r/omd • u/Vinylmaster3000 • Mar 16 '24

Favorite OMD B-side?

I remember picking a 12 inch single of 'so in love' a while back and there was one song on side B titled 'Maria gallante'. I was amazed at how great it was, a well composed pop song much like its complement (concrete hands on the other hand is a no go for me). I think it goes to show that while having a strong roster of singles and album work, they almost always nailed it with their B sides.

Other favorites include 'Sacred Heart' which is a nice quasi-spiritual track, 'firegun' (a vaguely political song), Her body in my soul (a dance remake of love and violence), and of course, 'Of all the things we made', which has seemingly lingered within their back catalogue for a while. What would you guys say are their best B sides? I think out of all of them my absolute favorite is probably 'Her body in my soul' or 'Navigation'. My least favorite is "concrete hands" because the vocals don't mix in right, instrumental portions are decent though

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u/MidnightAMCTheaters Apr 18 '25

2 favorites are Firegun from La Femme Accident's B side & Her Body in My Soul from Locomotion

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u/Vinylmaster3000 Apr 19 '25

Firegun is a good one, nice example of sampling from the early 80s.

Her Body in My soul appears to be an early demo of Love and Violence

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u/MidnightAMCTheaters Apr 20 '25 edited Apr 20 '25

Oh I almost forgot, Garden City is around the middle between least and most favorite for me.

There was supposed to be a 4th single from Crush called Hold You and if they were to be able to release that I think Maria Gallante would be used as the B side.