Reviews (page 2 of 8)
buen disco, sabis.
If I was high off Molly, dancing the night away, this would be a 5. But sober me gives this a 4.
I told myself to not read the reviews before I listened to the album. That didn’t happen this time, and as a result I was ready for a disappointment. How wrong I was. The older I get, and the further away from the young indie kid in the ‘90’s that I was, the more I am appreciating dance music (and in this case, techno). I was transported to another realm and loved every minute of it. There were a lot of 1-star reviews for this and it just goes to show why there are so many genres. Something for everyone.
I expected more from this given how much everyone praises Orbital. It was just alright. Far from the worst electronica on the list, but nothing felt life changing. I also hate the first and last track because that repeating words over a beat nonsense is probably my least favorite part of the genre. This is 2.5 stars, but I’m rounding down.
kinda boring
Neither Reich impression is enjoyable, and fifteen minutes of other tracks I didn't enjoy - so rounding down to a three
A classic.
Just one of my all time favourite albums and one I probably listen to once a month anyway. Beautiful
Enjoyed this a lot - feels like good music for a night drive.
Absolutely fantastic. 4 of the brightest stars. ❤️❤️❤️❤️ Tom.
Nice early chill out post club vibes
I will preface, although electronica isn’t my favourite music there are artists that I love, Chemical Brothers, AIR, Burial, Unkle etc. This is just a bit… crap. Over an hour of exactly the same tempo, almost the same fractured drum loop throughout and like the majority of 90’s techno, outstays its welcome on every track. A couple of tracks start out like something interesting could happen (Monday & Halcyon), but after about a minute or two slide back into familiar territory for next 7/8 minutes. I can appreciate that on pills in the 90’s this probably blew some minds, but in 2026 it sounds incredibly dated with just not much going on beyond drum loop, bass loop, piano loop, repeat x infinity.
4/10 - man, early synth electronic wasn't the best was it? Orbital do have good stuff but this isn't it unfortunately
Never heard this one and liked it a lot, I'm a big electronic music fan so this one was perfect for me some really nice beats and a pleasure to listen to if your a electronic music fan I'd recommend trying this one it's good, might have to check more of there stuff out
Bland Brit techno ish something?
Ok, so this album starts out with a clip of Lt. Worf talking about time loops, which is then looped for a couple of minutes like a Steve Reich piece. Strange, but intriguing. Unfortunately the rest of the album is the blandest, least dynamic, most repetitive “techno” background music imaginable.
Going in, was not excited for another EDM record, but this one surprised. Not all of it hit for me, but Lush 3.1, LUSH 3-2, and HALCYON+ON+ON were all great. Honestly, probably gonna give it a 4 purely for surprising me.
I like electronic music. This is mid.
*yawn*
One of my favorite albums of all time for a reason. Astonding.
Beep boop
Thought this was pretty decent. Really infectious, hypnotic beats - though maybe not quite as strong as some of the other dance records I've had through this project. A low 4
Honestly? I’m vibing
this album made balancing my office's budget feel like hacking the main frame
Makes a girl feel like she’s hacking into the mainframe (good)
Electronic garbage
Pretty good early house and trance. An extra star just for Halcyon which is so great and nostalgic although it stands out from the rest
- Enjoyed this more than some other electronic albums I have been exposed to here, but a lot of it still washes over me. Once again, good to have in while getting some stuff done. - Did think Orbital did an impressive job blending the whole album into one cohesive whole. First with the loop themes; the statements in the first and final track that get off-kilter, then overlap and sync up were a cool touch. - HALCYON + ON + ON was more my thing because it felt more atmospheric than rave-centric.
I don't think I've ever listened to Orbital until now. Brothers Phil and Paul Hartnoll have been innovators in electronic music for almost four decades, having cultivated their early popularity during the techno boom of the mid-1990s. In fact, they garnered mass acclaim with their second self-titled album, Orbital 2 aka The Brown Album, and I can see why. The Hartnoll brothers created some truly atmospheric music that can be both enjoyed at a dance rave and on one's own with a pair of headphones. The bouncing synths with the pulsing beat and light sitar influence on "Planet on the Shapes", the glistening electronic stabs with that steady snap in the background on "Lush 3-1" before giving way to the minimal shifting rhythm and soft female vocals of "Lush 3-2", the jungle-esque beat paired with the electronic whistle, horns and squelches on "Impact (The Earth is Burning)", the cascading synthesizers before switching up to an oscillated, menacing four-on-the-floor rhythm on "Remind", that prominent sample of a didgeridoo accentuating the shuffle and bright keyboard motif on "Walk Now...", the buildup of colliding sounds from a simple piano melody on "Monday", and the absolute behemoth of backmasked vocal samples stitched together into this breathtaking soundscape on "Halcyon + On + On" made for the truly remarkable electronic experimentation. The way these songs stretch over minutes and transition mostly seamlessly from one to the next is a spectacle to behold. The only point of contention I have is with the bookended tracks, in which the Hartnoll brothers tinkered with phasing. For those who don't know, phasing in music is when two identical tape loops start playing at the same time and, by altering the speed of the tapes, they gradually separate. It's meant to cause a rhythmic effect in the separation. I remember learning about it in college when I studied Steve Reich for a music course. I respect the technique, but I'm not always into it. In this case, the album opens with "Time Becomes", where the tape loop used is the quote "There is the theory of the Möbius. A twist in the fabric of space where time becomes a loop", quoted from actor Michael Dorn as his character Lt. Worf in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Time Squared", which is admittedly one of the more forgettable episodes of the second season. In fact, this same quote opened Orbital's first album; it was a joke to fool people into thinking they bought the same album again. It's bemusing on first listen, though the novelty does wear after a while. But then there's the album closer, "Input Out", where the sampled quote is "Input translation to an output rotation" from an old instructional video on the linkage mechanism of a slider crank. As a bookend to complement "Time Becomes" as another phasing experiment, it doesn't appeal to me. As the immediate follow-up to "Halcyon + On + On", it kills the vibe that the preceding track meticulously built up. At the very least, "Halcyon + On + On" should have been the album closer. Still, I can recognize the innovative chops that Orbital had on display with their second record. It certainly makes me curious about the other Orbital record in the books.
Weird thing. Not bad, but not my cup of tea.
Way better than I expected. Is anyone else out there listening with headphones? This is one for headphones. The first and last track are silly experiments and can be disregarded - the rest is formative electronic music. Special mention to HALCYON + ON + ON which is absolutely incredible.
Orbital 2 is one of those albums that left me wondering what everyone else was hearing. I went into it expecting something interesting from Orbital, but I found the whole experience painfully dull and, at times, downright irritating. The biggest problem for me is that the tracks feel like they go on forever without actually going anywhere. There are plenty of layers, bleeps, loops, and electronic textures, but instead of building into something compelling, they often feel repetitive and directionless. What might be hypnotic to some listeners came across to me as monotonous. I also found the album strangely lacking in atmosphere. Electronic music can be incredibly immersive when the sounds create a sense of movement or tension, but Orbital 2 rarely pulled me into its world. Too often, I was simply waiting for a track to end. I can appreciate that this album was influential and that Orbital helped shape the development of electronic music, but historical importance doesn't automatically make something enjoyable to listen to. For me, this was a tedious, uninspiring listen from beginning to end. Maybe it's a case of appreciating the significance without appreciating the music, but Orbital 2 just didn't work for me. I found it awful, and I have absolutely no desire to return to it.
Favorite track Halcyon + Mortal Kombat Soundtrack
Not my cup of tea
twas ok
My knowledge about electronic music is about 0 which is admittedly a real gap. So Im not able to really dive deep into this one since I dont understand enough of whats happening and whats great or new about this. What I have to say though is Im positively surprised I cleaned the house to it and it was a great background music without having to concentrate too much on it. I cant ignore how repetitive it is at times but thats kinda the standard in electronic music I think? Looking foward to the next electronic piece. 2,7/5
Very nice with some electronic music in this list. Maybe me want to score this a 4. And because of halcyon.
A pretty darn tasty techno filling sandwiched between two fairly indigestible and incredibly annoying tracks. Yum yum, yes please.
Orbital are EDM pioneers. Apparently. But I’d understand why people might think this to be like electronic prog rock - lots of overly long tracks of semi-improvised ideas tied together over endlessly looping drums. Orbital have produced some bangers - but you have to really hunt them out. And there were none to see here. Bit of an Emperor’s New Clothes album., this. But there are better ones.
Tend to prefer later Orbital but this is still strong and I'll forgive the clever but ultimately silly intro and outro tracks. Never owned and yet I knew so much of it already.
Good, without anything standout to elevate from 3 stars
No doubt would be better if played in a rave.
It was fine, nothing special
4.5
coincidentally, i heard halcyon+on+on for the first time like 2 or 3 days after this album showed up on this list and i hadnt even seen it was on here o: even more of a reason to check out the full album 😎 ive already been on a 90s house/trance/etc kick lately, this shit Hits faves - IMPACT (the earth is burning) and halcyon+on+on
I love that Orbital have made the cut, and was pleasantly surprised to see they've made it twice. I'm even less convinced that this needs to be here than I was about Snivilisation but once again I've found myself listening to it a few times this week and enjoying getting lost in its bassy grooves. Again, it's a bit longer and less sharp/structured than I might prefer from my electronic music but I can quite happily work with this in the background or sit and get lost in it on headphones. Again, it feels like it sits on that 3/4 boundary but again, I'm going high to allow for the harsh global average given by snobs who don't care to give electronic music a proper chance. These same snobs will wax lyrical about jazz musicians mucking about in no particular structure because vibes, so let's give credit to artists who master the synthesiser and create something longform and unstructured because vibes. And probably drugs, to be fair.
VERY cool and could easily grow on me with future listens! it’s one that’s not my absolute favorite on first listen but there’s a lot to grab onto with time
I enjoyed this, but I don't know if it was one of the more interesting electronic albums on the list for me. Orbital has a cool atmosphere here, and a solidly paced dance album, which is half the battle. But the songs themselves, while cool, are lacking in memorabilia to me. They are at least enough to deliver the textures and atmosphere enjoyably though. They just aren't enough to propel this to the top of the field. The other nitpicks I have here are just things about some of the sound choices dating this album a little. But it has *generally* aged well. And, ultimately, I did enjoy it!
I liked some of the tracks... I mean, I really liked some of them—enough to make me want to dance! Overall, like so many other electronic albums, it gets repetitive.
Absolute shite, couldn’t be more bored of this
Not a fan.1.5
Not for me
First I really didn't know what to think about it, somewhere between great and overwhelming... But then it really hit me.
What in the fuck this is insane Halcyon On and On is incredible. The way the vocal samples are layered in is mesmerizing and oh my god the ones that come in at the top of each bar and echo out. Dude. I feel like I'm in Blade Planet of the Shapes is cool, but it isn't as exciting as some of the other stuff. Sounds like Syphon Filter music. I do like the synth sounds that stutter in around the second half a lot. Lush 3-1 was okay! 3-2 was a little cooler. Impact is looong. First 2 min are ok, I like the horn sounds and the weird phasey arp. The keys that come in are sick as fuck with the drums. Overstays it's welcome by a lot I gotta say; last minute is cool. Remind is some Blade shit again. Dope when the drums come in. Really picks up when that ascending sound comes in. Walk Now is a bit much I can't lie. It's cool when the high pitched noise chills out at 5 min Monday is cool but I feel like it could've been cooler. I really shouldn't have started the album with the coolest song. God Halcyon is good. The vocal chops dude, just immaculate. I hate to give it a 3 but I feel like it has to get a 3. Lots of cool ideas and sounds that sometimes mesh together to be amazing, but usually sits better as background music. I was playing Cyberpunk the entire time and I gotta say it fit perfectly for what I was doing. I WILL revisit and see if I'm in a better mood for it. Favorite: HALCYON ON + ON Least: WALK NOW Shoutout: IMPACT, LUSH 3-2, REMIND
My kingdom for this list to put a DECENT electronic album on here. The first two minutes of the album saying "when time becomes a loop" was foreshadowing for the repetitive waste of time bullshit that would ensue here. Absolutely not dude, I don't get why this is on here.
A great cure to insomnia, if you're just listening to it.
i love electronic music, nothing like listening to a half finished soundtrack to some straight to tv spy movie 2/5
DNF. Not high enough for this.
Catchy beats but nothing that really grabbed my attention past that
I tapped out at that song that just repeated itself over and over and over and over
So annoying......ugh!
Mood music for fax machine love making
Meaningless repetitive electronic noise
Orbital 2 Orbital 1993 Genres: Electronica Styles: Breakbeat, Techno, Trance, Acid 1. Time Becomes (★★★☆☆) -Contexto: Introducción ambiental donde voces procesadas y ecos sugieren que el tiempo se estira y pierde forma; funciona como el despegue abstracto del álbum. 2. Planet of the Shapes (★★★★★) -Contexto: Viaje techno de exploración espacial y geométrica, con capas sonoras que se van construyendo lentamente hasta crear sensación de movimiento orbital y descubrimiento. -Fav 3. Lush 3-1 (★★★★★) -Contexto: Euforia luminosa y cálida; melodías flotantes que evocan un amanecer después de una noche rave y un estado de bienestar expansivo. -Fav 4. Lush 3-2 (★★★★☆) -Contexto: Continuación del clima anterior, con más impulso rítmico y brillo melódico; transmite energía positiva y sensación de avance continuo. 5. Impact (The Earth Is Burning) (★★★★★) -Contexto: Núcleo temático del disco; expresa alarma ecológica y tensión creciente mediante ritmos más duros y una atmósfera de crisis ambiental. -Fav -Frisson 6. Remind (★★★★☆) -Contexto: Reflexión posterior a la tensión de "Impact"; las melodías en espiral sugieren memoria, reverberación emocional y recuerdos que vuelven desde la distancia. 7. Walk Now... (★★★⯨☆) -Contexto: Tema orientado al movimiento físico y al trance rítmico; invita a caminar o bailar mediante una energía hipnótica y repetitiva. 8. Monday (★★★★⯨) -Contexto: Melancolía cotidiana tras la euforia rave; representa el regreso a la realidad, el cansancio y la introspección del "día después". -Fav 9. Halcyon + On + On (★★★★☆) -Contexto: Momento más emotivo del álbum; mezcla nostalgia, calma y trascendencia con una voz sampleada y una sensación de suspensión temporal. -Fav 10. Input Out (★★★☆☆) -Contexto: Coda minimalista que suena a desconexión de máquinas y cierre del sistema; termina el viaje iniciado por la introducción. -TOTAL = ★★★★⯨ (4,10) -"Conecté" con el álbum más de lo que creí y la verdad es que fue una experiencia, por lo que se merece mis 5 estrellas más allá de cualquier consideración por la calidad o métodos de producción de sonidos. Ciertamente es una puerta hacia la "disociación", así lo percibí yo, un portal a otra realidad o a percibir el mundo de otra manera de forma temporal.
6/10
It’s ok. Is it must listen? Didn’t we haveone from these guys. And didn’t I hate it?
Am I on some sort of purgatorial loop? Odd.
I am sitting at my desk listening to this at 8.30am. I have never felt more sober in all my life. The opening track just made me ask why Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians (to pick an obvious choice) isn't on this list? I mean, seriously!
This is probably all I ever looked for in Electronic music without knowing that I did. Such a versatile, fun, complex, but not overladen composition.
Musik aber make it ego death
Negative WAR techno. Mildly acceptable as background music.
Yikes! I went straight from EllaFitzgerald sings Gershwin right into this. The contrast was jarring. It felt like I was dropped into an acid-fueled dance club experience. This is the auditory equivalent of stroboscopic lights. It would be kind of fun under the right circumstances, but it is the exact opposite of relaxing. I would either love it or hate, depending on where my mind was at…so I gave it a 3
God it's been so long since I listened to Orbital, I forgot how good they were. I am biased, being from Manchester meant I grew up with stuff like this, thriving in the 90's trance/house Madchester scene. They also feature in in multiple titles of the game franchise Wipeout, which I'm a big fan of. I hadn't listened to most of the songs on this album though and they just form one continuous whole that never stops giving. It's peak I'm afraid. Albums like this feel like a lost art form.
This album feels like a paper straw ...
Eh it’s instrumental electronic music that is a bit too long in my opinion 5/10 it did have some fun sounding parts though…
Not my type of music at all but found myself enjoying the builds.
This is for the freak weirdos that like listening to music that pisses people off. Dancing to squelches and squirts? Sure! A song that consists of the same phrase at slightly different timings for two minutes? Why? Because it's annoying! That's the best part!
I don't really vibe with 90s electronic music and the intro was ROUGH but! I liked this so much better than the other Orbital album. Still too long though! I'm feeling generous so I'll give it a 2.
There’s nothing wrong with this album. It’s just, and I hate to say this, boring. I imagine if you were messed up at a nightclub it might be the perfect hypnotic music for you
I might have made the mistake of listening to this while trying to work. I had a double album of theirs a long time ago and loved it but found this one harder to connect to.
I've been happy to see a smattering of electronica music sprinkled throughout the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die list. It's an important sub-genre and for about 50 years it has provided inspiration for artists working in other areas as well. That said, this strikes me as one of the least interesting selections of this style of music out of the half dozen or more that have shown up so far.
if u dont like this album ur just not gonna make it. sorry i guess
4/10
I do appreciate this more laid back style of electronic. It’s just kind of boring and the songs don’t really go anywhere. But it’s fine listening. 2.5.
I like my techno and industrial noise type music but this fails to move break through from repetitive to transcendent that this type of music requires.
Back around 2009, my friends managed to get a pirated copy of FL Studios, and it was fun to mess around and try to build a song out of a bunch of heavily modded synth loops layered on top of each other. What we made was trash. This is not much better, I guess when you're geeked out on molly at a club in the 90's, this was peak. At least the album art gives a warning of what's to come. (1.5)
Not knowledgeable enough to assess techno properly. I don’t generally enjoy it as a genre and this album just feels like any other techno music. But maybe slightly less grating than others. The first track is kind of cool on a conceptual level.
This was fine. I'm unlikely ever to choose to listen to it, but it didn't annoy me.
Very early synth/electronic, reminiscent of much of the house and drum n bass from this era. Not my cup of tea, but it does generate some nostalgic feelings for me, as I was familiar with this artist during this era. It has its place.
3.2
Such a great album
3/10
Just not my thing
Це якась електроніка, якщо не помиляюсь. Цікаво послухати. Альбом не поганий і загалом мені подобається, але він надто довгий і це втомлює. Walk Now... - супер!
This had a great 90s techno sound with some interesting experimentation and enough surprises to keep me engaged throughout. The opening and closing loops are nice bookends -- I enjoyed how they seemed to create new sounds simply by getting further apart and coming together again. Planet of the Shapes is the one track that gets kinda old before its runtime is over. It sounds like it's repeating the main synth line from "Cars" over and over and doesn't really do enough with it. After that, things get better and I must say I became rather immersed. I feel like the album actually builds momentum with every song... even though the digeridoo sounds made me very aware I was listening to a techno album from the 90s. By the penultimate track, Halcyon + On + On, I was ready to add this one to my "play again" list. I'm not sure if this will have the staying power of some of my favorite techno mixes and electronic ambient records, but I'm glad to have finally heard it.
Really good.
Should I have heard this? Thinking no. I love a good clank as much as the next humanoid, but don't think it vital for everyone else. Yes it really grows on one, but so does your face in a mirror.
While my dislike for this may be irrational, I'm holding on tight.
My indifference is a loop
Hit just right for me
We all know a stopped clock is right twice a day i don't need a million fucking reminders
Could be used for background music
I'M ON IT
This one was hard to get through with some songs needing to be skipped.
Sometimes it's boldly but accessibly experimental. Sometimes it's elevated to the best of ambient practices. And sometimes it's just pleasant. It's not the height of the genre, but it never drops below the water line.
Trippy dance isn’t usually my thing but this was ok. Not going to sit down and listen to it but having it on in background worked
It doesn’t offend me, but it does bore me. Do people really like background music? Yikes
Maybe I'd like this live. At my desk it's just boring.
Mmm herlig 90talls oddzing.
Jeg likte jo den forrige plata, men her følte jeg meg fanget i en PS1-aktig verden.
Gir meg lite, men god musikk å ha på mens man spiller Balatro.
Not my usual listen, but was good for listening to while doing tedious work.
I tried to like them in the 90's, that mission failed miserably. Again, an album no one in the USA has ever sniffed. I read up on them today to reacquaint myself with the band, apparently they are "musical visionaries" but from the first ANNOYING song to the start of the second I was ready to throw in the towel. Who sits around and listens to the repetition they are serving up? Talk about mindless, this is how you torture people in Guantanamo. Over and over with the same thing, mundane breaks, then a drum machine, repeat. All the songs are too long and to repetitive. Had to take the headphones off as I was getting a brutal headache! Soulless. No hits. No audience (snively listener counts, outside of "Halcyon" at 52M). Songs were repetitive, boring & uncreative. Drum machine hell. Dated. I went through this one on Fast Forward. 1 star, it sucks and sounds like so many other boring ass electronic albums. I hope to never hear this one again.
Well produced and sounds great, just electronic music like this is too repetitive / droning for me.
Not bad. A bit repetitive and long, but varied enough that I didn’t hate it.
It's not horrible, it just sounds like one hour long song. Not a lot of changes, not a lot of experimentation, some decent samples scattered throughout ... but all in all makes me sleepy.
Once you get past the travesty that is the opening track, this album starts to improve. It doesn't really find its groove until "Monday" and especially "Halcyon + On + On," which are easily the highlights of the record. The problem is that by the time it finally hits its stride, it's too late. The album spends too much time meandering before getting to its best material, and then follows it up with a surprisingly lazy outro that lets all that momentum slip away.
electronic music for people who dont listen to electronic music
This is just noise, and not even good noise. It is not at all for me, and I struggled to get through it.
Quite interesting and varied for an EDM album but probably works better in a nightclub than on the hi-fi. 3
Primero de electrónica que me toca? Muy bueno eh. Interesante. En el 93 me gustaría saber cómo hicieron tantas capas de sonidos, debe haber sido un trabajo zarpado. 7/10
Actually pretty great textures for the era and some good beats. I liked it
time becomes a loop
An hour of electronic music that goes no where...blech! This sounds like a water down soundtrack for Gone in 60 Seconds or Go.
This was a perfect Monday album to shake off the morning cobwebs, with the bonus reminder of the meaninglessness of time. I dug the spacey electro beats.
Pretentious bullshit with no payoff
It's OK
Not a fan of early electronic, personally. Uncomfortable to listen to. "Halcyon + On + On" is genuinely beautiful. Only track I knew before this and I still love it. While I appreciate Orbital for their influence on the genre, I don't personally love their stuff.
ruidito malo, no hay bajo
Fantastic electronic music from a good era for it, a contemporary of some of my favorite artists that I never got exposure to
Enjoyable, but background music.
But why?
The Mortal Kombat guys! This was a pretty decent listen, solid "while you work" techno music, and the song from the MK soundtrack took me back.
Just kinda went by, then the last song was annoying so take a 1 Will I listen to again: 0%
Nope. Nothing about this appeals to me. None of it. Listening to this was damn near painful. Shouldn't be on the list.
Boring.
Not terrible, but not my thing either....
Generic 90's action movie score Best Song: Halycon + on + on Rating: 3/10 Stars: 2
“Hey, Rocky, watch Dimery select another goddamned British electronic record” “Again?”
Random bullshit Fave track: HALCYON+ON+ON
It’s ok. Gee there better be at least two Aphex Twin albums on this list but now I’m getting worried. 2.5/5
perfect 90s electronic
There are a couple of tragedies that come with this album. First, is that most electronic music should really be listened to live w a bunch of other people for it to fully click. The next, electronic music has become pervasive in every genre of modern music, and thus, there is some really fucking good modern electronic music that this has to match up to. That being said, this album is fire. It climaxes at a different pace than a lot of other albums, building it's energy across tracks rather than trying to resolve it in singular songs. The sound fonts it chooses are really fun too. I love that PLANET OF THE SHAPES starts sounding like some kid's remix of sm64's shifting sandlands. IMPACT has the really fun car horns, that flow surprisingly well into the spacey track that follows. Granted, I dont know too much about the history of electronic music, but I would not be surprised to find out that this influenced a lot of dance music to follow. 3.5/5
Loungy and boring. I guess there is a time and place for this stuff but I’m never at that place ———- Actually I was at work and that was definitely a place where it kinda worked. Its entrancing and droning which is then quite appropriate.
Exercising my right to use a one star rating on this album. Not because it's inherently horrible, but because I genuinely feel like it lacks bringing anything meaningful to the list of greatest albums of all time. The first time I heard an album on here described as being pivotal to the London underground rave scene of the 90's I thought, ok cool, let's have a good listen, I know I'm not going to love this but it's kind of neat to tuck into something different and hear how it adds to the conversation on what makes music interesting and unique. Now that I have received several albums described as being pivotal to the underground London rave scene of the 90's I'm at my limit of what feels genuinely worthwhile to listen too in this ultra specific category. Im sure these underground London raves in the 90's were a pretty wild time, but perhaps it's time we move on and give room to some of the thousands of other deserving musical micro-cultures that existed in the last 50 years.
If this project has taught me anything, it’s that I can’t stand electronic dance music. Especially when it’s from the 90s. While this one starts off with some interesting use of samples, it quickly devolves into the same tedious dance beats that I just don’t care for unless I am in a club and have consumed copious amounts of drugs. To top it all off, by pairing tedious, repetitive beats with long songs and a long album it makes this feel like it goes on for an eternity. The sequencing on Lush 3-1 into Lush 3-2 is just plain bad; the former ends with an awkward fade out only for the exact same beat to suddenly start again in the latter. And apparently they do know how to sequence tracks well as I didn’t realize when Lush 3-2 transitioned into Impact. There’s a 5-star review that admits Walk On is annoying, which I find baffling because Walk On sounds identical to the rest of the tracks on here with the exception of the deep, didgeridoo-esque drone (that I did like) and a metronome-esque ticking in the background (that was mixed well enough to not be annoying to me). Well I made it to the end. Fuck that was tedious.
5/10 Best songs: Halcyon+On+On An ambient trance/electronica album from the early 90s. It definitely works best as background music than something you're focusing all your attention on (because there just isn't much of interest here). I do like the album in general, but I doubt I'll actively listen to it again.
Like most of the albums from this list, this feels like "generic <DECADE> music". I don't hate it, I don't love it, I feel nothing. I don't even feel particular appreciation towards any innovation in the electronic music genre, if there's any. Because I don't give a shit about the electronic music genre. Deeply, deeply indifferent.
Couldn’t get through it. Yeesh
Bangers. Halcyon + On + On will always have a soft spot in my heart. Perfection.
Propulsive beats and dissociative repetitions - it's all about ambience but is more energetic than ambient. Dense textures, shifting rhythms, alternatingly spacey and then overwhelmingly tight.
Solid techno album! Bouncy, steady, no let down on the vibe. Dance or vibe in for some deep technical work.
I’m exactly the right age for this, but the wrong tribe. I never embraced dance music and clubs instead preferring sweaty clubs and indie discos. Listening to this on headphones, instead of in a club diminishes the power but that power is tangible. You do get lost in the groove and the repetition grabs you and takes you with it
STOP! SERIOUSLY JUST STOP IT! All this electronic shit sounded dated in the 90s. Its even worse now 30 years later! Fucking ZERO STARS
Must have been rad at the time but not anymore.
sounds like early trance. 90s disco/edm music. HALCYON+ON+ON is nice and probably most listened to in this album.
Ok
Input out and time becomes were awful to listen to Walk now and Monday felt like a fever dream Halcyon + on + on was prob the best on the album
Space rave baby
I couldn’t handle the first and last tracks. The rest were ok.
I like this a lot more than the other Orbital album we had. A few so-so tracks make this a round down from 3.5. Played a couple of extra tracks from the 35 track, 4 hour bonus edition and enjoyed them as well.
It was fine but very not for me. However, should I ever find myself hacking in 1990s London, I’ll know what to put on.
Orbital 2 takes a little while to get warmed up. Everything from the beginning until "Impact (The Earth is Burning)" was a blur. Couldn't tell you a thing about it; but "Impact" is such a fun and lively track. Orbital 2 seems like a step down from Snivelization. Watered down to some degree, but there are still good tracks to enjoy.
Low energy electronic background instrumental music. Blah blah blah.
Ikke mere af det til mig. Det var en kedelig omgang.
Fuck hvor er det ligegyldigt blip båt musik
The album started out weird for a few songs. Then it turned okay songs but a bit repetitive. After that back to weird and then it was over. I kind of ge what the artist was going for I think but it didn't work for me at all.
Overall: 3/10 At this point in my journey, I think I've had enough of these types of repetitive albums. I just don't want to hear the same thing on a loop for 10 minute tracks, I want variety and spontaneity. This was boring. Fav Song: Remind
Crap
Rhythmic repetition is comforting, hypnotic, but it gets boring after too long. I wouldn’t seek this out for the music’s sake - it is background.
“Halcyon and On and On” is one of my all-time favorite songs. Such an intricately-composed, gorgeous pool of sound- transcendent stuff. The rest of the album, while ahead of its time, tends to run a bit tedious. The two “Lush” tracks and “Impact” are both good, but the whole album probably could have been an EP.
OMG de la house ça me change de la funk-soul-rock des années 80 sympathique, probablement novateur, mais un album entier à la suite c'est long
Not really in the mood for an electronic album when this came up. Got bored with it early on but enjoyed the second half of the album.
Annoying as fuck right out the gate. 'Time becomes a loop' on a loop. How clever. Y'all come up with that at recess? Oh now track two starts with a voice over loop. This is going to be a long hours and five minutes. Ugh. Yeah if you use the same BPM on every track it makes it easier for DJs to mix and sample in da club. I am sure if I was on the right drugs this would be enthralling, but then so is is the back of your hand in that state. Otherwise it's insipid and pedestrian. But yeah put it on the list, representation and ribbons for all I guess.
Vibey, nice for that type of mood.
I'm sure there is something in this music for me, if I had the patience for it. It rolls out like a lot of the ambient stuff that I actually like, but there's just something lacking.
Mortal Kombat fans unite!
Good vibes, nicely cohesive and flows together well Fav tracks: Halcyon + On + On, Impact (The Earth Is Burning), Remind, Walk Now...
Not my thang
In terms of background-music quite o.k. but really not my preferred style of music.
Wowow
Opened and closed with two of the most annoying tracks I have ever heard. The middle? Pretty wonderful early 90's mid-tempo trance music. This was my jam back then. Songs just flowed into each other naturally, 30 minute long suites seemed to fly by. If there are any negatives, the tempo felt like it never really varied all that much. Skip the opening and the closing, and you've got a great, great album.
super cool. at times, experimental and weird but also sometimes very genuinely fun and like cool. like clubby. this is not meant to degrade the probably super deep meaning in the music. it’s just nice and beatsy.
An enjoyable record but nothing groundbreaking, not even within its own genre. This list has a huge issue of choosing random British top of the pop chart albums that really aren’t that good.
Solid album. I could easily see this becoming part of the rotation. Sonically interesting without being just noise, which a lot of electronic music can easily drift into for me. Really got into these grooves. 4.5⭐️
Funky fresh in the way that it must feel for a goose to flap down to a warm ski lodge in a snowy town with gourmet s'mores, all chocolatey brown.
Great vibes. I had no idea what I was getting into with the opening track. This is a very atmospheric record. I feel like I could easily zone out listening to it or dig deep and listen to the layered sounds more intently.
Ehh, background dance music that is mostly fine and occasionally annoying.
Makes me wish I was around during the nineties/noughties for some raving
Great album - felt like I was in a distopian sci-fi listening on the tube when a preacher got on whilst this was playing!
havent listened to orbital in a while but i enjoyed this a lot and made me 10x more productive at work
Просто нудне техно. Не можу сказати, що це було прям погано, але зацікавити мене альбом не зміг. Оцінка: висока 4/низька 5
i like it
Good for what this is
This made me really want to find a roller disco.
This would be a five if I could hear the Sega Genesis sound chip version. I’m tempted to bump it to a five because for how this SHOULD have hit me, long/repetitive tracks…idk, I was on board for nearly all of it.
Would’ve been a four if not for the first and last tracks. I almost gave up before it started.
This was fine to get some work done to but I can't say any of it actually grabbed me. Very much bleeps and bloops in the background
Not my thing at all. Sorry.
Not my usual listening but awesome energy and creativity
That is definitely an assortment of sounds.
2.5
Exhausting to say the least. I knew I was in a little bit of trouble when I saw it's regularly referred to as "the brown album." Maybe it's the mood I'm in or maybe this just isn't for me, but all I can't help but feel that this is the soundtrack to various black sites and torture chambers across the world.
not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue
This is colloquially called "The Brown Album"?? Jesus Christ I almost laughed out loud when I read that. What an absolute legendary choice for a nickname. The music is pretty cool, though. "Planet of the Shapes" has some really good beats that hold your attention. "Lush 3-1" instantly reminded me of the Mortal Kombat soundtrack with that hyper-energetic, driving electronic rhythm. "Remind" sounds exactly like 00s trance music, which makes it feel kind of ahead of its time considering this record actually dropped all the way back in 1993. The whole album is a massive wall-to-wall electronic trip. I can totally respect how groundbreaking this ambient techno style was for the early 90s club scene. My delineation between a 3 and a 4 is...would I go back and listen to this again multiple times voluntarily? I'm on the fence with this one so I gave it a 3 but it's a strong 3/borderline 4.
One hour of this is a bit much. Halcyon+On+On is quite enough. Time Becomes is a really bad way to open your album.
Good but not my thjng
it was fine. Nothing noteworthy that piqued my curiosity. Seemed like early house music.
Orbital have had some absolutely monster tracks haven't they. Reminds me of a time when the UK (OK, the world) wasn't a fucking disaster zone and everything we touched was brilliant.
I can appreciate the way that songs build, layer upon layer, like a drug-infused onion. It’s the kind of thing that any teenager with the wherewithal and appropriate app could have a go at making. But I’m not in a 90s club, nor am I high, nor am I inclined towards this kind of music without very specific circumstances. In essence, I am a bore and I am not entertained. Also the album being bookended by some banal attempt at pointing out you can make music out of looped phrases is unnecessary. Is the idea to make the rest of the album look better? Don’t know, but I didn’t like it.
Unless your deficient in the head or a goldfish how can you enjoy this repetitive dross. No lucid creature should want to wallow in this excrement. "IMPACT" - Was moderately provocative as was extremely orgasmic followed by some gibberish and then back to spanking me with some long-winded sampling. In conclusion, if I wanted a concept of a lovely dream being ruined by naked pictures of my Grandma then this is just the thing.
I quite enjoyed this album but, overall, I didn't feel hooked or blown away by it. Maybe there was a little bit too much time spent circling round sound effects and holding you in suspense for some music to start. Also, the ryrhmic sections are a little too techno/EDM for my tastes, the beat often quite simple and repetitive which gives it a plodding feeling, although in a nightclub this might land differently. Pretty good but I was left feeling like it's probably not as good as some people think it is. Just too much repetition of simple beats to score top marks.
Some of this intrigued me but much of it just started to grate on me.
Some absolute quality on here. I was a little worried it would sound its age, but in the main, it still stands up. Loved the listen.
This is not my thing, I appreciate it's cultural and historical significance within electronic music and the dance/ trance genre. I certainly wouldn't choose to listen to this again.
I'm not angry, just bored.
absolutely sick electronic, can't believe id never heard of this!
IM IN N FUCKING DEEP SPACE
I skipped the first track halfway through, the rest of the album wasn’t the worst electronic music I’ve heard but also not the best
Ohh ahhmm... actually, I quite liked this. Great rhythms. Interesting loops. I can see why it would have been a hit with the rave fans. However, 20 to 30m listening is more than enough (when not dancing).
Another one where it’s taken me a few days to find the right context for it, but once there the melodies and rhythms make it very worthwhile.
Another wasted hour. 1 star or F-.
90's electronica garbo
Idk. I think EDM is good, and sure this is a pioneering album...but "must listen to?" Maybe I missed something. It's not Orbitals best work. It's not the best EDM for the time. It's not the first EDM record ever. It's simply not something I can figure out why it was invited.
amazing amazing amazing
Nothing on here was bad per se, it’s just the length that holds this back for me. I don’t see myself returning to this album as a whole, but I might put on a song or two in the right setting (“Lush 3-1” and “Lush 3-2” were probably my favourites)
It’s been a long, long time. There’s some good stuff here. This was pretty widely influential. Techno music was designed to be layered and mixed into other songs. This was done live on turntables by brilliant DJs. As compelling as this can be at times, it is, by its very nature, missing something. There’s supposed to be another song woven around and through each track. This is mostly a set of building blocks for creative college kids to dick around with in their basements. Complete the scene with glow sticks and X-tasty. This inspired enough artists to merit 4/5.
Solid EDM/techno music. Made fine background music in the work commute.
21/05/2026 This was a very close call between 1 or 2 stars for me. This was a bad album but I do understand the influence it may have had on other music at the time. Spotify listeners: 911.8k
Decent. 3/5
Uninteresting noise.
The same beat for an hour.
I know this list randomly picks the records for you, but this makes 2 pretty mid (albeit different) early 90s electronica albums in a row for me. I really couldn't tell you a damn thing about this album that qualifies it as required listening. Atmospheric, sure, but this thing goes on for way too long...
Nice enough in places, but many tracks are too long and some of the sounds they've used clearly come from a crap early 90s keyboard, and are really jarring to the ear. Also starts and finishes with two completely pointless and annoying sound experiments (if that's a thing), and loses a mark for that. One of many on this list that was probably pushing the boundaries when it came out, but these days doesn't stand out at all.
It had a fun beat, and I could definitely see myself dancing at a club to it. Is it something I'd listen to at home though? I don't really think it is.
Where time becomes a loop. Where time becomes a loop. Where where time time becomes becomes a a loop loop. This is a victim of literally every single electronic album that’s been featured on here so far. Repetitiveness. It’s almost like they make a 4 bar beat, repeat it for 5-10 minutes and throw in some subtle new sound every once in a while.
Absolutely brutal. 1/5
Perfectly fine electronic music. Nothing that stood out and nothing that made me wish it was over.
3/5
It's an early 90's techno album that is also moonlighting as a more atmospheric electronic beast. I was only 12 when this came out so it passed me by. Probably sounded great in a field off your tits, and it sounds pretty good today at work, not off my tits. Fair play. Best Tracks: PLANET OF THE SHAPES; Lush 3.1; HALCYON + ON + ON;
What was that saying about clocks? It's on the tip of my tongue :/
I quite liked track 3 “Lush 3-1”, other than that I wasn’t really feeling it. Maybe this was innovative at the time it was released, but in 2026 most tracks just sounded like they were trying to annoy the listener.
The first and last tracks are just obnoxious
I don't know why I was expecting something higher energy, but I loved the really ambient feel of this album. It feels like good music to take a really long drive while listening to it. The intro and outro were pretty interesting as well, I liked how the two samples getting further away from each other interacted. Anyways, it's just really good EDM. It reminded me a lot of Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works in some parts, and that's one of my favorite electronic albums out there.
Very 90s era electronic sound. I bet if you're at a club and/or on drugs, this is great. Otherwise, not something I'd ever sit down and listen to.
Was good when there weren't overlaying, repeating lyrics. Good background music
This album can be summed up as "I'm going to just loop the same phrase over and over again in an obnoxious manner, but it's fine because I'm saying it's about being stuck in time. It's art!" Ugh.
I’m vaguely aware of this album! Also I’m learning about orbitals right now in chemistry. Which are pretty cool! This album is pretty cool too. "Planet of the Shapes" is good, though slightly disappointing, but is thankfully followed up by the very pleasant "Lush 3-1," which I initially wasn't incredibly impressed by, but the persistent melody it employs is really pretty and nice. "Lush 3-2" is also really nice, with some great drums, and an awesome building melody. Though "Impact (The Earth is Burning)" does NOT sound like the Earth burning, it does sound very pleasant. So does "Remind," which adds a nice bit of dissonance and texture, which I like a lot. "Walk Now..." and "Monday" kinda blend into each other, but "Monday" is definitely the superior, and one of this album's standouts. Finally we get to "Halcyon + On + On," which is handily the best song on this album, a progressive, polyphonic techno masterpiece. Though I prefer house music over techno music (their similarities beg the comparison; I much prefer house because it's often more political, as well as originating from Black queer Chicagoans, who I am frequently aligned with), I still enjoy this greatly, appreciate its challenging moments, and I think it's pretty cool overall. 8.4/10
Sigh. Another mediocre British band. Exceptionally annoying, repetitive music. That first track was painful, the rest of the songs were maybe a little better but all started to sound the same after a while. I genuinely don’t understand how this album made the list. (1)
Album algab ja lõppeb ikka väga tüütult. Vahepeal on täitsa kuulatavaid lugusid ja ma näen, kuidas see inspireeris paljusid elektroonilise muusika tegijaid, aga siinne kraam on ikka täitsa toores vahepeal. Nagu lihtsalt loopiks mõnda suvalist lauset ja närvisöövat meloodiat mitu minutit järjest. Ma usun, et isegi tolleaegse tehnoloogia ja võimalustega oleks mingi vähem tüütu plaat võimalik olnud. 2.4/5
Unglaublich tolles Album.
I eventually had to give up. 10 songs and over an hour run time… I knew I was going to be in for a bad time, but I didn’t think some of the repetition choice would be so rage inducing. Fuck this album
Nothing was cooler to 13 year old me than the Hackers soundtrack which had Halcyon + On + On but this album is so repetitive...
mt bom. mais um gênero diferente. vizinho de geração e de mundo com aphex twin. mt bom. mt bom. mt bom. mt bom. mt bom. mt bom. mt bom. mt bom. mt bom. mt bom. mt bom. mt bom. mt bom. viva o idm
Nothing offensive, but nothing I'm coming back to, either. I should probably give it a 3, but I think I'm going to give it a 2 because I never even thought, "oh, okay"
primeiro q n gostei
I don’t think I can be an effective judge of electronica. No idea if this is supposed to be good. At no point did I have the urge to dance. Head bop, sure. But not dance.
I’m actually a fan of electronic music, but for some reason the progressive electro and techno of the 1990s never really grabbed me. For one thing, I prefer the warm analogue synth sounds of the 1970s and early 1980s; for another, I generally find techno too rhythm-driven and, at the same time, too monotonous. I feel much the same about this album: it’s all very artfully crafted, visionary and certainly groundbreaking for the genre, but the music just doesn’t do it for me. It doesn’t stick. It doesn’t trigger anything. Not my cup of tea.
I really enjoyed it, even the really long songs had a variety of sounds.
Okay, so...obviously a lot of people older than me have super pleasant memories with this album. That's awesome. And I do love lots of techno, for example I'm very happy to see a Floating Points album on the user albums list. I enjoy his entire discography. But this is something I just can't get into. It came out in 1993, and it sounds like it. I love techno that's really aggressive, trunk-knocking, heavy. Unless it's something I'm actively trying to fall asleep to, like anything Gas puts out. I don't think this fits in either category, so I find myself just bored by it. Of course, if you love early 90s techno, you're gonna love this, because it captures that era perfectly. A bit of ambience, tons of repetition across very long tracks, a suite-like presentation...that's all fine. But it is so far removed from the kind of techno that I really enjoy.
me cague encima
Maybe if I’m at the after after afters at noon the next day and want to have a chill comedown..
Keiharde vibe
Vind dit best cool, maar uiteindelijk gebeurt er net te weinig interessants voor 4 sterren. Kan me voorstellen dat dit waanzinnig is als je into techno bent.
It boggles the mind how such high-energy music can be so utterly boring.
Nah man
Intro infernale C’est bon la musique commence dans planet of the shapes, et ça a l’air bien en plus ! Musique électronique du coup C’est bien ! Lush 3.1 par exemple et lush 3-2 C’était vraiment super bien, très prenant Juste l’outro aussi est infecte
I thought this album was the worst I’ve encountered in this project. “Halcyon” (the only track I had heard before, courtesy of the 1995 film Mortal Kombat) saved it from that distinction. That track is excellent. Otherwise, I’d only listen to this album again while under the influence. 2/10.
Decades ago, I initially disliked this whole style of music - found it repetative - then, well, let's say I saw it from a different perspective and overnight understood what Orbital were doing and loved it. For that, I find the album expertly engineered. Thought it'd be a low ranking after 10 mins, but after 30 it had drawn me back in. Part of me still thinks my initial judgement of repetitive nonsense was correct; but a different part of me thinks I had my horizons expanded all those years back. Either way, I apparently still enjoy this kind of thing.
Uhhhhh sure? I’m just not moved by this kind of music at all.
Basic techno for the most part. Michael Dorn on the first track was pretty fun.
Known this album for a long time due to HALCYON + ON + ON, never listened to it in full before. I was missing out to be honest, absolutely sweet acid sounds and good breakbeat. Solid 4/5.
eu quando o acorde muda depois de 10min ouvindon esse album: OKAAYYY
muito bom mas preciso escutar mais eletrônica techno e afins
Meh……………
Not my kind of thing. Didn't enjoy it
An energetic electronic album that keeps a great atmosphere. At times it feels like it's flossing the mind and then sends you into a grooving night club. Walk Now... is an easy favorite from this record, easing in and out of chaos retaining a steady driving beat and bass line. 1hr + but felt like it just flew by, great listen!
Look, this is my 100th album and so far the only thing I'm realising is that maybe I don't like music... Well, at least not the albums I've been offered so far. There have been no Beatles albums, no Beach Boys, no Tom Waits, no Zeppelin, but two Orbital albums?!?!? that being said, I have this album on as I work and I'm like way more focused than when I have Law & Order: SVU episodes in the background. the didgeridoo solo to start WALK NOW... slaps! it's such a menacing sound... As I meander my way back into art I feel as though this, or albums like this, may serve more of a purpose, but I don't "like" it, I've just found a space for this music in my life, I guess.
Really cool electronic music! I see the idea and development from track to track. Considered as piece of ART
Okayy. But its background music
3 - atmospheric 90’s electronica.
Two men discovering random electro tracks for the first time and wanting to cause pain. Help.
Esta bueno, muy cool y eso q no soy de escuchar mucho este estilo
what is the significance of this album?
Techno
When I heard the first track I thought… yes, I’m gonna LOVE this. In the middle of the album, I began to slowly get bored of the repetitive tracks. However, when Halcyon started playing I instantly recognised the melody and my love for it. This was electronic at its peak and it got me thinking how albums like this would have sounded much better while being drunk in an underground rave during the 90s. This album has been the best album I’ve listened to on this website so far and it’s reminded me of the diversity of electronic music, which I love so deeply. Also, I especially love how the album gives a futuristic, galaxy-like aesthetic, (although it is in the band’s name)
One song wasn’t too bad, but this album falls into the same routine as a lot of edm which is very repetitive with not very interesting music so it’s very hard for me to get into. I like edm that is smart with samples and/or interpolations that create a new piece of art and for me this is not it
I don’t know if intentional but feels like one big run on song
Another one of those boring electronic albums that were made for mainstream listeners, safe and basic. So many classics from that era, and here we are with Orbital and Sabres of Paradise
Este disco de “ The Orbital” ? Tienen de mejores….
Good enough electronic. Didn't mind it. The intro and outro were dumb, but the actual tracks were inoffensive and tight.
I love weird albums like this
Orbital, otro duo, toda un celebridad. Marcaron el paso de Madchester (808 State) al Techno y lo que vino después (The Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim...) El nombre viene de una autopista de Londres, que era la ruta de la escena rave y del acid house. Tienen más cosas que sólo la musical. Conciencia de clase, ser pionero en grabar solo con energía solar... Segundo disco, sin título, pero de enorme repercusión. El inicio con Time becomes no aporta gran cosa, más allá del phasing Lush tampoco. Es Techno-Trance, no me va. Impact se me hace demasiado larga y pesada Remind sí es un gran tema. Es un regrabación instrumental del remix de "Mind the Bend the Mind" de Orbital de "Mindstream" de Meat Beat Manifesto Walk now, no me gusta. Monday, sí. Halcy+on+on sigue la buena racha. Con la voz de voz de Kirsty Hawkshaw, es otra remezcla l de su canción de 1992, Halcyon. Tienen otros dos álbumes en el listado, con uno, cualquiera de ellos, bastaría.
I can see this entire album being played in the background while experience a laser/planetarium experience where you just sit back and enjoy the ride. Also, be at a rave and dance. I like it. HALCYON + ON + ON is so nostalgic. Heard it from the movie Mortal Kombat.
Simplemente no. Me gusto lush 3.1
Ambient. Background. Ok.
It was fine. Very experimental and cool 😎 and it was very nice to chill and vibe to, but it’s just not my thing. Overall, I’d give it a 3/5
Ok, so The Orb and Orbital are two different bands?!? I liked the first couple of tracks that were goofing on loops. Most everything after that felt like a super long ad for a car I would never want to own. I think I like The Orb more, but in any case, this is music for raving not for sitting down and listening to.
It's (mildly) interesting that the project editors decided to have two Orbital albums in the collection, especially since they didn't include Orbital's debut, and also because Orbital's musical range isn't really wide enough to differentiate their albums all that much (at least these two). Just as I wrote with "Snivilisation", I enjoy their music overall, but more as background music than an active listening experience. It's hard to pick out any highlights on the album--especially since the tracks largely blend into each other, and are effectively all instrumentals--but somewhat counter-intuitively it feels like their longer (9+ minute) tracks have the best balance and progression, despite that this album is too long by half. I also enjoyed the amusing and *very* British flea-market video to accompany "Lush 3-1".
Went into this knowing nothing and found it to be great music to listen to while playing Slay the Spire 2