Orbital - Snivilisation

and why would you replace it with a track from in sides

Crash and Carry isn’t even among the lesser tracks on Sniviliasation, but in any event I wouldn’t change any of them, the album is about the shifts between sharply contrasting moods.

agreed

its definitely one of the lesser tracks but it's fairly catchy for what it is

"fairly catchy for what it is" is the best anyone's been able to come up with. zero people voted for it in the poll. it bangs on for 4:43. the main riff is too insistent to ignore, but doesn't have anything to say. some flute-like noises in the background try to create the illusion that something exciting is happening, like people hiding behind papier-mâché masks on sticks. it doesn't groove, it's not repetitive enough to trance out to - it lacks a rationale.

I like Crash and Carry. I had a great time driving too fast to it on a Florida summer night.

and why would you replace it with a track the worst track from in sides

I don't mind Crash And Carry but yes it's the weakest thing on the album (Quality Seconds is more fun and thankfully quite brief)

This has grown on me a lot in the last five years or so and Crash & Carry in particular.

It does feel like a holdover from the Brown Album but they probably surmised they needed at least one banger on there.

"Crash and Carry" isn't my favorite track on the album but it's in my top 3. Getting no votes in a "top choice only" poll doesn't mean no one likes it.

it doesn't groove, it's not repetitive enough to trance out to - it lacks a rationale.

that's kind of the point of it isn't it? every track on the album is weird. this one's a banger but it stutters around and trips up the beat. it's obviously not a key track on the album but without it I feel like it would be missing something.

it's in my top 3

that means you like it more than 3 of the following:

Forever
I Wish I Had Duck Feet
Kein Trink Wasser
Are We Here?
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my post was a little extreme but you've gone round the bend

and why would you replace it with a track the worst track from in sides

that's true but it's essentially the same track as Crash and Carry, but better

the best album ever

as a drummer all the tiny snare rolls in "sad but true" give me a visceral thrill

I'm not a drummer but same

This album provided substantial levity and brightness to my days in high school, when little else did. Even now, it still acts as an emotional salve when I put it on.

really opened the doors for me to realize what electronic music was capable of. I still very vividly remember driving down the highway at the age of 17 and when "I Wish I Had Duck Feet" came on and it just blew my mind. nowadays its all about the last 2 tracks for me but obviously the whole thing is very much classic. crazy they haven't repressed it yet!!

It really is such a good album.

I'm curious as to what (if any) external sources what feels like such a leap forward from the Brown Album in terms of production and sound design. Snivilisation feels like such an archetypally mid-90s electronic album to me (in the sense of Bjork's Post) but it's hard to think of anything that pre-dated it that might have provided the template for it except in fairly loose or sparing senses (A Guy Called Gerald and other early jungle for "Are We Here?" for example). Though I suspect they listened to the first two Black Dog albums a bit.

* sources inspired what feels like...

Rapidly heading towards being 30 years old. Holy shit.

man how did they come up with this stuff. like "Are We Here?" dropping the main hook 10 minutes into the track, completely turning it from this crazy jungle build up to what sounds like an actual pop single, without really losing any of the stuff from the first part. that's such a cool way of thinking of a 15 minute epic.

my favorite song of theirs I think

the first version I ever heard was the "They Did It" remix

just like the original post, i was not ready to hear this album at the time. always thought InSides and the brown album were masterpieces; but this never caught on with me. and it is kinda of like an awkward in between album - but also very good. can't believe i didn't realize it's brilliance until 25 years later.

At least where I grew up, I remember hearing Are We Hear in DJ sets but *just* the early bits. I was extremely confused when I later saw the video for it and it was practically a different song.

I agree with the favorite song of theirs bit tho.

Kein Trink Wasser is my favourite Orbital track

this is the greatest album of all time

I rank In Sides over it but I think it’s their 2nd-best album

yeah I agree with that, here's how I break it down to an extent

In Sides > Snivilisation > Brown > Green > Middle of Nowhere > others