Epic Records Stereo 1981
Architecture & Morality is the third album by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, released in 1981. It is the group's most commercially and critically successful album, selling over 3 million copies[3]. Released just eighteen months after their debut album, it demonstrated both OMD's continuing musical maturity and advancement of their style. The album is included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. According to the album's credits, the album title was suggested to the band by Martha Ladly, formerly of Martha and the Muffins, after the 1977 book Morality and Architecture by David Watkin.
Musically, the album was notable for making liberal use of the mellotron, a mechanical tape-replay keyboard more commonly associated in Britain with progressive rock bands of the early 1970s than with the synthpop of the 1980s.
The artwork was produced by Peter Saville and Brett Wickens. Architecture & Morality was released several times with varying artwork, most notably in yellow, blue and grey but even green versions are available. The original cover from 1981 is light yellow/orange in a die-cut sleeve.
Side one.
1. "The New Stone Age" McCluskey 3:22
2. "She's Leaving" 3:28
3. "Souvenir" Humphreys, Martin Cooper 3:39
4. "Sealand" 7:47
Side two.
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1. "Joan of Arc" McCluskey 3:48
2. "Joan of Arc (Maid of Orleans)" McCluskey 4:12
3. "Architecture and Morality" 3:43
4. "Georgia" 3:24
5. "The Beginning and the End" 3:48
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