History of Modern (Part I)

History of Modern (Part I)
EP by
Released28 February 2011
RecordedThe Motor Museum Studio, Liverpool, UK
Genre
Length49:55 (CD version)
15:36 (10" version)
LanguageEnglish
LabelBlue Noise
100% (UK)
Bright Antenna (US)
ProducerSelf-produced
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark chronology
The OMD Remixes
(1998)
History of Modern (Part I)
(2011)

History of Modern (Part I) is a 2011 EP by English electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), released on 28 February 2011 by 100% in the UK and Bright Antenna in the US.[1] The EP was released as a digital download, CD and 10" record. Released after the 2010 LP History of Modern, it contains remixes as well as B-sides.[2]

Financial Times music critic Ludovic Hunter-Tilney called the title track "a storming dance-pop number with muscularly rippling synths and surging vocals: a song to rank with any in their back catalogue".[3]

  1. ^ "Link to Album at Bright Antenna Store w/ Release Date". Archived from the original on 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
  2. ^ Link to Album on iTunes with Track listing
  3. ^ Hunter-Tilney, Ludovic (8 November 2010). "Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, London". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 4 May 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2024.