WALKING ON THE MILKY WAY
CATALOGUE VSC 1599
FORMAT MC
LABEL VIRGIN
RELEASE DATE 05/08/96
CHART 17
SLEEVE DESIGN Area
 
CURRENT VALUE £3
TRACK LISTING WRITERS PRODUCER RECORDED
WALKING ON THE MILKY WAY McCluskey/Ipinson/Small Andy McCluskey. Matthew Vaughan & David Nicholas The Townhouse, London
MATHEW STREET McCluskey/Bartos Andy McCluskey  
THE NEW DARK AGE McCluskey Andy McCluskey  
 

"This song is about growing up, having confidence and energy but, as you get older, the reality of life grinds you down" Andy McCluskey

Mathew Street is in central Liverpool and was the location for Eric's Club - the legendary venue where the likes of The Teardrop Explodes, Echo And The Bunnymen and, of course, OMD made their debut appearances.

Andy describes The New Dark Age as "a cabaret-type song about the end of Western society".

 

Karl Bartos is a founder-member of German band Kraftwerk - a big influence on Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys prior to OMD.

The New Dark Age was written using the original Elgam organ used for the song Statues from 1980's Organisation album.