The Orbital Appreciation Thread

[purlieu]

Oh, it's not a bootleg. Warner released it. The band haven't sanctioned the release, but it's all legal and shit.
Unfortunately the tracklist is so bad it'd be easy to think someone was taking the piss when they made it.

[Stephen]

Don't know what sparked it but over the last week I've dug all my Orbital CDs out and given them a good listening to. I've even bought a second hand The Altogether off eBay to complete my collection.

I know The Altogether gets a right bashing around these parts (Tootled must have been a career low for the boys) but if you haven't heard it I advise you to pick-up/download the track Beelzebeat, which appeared on the bonus disc with the US release. I like it a lot. Also, for any UK dirts who didn't know, the US release of the Blue Album had an extra 5 tracks on. 5 extra tracks! If you own the UK version, go and download the extra tracks now. It's pretty much your right as a consumer.

Also, The Sinner is probably how their version of The Saint theme should have sounded. Sounds like it belongs alongside Brown and the Peel Session tracks. It gets a big fat TICK.

Oh yeah, if you haven't heard Beached from The Beach soundtrack, that's a very lovely piece, evoking an almost identical atmosphere to 8 Ball.

[holden]

Originally Posted by Stephen

Don't know what sparked it but over the last week I've dug all my Orbital CDs out and given them a good listening to. I've even bought a second hand The Altogether off eBay to complete my collection.

I know The Altogether gets a right bashing around these parts (Tootled must have been a career low for the boys) but if you haven't heard it I advise you to pick-up/download the track Beelzebeat, which appeared on the bonus disc with the US release. I like it a lot. Also, for any UK dirts who didn't know, the US release of the Blue Album had an extra 5 tracks on. 5 extra tracks! If you own the UK version, go and download the extra tracks now. It's pretty much your right as a consumer.

Also, The Sinner is probably how their version of The Saint theme should have sounded. Sounds like it belongs alongside Brown and the Peel Session tracks. It gets a big fat TICK.

Oh yeah, if you haven't heard Beached from The Beach soundtrack, that's a very lovely piece, evoking an almost identical atmosphere to 8 Ball.

i agree with everything you said. "The Altogether" isn't as bad as many say, it's just that prior releases were so good and flowing, and here comes a bunch of weird separate tracks...still lots of cool sounds. Bonus disc is a must-have.

[Eikman]

yes! thread revival!

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

Amen.

Although I can only listen to two or three tracks from the Altogether. And I get different feelings from "Beached" and " 8-Ball", still both brilliant in their own right.

I've always looked at Orbital's art/output as very calculated abstract. Damn, I sound like a hippie.

[crank]

Originally Posted by jOHN rODRIGUEZ

And I get different feelings from "Beached" and " 8-Ball", still both brilliant in their own right.

Wait.
Orbital released a track called 8-Ball too?

[Stephen]

I downloaded the final show today. The John Peel show from Maida Vale, 280704. I'm actually getting quite emotional about the whole thing now. And I feel like a proper twat for not being bothered at all when all this was happening.

There are rumours abound that a live DVD may surface sometime soon.

Anyone reckon they'll ever do another gig? A short comeback tour in a few years perhaps? Feels wrong thinking this recording is the last time Halcyon, Satan and Impact et al will get a live roll-out...