Artist

Formed in Wirral, Merseyside with Paul Humphreys (synthesizers) and Andy McCluskey (vocals and bass guitar). They played their first gig in 1978 at Eric's (Liverpool), then had a run of UK chart hits after swapping labels from Factory to the Virgin owned label DinDisc starting with the 1980 release 'Messages'. In 1980, drummer Malcolm Holmes and Dave Hughes on synths transitioned from guest/live musicians to be full members of the band. Hughes left 1980 and was replaced by Martin Cooper.
Humphreys left the group in 1989, but McCluskey made a comeback in 1991 with the UK top 5 'Sailing On The Seven Seas', and followed that up with a UK top 3 Album 'Sugar Tax' before finally calling it a day in 1996.
In 2007 they toured together again featuring the classic line-up of Andy McCluskey, Paul Humphreys, Malcolm Holmes and Martin Cooper and released a live-album in 2008: 'OMD Live: Architecture & Morality & More'. September 2010 saw the release of History Of Modern featuring the original classic line-up. This has been followed by English Electric (2013) & The Punishment of Luxury (2017) and OMD also performs live extensively.

Tracks

1-1 Electricity 03:34

1-2 Red Frame/White Light 03:11

1-3 Messages 04:01

1-4 Enola Gay 03:32

1-5 Souvenir 03:37

1-6 Joan Of Arc 03:48

1-7 Maid Of Orleans 04:12

1-8 Genetic Engineering 03:37

1-9 Telegraph 02:44

1-10 Locomotion 03:55

1-11 Talking Loud And Clear 03:56

1-12 Tesla Girls 03:33

1-13 Never Turn Away 03:49

1-14 So In Love 03:31

1-15 Secret 03:59

1-16 La Femme Accident 02:42

1-17 If You Leave 04:40

1-18 (Forever) Live And Die 03:37

1-19 We Love You 04:02

1-20 Shame 03:52

2-1 Dreaming 04:01

2-2 Sailing On The Seven Seas 03:35

2-3 Pandora’s Box (It's A Long, Long Way) 04:07

2-4 Then You Turn Away 04:15

2-5 Call My Name 04:17

2-6 Stand Above Me 03:35

2-7 Dream Of Me 04:14

2-8 Everyday 03:59

2-9 Walking On The Milky Way 04:03

2-10 Universal 03:30

2-11 If You Want It 04:01

2-12 Sister Marie Says 03:31

2-13 History Of Modern (Part 1) 03:14

2-14 Metroland 03:52

2-15 Dresden 03:24

2-16 Night Café 03:45

2-17 Isotype 03:48

2-18 The Punishment Of Luxury 03:25

2-19 What Have We Done 03:23

2-20 Don’t Go 03:33

Releases

Formats

File, CD, Vinyl

Labels

Virgin EMI Records, UMC

Countries

Europe

years

2019

Members

~~Phil Coxon~~,Andy McCluskey,Paul Humphreys,Stuart Kershaw,Malcolm Holmes,Martin Cooper (2),~~Graham Weir~~,~~Neil Weir~~,~~Michael Douglas~~,~~David Hughes (7)~~