A-Side: Joan Of Arc
B-Side: The Romance Of The Telescope (Unfinished)
Label: Dindisc DIN 36
Producer: Richard Manwaring
Released: 16/10/81
Purchased: 29/01/82
OMD | Joan Of Arc | Dindisc | 1981 | Another pompous title, and another tender mood. it’s not particularly striking on first hearing, but perhaps it’s a “grower” (Rock Talk), like “Souvenir”. I hope that OMD aren’t resigning their role as electronic popsters supreme to the divine Depeches altogether; I prefer them in a less-soft focus mood. (Record Mirror, 17/10/81)
After playing “Joan Of Arc” by OMD I don’t have the overwhelming urge I suppose I should have to play it again. I expect – yes, I do – more from OMD, but they appear to be spitefully set on becoming the witless stainless wimps enemies erroneously used to suggest they were. I think they’ve gone mad. (NME, 17/10/81)
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