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Dazzle Ships 1983

electronic, synthpop 35 min 12 tracks Virgin

Dazzle Ships is the fourth studio album by the English electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), released on 4 March 1983 by Virgin Records. Its title and cover art allude to a painting by Vorticist artist Edward Wadsworth based on dazzle camouflage, titled Dazzle-ships in Drydock at Liverpool.

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Tracks

A1Radio Prague1:18
A2Genetic Engineering3:38
A3ABC Auto‐Industry2:07
A4Telegraph2:58
A5This Is Helena1:58
A6International4:25
B1Dazzle Ships, Parts II, III & VII2:22
B2The Romance of the Telescope3:27
B3Silent Running3:35
B4Radio Waves3:45
B5Time Zones1:50
B6Of All the Things We’ve Made3:28

12 tracks, 35 minutes.

About the album

Artist: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Label: Virgin
Released: 1983
Type: Album
Format: 12" Vinyl
Country: XE

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