More reviews for Navigation, this time on Amazon.co.uk:

"....this is a purposeful collection of B-Sides dating from an era when filling-up the flipside with anything as lazy as dull out-of-house extended remixes would result in a sound lynching from the fanbase.".

Thanks to all those people who have ordered copies of the Navigation album via the website. Apologies if there is a slight delay with your orders. Virgin actually delivered the pre-release copies later than anticipated. We needed these copies early so that Andy could sign the sleeves prior to the release date. The good news is that Andy has been busily working through the sleeves this week and orders will be on their way soon.

On the subject of Navigation, the album has been reviewed by Dot Music. Click here to read the review: http://www.dotmusic.com/reviews/albums/

Navigation - The OMD B-Sides album is released today. The album features a selection of OMD's best B-Side songs, including the original vinyl mix of The Romance Of The Telescope and the previously unreleased version of Almost.

Copies are available for sale from our Merchandise section. As a bonus, all copies ordered via the OMD Website will feature Navigation : Additional Notes - an additional CD booklet exploring the background to the album, the songs and a B-Sides discography. Initial copies will also be signed by Andy McCluskey.

We'll also shortly be featuring new competitions to win copies of the album.

Expect to see Andy McCluskey in the media a lot more with the impending release of Navigation, inlcuding interviews and TV spots. Record Collector magazine have interviewed Andy for a future issue in which Andy details how the B-Sides album reveals a different side to OMD. While the general public might be more familiar with the hit A-Sides, the B-Sides show that OMD were not afraid to be experimental and innovative.

Details on online ordering of Navigation - The OMD B-Sides album will be posted up on the OMD Website shortly. As previously mentioned, copies ordered via the website will also get an exclusive additional CD booklet which will feature a little background on the album, additional track notes and a discography section.

The release date for Navigation - The OMD B-Sides album gets ever nearer. As previously mentioned, copies of the album will be available via the Official OMD Website.

As a bonus, all copies of Navigation that are ordered from the website will also get an exclusive extra CD booklet. Initial copies of the album will also be signed by Andy McCluskey.

Curious to hear what Navigation - The OMD B-Sides album sounds like? We now have samples of some of the songs from the album. Click on the tracks below to hear them. The tracks are in Real Audio format and will require the Real Player software which is available for free download from www.real.com.

• ALMOST
• NAVIGATION
• SUGAR TAX

The Discography has also been updated to include the B-Sides album. The above tracks are also playable from the Discography entry.

Navigation will be available for sale via the Official OMD Website. We will post up details shortly on how to order the album.

We have a preview of the sleeve artwork for Navigation - The OMD B-Sides album. Click on the image for a bigger version.

Meanwhile, the track listing for the album has changed again with Vox Humana being dropped. The number of tracks on the album just went over the timing limit for a CD and support for tracks such as Burning edged Vox Humana out.

Therefore the new track listing will run as follows:

1. Almost
2. I Betray My Friends
3. Waiting For The Man
4. Annex
5. Sacred Heart
6. The Romance Of The Telescope
7. Navigation
8. 4-Neu
9. 66 & Fading (Edit)
10. Her Body In My Soul
11. The Avenue
12. Garden City
13. Concrete Hands
14. Firegun
15. This Town
16. Gravity Never Failed
17. Burning
18. Sugar Tax
19. (The Angels Keep Turning) The Wheels Of The Universe

A few points about some of the songs appearing on the album:

Almost:
This is the original and unreleased version recorded by Andy and Paul on 'Winston'.

The Romance Of The Telescope
This is the original vinyl version mix and not the one that appears on the Dazzle Ships album.

What would an OMD record be if its release date wasn't put back? Navigation - The OMD B-Sides has now been rescheduled for release on 14th May.

The B-Sides album gets a new track listing - and a title.

The track listing for Navigation - The OMD B-Sides (CDV2938) has been expanded to include 3 extra songs:

1. Almost
2. I Betray My Friends
3. Waiting For The Man
4. Annex
5. Sacred Heart
6. The Romance Of The Telescope
7. Navigation
8. 4-Neu
9. 66 & Fading (Edit)
10. Her Body In My Soul
11. The Avenue
12. Garden City
13. Concrete Hands
14. Firegun
15. This Town
16. Gravity Never Failed
17. Burning
18. Sugar Tax
19. Vox Humana
20. (The Angels Keep Turning) The Wheels Of The Universe

Good news regarding the forthcoming OMD B-Sides album - we're pleased to be able to release details of the proposed running order:

1. Almost
2. I Betray My Friends
3. Waiting For The Man
4. Annex
5. Sacred Heart
6. Navigation
7. 4-Neu
8. Gravity Never Failed
9. Her Body In My Soul
10. The Avenue
11. The Angels Keep Turning (The Wheels Of The Universe)
12. Garden City
13. Concrete Hands
14. Firegun
15. This Town
16. Sugar Tax
17. Vox Humana

The OMD B-Sides album has finally been scheduled for release on the 9th April. More details as soon as we have them.

Virgin have pencilled in a release date for the B-Sides album in April. We hope to have more details, including a track listing, very shortly.

An album featuring the OMD B-Sides is currently in production as previously reported on these pages. Scheduled for a Spring release, we will bring more news as it arrives on the final track listing and release date.