As with all OMD’s early sleeve art, it was created by Peter Saville Associates and features a photograph by Richard Nutt of the cloud-covered peak of Marsco, in the Red Cuillin hills, overlooking Glen Sligachan on the Isle of Skye with Allt Dearg Mòr in the foreground.
The album’s title refers to the band Organisation, a precursor to Kraftwerk. The album is notable for its melancholy tone.
The band said that at the time they had been heavily influenced by Joy Division; this can be traced through Organisation’s use of jarring drum sounds and moody songs.
“VCL XI” is
a good example of this sound. Also notable is OMD’s move away from pure Gary
Numan-Kraftwerk-ian pop, embracing a grander sound, an increasing use of
acoustic instruments, and sound collages.
“Enola Gay”
was the only single released from the album. It could be perhaps perceived as
deceiving, as it had little in common with the style of the rest of the album,
even though its subject matter is poetically grim. It bears much in common with
the sound of the group’s debut album. Andy McCluskey is noted as saying it was
written at the time of most of the debut was written. “Motion and Heart” was
also considered for a single release, but was dropped.
Side A
1. Enola Gay (3:33)
2. 2nd Thought (4:15)
3. VCL XI (3:50)
4. Motion and Heart (3:16)
5. Statues (4:30)
Side B
1. The Misunderstanding (4:55)
2. The More I See You (4:11)
3. Promise (4:51)
4. Stanlow (6:30)
Artist: Orchestral Manouvres In The Dark
Title: Organisation
Release: 1980
Format: LP
Label: Dindisc Records
Catalog# 202971
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