This reissue has a few minor differences from the original release. The cover is identical to the black issue, even down to the contact details for the OMD song book on the rear, but the new catalogue number has been added to the credits.
The inner sleeve lists the range of reissued Virgin albums at that point in time while the labels are the generic red/green labels that featured on most Virgin reissues.
Enola Gay was the only single released from the album.
VCLXI was the name of Andy and Paul's early experimental partnership. The title
actually comes from a number on a valve that features on the reverse of the sleeve
for Kraftwerk's album Radioactivity.
Motion And Heart was briefly considered as a possible second single and the band
subsequently recorded a new version at Amazon Studios, Liverpool. This version
featured on the B-Side of Souvenir.
The lyrics in Statues are partially about Ian Curtis, the lead singer of Joy
Division who died in May 1980 . OMD had played with Joy Division at early concerts
and the band's melancholic tunes had a profound effect during the recording of
Organisation.
The Misunderstanding was an early song that dated back to OMD's former incarnation
as The Id.
The More I See You is a cover version of a song originally sung by Dick Hayes
in the 1945 film Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe but was also a 60's hit
for Chris Montez. OMD's version actually started out as a separate song but then
Andy began singing the lyrics to The More I See You over the top and decided that
they complemented each other.
Promise marked Paul Humphreys' debut as lead vocalist on a song he had also
written himself.
Stanlow is actually the name of an oil refinery located on the Wirral peninsula
at Ellesmere Port. As well as Andy's father and sister both working there, the
breathtaking view of the refinery lit up at night was a welcome sight to the band
when coming home from tours. The rhythmic intro is actually one of the diesel
pumps at Stanlow recorded by Andy himself.
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