McCluskey in 2010 opined that OMD had become "the forgotten band" (he had predicted in 1981, at the peak of the group's popularity, that they would soon be forgotten). The band have nonetheless earned a growing cult following. DJ Chris Evans remarked: "There are fans, and then there are OMD fans. fans may be among the greatest in the world... they are devout." OMD have come to be regarded as one of the great Liverpool acts of the 1980s, and pioneers of the synth-pop genre. "Architecture & Morality" (1981), regarded as the group's seminal work, had sold more than 4 million copies by early 2007; "Sugar Tax" (1991), the album that marked a commercial renaissance for the band, had sold more than three million by the same time period. The experimental "Dazzle Ships" (1983), which met with a degree of critical and commercial hostility, has been retrospectively praised by critics. OMD's overall record sales stand in excess of 40 million, with sales of more than 15 million albums and 25 million singles.