The Punishment of Luxury
by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
User Score
8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 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 here and there by them but this album is different. Get this album today!

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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
  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.
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  2. PopMatters
    Sep 6, 2017
    70
    Like all of OMD’s post-reunion releases, The Punishment of Luxury sounds too clean, too digital for its own good. There’s too little of the analog muskiness that made their early work so haunting. Drummer Malcolm Holmes, forced to retire for health reasons, is sorely missed. Nonetheless, even if OMD’s message is an old one, it is one they can still deliver quite well.
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  3. musicOMH.com
    Sep 5, 2017
    70
    Now there is an extra dimension, an extra frisson, for like their contemporaries this year (Erasure, Depeche Mode) OMD are bringing some raw feeling to the studio.
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