The Pacific Age

The Pacific Age
Studio album by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Released	29 September 1986 (1986-09-29)[1]
Recorded	1985–1986 Studio De La Grande Armée, Paris, additional recording at Amazon Studios, Liverpool
Genre	Synthpop
Length	40:18
Label	Virgin
Producer	Stephen Hague
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark chronology
Crush (1985) The Pacific Age (1986) The Best of OMD (1988)
Singles from The Pacific Age
"(Forever) Live and Die" Released: 26 August 1986 (1986-08-26) "We Love You" Released: 10 November 1986 (1986-11-10) "Shame" Released: 13 April 1987 (1987-04-13)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Colin Larkin	[3]

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, Graham Weir 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 for the "Talking Loud and Clear" single.

In a 2013 online poll, The Pacific Age was voted the 46th best album of 1986 based on the opinions of almost 53,000 respondents.^[4]

Track listing

All songs by OMD, as per label. Writing credits below as per ASCAP database.

Side 1

1. "Stay (The Black Rose and the Universal Wheel)" (Humphreys/McCluskey) – 4:22
2. "(Forever) Live and Die" (Humphreys/Weir/Weir) – 3:38
3. "The Pacific Age" (Humphreys/McCluskey) – 3:59
4. "The Dead Girls" (Humphreys/McCluskey) – 4:48
5. "Shame" (Humphreys/McCluskey/Weir/Weir) – 4:15

Side 2

6. "Southern" (Humphreys/McCluskey/Weir/Weir) – 3:41
7. "Flame of Hope" (Humphreys/McCluskey) – 2:40
8. "Goddess of Love" (Humphreys/McCluskey) – 4:30
9. "We Love You" (Humphreys/McCluskey/Hague) – 4:10
10. "Watch Us Fall" (Humphreys/McCluskey/Hague) – 4:11

Personnel

Band members

• Paul Humphreys – keyboards, percussion, vocals
• Andy McCluskey – vocals, keyboards, bass guitar
• Malcolm Holmes – drums, percussion
• Martin Cooper – keyboards, saxophone
• Graham Weir – trombone, keyboards, guitar
• Neil Weir – trumpet, bass

Additional performers

• Stephen Hague – additional keyboards, guitar
• Kamil Rustam – guitar
• Aliss Terrell, Yvonne Jones and Carole Fredericks – background vocals

Singles

• "(Forever) Live and Die" (1986)
• "We Love You" (1986)
• "Shame" (1987), re-recorded single version

Notes