Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark / Discography
This discography is an overview of the musical works of the British New Wave - band Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark . According to the record awards, the band has sold more than 4.9 million records in its career, including over 2.5 million in its home country alone. The most successful OMD release is the compilation The Best of OMD with over 1.7 million units sold.
Albums
Studio albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
1980 | Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark | - | - | - |
UK27
gold
(28 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: February 22nd, 1980
Sales: + 100,000 |
organization | - | - | - |
UK6th
gold
(25 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: October 24, 1980
Sales: + 100,000 |
|
1981 | Architecture & Morality |
DE8 (27 weeks) DE |
AT16 (½ month) AT |
- |
UK3
platinum
(39 weeks)UK |
US144 (12 weeks) US |
First published: November 8, 1981
Sales: + 450,000 |
1983 | Dazzle Ships |
DE11 (23 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK5
gold
(13 weeks)UK |
US162 (6 weeks) US |
First published: March 4, 1983
Sales: + 100,000 |
1984 | Junk culture |
DE32 (20 weeks) DE |
- |
CH28 (1 week) CH |
UK9
gold
(28 weeks)UK |
US182 (6 weeks) US |
First published: April 30, 1984
Sales: + 100,000 |
1985 | Crush |
DE23 (19 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK13
silver
(12 weeks)UK |
US38 (53 weeks) US |
First published: June 17, 1985
Sales: + 110,000 |
1986 | The Pacific Age |
DE15 (10 weeks) DE |
- |
CH20 (5 weeks) CH |
UK15th
silver
(7 weeks)UK |
US47 (23 weeks) US |
First published: September 29, 1986
Sales: + 160,000 |
1991 | Sugar Tax |
DE8th
platinum
(56 weeks)DE |
AT5
gold
(14 weeks)AT |
CH14 (23 weeks) CH |
UK3
platinum
(29 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: May 7, 1991
Sales: + 550,000 |
1993 | Liberator |
DE17 (20 weeks) DE |
- |
CH32 (4 weeks) CH |
UK14 (6 weeks) UK |
US169 (1 week) US |
First published: June 14, 1993
|
1996 | Universal |
DE39 (8 weeks) DE |
AT21 (10 weeks) AT |
CH28 (4 weeks) CH |
UK24 (3 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: September 2, 1996
|
2010 | History of Modern |
DE5 (9 weeks) DE |
AT36 (1 week) AT |
CH63 (1 week) CH |
UK28 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: September 17, 2010
|
2013 | English Electric |
DE10 (4 weeks) DE |
AT68 (1 week) AT |
CH46 (2 weeks) CH |
UK12 (3 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: April 5, 2013
|
2017 | The Punishment of Luxury |
DE9 (3 weeks) DE |
AT28 (1 week) AT |
CH44 (1 week) CH |
UK4 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: September 1, 2017
|
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Live albums
- 2000: Peel Sessions 1979-1983
- 2008: OMD Live: Architecture & Morality & More
- 2011: OMD: Live in Berlin
Compilations
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
1988 | The best of OMD |
DE8th
gold
(19 weeks)DE |
- |
CH16 (5 weeks) CH |
UK2 × 3
(37 weeks)UK |
US46
gold
(29 weeks)US |
First published: March 12, 1988
Sales: + 1,750,000 |
1998 | The OMD Singles |
DE30 (5 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK16
gold
(6 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: September 28, 1998
Sales: + 125,000 |
2019 | souvenir |
DE27 (2 weeks) DE |
- |
CH70 (1 week) CH |
UK18 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: October 4, 2019
|
More compilations
- 2001: Navigation: The OMD B-Sides
- 2008: Messages: Greatest Hits
EPs
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
1998 | The OMD Remixes | - | - | - |
UK35 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: September 12, 1998
|
Singles
Chart placements
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
1980 | Red Frame / White Light Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark |
- | - | - |
UK67 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: February 1, 1980
|
Messages Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark |
- | - | - |
UK13 (11 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: May 2, 1980
|
|
Enola Gay Organization |
- | - |
CH2 (10 weeks) CH |
UK8th
silver
(15 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: September 26, 1980
Sales: + 250,000 |
|
1981 | Souvenir Architecture & Morality |
DE39 (17 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK3
silver
(12 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: August 4, 1981
Sales: + 275,000 |
Joan of Arc Architecture & Morality |
- | - | - |
UK5
silver
(14 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: October 9, 1981
Sales: + 250,000 |
|
1982 |
Maid of Orleans (The Waltz Joan of Arc) Architecture & Morality |
DE1
gold
(43 weeks)DE |
AT2 (3½ months) AT |
CH4 (16 weeks) CH |
UK4th
silver
(10 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: Jan 15, 1982
Sales: + 625,000 |
1983 | Genetic Engineering Dazzle Ships |
DE20 (16 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK20 (8 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: February 11, 1983
|
Telegraph Dazzle Ships |
DE39 (8 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK42 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: April 1, 1983
|
|
1984 | Locomotion Junk Culture |
DE14 (13 weeks) DE |
- |
CH22 (4 weeks) CH |
UK5 (11 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: April 2, 1984
|
Talking Loud and Clear Junk Culture |
DE18 (13 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK11 (10 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: June 4, 1984
|
|
Tesla Girls Junk Culture |
- | - | - |
UK21 (8 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: August 28, 1984
|
|
Never turn away junk culture |
- | - | - |
UK70 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: October 29, 1984
|
|
1985 | So in love crush |
DE18 (11 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK27 (7 weeks) UK |
US26 (17 weeks) US |
First published: May 13, 1985
|
Secret crush |
DE25 (13 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK34 (7 weeks) UK |
US63 (13 weeks) US |
First published: July 8, 1985
|
|
La Femme Accident Crush |
- | - | - |
UK42 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: October 18, 1985
|
|
1986 | If You Leave Pretty in Pink (OST) |
- | - | - |
UK48 (4 weeks) UK |
US4 (20 weeks) US |
First published: April 28, 1986
Sales: + 50,000 |
(Forever) Live and Die The Pacific Age |
DE8 (16 weeks) DE |
AT5 (4½ months) AT |
CH9 (9 weeks) CH |
UK11 (10 weeks) UK |
US19 (17 weeks) US |
First published: August 26, 1986
|
|
We Love You The Pacific Age |
- | - | - |
UK54 (5 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: November 10, 1986
|
|
1987 | Shame The Pacific Age |
- | - | - |
UK52 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: April 13, 1987
|
1988 | Dreaming The Best of OMD |
DE26 (12 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK50 (7 weeks) UK |
US16 (17 weeks) US |
First published: January 25, 1988
|
1991 | Sailing on the Seven Seas Sugar Tax |
DE9 (27 weeks) DE |
AT3 (22 weeks) AT |
- |
UK3 (13 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: March 16, 1991
|
Pandora's Box (It's a Long, Long Way) Sugar Tax |
DE11 (21 weeks) DE |
AT7 (13 weeks) AT |
- |
UK7 (10 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: June 24, 1991
|
|
Then You Turn Away Sugar Tax |
DE56 (10 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK50 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: September 2, 1991
|
|
Call My Name Sugar Tax |
DE28 (16 weeks) DE |
AT24 (2 weeks) AT |
CH28 (6 weeks) CH |
UK50 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: November 18, 1991
|
|
1993 | Stand Above Me Liberator |
DE33 (11 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK21 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: May 4, 1993
|
Dream of Me Liberator |
DE53 (12 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK24 (5 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: July 5, 1993
|
|
Everyday Liberator |
DE60 (15 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK59 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: September 6, 1993
|
|
1996 | Walking on the Milky Way Universal |
DE53 (16 weeks) DE |
AT16 (12 weeks) AT |
- |
UK17 (5 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: August 5, 1996
|
Universal Universal |
- | - | - |
UK55 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: October 21, 1996
|
|
2010 | If You Want It History of Modern |
DE49 (4 weeks) DE |
- | - | - | - |
First published: September 6, 2010
|
More singles
- 1979: Electricity
- 1988: Brides of Frankenstein
- 1998: Enola Gay ( Sash! Remix)
- 2010: Sister Marie Says
- 2011: History of Modern (Part I)
- 2013: Metroland
- 2013: Dresden
Video albums and music videos
Music videos
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Video albums
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Box sets
- 2010: History of Modern
Awards for music sales
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Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
Country / Region | silver | gold | platinum | Sales | swell |
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Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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Belgium (BEA) | - | gold1 | - | 25,000 | ultratop.be |
Germany (BVMI) | - | 2 × gold2 | platinum1 | 1,000,000 | musikindustrie.de |
Canada (MC) | - | 3 × gold3 | platinum1 | 250,000 | musiccanada.com |
Netherlands (NVPI) | - | 2 × gold2 | - | 150,000 | nvpi.nl |
Austria (IFPI) | - | gold1 | - | 25,000 | ifpi.at |
Spain (Promusicae) | - | 3 × gold3 | platinum1 | 200,000 | Sólo éxitos: año año, 1959-2002 |
United States (RIAA) | - | gold1 | - | 500,000 | riaa.com |
United Kingdom (BPI) | 6 × silver6th | 5 × gold5 | 5 × platinum5 | 2,520,000 | bpi.co.uk |
All in all | 6 × silver6th | 18 × gold18th | 8 × platinum8th |