Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) "The Pacific Age"

The Pacific Age is the seventh album by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, released in 1986. "(Forever) Live and Die" became the group's third hit single in the US and returned the group to the top 20 in the UK, peaking at number 11.

For the first time, brothers Graham and Neil Weir were formally credited as full members of OMD for this album. They had been involved with the group as session musicians since the re-recording of "Julia's Song" in 1984 as a "Talking Loud and Clear" single B-side, and were credited as "also playing" musicians on the 1985 album Crush. The single "(Forever) Live and Die" was written by the Weir brothers with Paul Humphreys.


Owing to label-enforced time constraints, the first nine songs written for The Pacific Age appeared on the album. Two new songs, "Cajun Moon" and "Cut Me Down" were almost featured, but according to Andy McCluskey, "democracy won out". 1983 holdover "Heaven Is" was nudged off in favour of "Flame of Hope" ("Heaven Is" was eventually included on 1993's Liberator).