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 Sailing On The Seven Seas 03:45

2 Pandora's Box (It's A Long, Long Way) 04:09

3 Then You Turn Away 04:17

4 Speed Of Light 04:29

5 Was It Something I Said 04:28

6 Big Town 04:18

7 Call My Name 04:22

8 Apollo XI 04:09

9 Walking On Air 04:49

10 Walk Tall 03:55

11 Neon Lights 04:19

12 All That Glitters 04:09

Releases

Formats

Cassette, Vinyl, CD, Minidisc, DCC

Labels

Stereo-Style, Takt Music, leo, MG Records , Euro Star, Mag Magic, Brawo, Aramis, B.W., EMI, Virgin, Virgin Japan, Poker Sound, Stebo, Coda , Phoenix , Virgin Records America, Inc., Pegaz, MJM Music PL, Roberto, Duo , MMC Records , Starling, Boss Music , Delta Music , Basston, KASO, J&B, MJ , Silverton, koneser, Idol

Countries

Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea, Republic of, Mexico, Peru, Poland, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Europe, UK & Europe

years

1991, 1992

Members

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