 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 band 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.