Released in 1983, Dazzle Ships is the bandâ??s third studio album which reached #5 in the UK chart and features singles â??Genetic Engineeringâ?? and â??Telegraphâ??. - SILVER & OCEAN BLUE VINYL / 40TH ANNIVERSARY
Limited double silver and blue colored vinyl LP pressing. Digitally remastered and expanded edition. Includes seven bonus tracks. Dazzle Ships is the fourth studio album by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), originally released in 1983. The follow-up album to OMD's commercially successful Architecture & Morality (1981), Dazzle Ships marked a departure in sound for the group. The album is noted for it's experimental content, particularly musique concrète sound collages, and the use of shortwave radio recordings to explore Cold War and Eastern Bloc themes. Includes the singles "Genetic Engineering" and "Telegraph".