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The lack of a follow up single to Enola Gay from the album meant however that success was fairly short-lived and it remained in the Top 40 for six weeks.ħ" EP Side One (added onto side two of the cassette) The success of the lead single Enola Gay and of the debut album, still in the charts up until July, had created much anticipation for Organisation and consequently, the album entered the UK album charts at no.6 (the highest new entry) immediately after its release. The tracks were also included on initial cassette issues. This was in the form of a bonus 7" single labelled Omd/Dep 2 which featured four previously unreleased tracks recorded on Winston, November 1978, live at The Factory and at Henry's. In the UK, the first 10,000 copies of Organisation came in a grey sleeve with a sticker stating "Free Artefact - the unreleased '78 tapes". This black design was also used for early CD releases, although the original grey was used for the 2003 remastered CD release. The grey cover was later replaced by a black version with white typography. Closer had been released posthumously in July. In a 1980 interview McCluskey said that he had spent a lot of the summer driving around with Saville, listening to a cassette of the Factory album Closer by Joy Division, whose lead singer Ian Curtis had committed suicide in May. The photograph and grey/black colour scheme and typography reflect the overall dark mood of the album. The front cover photograph depicts a view of the Cuillin hills on the Isle of Skye in Scotland.
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Production is credited to Mike Howlett who had begun working with OMD earlier in the year producing a brand new version of Messages, which had become the group's first hit single.Īs with previous single and album releases, sleeve design for Organisation was handed to Factory records 'shareholder' Peter Saville.
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Since the release of their debut album, the group basically remained as a duo with core-members and song writing partners Paul Humphreys and Andy McCluskey (as pictured on the rear of the sleeve), although Malcolm Holmes, who had played on the first album and who had also been part of the live line-up, is also credited on the album with 'drums and acoustic percussion'. It remained exclusive to this release until being included on the 2003 CD remastered re-release of Organisation. Enola Gay is the first OMD track to have been written by McCluskey alone (followed by 2nd Thought and Statues), while Promise is the first track to have been written by Humphreys alone and to feature him as lead vocalist.Ī new version of Electricity was also recorded with Mike Howlett and was released on the DinDisc 1980 compilation album. Songwriting credits for each track are specified for the first time. Both had also been played live prior to the release of the album. The tracks had not been completed in time to be included on the first album. Enola Gay and Motion & Heart had had their first outing, albeit in embryonic form, during the group's second Peel session recorded back in April. Only 2nd Thought was recorded at The Gramophone Suite.Īll the tracks on Organisation were brand new songs, although tracks such as The Misunderstanding and VCL XI dated back to the group's early days as The Id.