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The Blue Album was purchased during the early summer of 2004, during a road trip around the West Country. I'd spotted a Big Issue article regaling the soon-to-be-no-more group, as well as promoting their last ever album. Subsequently, I seriously contemplated attempting to get to Japan ... Read review
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Blue Album - Orbital
The Blue Album is the seventh and supposedly final album by one of dance music's most
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enduring pioneers. Orbital's blend of techno, breaks and acid has been mimicked but never quite copied in their 10-plus years at the top. Fans looking for sweeping ci...
Advantages: Visionary, refined, focused Disadvantages: None - this is a classic
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The Blue Album was purchased during the early summer of 2004, during a road trip around the West Country. I'd spotted a Big Issue article regaling the soon-to-be-no-more group, as well as promoting their last ever album. Subsequently, I seriously contemplated attempting to get to Japan the following month to watch their final concert. I'm one of the unfortunate many who have never seen these guys in action, and that's a genuine ... ...so obviously have.
The Blue Album is capable of putting a stop to a party in the sense that people just stop what they're doing and listen, because it's that different and it's that good. All tracks bar one on the album are written by the brothers. If you've never introduced anyone new to Orbital before, this collection is a brilliant way to do it whilst ensuring the Hartnoll brothers aren't consigned to 'random techno' brain bin. My mate, previously ...
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Advantages: A brilliant end to their career Disadvantages: Not so good for Orbital beginners, maybe
...up exactly what's great about Orbital without the need of words. I thought - nay, hoped - this would be a good album, but I never expected to like it so much. Farewell, Hartnoll brothers, and thanks for all the wonderful music you've given us, Blue Album included. ...
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Album Notes: With charges of repetition and failure to keep pace with the standard set on initial releases, Orbital lost some critical standing with THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE and THE ALTOGETHER. 2004's BLUE ALBUM incorporates glitch-hop, big-beat techno, and many of the tricks the duo pioneered in the early 1990s and, as such, may invite some of the same criticism, but BLUE ALBUM is an engaging techno-flavored work that's melodic as well as danceable.
Album Reviews: Rolling Stone (p.100) - 4 stars out of 5 - \"[T]hey make strikingly blissful techno....Orbital have always made music for both head and heart.\"
Titles on disc 1
1.: Transient
2.: Pants
3.: Tunnel Vision
4.: Lost
5.: You Lot
6.: Bath Time
7.: Acid Pants
8.: Easy Serv
9.: One Perfect Sunrise
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