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- Record Label: Blue Noise
- Release Date: Sep 28, 2010
- Artist(s): Martin Cooper, Malcolm Holmes, Paul Humphreys, Andrew G. McCluskey
- Summary: The first album in 14 years for the Liverpool, England, musicians who are best known in the US for the song If You Leave from the movie Pretty in Pink.
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- Record Label: Blue Noise
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Dance, Synth Pop
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| Verse One Sister Marie Gabriel says she's a chosen one And if we hear a message then the kingdom will become And Sister Marie Gabriel knows what she... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Truth be told, finding a clunker on the second half is a tall order and that simple fact is what makes History of Modern so rewarding.
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Q MagazineThis 11th album refines their sound and gives it a modern productive tweak. [Oct 2010, p.112]
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This is an album that celebrates OMD's electric romanticism as purely as ever, with occasional concessions to house music developments made in a way that flatters their own work, part of an impressive desire to keep their original aesthetic . In that respect, it represents a qualified triumph.
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They set the table for a full-on renaissance, then stopped a couple courses short. With judicious programming, the best two-thirds of History of Modern will give you just enough of that old OMD magic to warrant a purchase. The problem is, it's also just enough to make the rest of the album break your heart.
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It's a return to form only in the sense that it finds OMD, several decades on, still struggling with its identity.
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Dec 21, 2010The results are mixed. The first four tracks are the most rewarding.
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History of Modern is a record for the die-hard OMD fans only and those who have followed them throughout their career up to their last record 14 years ago might enjoy acquainting themselves with new, but familiar sounds.
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