Dazzle Ships (studio album) by OMD
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Dazzle Ships is ranked as the best album by OMD.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 73 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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85/100  | 11/29/2024 14:36 |  ExTeaSea | | 83/100 |
85/100 | 10/20/2024 08:31 | Banner | | 80/100 |
45/100 | 06/07/2024 01:24 | Proto | | 39/100 |
65/100 | 04/22/2024 16:24 |  Jboy56 | | 78/100 |
75/100 | 01/06/2024 11:11 |  doombringer | | 77/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.8/100, a mean average of 71.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.3.
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Experimental synth rather than the synth pop we're used to from OMD which mostly works
teague 08/31/2021 18:42
Pretty revolutionary sound. Maybe Kraftwerk mixed with the poppier side of the Beatles. Even a little bit of shoegaze on the closing track.
Charming and eccentric synth pop/ avant garde oddity from early eighties. Fascinating that something as experimental and bizarre as Dazzle Ships got a major record label release from a band that was making waves in the UK charts. Jarring on first listen but grows well on you thereafter.
this is omds oddity. ive always liked it. it has 2 of their best songs. of all the things/romance of the telescope. a enjoyable listen
Great to this album ranked so high. not much of a success (comparatively) at time of release, but fully appreciated now.
ExTeaSea 09/14/2018 19:13
Possibly the most interesting and experimental new wave albums out there.
A rousing electronic classic that seems to mourn the advancement of technology over humanism and warn of a technofascist future.
A very intriguing record. It's certainly their most challenging album, and although it isn't their best it's still a good album for OMD to have made. Stands up well today.
OMD with more than a nod towards Kraftwerk...quite different to Architecture & Morality, more industrial but a good listen. Difficult to rate tracks individually but as a whole I like it. The whole album rating more than just a sum of its parts. Oh, and Radio Waves most definitely should have been released as a single....!
johnner 10/21/2012 19:29
Excellent, underrated classic with no filler.
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