Sugar Tax (OMD album)

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Sugar Tax
Sugar Tax cover
Studio album by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Released May 7, 1991 (1991-05-07)
Recorded The Pink Museum, Liverpool
The Strongroom, London
The Townhouse, London
Amazon Studios, Liverpool
Genre Synthpop
Length 51:17
Label Virgin
Producer Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Howard Gray
Andy Richards
Professional reviews
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark chronology
The Best of OMD
(1988)		 Sugar Tax
(1991)		 Liberator
(1993)

Sugar Tax is an album by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), released in 1991. It marked a commercial renaissance for the band, spawning two UK top ten hit singles.

[edit] Track listing

All songs were written by OMD, except where noted.

  1. "Sailing on the Seven Seas" (OMD, Stuart Kershaw) – 3:45
  2. "Pandora's Box" – 4:09
  3. "Then You Turn Away" (OMD, Kershaw, Lloyd Massett) – 4:17
  4. "Speed of Light" – 4:29
  5. "Was It Something I Said" – 4:29
  6. "Big Town" – 4:19
  7. "Call My Name" – 4:23
  8. "Apollo XI" – 4:13
  9. "Walking on Air" (OMD, Kershaw, Massett) – 4:49
  10. "Walk Tall" (OMD, Kershaw, Massett) – 3:55
  11. "Neon Lights" (Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider, Karl Bartos) – 4:19
  12. "All That Glitters" (OMD, Kershaw, Massett) – 4:06

[edit] Album singles

Release date Single United Kingdom
75		 United States
Dance		 United States
Modern
Rock		 Ireland
 France
 Austria
 Sweden
 Switzerland
March 18, 1991 (1991-03-18) "Sailing on the Seven Seas" 3 [1] 9 5 [2] 3 [3] 3 [3]
June 24, 1991 (1991-06-24) "Pandora's Box" 7 [1] 11 19 19 [2] 49 [4] 7 [4] 7 [4]
September 9, 1991 (1991-09-09) "Then You Turn Away" 50
November 18, 1991 (1991-11-18) "Call My Name" 50 24 [5] 28 [5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b everyhit.com search results for Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. Retrieved on 2008-04-13.
  2. ^ a b irishcharts.ie search results for Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. Retrieved on 2008-04-13.
  3. ^ a b lescharts.com entry for Sailing on the Seven Seas. Retrieved on 2008-04-13.
  4. ^ a b c lescharts.com entry for Pandora's Box. Retrieved on 2008-04-13.
  5. ^ a b lescharts.com entry for Call My Name. Retrieved on 2008-04-13.
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