Locomotion

	Locomotion
	Produced by Brian Tench/O.M.D.
	Released on April 2, 1984
	UK CHART POSITION #5
	Find it at GEMM
SP-12108 cover [high resolution scan]

K RONOMYTH 5.01: LOW ON SOUL COAL. The new single from the fifth OMD album was the slight and bouncy confection, “Locomotion.” As with the earlier “Telegraph,” the band was clearly engineering a commercial crossover, though enough of the old, eerie electronic glow remained in the album tracks, as evidenced by the twitchy, well-mixed “Her Body In My Soul.” The 12-inch single includes an overextended, underweight version of “Locomotion” and another non-album entry, “The Avenue,” that treads Dazzle’s darker corridors. If I were plotting the point at which OMD sold out (and I’m not), I’d probably start my downward slope here, since “Telegraph” seems like highly principled art in comparison. The B sides, by the way, turned up on 2001’s compilation, Navigation.

TRACK LISTING

LOCOMOTION
HER BODY IN MY SOUL

12-inch track listing
LOCOMOTION (O.M.D.) 5:20
HER BODY IN MY SOUL (O.M.D.) 4:40
THE AVENUE (O.M.D.) 4:12

CREDITS

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REGION	RELEASE DATE	LABEL	MEDIA	ID NUMBER	FEATURES
UK/AUSL	April 2, 1984	Virgin	7"/12	VS660/-12	picture sleeve, avail. as shaped picdisc
UK	1984	Virgin	7SHAPIC	VSS-660	shaped picture disc
US	1984	A&M	7"	2671	picture sleeve
US	1984	A&M	12	SP-12108
CAN	1984	Virgin	7"/12	VS/VSX-1183	picture sleeve
GER	1984	Virgin	7"	106 377-100	picture sleeve
GER	1984	Virgin	12	601 265 213

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