Dazzle Ships
by OMD

Album
Dazzle Ships by OMD
Year: 1983
Release date: 1983-03-04
Overall rank: 4,125th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 105 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1983 (56th)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (596th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,125th)

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OMD bestography

Dazzle Ships is ranked 2nd best out of 21 albums by Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark is Architecture & Morality which is ranked number 1644 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,044.

OMD album bestography « Higher ranked (1,644th)
Architecture & Morality This album (4,125th)
Dazzle Ships Lower ranked (5,386th) »
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Dazzle Ships rankings

Dazzle Ships rankings summary
Overall rank: 4,125th | 1980s rank: 596th | 1983 rank: 56th  Overall chart history
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73/100 (from 105 votes)
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 !		05/08/2026 18:51 LittleM1971  Ratings distribution  6,00881/100
 
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 !		03/16/2026 22:19 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  16,24670/100
 
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 !		02/14/2026 22:31 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  14,17773/100

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Dazzle Ships forum mentions

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From 05/09/2016 21:33 | #165595 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
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....!
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From 04/26/2020 01:06 | #250518 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
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.
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From 07/04/2016 17:01 | #170513 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
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.
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From 10/27/2019 16:34 | #244167 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
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
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Pretty revolutionary sound. Maybe Kraftwerk mixed with the poppier side of the Beatles. Even a little bit of shoegaze on the closing track.
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Best Albums of  1983
1. Murmur by R.E.M.
2. Violent Femmes by Violent Femmes
3. Power, Corruption & Lies by New Order
4. Synchronicity by The Police
5. War by U2
6. Speaking In Tongues by Talking Heads
7. Swordfishtrombones by Tom Waits
8. Kill 'Em All by Metallica
9. Let's Dance by David Bowie
10. The Final Cut by Pink Floyd