History of Modern (Part I) explained

History of Modern (Part I)
Type:	ep
Artist:	Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Cover:	History_of_Modern_part_I_Cover.jpg
Released:	28 February 2011
Recorded:	The Motor Museum Studio, Liverpool, UK
Genre:	Synth-pop house
Length:	49:55 (CD version) 15:36 (10" version)
Language:	English
Label:	Blue Noise 100% (UK) Bright Antenna (US)
Producer:	Self-produced
Prev Title:	The OMD Remixes
Prev Year:	1998

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]

Track listings

CD

Side one

1. "History of Modern (Part I)" – 4:39
2. "History of Modern (Part II)" – 4:11
3. "History of Modern (Part III & IV)" – 2:03
4. "History of Modern (Part I)" (Krystal Klear Remix) – 4:55
5. "History of Modern (Part I)" (Roger Erickson Remix) – 4:38
6. "History of Modern (Part I)" (Selebrities Remix) – 4:21

Side two

1. "History of Modern (Part I)" (OMD's Extended Remix) – 5:32
2. "History of Modern (Part I)" (radio edit) – 3:12
3. "VCR" – 3:26
4. "The Grand Deception" – 3:26
5. "Idea 1" – 4:41
6. "Alone" – 4:22

10"

Side A

1. "History of Modern (Part I)" (radio edit) – 3:12
2. "History of Modern (Part I)" (OMD's Extended Remix) – 5:32

Side B

1. "The Grand Deception" – 3:26
2. "VCR" – 3:26

Note: The tracks "VCR" and "The Grand Deception" appear in reverse order on Side B due to either a printing or pressing error.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Link to Album at Bright Antenna Store w/ Release Date . 2011-12-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111003232148/http://shop.brightantenna.com/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=14&products_id=110 . 2011-10-03 . dead .
2. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/history-of-modern-pt.-i/id425071888?uo=4 Link to Album on iTunes with Track listing
3. Web site: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, London. Hunter-Tilney. Ludovic. 8 November 2010. Financial Times. 4 May 2024. live. https://archive.today/20240504221300/https://www.ft.com/content/6220f7a0-eb59-11df-b482-00144feab49a. 4 May 2024.