summer, where some of my other favorites like Tesla Girls and So In Love will be included per the OMD official site.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Decent live album, but US buyers beware!, May 24, 2008

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BR341 (Illinois) - See all my reviews

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Live Architecture & Morality & More (Audio CD)

This is an okay live performance of OMD's classic disc ARCHITECTURE & MORALITY, with some assorted greatest hits thrown in at the end. The live performances are not notably different from the original studio versions, so this is really only of interest to hardcore OMD fans, but those fans will definitely want it. However, US buyers should be aware that the US version of this disc contains four fewer tracks than the UK version, yet the US packaging contains the UK tracklist. A sticker on the shrink wrap informs the buyer that the four missing tracks are only available digitally, but inquiries made to the website listed on the sticker produced no response. Why the US version is lacking the four tracks to begin with is a mystery, but for the label to list a website to get those tracks and then not respond to inquiries is pretty inexcusable. I'll think twice before purchasing anything from the Eagle Rock label in the future.