Organisation
by Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

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Organisation by Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Year: 1980
Release date: 1980-10-24
Overall rank: 5,380th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 87 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1980 (89th)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (764th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,380th)

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Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark bestography

Organisation is ranked 3rd 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 1643 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,042.

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Organisation track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Enola Gay
Average Rating: 86 (60 votes)Comments: View 1
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2nd Thought
Average Rating: 76 (22 votes)Comments: View 0
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VCL XI
Average Rating: 75 (21 votes)Comments: View 0
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Motion And Heart
Average Rating: 75 (22 votes)Comments: View 0
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Statues
Average Rating: 74 (22 votes)Comments: View 0
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The Misunderstanding
Average Rating: 76 (20 votes)Comments: View 0
7.
The More I See You
Average Rating: 73 (20 votes)Comments: View 0
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Promise
Average Rating: 75 (20 votes)Comments: View 0
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Stanlow
Average Rating: 75 (20 votes)Comments: View 0

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Organisation rankings

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Overall rank: 5,380th | 1980s rank: 764th | 1980 rank: 89th  Overall chart history
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75/100 (from 87 votes)
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 !		08/07/2026 05:03 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  16,55470/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.1/100, a mean average of 74.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.9.


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From BestEverAlbums 09/07/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5428): By ExTeaSea
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From 06/03/2016 13:02 | #167697 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
A good album, not as quite as good as, architecture and morality, but is almost worth the price alone for the absolutely glorious, enola gay, one of the best singles of the early eighties. The rest of the record is fine, but, enola, is the crowning glory. (Edited)
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95/100
From 08/07/2018 22:33 | #219386 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Great album! Why isn't this rated higher? It's my second favorite OMD under Architecture.
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From 01/25/2024 15:25 | #301466 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Way better than debut, a soft of early 80 classic electro. is still quite fun to listen. (Edited)
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From 05/21/2010 03:16 | #11948 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Enola Gay is a classic!
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From 03/09/2019 15:35 | #233307
Best track: "Stanlow"
Weakest track: "Motion And Heart"
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