Performer: | OMD |
Title: | Sugar Tax |
Country: | UK |
Style: | Synth-pop |
Category: | Electronic |
Rating: | 4.8 ✦ |
Other format: | DMF VQF AU AA ADX MP1 WMA |
Sugar Tax is the eighth album by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), released in 1991 on Virgin Records. It was the group's first studio album since 1986, and the first of three recorded without co-founder Paul Humphreys, who had departed in 1989. Featuring singer Andy McCluskey with a new backing band, it leans more towards the dance-pop genre that was prevalent in the early 1990s, than the experimental brand of synthpop which characterised OMD's earlier recordings.
Sugar Tax (CD, Album). OMD Then You Turn Away 4:09. Sailing On The Seven Seas 3:49. OMD - Call My Name (1991) 4:24. OMD Sailing On The Seven Seas (US Version) 3:50. OMD - Apollo XI (Fan Video 2) 4:17.
Infobox Album Name Sugar Tax Type Album Artist Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. of OMD" (1988) This album "Sugar Tax" (1991) Next album "Liberator" (1993)
1991's SUGAR TAX was the first new album by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark since 1986's THE PACIFIC AGE. Much had changed in the intervening five years. Most obviously, co-founder Paul Humphreys had left the band, leaving singer/keyboardist Andy McCluskey the sole constant member. Surprisingly, SUGAR TAX sounds remarkably like earlier OMD albums, leadingone to wonder how important Humphrey's role in the band hadactually been
New-Wave Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark. Band Name Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark. Album Name Sugar Tax. Type Album. Released date 11 June 1991. Labels Virgin Records. Members owning this album2. 1. Sailing On The Seven Seas.
In a tip of the hat to a clear source of inspiration, Sugar Tax includes a pleasant cover of Kraftwerk's "Neon Lights," with guest vocals by Christine Mellor, while "Apollo XI" uses Dazzle Ships-styled sample collages made up of moon-landing broadcasts, though the song itself isn't much. Even at its most active - "Call My Name" and "Pandora's Box" - Sugar Tax is for the most part just there.
OMD - Sugar Tax. Extract Chords. OMD - All That Glitters. OMD - Sugar Tax (Den'o slightly extended).
A1 | Pandora's Box |
A2 | Speed Of Light |
A3 | Walking On Air |
A4 | Sailing On The Seven Seas |
A5 | Was It Something I Said |
B6 | Big Town |
B7 | Call My Name |
B8 | Apollo XI |
B9 | Then You Turn Away |
B10 | Neon Lights |
Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
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CDV2648, 261 392 | OMD* | Sugar Tax (CD, Album) | Virgin, Virgin | CDV2648, 261 392 | UK | 1991 |
CDV2648 | OMD* | Sugar Tax (CD, Album) | Virgin Records Canada Inc. | CDV2648 | Canada | 1991 |
B-134 | O.M.D.* | Sugar Tax (Cass, Album, Unofficial) | Basston | B-134 | Poland | Unknown |
543 | OMD* | Sugar Tax (Cass, Album, Unofficial) | Poker Sound | 543 | Poland | 1992 |
V2-86234, 0777 7 86234 2 7 | OMD* | Sugar Tax (CD, Album) | Virgin Records America, Inc., Virgin Records America, Inc. | V2-86234, 0777 7 86234 2 7 | US | 1991 |
A1 | Sailing On The Seven Seas | 3:45 |
A2 | Pandora's Box | 4:09 |
A3 | Then You Turn Away | 4:17 |
A4 | Speed Of LightProducer – Howard Gray |
4:29 |
A5 | Was It Something I Said | 4:29 |
A6 | Big Town | 4:19 |
B1 | Call My Name | 4:23 |
B2 | Apollo XI | 4:13 |
B3 | Walking On Air | 4:49 |
B4 | Walk Tall | 3:55 |
B5 | Neon LightsWritten-By – Schneider*, Bartos*, Hutter* |
4:19 |
B6 | All That Glitters | 4:06 |
Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CDV2648, 261 392 | OMD* | Sugar Tax (CD, Album) | Virgin, Virgin | CDV2648, 261 392 | UK | 1991 |
CDV2648 | OMD* | Sugar Tax (CD, Album) | Virgin Records Canada Inc. | CDV2648 | Canada | 1991 |
B-134 | O.M.D.* | Sugar Tax (Cass, Album, Unofficial) | Basston | B-134 | Poland | Unknown |
543 | OMD* | Sugar Tax (Cass, Album, Unofficial) | Poker Sound | 543 | Poland | 1992 |
V2-86234, 0777 7 86234 2 7 | OMD* | Sugar Tax (CD, Album) | Virgin Records America, Inc., Virgin Records America, Inc. | V2-86234, 0777 7 86234 2 7 | US | 1991 |