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Average, a tough listen in places
Yo this could be sum super monkey ball music! Pretty solid tho, could see it more of an influential album than a real BOP, no fat of the land that’s forsure. Soft 3
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• Blissed out and hypnotic. Like I’m in a UK warehouse on acid • Lush 3-1 gets played at a rave happening inside Donkey Kong Country 2 • This album is what old excision is gonna sound like in 30 years • The la la la vocal from Halcyon And On And On is a famous sample. Most recently used in a Skrillex & Boys Noize BANGER called “Fine Day Anthem” • There’s some more important/better electronic albums I’d rather see on this list • If Parker blind-rates this above a 2 then I will give myself $20
This album makes me feel like I am in a grimey night club. I can see how this was innovative for the time and changed the game for trance music. It still mostly holds up. I loved the seamless transitions between songs, and it made it feel like a DJ's set. The intro and outro, however were the definite low points. Best Songs: Impact (The Earth Is Burning, Halcyon and On and On Worst Songs: Time Becomes, Planet of the Shapes, Input Out
3.5
most of this is pretty forgettable 90's electronica except for Halcyon and On and On which holds a special place in my heart for appearing on the Mortal Kombat movie soundtrack (at the end when they're celebrating before Shao Khan shows up) and the forever classic Hackers.
That was definitely 90s electronic music. No doubt in my mind
C'était bien, mais ce n'est pas quelque chose qui m'a tant accroché. Je vais lui donner que c'est très bien fait pour de l'électronique qui date de 1993. Mais c'est un tantinet trop mou à mon goût. Il y a trop le son typique de l'electro des années 90s qui ne me plait pas tant. Mais généralement je pense que ça valait la peine d'être écouté. 6/10
If I ever need to listen to techno, please let it be the likes of Orbital. This would probably receive an extra star if played in the right place, at the right time.
This was pretty much a less good aphex twin. It had a couple of tracks like halcyon and maybe the lush tracks I’d throw on an ambient playlist but the intro and outros were so insanely stupid and bad I would never really listen to it from start to finish again. In other news, I relistened to power in numbers by Jurassic 5 and while what’s golden is still a banger I’m not sure I’d still give it a 5. I think I’ve listened to enough old school hip hop that’s been better so it didn’t quite hold up on relisten. It’s still a strong 4 overall though
Reminds me of the matrix, or people dancing around a dimly lit floor wearing baggy clothes and spiked hair. I feel like this album may have influenced certain genres based on the quality of songs and when it came out.
early electronic. reminds me a bit of Kraftwerk.
I know this was innovative when it was released. And it makes great background music or chill music or study music. But honestly, I find this whole genre kind of boring.
One of the best electronica albums of all time! It creates a sound world of its own, totally different to anything that Orbital ever released. It is complex, danceable, hypnotic, yet warm and ambient in its sounds.
Idk.
C'Est tellement weird, Combien d'album de ce type pourrait être sur la liste ? pourquoi celui-ci ? J'ai aimé, car ca concentre et c'Est vraiment facile a ecouté. Je n'ai pouratnt aucun souvenri aujourd'hui de l'Album... 3
Orbital (also known as Orbital 2 or the Brown Album because it's officially untitled) is the second album by English electronic music duo Orbital. This techno/dance album contains more atmospheric music than rave music - common on their first album. The album has a spacey dance vibe with creative moments that are brought about with simple electronic sounds melded into music. A listener will likely hear new things on repeated listenings. The duo of Orbital were ahead of their time with this techno ensemble. I loved this unique electronic album and think it's a great album from the early golden age of EDM. I felt nostalgia for a time period I was barely alive for and definitely never listened to any music like this back then. I think most people would enjoy this album, even if they never give it another listen.
I enjoyed this one, deserves more exploration
Ois voinut olla Trainspottingin soundtrackilla, ja se on vain hyvä asia.
Interesting. Enjoyed the listen. Fairly complex. Def dig the looping and polyrhythms.
ok
Hard to appreciate. Very relaxing to listen to, but didn't really feel anything listening to it. Didn't dislike it, but will probably never listen again.
i liked this more than some of the other electronic music albums on the 1001 list, but it's still not my first pick. i assume the music is much better when played at an illegal 90s rave with a copious amount of party drugs, so the sober experience was middling. i appreciate this album's existence and what it sets out to do, but i wouldn't put it on my top 1001 albums list or anything like that. favorites: halcyon and on and on
Not my usual bag at all. However, as much as it can sometimes fade into musical wallpaper, there's something insistent, verging on the hypnotic, about this album. Quite a minimalist sound palette, but each element is layered up to create interesting textures. Probably won't listen again, but happy to have taken the trip.
I remember this at the time. Good, sensible techno. As always, overlong and repetitive, but really interesting catchy melodies/hooks. Lucky to see some of their set at Glastonbury 1995.
I hate to say it, but it's actually just nothing special. It's layered, yes, but that doesn't mean that all the layers are good. It certainly wasn't the benchmark in Techno or 'the first time people made techno into art' as some people used to claim. That was much earlier, this was the first time it became a bit more known to a wider audience.
I hated the other Orbital album on the list but quite liked this one. It still sounds a bit amater, dated and very cringe in places, but the chilled techno vibe brings back happy memories of nights at the Custard Factory in Birmingham in the mid 2000s. Good times. These days it provides good accompaniment to packing up the car roof box ahead of a family holiday to the Isle of Wight. Even better times. Rating: 2.5/5 Playlist track: Planet of the Shapes Date listened: 14/07/23
Good stuff, but a little too in the background for my tastes here. The other album they did was about the same, so it is a shame to not see any real difference.
This is the second Orbital album that I have gotten in a short span of time. The music is ok, nothing I would regularly listen to, but decent enough.
Decent electriconic
Really cool electronic album! It does feel like it’s from the 90’s but in a classic way. Felt like driving late at night.
This was a quirky one. Starts and ends with some bizarre looping vocal pieces, and while I don't feel the need to return to those they were pretty cool and memorable. The middle, the meat of this album, is some solid electro-dance stuff. Music that could play in a '90s club or also score a '90s movie. This was an enjoyable ride. Favorite tracks: Lush 3-1, Monday, Halcyon and On and On. Album art: Can't really tell what I'm looking at here, if anything. Is it an atom? Is that a sketch of some organs? No idea. Having the tracks listed on the cover is kind of cool. As far as color is concerned, there's not much going on here, but it's a good cover. 3.5/5
Pense que iba a proponer mas sobre la mesa, pero se queda en lo corto. Incluso diria que es demasiado de epoca y que muere en su tiempo, un seguro y rigido 5/10.
leuk, achtergrond maar lang
Reminded me of the mid-90s and the short-lived obsession with techno music.
Good enough but didn’t grab me.
No hits but alright.
This album is an influential techno album that features primarily a four on the floor beat and is made for dancing. As such, you definitely lose something by listening to it in a vacuum. The music itself is pleasant enough and easily fades into the background. I never found the album grating, though the first and final tracks were overindulgent.
really spacey halcyon on and on is actually a really cool track 3.5
Sort of makes one miss the days of doing drugs. And also sort of makes one want to go to the gym, like a high-energy spin class. "Halcyon and On and On" the best bit for being a bit chiller and less urgent than rest of cuts (says one who misses drugs and is feeling a bit too lazy to go to gym anyway) and "Input Out" is def narcotics-required.
I was familiar with "Halcyon and On and On" before this, although I don't remember why. Probably on a compilation album I had back in the day. "Lush 3-2" wasn't bad, and "Remind" sounds so much like late-'90s/early-'00s trance that it must have influenced those later artists. Other than those tracks, the album underwhelmed, but it seems safe to say it was influential, so I'll round up from 2.5.
Buena musica de fondo
This is a neat little experimental electronic album. Some of the sounds they are getting are pretty impressive for 1993. The first track was very reminiscent of "Come Out To Show Them" There is a 9-minute track, but I didn't hate it throughout. I would describe this mostly as a 90's movie hacking/computer wiz scene music. This would definitely be in something like The Matrix Yet another 3/5 Though on principle I should be giving it a 2/5 because it has multiple 9+ minute tracks.
This really feels like the 90s as the New Wave and Electronic developed into EDM. I'd give this a 3.5 if available. Not amazing but a cornerstone of music to come.
Interesting electronic music that is probably better than most of the electronic music the author(s) force upon this list, but is there really room for so much content from a genre that all sounds the same? If that's the case, pull one album to stand and represent and skip the rest - this one could be that representative. 3/5.
I really only get down with the trancy dancy in live, late night environments, so listening to this in bed on an iPad surely won’t have the same effect. But overall I enjoyed it, especially Halcyon and On and On which seems to be their most popular song by far.
Some grown up beats. Seems pretty far ahead of it’s time considering this is from 1993.
It's a 2 star album by Halcyon On and On gets it an extra star.
Dit was behoorlijk goed nog eigenlijk!
A little annoying. Not great techno. Too high pitch!
Second offering from this band encountered through this list and I just don't get it. I was never a techno guy which obviously doesn't help but even adjusting for that this just does not strike me as necessary, let alone essential. Mostly too bland for 2 stars but I would aggressively avoid listening again.
That's the one I know!
There's better Orbital albums for me
Solid, enjoyable techno album. A little repetitive for my taste, but well done. Fave Songs: Halcyon + On + On, Lush 3-1, Remind, Lush 3-2, Impact (The Earth Is Burning), Walk Now...
thoroughly enjoyed this one. chill little electronic alvum
Fun but dated
Interesting album and some really cool music. Often dips into being a little to sonically “Interesting” to be enjoyable and can just feel like a bit of a an assault on the ol ears and brain. I was asked to turn it off as it was stressing out my housemate
This is a genre I like and I think would be brilliant on the dancefloor but in my house there is just too much similarity between tracks for me to gain interest. The drum tracks are especially unimaginative. Its a bit boring as a listening experience.
These are some beeps and boops for sure
I guess everything has a place and this is 90s Techno. I like them but only to a certain point.
Seemed fine, but I really don't know how to judge these albums. They all sound pretty much the same to me.
Correct
Best Song: Halcyon On and On. The use of the female vocals as another instrument works really well here. Worst Song: Time Becomes. I get that it's more of an album intro than a song, but it is such an awful repetition that it makes you not want to see what else the album has to offer. Overall: A halfway decent electronic album that goes in heavy on repetition. This works, mostly, during the instrumental tracks, but I've never heard electronica that handles verbal content so poorly. Anything with someone speaking words is almost unlistenable, and yet Halcyon On and On works very well. Go figure.
It's hard to evaluate a technology-based album accredited with pushing the needle forward without taking a peek at what else was being released at that time. Aphex Twin was the year before, but this precedes Chemical Bros. and Fatboy Slim by a couple of years. I find this sound by comparison to be more of an extension of Kraftwerk. My gripe, as it usually is with electronic dance music is, it's really about the singles, so while Halcyon and Lush are great tracks and entire album is hard to handle in one listen especially the longer tracks with primitive sampling loops.
Unnecessary beats album that provides no value to this list of albums.
This was alright. I actually didn't mind listening to this, despite me not having a good track record with electronica on this website. There's just something about it that sounds a little different to me. The intro was interesting. Some of the songs on here could probably stand to be shorter though. My favourite song was Planet of the Shapes.
For Techno, this is really good. But it's still techno, so no vocals and a rather lifeless sound.
67/100: Most of this album is "Stroke Simulator: The Album." Im incredibly good at multitasking while listening to music. I've never had any issues doing work while listening to music. Oftentimes, I'll even read while listening to music. This album broke me on that front. I had to skip "Input Out" after I accidentally wrote "translation" while doing homework. I think there is something to be said in favor of this being a good album, and maybe even an important one, but I'm not gonna be the one to say it. I feel mentally slower having listened to it.
10/26/22 Not bad
Pretty decent, but some of these tracks go on much longer than they should.
Formative sounds in my musical fandom...I still remember being blow away by a Halcyon & On & On remix that contained a mash up of Bon Jovi and Belinda Carlise...I thought it was the most amazing thing ever. Solid album with a distinctive sound. 3.5/5
energetic electronic music. Certainly doesn't sound it's age.
ALBUM RATING: 3.4 ALBUM GRADE: C+ TRACK RATINGS: 1. Time Becomes - 3.0 2. Planet of the Shapes - 3.5 3. Lush 3-1 - 3.5 4. Lush 3-2 - 3.5 5. Impact (The Earth Is Burning) - 3.5 6. Remind - 4.0 7. Walk Now… - 4.0 8. Monday - 3.5 9. Halcyon + On + On - 2.5 10. Input Out - 3.0
Old school electronic from before I had ever heard electronic music. Less monotonous then current electronic music for sure. My ear needs to hear changes for this type of music to keep me interested, and for the most part, this album supplies that interest, even if it is just one instrument changing, providing a bit of ebb and flow in a sea of sameness.
decent listen. not a fan of the first and last songs.
Started out thinking that techno doesn't really translate to the recorded album format but by halfway I was quite into it. In the battle of albums on this list released in 1993 by English electronic artists with 'Orbit' in their name, this wins hands down for me. Sorry, William.
This is very early dance music. A good example of the origins of dance music - BUT, the songs themselves are pretty basic, very repetitive. And the first track and last track, Time Becomes and Input Out are gimmicky audio sync experiments that you'd never listed to more than once. It's OK - but dance music progressed and became way more sophisticated after this.
3.7 - It starts with a vocal loop, "where time becomes a loop", that's a little on-the-nose but still pretty trippy. From there, I'm expecting a whacked out space record, à la "Phaedra" by Tangerine Dream or something by Arca. Instead, it's an almost scientifically well-composed EDM record with some spacey elements that still feels balanced and grounded. Standout: "Halcyon and On and On"
Still not as good as In Sides.
Good background music.
Interessant
Electronic music is generally not my thing, but this is pretty solid. It's not holding my attention but it doesn't feel like it's supposed to. Each track kind of ebbs and flows one after another in a pleasing way. I dig it.
lush 3-1 and 3-2 hit, surprising
Quality production but not my jam
125. Þetta er danstónlist og eðli málsins samkvæmt full endurtekningarsöm fyrir minn smekk, og á köflum satt best að segja aðeins of intense. En þetta er ekki leiðinlegt, ég gæti alveg hlustað aftur. Jájá ef þið setjið þetta í gang þeas.
I enjoyed the random vocal loop experiments, the rest of the stuff is okay, not my style of electronica that I would listen to in a non-club setting, but I liked this album more than their first.
Música electrónica, en ocasiones techno, con ritmos variados y para tener una noche de fiesta. Sin destacar especialmente, valoro el estilo y su variedad de ritmos
Не мой жанр, хотя было интересно познакомиться. Понял, что музыка либо напрягает, либо клонит в сон. Но прикольно.
Starts off well, but just becomes one-paced and boring.
Ok I guess
me brains been thoroughly washed
I enjoyed it quite a bit. Some of the songs really pushed my patience, but not because I wasn’t enjoying the beat, but just that it was quite repetitive. Wish I had some drugs for this one, though. 6/10
A little more just ambiance than I would normally want
The opening is a bit rough, song one and the first minute of song two are just spoken bits with a computerized voice. The voice is just repeating a phrase over and over again too, so there's nothing there but hearing a line. This happens again later in the album too. When the music is actually playing, it's very good ambient electronic and I liked having it on while I worked. Song 1, and the very end of Song 2 are jarring and take away from the quality of the album. Lush 3-1,Lush 3-2, and Monday are highlights. I'm on the fence on rating this one. How they decided to have the opening and closing tracks be this annoying, lazy, no-effort put a sentence on a loop thing boggles my mind. Everything in the middle is pretty solid, and you have some great music in there but the album has decided to piss you off at the start and risk you turning it off before getting to the music, or you actually listen to it and then it pisses you off at the end and kills the vibe you just built. I'll rate it 3, I really enjoyed the actual music on this album, they're lucky I'm not in a bad mood or this would be a 1 or 2 just for having those asinine first and last tracks.
Halycon + On + On + On +On
Solid
Took me back briefly, and not as hardcore as I remember. Strangely started to find it good for zoning out and relaxing.
Make sure your suits are buttoned up tight and your oxygen tanks are full- and you better bring some extra canisters- because you’re invited to dance amongst the stars with two of Techno’s finest space ambient artists: the English duo Orbital. I love me some Ambient music, man. And while mine leans more toward the likes of the non-tempo sort (Steve Reich, ie) I still enjoyed this LP very much, beats and all. And that’s really where 'Orbital 2' is coming from, it’s all about the beats. Seems to be a bit of a concept album, too, bookending the space rave with words on loop (‘Time becomes’), but subtly morphing into a slightly different phrase (the opening number ended with the words, ‘For time becomes a loop.’) The technique itself, in which two identical samples are repeated at slightly different speeds, was coincidentally popularized by Steve Reich. Thus, the entire LP seems to be a very creative artistic representation of ‘the theory of the Mobius, a twist in the fabric of space where time becomes a loop.’ And that’s what you get, in spades/space, on 'Orbital 2': lots of synthesized beats, excellent syncopation (‘Lush 3-1,’ ie), good use of dynamics (wish there had been just a bit more, but I’m just being picky), some great drone instruments like sitar and didgeridoo, echoed vocals, and all looped into one dynamite techno package. Orbital indeed. I’ll certainly loop back around to this one again.
Tecno. Ni fu ni fa.
Genre: Techno 3/5 A truly inoffensive Techno album from the 90s. Orbital, a couple of Brits, go ahead and produce some of the most boring, yet beautiful, electronic music I’ve heard in a while. A rather heavy emphasis on the ambient side of things more so than the heavy big beat sound which was becoming popularized at that time. Lush 3-1 is good and there are a few other minor highlights, but none too interesting, and everything is all very cohesive, but the overall vibe doesn’t reach beyond a mild head bob. Maybe for a slow workout, or if you need a chill, accessible Techno album while you work, but this was much more “easy listening” than I had anticipated.
first listen well loved in terms of techno but i find it boring personally
Can’t tell if I enjoyed it or hated it
Big beats are the best. It was fine if you like this kinda thing
Un buon sottofondo per lavorare. Lush 3-1 non male, per niente male. In generale pensavo peggio, tutto quanto forse è un po' troppo tutto insieme, però le singole tracce non sono male. ***
1/27/22
Some of this album was quite enjoyable, after a while however it became quite repetitive and it lost me. Like the production of it and the fact that it stuck firmly to its genre, not an album I would listen to again.
Definitely a 90's Electronica album. I enjoyed the atmosphere it built, but found that the songs usually blended together into white noise after a bit.
Not heard this album before - very familiar with the later stuff. Will definitely be listening again.
Cool beats with a variety of sounds from industrial to ethereal to electronic. Interesting intro/extro samples. In/out drive me nuts but made me think. Planet of the shapes, Lush, Monday, halcyon and on and on
Good album for getting in the zone, maybe for a gym workout. If this was playing in a club, I'd probably leave, though.
The best of this album IMO: - Impact (The Earth Is Burning) - Monday - Halcyon + On + On Not bad. 3.2/5
If you thought the song Donda was a mind breaker, just wait. Nice listening.
There are signs of the genius of Orbital on this early '90s album, but the sound feels rather outdated and the melodies are too repetitive to really enjoy this. The looping trickery on the opening and closing tracks was interesting, though.
I was going to give this a 1, but so many reviews say that these sounds were so new and amazing at the time of its release - something I didn't think about.
Lush 3-1 is a good track. Its a cool sonic atmosphere but i just cant find it in me to put a house album above a 3
Listening to this felt like a chore. I can absolutely see how groundbreaking and influential this album was. Its influence over electronic music in the 90s is clear. But this feels like the music in a concentrated form, like runway fashion vs what ends up in department stores. I guess it's not a genre that I have ever been into and what is left just reminds me of the electronic pop that came in the later 90s - and I'm not ready to be reminded of that yet. So yeah, the album deserves its place on the list but it's not something I would otherwise enjoy listening to.
Wow. Not my type of music at all but it does take you on a journey
It's alright. I don't tend to like to just listen to electronica so this isn't for me. Those who like electronica will dig it though.
I dug this, but I wanted the pieces to not flow into each other. It made it difficult to get a sense of what each song truly was. Definitely a bigger step in evolution of electronica from Kraftwerk, but not something I would listen to on a regular basis.
Good techno music. Accessible and interesting but nothing really stood out to me. 3.
Favs: Halcyon And On And On, Impact Mehs: Walk Now I like Orbital. They remind me of Mortal Kombat, Hackers, and middle school. A lot of their music is more jangly 90s techno than I'd prefer, though.
I'm usually more of a fan of Detroit and Acid Techno (particularly in the style of Richie Hawtin/Plastikman) as the British variety can be a bit more rave oriented as seen by the Two-Step and Breaks influences, but overall not bad.
If I ever need to pick music at a luxury resort ocean / poolside happy hour I have my album
This album probably deserves 4 stars. It's innovative, interesting, and unique. But, I feel like "my kitchen table at 8am while I'm checking my emails" is not the ideal environment to experience something like this. I shouldn't hold it against the album, and yet I do.
Halcyon + On + On was the only track I knew coming into this album, and happily the rest of it was pretty solid too.
What can I say? It was Orbital being Orbital. Weirdly I've seen them live twice.
Sounds like a sci-fi fps ost. Halcyon+on+on is really dope.
Not great but not all bad EDM. Not sure if revist. Stand out track - Lush 3-1
alright. a couple of bright spots but overall way to long. forgettable background music. wish i could give 1/2 star ratings
Like orbital
Electronic music like this is not something I listen to very often, or really at all, at least not on purpose, but I like this one. I don't know anything about how this kind of music is made, which is maybe why it feels less accessible to me; however, this album has some interesting elements, like sampling of movie quotes that fit well with the feel of the music. Even though I doubt I'll listen to this or any electronic music all that regularly, at least not now, I am glad I got to hear it.
Couple of good ones but not super into it
Funky, but just not my jam.
5? Seemed cool but just ended up being grating. Not super enjoyable to listen to
Good ambient/mood-creating music. Experimental.
Treibt gut an, hat durchaus freie improvisiert anmutende, spielfreudige Momente, poppiger Collagen-Techno. Etwas einfach gestrickt aber wie gesagt: gut Druck dahinter. Keine großen Überraschungen dafür sehr klare Schlagrichtung Vorwärts 3.4
5/10 - ok music
Música eletrônica repetitiva e enfadonha, tornando a audição um processo interminável.
OK, I get how this would be cool playing at a rave or a club or whatever. And when I put it on, I could see the appeal of the music. But it's so much of the same thing. It's fine and have nothing against it, but not a top album.
Another lackluster techno orb name that isn't The Orb. How many more can there be?
No standouts
Quite boring 90s electro
Rave soundtrack. If this music changed your life, I'm sorry.
The beats themselves were pretty good, but like pretty much all of these albums it got tedious
When Time Becomes was playing I was yelling out to get the skipping record and then I realized it's digital. It almost sounded like every song was stuck in the same vinyl groove. Gotta say it's a different album from what a few up listing to.
A lot of the same.
Я ожидал худшего после первого трека, но альбом оказался вполне слушабельным. Как фоновая музыка он вполне ничего. Я слушал его, пока вырезал магниты, предполагаю, что при целенаправленном прослушивании высидеть час было бы тяжело
I'm sure this was an important early EDM album. Not sure it's going to hold up as iconic enough to last.
1.5 Been a minute since I’ve gotten some truly useless electronic/drums and bass/rave music. At least 100 days or so. Really goes to show how fucking packed this list is with these albums. Really ridiculous. I swear in those middle couple 100 I was getting one a week. As I’ve said many times before, isolated, this isn’t horrible. There’s moments of fun, vibe-y grooves. When this is the 30th album you’ve gotten that essentially sounds exactly like this, it’s just hard to give a real shit, SORRY!!!
Didn't get much out of this one.
5/10 – Mediocre
One good one
My mind says 1 but my human yearning for traveling through deep space says 2.
Heel vreemd
Shit brown.
kinda boring
4/10 - man, early synth electronic wasn't the best was it? Orbital do have good stuff but this isn't it unfortunately
*yawn*
Weird thing. Not bad, but not my cup of tea.
Not my cup of tea
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
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.
Not a fan.1.5
Not for me
i love electronic music, nothing like listening to a half finished soundtrack to some straight to tv spy movie 2/5
It’s ok. Is it must listen? Didn’t we haveone from these guys. And didn’t I hate it?
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!
Negative WAR techno. Mildly acceptable as background music.
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…
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'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.
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)
This was fine. I'm unlikely ever to choose to listen to it, but it didn't annoy me.
3/10
Just not my thing
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.
My indifference is a loop
We all know a stopped clock is right twice a day i don't need a million fucking reminders
Maybe I'd like this live. At my desk it's just boring.
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.
Well produced and sounds great, just electronic music like this is too repetitive / droning for me.
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.
An hour of electronic music that goes no where...blech! This sounds like a water down soundtrack for Gone in 60 Seconds or Go.
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
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
sounds like early trance. 90s disco/edm music. HALCYON+ON+ON is nice and probably most listened to in this album.
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
I couldn’t handle the first and last tracks. The rest were ok.
Ikke mere af det til mig. Det var en kedelig omgang.
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
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.
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.
Not my thang
In terms of background-music quite o.k. but really not my preferred style of music.
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.
Ehh, background dance music that is mostly fine and occasionally annoying.
Просто нудне техно. Не можу сказати, що це було прям погано, але зацікавити мене альбом не зміг. Оцінка: висока 4/низька 5
This made me really want to find a roller disco.
That is definitely an assortment of sounds.
2.5
it was fine. Nothing noteworthy that piqued my curiosity. Seemed like early house music.
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.
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).
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.
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)
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
Uninteresting noise.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
Nothing was cooler to 13 year old me than the Hackers soundtrack which had Halcyon + On + On but this album is so repetitive...
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.
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.
Maybe if I’m at the after after afters at noon the next day and want to have a chill comedown..
Nah man
Uhhhhh sure? I’m just not moved by this kind of music at all.
Meh……………
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.
3 - atmospheric 90’s electronica.
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
Simplemente no. Me gusto lush 3.1
The actual meat of this record was decent, but the ends of it were straight garbage. Favourite Track(s): Monday Least Favourite Track(s): Time Becomes, Input Out
This was a snoozefest and for the mixing is terrible.
I knew within the first 3 seconds I would not enjoy this. But I gave it a chance and it went from a 1 to a 2!
What?
I’m not super into 90’s electronic music
idk, this was released when I was 1, so it's not for me. weird, yes. cool, maybe? the last song made me feel like I was going insane. I'm once again questioning how these 1001 albums were selected.
Thought I’d enjoy this more
Great. Now I'll never be able to rewatch 'Time Squared' without wincing. Thanks for that. I love spacey electronica, so it's both puzzling and disappointing that I wasn't able to fully connect with this album. Maybe it's because this is less spacey electronica and more repetitive club music? Or maybe Orbital's just not my thing? I reread my review for 'Snivilisation', and I see it also left me feeling lukewarm. This time, however, there's no Alison Goldfrapp to save the experience.
Profoundly boring.
Was hoping for something more transcendent, but what I got instead feels like being stuck in the world’s longest buildup with no real payoff. For an album that’s often hailed as a landmark of early‑’90s rave culture, the experience at home can come across as oddly flat — like the energy that was meant to lift these tracks just isn’t there. A lot of the record leans heavily on looping motifs, and when those loops don’t evolve enough, it really does start to feel like the needle’s caught in a groove. Tracks drift on and on with a kind of relentless repetition that probably did make more sense in a heaving warehouse setting — but sitting at home in 2026, it can just feel, well… boring. There are glimpses of something great (“Halcyon + On + On” nearly rescues the whole experience), but as a full album journey it’s easy to feel underwhelmed. A classic of its time, sure — but maybe only truly magical in its time, with the right crowd, the right volume, and the right context.
Let’s start positively. I really liked Lush 3.1. On the negative side I hated everything else on this album. A lacklustre way to bring in the big five double zero.
I get that this was cool and innovative, I just couldn't get into it. 3/21/26
Meh
It was a weird start and hard to get into (the first track was rough!). Electronic dance music is not really my thing but it does pick up and has energy.
At 65 minutes duration listening to "Orbital 2" felt like a chore. The tracks blend into one another without ever being engaging, and it is an album that occupies space without ever becoming memorable. For me it was a somewhat charmless and dull listen. Two stars. 1. "Time Becomes" (2/5) 2. "Planet of the Shapes" (3/5) 3. "Lush 3-1" (2/5) 4. "Lush 3-2" (2/5) 5. "Impact (The Earth Is Burning)" (2/5) 6. "Remind" (2/5) 7. "Walk Now..." (2/5) 8. "Monday" (2/5) 9. "Halcyon + On + On" (2/5) 10. "Input Out" (2/5) Total - 21 Average - 2.1 274/1001 148/274 albums reviewed were new to me
Album number 299 and another electronica one. To this point I've been pretty positive about the genre, as the selections have been a bit different than what I think of as EDM. I liked that they didn't sound like I was at a rave and just dancing to the same thing non-stop. When this album began I thought I might be in for another interesting take. But then PLANET OF THE SHAPES began and it sounded like every song my youngest child used to play in the car on the way to his hockey games back in high school. And I didn't enjoy that aspect of the drives. There were two songs on this record that didn't sound like that, so they were the ones I liked the most - LUSH 3-2 and HALCYON + ON + ON. I didn't hate this, but I also didn't like it all that much. It's a 2.5 that can go either way when I finally decide in the morning. Now I'll be a bit more skeptical with the rest of the electronic albums as we move forward.
These tracks are kind of rudimentary. Sound like something a teenager would make. Was it groundbreaking, though? The opening, Time Becomes (a loop), needed to do much more to justify its 1:44 runtime. I understand that it is mirrored by the closing track, btu neither is particularly good. The penultimate track Halcyon On And On was the most enjoyable for me, but I also enjoyed parts of Walk On... Another Orbital album, Snivilisation is also in this list, and is much better for my money. Do we really need two Orbital albums on the list anyway? It would have been nice to include some Lemon Jelly or something instead.
Okay so do you remember those math problems in grade school where two kids started running laps around a track at different speeds and you had to figure out how long it would be before they lined up next to each other again? That’s track 1. Answer: too long. As is the rest of the album. This is nothing. There is nothing here. I guess it is probably pretty fun if you're at the club though
I don’t know. Not so great. 2 songs made me “move”? Extremely repetitive.
Not my thing but I guess it's good dance music.
do not have the patience for this, almost turned it off, dabbled in some of the more favorited songs in spotify to avoid giving it a 1 outright
2* for Orbital 2
From the first song, I kind of knew this album was going to go downhill. I loved and listened to a lot of techno in the late 90s. I tried to be open minded because this was early 90s. They were on the forefront but this album is just blah. It is definitely not one of the albums I needed to listen to before I die.
The beginning and end are barely music - just some weird chanting. Did not like. It got better in the middle, electronic without lyrics, decent upbeat background music, got my head bopping.
While I am not as negative as many others here, I feel... disappointed I suppose? It feels as if the music is constantly building towards something but just doesn't find that crescendo. The songs also become very repetitive after a while. Of course I know that this is the point but I would've preferred some more variations. Once a song is built up, it just doesn't innovate and keeps the same loop for 5 minutes. Best songs are PLANTES OF THE SHAPES and HALYCON + ON + ON. 4/10, make them shorter or more varied.
Some cool moments. Too trancey for my likeling.
Took a deep breath when I was served my first helping of techno from the list. It's not my thing. The initial mobius time loop thing wasn't an auspicious start, but the rest was really fine, innocuous. I might really enjoy listening to this on a moving walkway in an international airport, in no great hurry and with no real thoughts in my head. Was it the best electronica I've ever heard? Yes, so far. Did it give me a new appreciation for the genre? No. Did it bother me? No. Would I call this an essential listen? No. It's a solid 2+/3-. Rounded down.
Dance music remains not my thing at all, though I found this relatively painless all things considered.
Geschmackssache.
Mostly boring. A few nice moments but rarely. Just not my thing.
Not my bag
Another influential piece that I simply don't enjoy.
At least the album doesn't sound completely lazy, but rather deliberate. So I'll give it the benefit of the doubt and assume it has some value for enthusiasts.
Comme la plupart des albums électro qu'on a eu à date : des p'tits bouttes pas pire, des longs bouttes poches. Drums pas bons. 2.49 étoiles
Oh great, Orbital again. Just what I needed... Yeah, I kinda hated Snivilisation when I listened to it in November 2024, so I was not excited in the slightest for its predecessor Orbital 2. Apparently this album is widely considered to be the better of the Orbital albums on the list, so I did go into the album with somewhat of an open mind, but I'm sorry. I just can not get into 90s UK techno at all. This is not my thing and it does not appeal to me. All of these albums are so repetitive and too long and everything feels so... mechanical and I just don't care for it! I will say that the people who have called this album better than Snivilisation are right in saying that, as this album isn't nearly as bad as that one. For one, it's 10 minutes shorter! Still over an hour, of course, but a little goes a long way with cutting the time down on these sorts of albums. Additionally, I can actually point to a song on this thing and call it good! "Halcyon and On and On" is actually a pretty solid song. Not quite good enough for my "Best of the Albums" playlist, but it actually kind of intrigued me and wasn't mind-numbing so it's practically a masterpiece in comparison to the rest of the album and the entirety of Snivilisation. I'm sorry, but I just don't care for this style of music. I'm willing to admit that that's a me issue, but I can't pretend to like what I don't like, okay? I'm not upset that I listened to this because the argument for inclusion on a list like this is there, but I am fully willing to admit that I never want to listen to Orbital again. 2/5. Somehow that's my first 2 or lower of 2026. Crazy. Here's hoping that I don't get too many more!
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Didn't really catch me at any point, felt a little too random
What is going on. Ok it's two white bald guys let's see what's cooking. I think time becomes a loop. Is there gonna be music orrrr. Is Orbital 1 also on this list? I feel like I should've been given that one first. Whatever though. So when's the music gonna start playing lowkey. This is interesting but not for me. I liked Darkdancer and Music Has The Right To Children better in this kinda genre. This is not checking my boxes unfortunately. Why is it so long. Ok the more you get into it the more it's a vibe but still what are we doing. This was probably never been done before in the 90s but every other song sounds like this now. This couldn't possibly be worth over an hour. It is a bunch of funky beats I'll give them that. Favourite: Lush 3.1 Least favourite: Time Becomes/Input Out
Very électronique and almost feels incomplete, like backing tracks. Favourite track: MONDAY
Uff, so many of these electronic ones aren't bad per se, but they have a place and its not an album - its tripping balls on hat rin at a full moon party, played by a dj with other songs. But as an album just to listen it's a bit boring, and the spoken word opener/closer are just silly.
Boring and repetitive, even if it does have some interesting sounds, that probably were innovative at the time.
2 many Orbital
Not good. Extra point for being somewhat original and unique but I would imagine this only gets worse the closer you listen.
Dated electronica that I am not sure was great when it was released. Middle of the road with no particular track jumping out.
Not a terrible electronic album, but it has the usual flaw of the genre: endless, mind-numbing repetition. Several times I lost track of where one song stopped and the next started. Eventually I just mentally tuned it out, like someone who lives by train tracks and no longer notices the trains rumbling past.
The entire first track is a Worf quote looped. 😆 The rest of the album is techno wavy nonsense but good background music
die Psychose im Halbschlaf war Heavy und ich konnte mir gerade die Songs nicht geben Vlt. eigentlich voll valid, aber gerade passt es nicht Was ich hörte war aber halt auch nicht scheiße 3,5/10
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This was alright. Musically it had some cool moments, but honestly I was kinda bored by the halfway point and had to slog through the rest. Not really my genre. Two stars.
This just barely passes as acceptable background music. I don't know what lunatic would dance to this (it's classed as dance music on wikipedia) and what shitshow that would look like. I'd image a life threatening amount of drugs would be needed to make it remotely entertaining. 1.5
Bit strange
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not my personal jam