The Punishment of Luxury
by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Metascore
71

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
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  1. Record Collector
    Sep 14, 2017
    60
    The only track that leaves you electronically cold is Robot Man, which sounds like OMD by numbers. Saying that, nice to also hear them lashing some decent beats beneath the engine of The Punishment Of Luxury.
  2. Exclaim
    Sep 1, 2017
    60
    The Punishment of Luxury continues the band's ongoing reunion without significantly altering their course. A few songs here could end up in the band's permanent setlist, but for an album so concerned with our present-day living, OMD seem too content to linger in their own past.
  3. Mojo
    Aug 29, 2017
    60
    Classic OMD tropes are almost overdone on this, their 13th studio album. [Oct 2017, p.88]
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  5. Record Collector
    Aug 29, 2017
    60
    In 1983, OMD threatened to derail their career with the defiantly leftfield Dazzle Ships. A sense of that adventurous spirit permeates this 12-track collection but Andy and Paul’s flair for infectious melody actually steers this comfortably away from the chillier extremes of that earlier well-regarded but commercially-limited opus.

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8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
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  1. bob-21
    Oct 12, 2017
    10
    This is the best complete OMD album ever! There are no 'throw away' songs here. I've been listing to OMD for decades and i liked songs hereThis is the best complete OMD album ever! There are no 'throw away' songs here. I've been listing to OMD for decades and i liked songs here and there by them but this album is different. Get this album today!… Full Review »
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