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Orchestral Manoeuvres In The DarkArchitecture & Morality

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Electronic

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Synth-pop

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Tracklist

The New Stone Age
She's Leaving
Souvenir
Sealand
Joan Of Arc
Joan Of Arc (Maid Of Orleans)
Architecture And Morality
Georgia
The Beginning And The End

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Notes

OMD's third studio album, first released on 6 November 1981.

The sleeve design features a square cut-out revealing the inner sleeve. Originally released in a yellow sleeve, the album was subsequently released in a pale blue sleeve and a pale grey sleeve. Subsequent CD editions would also feature blue, green or yellow-coloured artwork.

There's a slight variation with the blue sleeve LP release: On the matrix number on the runout groove it states DID12 A7 on side A and D1D12 B6 on side B.

Album title suggested by Martha Ladly from a book by David Watkin (Morality and Architecture, 1977).

Singles released:
Souvenir, 4 August 1981
Joan Of Arc, 9 October 1981
Maid Of Orleans (The Waltz Joan Of Arc), 15 January 1982
She's Leaving, 17 June 1982 (Benelux only)

To commemorate the album's 40th anniversary, Architecture & Morality (The Singles) was released on 15 October 2021.

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    Cover of Architecture & Morality, 1981, VinylArchitecture & Morality
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    Epic – ARE 37721US1981US1981
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    Dindisc – 204 016, Dindisc – 204 016-320Germany1981Germany1981
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    Dindisc – DIDC 12UK1981UK1981
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    Dindisc – VL 2231Canada1981Canada1981
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    Dindisc – I-204016Spain1981Spain1981
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    Dindisc – 204.016, Dindisc – 204 016-320, Dindisc – 204 016/97 091Netherlands1981Netherlands1981
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    Virgin – 204016, Dindisc – DID12France1981France1981
    Cover of Architecture & Morality, 1981, VinylArchitecture & Morality
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    Dindisc – DID12, Dindisc – DID 12Scandinavia1981Scandinavia1981
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    Dindisc – DID 12, Dindisc – DID12.Italy1981Italy1981
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    Dindisc – 2473 825Greece1981Greece1981
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    Virgin – 404 016-352, Dindisc – 404 016-352Germany1981Germany1981
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    Dindisc – DID 12Finland1981Finland1981
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    Dindisc – 204 016-320, Virgin – 204016France1981France1981
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    Virgin – AET 37721, Dindisc – AET 37721US1981US1981
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    Virgin – DNC 1002South Africa1981South Africa1981
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    Dindisc – VL4-2231Canada1981Canada1981
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    Dindisc – DIDK 712Italy1981Italy1981
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    Dindisc – I-204.016, Dindisc – I-204016Spain1981Spain1981
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    Dindisc – DIDC 12, Dindisc – DIDC12UK1981UK1981
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    Dindisc – 204 016, Sonocord – 28 483-6Germany1981Germany1981
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    Dindisc – DID12, Dindisc – Did 12Iceland1981Iceland1981
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