Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark included “Pandora’s Box” on the album Sugar Tax.
Sugar Tax is the English electronic band’s ninth studio album, released in 1991. “Pandora’s Box” was issued as a single from the album and became one of OMD’s notable songs from the period. Its title refers to the mythic expression, while the song itself is a modern pop composition rather than a narration of Hesiod’s story.
The track is sometimes confused with the 1975 Aerosmith song also called “Pandora’s Box,” but the two recordings belong to different artists, genres, and decades. OMD’s version is associated with the band’s synth-pop and electronic style.
Sugar Tax followed OMD’s late-1980s work and continued the group’s use of melodic electronic arrangements. Identifying the album is therefore a useful way to distinguish OMD’s “Pandora’s Box” from other songs with the same title.