Crush (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark album)

Crush
Studio album by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Released	17 June 1985 (1985-06-17)
Recorded	1984–1985
Studio	Amazon (Liverpool) The Manor (Shipton-on-Cherwell) Advision (London)
Genre	Synth-pop pop rock
Length	38:37
Label	Virgin
Producer	Stephen Hague
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark chronology
Junk Culture (1984) Crush (1985) The Pacific Age (1986)
Singles from Crush
"So in Love" Released: 13 May 1985 "Secret" Released: 8 July 1985 "La Femme Accident" Released: 12 October 1985

Crush is the sixth studio album by English electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), released on 17 June 1985 by Virgin Records. It is the first of two OMD studio albums to be produced by Stephen Hague. Aimed primarily at the US market, Crush is notable for moving the group towards a more polished sound, although elements of earlier experimentation are still present. During recording the band employed a greater use of organic instrumentation than in the past.

Crush was completed within a limited timescale, with group members later expressing regret over not challenging label-enforced time constraints. The hectic recording and promotion schedule served to diminish morale among the band, who also had reservations about Hague's sleek production; co-founder Paul Humphreys briefly quit the group during the making of the album. Crush nevertheless received positive reviews and became OMD's only top-40 album on the US Billboard 200. It remained on Canada's RPM chart for 43 weeks from 13 July 1985 to 17 May 1986.^[1] Of the three singles taken from the record, "So in Love" became the group's first hit on the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 25.

A long-form video, Crush: The Movie, was also released, showing the band discussing their career and performing the songs from the album.