Universal (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark album)

Infobox Album
Name = Universal
Type = studio
Artist = Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark


Released = start date|1996|9|2
Recorded = Pre-recorded at The Factory, Dublin, JE Sound, and Johnny Juma, Los Angeles
Recorded at The Townhouse, and Metropolis, London
Genre = Synthpop
Length = 49:40
Label = Virgin
Producer = Andy McCluskey
Matthew Vaughan
David Nicholas
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0xfyxqthld0e link]
Last album = "Liberator"
(1993)
This album = "Universal"
(1996)
Next album = "The OMD Singles"
(1998)
Misc = Singles
Name = Universal
Type = studio
Single 1 = Walking on the Milky Way
Single 1 date = Start date|1996|8|5
Single 2 = Universal
Single 2 date = Start date|1996|10|21

"Universal" is an album by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, released in 1996. It is up until now OMD's last studio album.

Track listing

All songs were written by Andy McCluskey, except where noted.

# "Universal" – 5:41
# "Walking on the Milky Way" (McCluskey, Nigel Ipinson, Keith Small) – 4:38
# "The Moon & the Sun" (McCluskey, Karl Bartos) – 3:37
# "The Black Sea" (McCluskey, Stuart Kershaw) – 3:38
# "Very Close to Far Away" (Paul Humphreys, McCluskey) – 5:45
# "The Gospel of St Jude" – 2:23
# "That Was Then" – 4:27
# "Too Late" (McCluskey, Kershaw) – 4:09
# "The Boy from the Chemist Is Here to See You" – 4:41
# "If You're Still in Love with Me" (Humphreys, McCluskey, Kershaw) – 2:51
# "New Head" (McCluskey, Simon Fung) – 5:01
# "Victory Waltz" – 2:45

Personnel

* Andy McCluskey – vocals, keyboards, production, mix on tracks 8–9
* Matthew Vaughan – keyboards on tracks 1, 4, 8, and 10, guitar on tracks 2, 3, and 5, piano on track 3, bass on track 9, production on tracks 1–7, and tracks 10–12
* Breda Dunne – backing vocals on track 1
* Phil Spalding – bass on tracks 1–3, track 5, and track 7, backing vocals on track 2
* Chuck Sabo – drums and percussion on tracks 1–3, track 5, and tracks 7–9
* Hannah Clive – backing vocals on track 2
* Carol Kenyon – backing vocals on track 5
* Richard Allen Singers – vocals on track 6, courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
* Jimmy Taylor – guitar on track 7
* Maggie Keane – backing vocals on track 8
* Anne Dudley – string arrangement for track 10
* David Nicholas – production on tracks 1–7, and tracks 10–12, engineer, mix on tracks 2–10, and 12
* Gregg Jackman – mix on tracks 1, and 11
* Julie Gardner – engineer, assistant engineer
* Neil Tucker – assistant engineer

References

* Liner notes

External links

* [http://www.omd.uk.com/html/song_uni.html Lyrics]