11 October 1986: Record Mirror's Robin Smith review ofOMD's new album 'The Pacific Age': "..a lumbering beast of an album...very flatulent.." #ThePacificAge40 #OMD40
#OTD in 1986, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark are back in action, and in the shops, with a brand new single entitled (Forever) Live & Die... #OMD40 #1986inmusic #ForeverLiveandDie #OMD
"This is getting very hard for me..." - Sing-along-a-Secret lyrics in the latest issue of of #SmashHits #Secret40 #Crush40 #OMD40
New issue of Smash Hits out today ... sadly no mention of our favourite duo #OMD but Tears For Fears on the cover and *another* upstart copycat duo with a daft name are mentioned in Bitz with a new single out. Puuuh! They'll never get far ... #SmashHits #PSB
#OMD on Japan and the Inspiration Behind Crush #Crush40 #OMD40 (for @vclxi ) youtu.be/xfM_eCa6sCg?si=Hqbo…
ooops.. nearly missed this .. #OMD doing their new single on Top of the Pops! Good job someone taped it for us on their home video .. and doesn't our Janice look lovely! #OMD40 #SoInLove40 #TOTP85 youtube.com/watch?v=RnZYNG74…
..and tucked away in a corner of this fortnight's #SmashHits a review of OMD's new album 'Crush' (not actually out yet) by Ian Cranna: "..the welcome return of the thinking person's dance music.." (8/10) #OMD40 #Crush40
In today's UK Top 40 reveal on Bruno Brookes tea-time show, #OMD are up a whopping 10 places to no. 28 this week with their latest single So. In. Love. (Top of the Pops beckons...) #OMD40 #SoInLove40
Cover stars at last! (again) #OMD show their best 'profile' pics on the cover of this week's Record Mirror. Plus 2-page full colour feature inside!
"We're not mega mega, but we're always there". #OMD40 #SoInLove40
OMD-Olé! The #OMD boys head to the South of Spain to shoot the vid for So In Love - and it's all in Smash Hits out today! (pics. Like Punk never Happened archive) #OMD40 #SoInLove40 #SmashHits
#OTD 21/05/1985 Gary Davies' Radio 1 lunchtime Chart reveal has OMD's new single *storming* into the UK Top 40 at no.38! (..and it's the highest new entry, just edging Gary Numan, Bryan Adams & NewOrder).. #OMD40 #SoInLove40
Out today! Brand new #OMD single! On 7", 2x7" pack and 12"! Let's hear the 12" B-side straight away then .. #SoInLove40 #ConcreteHands youtube.com/watch?v=JJhLKlGE…






















