History of Modern (Part I) is a 2011 EP by the 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. 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.Link to Album on iTunes with Track listing
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".
Track listings CD Side one "History of Modern (Part I)" – 4:39 "History of Modern (Part II)" – 4:11 "History of Modern (Part III & IV)" – 2:03 "History of Modern (Part I)" (Krystal Klear Remix) – 4:55 "History of Modern (Part I)" (Roger Erickson Remix) – 4:38 "History of Modern (Part I)" (Selebrities Remix) – 4:21
Side two "History of Modern (Part I)" (OMD's Extended Remix) – 5:32 "History of Modern (Part I)" (radio edit) – 3:12 "VCR" – 3:26 "The Grand Deception" – 3:26 "Idea 1" – 4:41 "Alone" – 4:22
10" Side A "History of Modern (Part I)" (radio edit) – 3:12 "History of Modern (Part I)" (OMD's Extended Remix) – 5:32
Side B "The Grand Deception" – 3:26 "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.
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