RANKING OMD ALBUMS

            The OMD concert in Manila is a week away. To prepare for the event, I made a declaration: “It’s OMD week.” This means (whether my family  like it or not) I’ll be playing only OMD songs in the house and in the car.

            Today I'm thinking about how I would rank OMD albums. Reading album rankings of my favorite bands in Amazon and in various internet sites always interest me. It feels nice to find someone whom you share a common thought on what is the best or what is the worst album of your favorite bands. It fascinates me that most of the time our views are different. Needless to say, music appreciation is certainly subjective. What may be “the best” for me , could be “the worst” for someone.

            I find it difficult choosing which is  the best OMD album. Their albums have different styles, substance and moods. It’s like comparing apples from oranges so to speak. I cannot pick their worst album either, because I like all their albums and so, I’ll be ranking their albums from my  top-favorite to my least-favorite... Here it is: 

1. Architecture & Morality – Classic! Took me a long  simmering  though. 
2. Sugar Tax – Pop bliss! Perfect!
3. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - May sound  dated now but still a collection of nice songs. Great Debut album.
4. Junk Culture - Always enjoy playing this album--  9/10 stars.      
5. History of Modern – even with some elements from as far back as 1981, this is more akin to McCluskey’s OMD (Sugar Tax- Universal). Great comeback album! Thought of placing it as high as number three but I'm a bit bias to their earlier releases.  
6. Universal -  underated and underpromoted.
7. Crush - Contains two of their most popular songs here in the Philippines. "So In Love" & "Secret."
8. The Pacific Age - I consider this as Crush-lite
9. Liberator - in my view, the weakest of the 3 McCluskey's OMD releases,  nevertheless,  a very   good album 
10. Organisation – I could have placed this several steps higher but I just can't stand their rendition  of “The More I See You.” 
11. Dazzle Ships – Highly experimental. 
    
    

    

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