OMD: JUNK CULTURE - Album Review 40 years on

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The Electronic Cafe mini series celebrating classic albums turning 40 years old this year (1984-2024). Electronic Cafe Celebrates:
OMD - JUNK CULTURE (released April 1984)
40th Anniversary / 40 years on the CLASSIC 1980's ALBUM REVIEW and reappraisal.
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Paul Humphreys - vocals, Roland Jupiter-8, E-mu Emulator, Korg M-500 Micro Preset, acoustic piano, Fairlight CMI, celeste, Prophet 5
Andy McCluskey - vocals, bass guitar, guitar, Roland Jupiter-8, E-mu Emulator, Fairlight CMI, Latin percussion
Martin Cooper - Prophet 5, E-mu Emulator, tenor and soprano saxophones, Roland SH2, marimba
Malcolm Holmes - acoustic and electronic drums, Latin percussion, drum computer programming
OMD STUDIO ALBUMS:
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (1980)
Organisation (1980)
Architecture & Morality (1981)
Dazzle Ships (1983)
Junk Culture (1984)
Crush (1985)
The Pacific Age (1986)
Sugar Tax (1991)
Liberator (1993)
Universal (1996)
History of Modern (2010)
English Electric (2013)
The Punishment of Luxury (2017)
Bauhaus Staircase (2023)
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@electroniccafemusic 4 месяца назад

Another great album celebrating it's 40th anniversary, tell us what you think ?

@ianwright7153 4 месяца назад

loved never turn away

@andymcnab5620 4 месяца назад

thanks for watching the Electronic Cafe -Andy

@electroniccafemusic 4 месяца назад

Great track. Thanks for watching Electronic Cafe. MW

@PJprog 3 месяца назад

Another pocket-money purchase from this time. Played it to death , loved it. For a similar listen Propaganda's A Secret Wish is also essential in my book. Thanks for the memories guys ! 😍

@electroniccafemusic 3 месяца назад

Two great choices right there. Thanks for watching Electronic Cafe. MW

@Aramanth 4 месяца назад

I remember the critics remarking negatively when _Dazzle Ships_ was released and bemoaned the experimental nature of it. Then OMD released _Junk Culture_ and the critics did a 180 and criticized them for doing something commercial!! How do you win?? _Best to keep the critics guessing..._ Great review guys and thanks for reminding what a great album this is!!!!

@andymcnab5620 4 месяца назад

great shout my friend! And thank you for watching the Electronic Cafe -Andy

@electroniccafemusic 4 месяца назад

Thank you. Great comments. Thanks for watching Electronic Cafe. MW

@SJ-tk4ri 3 месяца назад

A strong album with many classic OMD tracks and enough interesting experimentation, moving the band forward. Couldn’t stop listening to Talking Loud & Clear when this came out, that soprano sax solo is beautiful: still can’t believe they edited out the 2min 38 sec instrumental intro to the extended version on the Super Deluxe remaster a few years back 🙆🏼‍♂️

@electroniccafemusic 3 месяца назад

Great comments. Thanks for watching Electronic Cafe. MW

@cnfuzz 4 месяца назад

Recorded in Belgium at ICP, they had their practice location nearby here at the coasttown Ostend

@andymcnab5620 4 месяца назад

thanks for watching the Electronic Cafe -Andy

@electroniccafemusic 4 месяца назад

Great intel. Thanks for watching Electronic Cafe. MW

@khanwarlockkell8646 4 месяца назад

Been a fan of OMD since i first heard Electricity, I have seen them live more times than i can count here and in the US. I loved all the albums including the misunderstood Pacific age. Dazzle Ships is commonly seen looking back as the high point of their creativity. While i agree it's a master class of an album, along with Architecture and morality My personal favorite has always been Junk culture. Starting with the magnificent (The Angels Keep Turning) The Wheels Of The Universe as a one sided single free with the album, an experimental instrumental piece that harkens back to their earlier albums. At the other end of the scale we have the far more pop centric Tesla girls and Locomotion. The album is just full of classic tracks starting with Junk culture , Apollo, Never turn away. My favorite all time OMD song, Love and violence the first song on side b. Next we have the evocative Hard day Paul's Voice calling on his whole emotional range. Next we have All wrapped up, White trash and the album finishes on a real high with Talking loud and clear. I genuinely believe any of the songs on this album could have been released as singles and would have done well in the UK charts. April 20-2024 is record shop day and as a celebration of the 40th anniversary of Junk culture OMD are releasing the songs that were extra on the deluxe cd version of the album on vinyl including the highly underrated Garden city, how this never made it on to the original album is a crying shame.

@electroniccafemusic 4 месяца назад

Great comments. Thank you and thanks for watching Electronic Cafe. MW

@andymcnab5620 4 месяца назад

Great commentary my friend and thanks for watching the Electronic Cafe -Andy

@DadgeCity 4 месяца назад

I listened to this a lot at the time, so it's stuck in my head (not a problem) even though it's not really a favourite.

@andymcnab5620 4 месяца назад

thanks for watching the Electronic Cafe -Andy

@electroniccafemusic 4 месяца назад

Well said. Thanks for watching Electronic Cafe. MW

@lukeeastwood 4 месяца назад

Another great album, thanks!

@electroniccafemusic 4 месяца назад

100%. Thanks for watching Electronic Cafe. MW

@andymcnab5620 4 месяца назад

Our pleasure Luke- thanks for watching the Electronic Cafe -Andy

@eric719 4 месяца назад

Great album. Spent a lot of time on this one when it was first released.

@electroniccafemusic 4 месяца назад

Indeed, hard to comprehend this being 40 years old. Thanks for watching Electronic Cafe. MW

@andymcnab5620 4 месяца назад

thanks for watching the Electronic Cafe -Andy

@glennaustin37 4 месяца назад

As with the Human League, OMD produced 3 classic and outstanding first albums, and like THL for me followed up with some disappointing fare. Sadly not for me, but love the latest 4 albums - back to form!

@electroniccafemusic 3 месяца назад

Thanks for comments + for watching Electronic Cafe. MW

@24kHERTZ 4 месяца назад

After “Dazzle Ships,” it would have been difficult to predict that the opening track of their next album would essentially be a dub reggae rhythm, yet reimagined with synth-pop instruments. I believe this album doesn’t get the credit it deserves. It has a mainstream appeal but still keeps some avant-garde elements. The creative use of steel drum sounds and pitched voice sampling techniques was innovative for the time, and the album features some excellent songs. Additionally, the B-sides from the singles released from this album are pretty good as well - love the use of Fairlight on Angels of the Universe.

@andymcnab5620 4 месяца назад

thanks for the comments and watching the Electronic Cafe -Andy

@electroniccafemusic 3 месяца назад

Great comments. Thanks for watching Electronic Cafe. MW

@michelperrier9437 4 месяца назад

Not there best album but some good songs.

@andymcnab5620 4 месяца назад

100% and thanks for watching the Electronic Caffe -Andy

@electroniccafemusic 4 месяца назад

Nicely put. Thanks for watching Electronic Cafe. MW

@Kkidzz 4 месяца назад

The best track from the recordings surrounding this album is ‘Garden City’; 12” B-Side to ‘Tesla Girls’.

@andymcnab5620 4 месяца назад

thanks for watching the Electronic Cafe -Andy

@electroniccafemusic 3 месяца назад

I will check it out. Thanks for watching Electronic Cafe. MW

@steveoprey7969 3 месяца назад

Personally I loved Dazzle Ships, liked most of their albums and still buy them. Junk Culture for me is sadly lacking in creativity.

@electroniccafemusic 3 месяца назад

Thanks for sharing + thanks for watching Electronic Cafe. MW

@citizencairn5230 4 месяца назад

Junk Culture is among my favourite OMD albums, a brief juxtaposition of wild ideas and adept musicality producing some great songs - before having most of what made OMD, OMD smoothed away by Mr Hague leading to what we thought was terminal decline. How wrong we were! As such, a welcome return to form after Dazzle Ships. Don't get me wrong, Dazzle Ships has a clutch of great songs such as International, Silent Running and TROTT... but, for me, has far too much unlistenable filler... ABC Auto-Industry, klaxons, anyone? In my opinion, Dazzle Ships always appeared fractured, unfinished - missing two or three more solid tracks to present a satisfying whole where the sections of noise could find a place. It's become a cult, de rigueur for the 'I was there at the beginning' fans to claim the most difficult work as their own, although how they can insist 'This is Helena' is more than filler eludes me; same as those Ultravox muppets who insist Midge Ure wasn't a patch on John Foxx, simply because the 80's Ultravox was popular. I loved Junk Culture, from the bizarre opening to the bonkers Love and Violence and, to my mind, one of OMD's finest singles: Tesla Girls.... Loved the drum programming. Only downside for me was Locomotion, which I'm actually getting to like nowadays

@electroniccafemusic 4 месяца назад

Great comments, thanks for sharing. Personally, i have always struggled with Locomotion. Thanks for watching Electronic Cafe. MW

@andymcnab5620 4 месяца назад

Great insight and thank you for watching the Electronic Cafe -Andy

@eightiesmusic1984 25 дней назад

Agree about Dazzle Ships. It is a poor album in some ways in my opinion though I cannot overlook that my late dad kindly bought it for me from a record shop in Preston on cassette when I was catching up on the back catalogue in 1987. I was pleased at the time and now he is dead it is a memory. junk Culture is excellent except for Never Turn Away, which is dreadful. I cannot believe it was a single as it was never going to be a hit. The version of Tesla Girls on the Blank and So Eighties OMD album is excellent. Love and Violence is something else and definitely one of their more off the wall creations! Junk Culture is an eclectic album and one of their best.

@pietroprogman 4 месяца назад

Hi! I'm sorry, I love O.M.D. but after the wonderful "dazzle ships", they lost their creative zenit...with this album begins their "shy era"...only the last albums sound better...From "Junk Culture" I can save only the first instrumental opening track (it still sounds "experimental")...and the beautiful great single " never turn away" that reminds to the "dazzle ships" sound! Of course, it's just my personal opinion! thank you for this video