yay!
there is the theory of the moebius...
― Cosmic Dentistry (Masonic Boom), Friday, 20 November 2009 10:10 (fourteen years ago) link
IT'S A CRY FOR SURVIVAL.A CRY. FOR. SURVIVAL.SURVIVAL FOR THEM AND FOR US.
― Space Battle Rothko (Matt DC), Friday, 20 November 2009 10:35 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah. And then the lead into Remind. Can't stand that strange wimpy whiny vocal in the middle of Impact tho.
― George Mucus (ledge), Friday, 20 November 2009 10:37 (fourteen years ago) link
Monday is pretty rubbish too.
― George Mucus (ledge), Friday, 20 November 2009 10:55 (fourteen years ago) link
God that crappy sax sample and pre-Robert Miles piano. It sounds so cheesily 90s.
― George Mucus (ledge), Friday, 20 November 2009 10:59 (fourteen years ago) link
I have very fond memories of Monday. It used to send my friend's dog mental, it would just start jumping around the room whenever we played it.
― Space Battle Rothko (Matt DC), Friday, 20 November 2009 11:07 (fourteen years ago) link
What are you guys talking about, Remind has like the best Wub in techno.
― Cosmic Dentistry (Masonic Boom), Friday, 20 November 2009 11:13 (fourteen years ago) link
It's the right winner. When I first bought Brown (on casette!) I only played side (Lush to Remind as continous mix on the tape) for a whole week, refusing to accept that side 2 could be any better.
Largely true bar Halcyon.
― Tannenbaum Schmidt, Friday, 20 November 2009 11:38 (fourteen years ago) link
Surprised!
I don't actually know Brown very well. A friend did me a tape of Green (which I already had) + Brown, and I got excited about one of the tracks and thought it must be on Brown which must therefore be the best thing ever, and then realised that it was actually on Green but not on my CD because I'd somehow got the US version. So I went into a bit of a sulk and haven't listened to Brown much.
This poll says I was wrong.
― subtyll cauillacyons (a passing spacecadet), Friday, 20 November 2009 11:57 (fourteen years ago) link
In Sides would've won this a couple of years ago
― mdskltr (blueski), Friday, 20 November 2009 12:31 (fourteen years ago) link
Maybe, but brown rules. I saw them on the insides tour, and as good as that material was despite the album only being out about 4 days, the brown album tracks were amazing.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 20 November 2009 13:17 (fourteen years ago) link
problys the second best album with that Withnail sample on it ;-)
― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Friday, 20 November 2009 14:10 (fourteen years ago) link
no love for the green album? kind of understandable but i still love it - probably because it was the first one i heard and it has that brilliant four track medley at the end: High Rise / Chime (Live) / Midnight / Belfast.
― sam500, Saturday, 21 November 2009 09:35 (fourteen years ago) link
Whoa! Interesting. Really thought it would be in the bag for In Sides. Might listen to Out There Somewhere Pt 1 now and totally freak myself out again.
― Wax Cat, Saturday, 21 November 2009 11:15 (fourteen years ago) link
what would be the best album for someone who's only heard (and loved) Orbital 2 to get next?
― Ballistic, Saturday, 6 March 2010 20:19 (fourteen years ago) link
any of them except for The Altogether
― Bunsen burner, bubbles, IT'S ALIVE! whaaaaa-? (HI DERE), Saturday, 6 March 2010 20:33 (fourteen years ago) link
oh cool. everytime i went to get another i was too afraid it'd suck...didn't reailze they had that much good material
― Ballistic, Saturday, 6 March 2010 20:41 (fourteen years ago) link
HI DERE otm but I can't let an Orbital thread go by without mentioning that "In Sides" is super awesome A++++ so that seems a good pick for next
― falling while carrying an owl (a passing spacecadet), Saturday, 6 March 2010 22:57 (fourteen years ago) link
The Middle of Nowhere is closest in sound and spirit to that album but basically any of the three albums following Orbital 2 are equally great.
― Tim F, Sunday, 7 March 2010 00:23 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah if Brown is really your thing go straight to Middle of Nowhere.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 7 March 2010 00:41 (fourteen years ago) link
wth Snivilisation wuz robbed - The Saint OST, seriously?
― cee-oh-tee-tee, Tuesday, 14 September 2010 13:50 (thirteen years ago) link
I think Snivilisation is a lot of people's second or third favourite album but rarely their favourite?
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 14 September 2010 16:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah I mean it's 2/Brown by a landslide, I'm just saying Sniv is as-landslide the runner-up imobro.
― cee-oh-tee-tee, Tuesday, 14 September 2010 18:11 (thirteen years ago) link
The Saint OST, seriously?
Is that a ref to In Sides later releases having The Saint single tracks tacked on the end? Cause they shouldn't be there.
― ledge, Tuesday, 14 September 2010 20:05 (thirteen years ago) link
AFAIC that version of In Sides never existed
― and by "Heavens!" i mean WATERFALLS OF BIDDY (HI DERE), Tuesday, 14 September 2010 20:06 (thirteen years ago) link
What genre is Lush 3-1 if you were being really strict about it?
― piscesx, Tuesday, 14 September 2010 20:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Most people would characterize it as Progressive House. It's just easier to call it techno though.
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 14 September 2010 20:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Mm okay yeah.
― piscesx, Tuesday, 14 September 2010 20:47 (thirteen years ago) link
bought "green" / "brown" / "in sides"
still making up my mind about them but having trouble seeing what made them so special in so many people's minds
― the late great, Tuesday, 6 October 2015 03:17 (eight years ago) link
is it that you think they're not better than stuff they're actually comparable to (e.g. for Brown Album i guess that would be... Spooky's Gargantuan?) or that that style generally is nothing special?
― Tim F, Tuesday, 6 October 2015 04:55 (eight years ago) link
Not sure where In Sides really fits into the context of history - 1996 was maybe the last year in which anyone could have made a symphonic home listening techno album with a straight face. It sort of triangulates Spanners, 76:14 and Spring Heel Jack.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 6 October 2015 04:59 (eight years ago) link