{"product_id":"junk-culture","title":"Junk Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOMD's\u003c\/strong\u003e 1984 hit album receives the treatment recently afforded to its two predecessors, \u003cem\u003eArchitecture and Morality\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDazzle Ships\u003c\/em\u003e: remastered from the original ½ inch reels and cut at half speed by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJunk Culture\u003c\/em\u003e is their fifth album, released 30 April 1984. It featured another Peter Saville-designed sleeve but was a consciously more melodic effort than its experimental predecessor (\u003cem\u003eDazzle Ships\u003c\/em\u003e) and was a significant success, charting across Europe and hitting the top 10 at home in the UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eProduced by the band and Brian Tench (with additional contributions by Tony Visconti), it was recorded at a variety of locations including AIR Studios in Montserrat, which had a newly-acquired, state-of-the-art Fairlight CMI sampler keyboard, and Wisseloord in Hilversum, Netherlands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs intended, \u003cem\u003eJunk Culture\u003c\/em\u003e returned OMD to the upper reaches of the singles charts too, with \"\u003cem\u003eLocomotion\u003c\/em\u003e\" (top 5 in the UK and top 10 across Europe), \"\u003cem\u003eTalking Loud and Clear\u003c\/em\u003e\" (No. 11 in the UK, top 5 in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Ireland), and the club hit \"\u003cem\u003eTesla Girls\u003c\/em\u003e\" (No. 21 in the UK, No. 8 in the Netherlands). All three remain live favorites.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"UMR","offers":[{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":51746483568971,"sku":"R0767-2561","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/2000x2000bb_112c4c53-cbc3-4b5c-8382-248a42591e88.jpg?v=1746025942","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/junk-culture","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}