Organisation by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

Organisation, the second album from Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, arrived on Dindisc on 24 October 1980, and for the first time Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys let a producer into the room: Mike Howlett, who once played bass in Gong. Session man Malcolm Holmes signed on as their full-time drummer, giving the Merseyside synth pair a steadier heartbeat.

Next to the rest of their catalogue it's a dark, melancholy record, all cold keyboards and mournful melodies. The only single was "Enola Gay", the anti-war song that made them popular across Europe and reached number eight in Britain, their fourth UK hit. The album went to number six on the UK chart, their first top-10 album there, and was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks in 2003.

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