History of Modern (Part I)
| History of Modern (Part I) | ||||
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| Released | 28 February 2011 | |||
| Recorded | The Motor Museum Studio, Liverpool, UK | |||
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| Length | 49:55 (CD version) 15:36 (10" version) | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Blue Noise 100% (UK) Bright Antenna (US) | |||
| Producer | Self-produced | |||
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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. 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.
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".