Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – The Best Of OMD (VG/VG+) – LP, AU 1988

The Best Of OMD is an LP by Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark from 1988 released on the Virgin label.

About this album

The Best Of OMD is a strong overview of Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark’s rise from art-school experimenters to chart-friendly synth-pop innovators. Released in 1988, the compilation draws together the band’s most recognisable work, from early breakthroughs such as Electricity and Enola Gay to later hits including If You Leave and Forever Live And Die. It highlights OMD’s knack for pairing icy electronic textures with memorable hooks and emotional directness, a formula that helped define British new wave in the 1980s. As a concise career survey, it remains an accessible entry point into one of the era’s most distinctive pop groups.