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Liberator by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Liberator is an album by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, released in 1993. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 1 countdown appearance in total. The biggest is “Stand Above Me”, on 1 list with a best position of #1373.
Liberator, the ninth studio album from Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, came out on Virgin on 14 June 1993, and by then OMD was really Andy McCluskey's show. Paul Humphreys, Martin Cooper and Malcolm Holmes had walked out in 1989 to start the Listening Pool, so McCluskey made this one with the players he'd brought in for Sugar Tax, the multi-million seller of 1991, and pushed that record's dance-pop even further toward the club floor, with Stuart Kershaw behind the kit.
What you get is glossy, beat-driven synth-pop, all sequenced pulse and big, open-armed choruses, with "Stand Above Me" leading the singles out and "Dream of Me" close behind. The reviews were split, and McCluskey himself later wrote it off as "busy and messy". It never caught fire the way Sugar Tax had, though he still took it round the big halls of the UK, with Gary Numan opening the shows.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Liberator on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stand Above Me | 1 | #1373 | – | 2003 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.