Crush

Crush is the sixth studio album by the English electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, 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-imposed time constraints. The hectic recording and promotion schedule served to diminish morale among the band, who also had reservations about Hague's sleek production. Crush ultimately received positive reviews from critics but was met with resistance from sections of the OMD fanbase. It became the group's only top-40 album on the US Billboard 200, and remained on Canada's RPM chart for 43 weeks from 13 July 1985 to 17 May 1986. Of the three singles taken from the record, "So in Love" was OMD's first hit on the US Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at number 25. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crush_(...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)