Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

OMD - Talking Loud and Clear (1984)

This single was taken from OMD's fifth studio album Junk Culture. It reached No.11 in the UK singles chart. Other singles taken from the Junk Culture album were Locomotion, Tesla Girls and Never Turn Away.

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) were an 80s synth pop group from England. They were created in 1978 by Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys.

By the end of 1980 they had become a quartet, adding Malcolm Holmes and Martin Cooper. Other musicians also joined the band at various times between 1980 and 1996.

• Dave Hughes– keyboards (1980)
• Michael Douglas – keyboards (1981)
• Neil Weir – brass, keyboards (1984–1989)
• Graham Weir – brass, keyboards (1984–1989)
• Lloyd Massett – keyboards (1991)
• Abe Juckes – drums (1991–1992)
• Nigel Ippinson– keyboards (1991–1993)
• Phil Coxon – keyboards (1991–1993)
• Stuart Kershaw – drums (1993)

In 1989, Humphreys, Cooper and Holmes all left OMD to found The Listening Pool. Andy McCluskey kept the OMD name and continued to record and tour as OMD with new line-ups through 1996.

McCluskey retired the OMD name in 1996, but soon afterwards Humphreys began playing live shows again as OMD with other musicians on an as-needed basis, but without McCluskey.

The original 1980s line-up began touring in 2007, and further successful sold out tours took place in 2008 and 2009.

OMD recently announced that they are completing a new studio album called History Of Modern which will be released some time in 2010.

Albums

• 1980 Orchestral Manouevres In The Dark (27)
• 1980 Organisation (6)
• 1981 Architecture & Morality (3)
• 1983 Dazzle Ships (5)
  
• 1984 Junk Culture (9)
• 1985 Crush (13)
• 1986 The Pacific Age (15)
• 1991 Sugar Tax (3)
• 1993 Liberator (14)
• 1996 Universal (24)

(Numbers in brackets denote UK chart position)

OMD - Messages (1980)

This was the third Single from OMD's debut album Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, released in 1980. This song reached No.13 in the UK Charts.

OMD - Enola Gay (1980)

This was the only single to be released from their 80s album Organisation, and it managed to reach No.8 in the UK singles chart.

OMD - (Forever) Live and Die (1986)

This was the first of three singles to be lifted from the 1986 album The Pacific Age, reaching No.11 in the UK singles chart. The other two singles failed to reach the Top 40 - "We Love You" (No. 54) and "Shame" (No. 52).

OMD - Locomotion (1984)