Reviews (page 6 of 8)
EDM just ain’t for me
Difficult to believe this is in the top 10,000 albums
Naah
Not for me
Coworker overheard this and said, "It makes me want to drive a nail through my eye." Then I told him the group was Orbital.... coincidence? I think not.
Very little to recommend with this album - it’s nice enough in the background and quite hypnotic in places but really just kind of uneventful and forgettable techno. Should be called Orbital 2 out of 5
not awful, but pretty boring. not a lot here that goes above and beyond the typical trance playbook for me. was nice as background music, but that's about it. the first couple of tracks were a bit rough but the rest of it is ok.
I make electronic dance music in my spare time and what i often find hard is to make it hypnotic without being boring or random. This album kind of trigger me because the structuring feel very random, the sequencers often hit allot of dissonance. It really reminds me of what i did in the beginning but i guess this is the start and it was more about experimentation and trying new things. Most reviews are either people who don't get it or people who are stuck in nostalgia for a bygone era. I get the cultural impact on the rave culture and i could defiantly listen to "Halcyon and on and on". but is it a must listen, i wouldn't say that
It's okay, but very repetitive. Not for me.
This was irritating at worst and just too long at its best. I’m not the greatest aficionado of electronic music, but I’ve heard enough to know it doesn’t have to be shitty neverending loops of vocal samples and odd sounds for 6 or 7 minutes at a time.
In 2001: A Space Odyssey, this is the music that HAL 9000 had on a loop for the entirety of the two and a half year mission to Jupiter. No wonder he lost his little computer mind along the way.
This album does have some cool moments, but then those moments go on for too long and stop being cool.
Jesus, off to a bad start with this fucking time becomes a loop song. Some of these were fine in the middle but that album was not a great listen. Soft 2
very glitchy and ethereal but also very drawn out and sort of progressive - i can see the input of this style on music, but it wasn't my favorite.
Not the worst of the electronica, by far, but not that compelling either. It's just repetitive sounds and never feels that serious as a musical form.
Rating: 5/10 Meh. Choice cuts: Lush 3-1, Halcyon and On and On
For time becomes a loop
All sounded the same
MEH...only one good song from Mean Girls
Boris did Time Becomes better in Flood Did you know twitch made a DJs category? I coincidentally learned about it today. This music would fit there perfectly Some decent songs, but too repetitive. Recognised It's a Fine Day in the last song, though I thought it was the same band. I guess Orbital is not that bad if they can be confused with it.
Not my cup of tea but it was OK to listen to in the office.
This is rubbish - the tribal flutes or whatever trendy shit this was trying to emulate comes across as disingenuous and nothing else really makes up for that.
This entire album feels like an itch I can't scratch.
Got into something resembling a flow at some point but overall it wasn't the best experience
Boy, this album is draining. Like, "music that makes me want to stop listening to music for the day" kind of draining. Yet, I can't outright say I dislike it. Perhaps that is because I don't remember most of it despite just listening, or because it was criminally inoffensive, but this album just made me tired, and didn't actively make me want to rip my hair out or anything, soo I guess that's good? I don't know, I've given albums lower scores for committing the sin of boredom, but I just don't have the energy to be angry at this. A waste of an hour of music, but otherwise too relaxed to type up a rant about. Just cut the songs in half, it's not like anyone is dancing to this anyway.
liked it more than expected. Crazy how far the Electronic Genre and Music evolved in thhe meantime. nothing i would buy in a physical form tho. 2.5/5.0
01) Time Becomes - 1,0 02) Planet of the Shapes - 6,0 03) Lush 3-1 - 6,0 04) Lush 3-2 - 6,0 05) Impact (The Earth Is Burning) - 6,0 06) Remind - 6,0 07) Walk Now... - 6,5 08) Monday - 6 0 09) Halcyon + On + On - 7,5 10) Input Out - 1,0 TOTAL: 5,20 (52/100) Current ranking: 252/278 When time becomes the loop. Even a stopped clock gives the right time twice a day. It's like a cry for survival. Survival for them and for us! Output rotation. Input translation. These are the lyrics of this album. You can cross the street at song number seven. You're welcome!
Another electronic music album. Is it a good one? Hell, I don't know - it all sounds the same to me. Maybe it was ahead of its time or influential in some way to be on this list? Sure, I tapped my foot along with the beat as you do. It's something, but I'll take off one star for the obnoxious "time becomes a loop" and "input output" crap. They could have made the same point repeating it for only 5-10 seconds.
First track blows. Second track is background Third track is background It is all starting to blend together Last track blows
I used to like electronic music I used to like electronic music I used to like electronic music I used to like electronic music I used to like electronic music
nothing against this, edm is just not really my vibe 2.5/5
Just alright. Too much long winded repetitive instrumental tracks. Track 3 was pretty dope though.
interesting, kinda enjoyed it, could defo see how it'd be good live and as a night out, not really one for sitting at the desk to though - wouldn't say no to seeing them live but won't be listening to them in the meantime
Not bad, but not their best work
Just not my cup of tea.
If you're gonna go all-in on the unce-unce-unce then I'll only ever listen to it this once-once-once.
Noise with the application of rhythm and tempo ….
Fun at first but gets tiring
The Box is better.
Generic 90s dance music. *yawn* 1.5/5
Honestly, listening to this album makes me realise why i really dislike listening to dance albums from a single artist. This is not my kind of thing at all. None of the songs really gripped me at all. for a full 55 mins i thought i was in a shit bar listening to very average dance music. Then Halcyon and on and on came on. I know the song. Its one of the greatest dance songs ever imo. I absolutely love it. It was the shining light on a very dull album for me. An absolute belter. It dragged this sorry mess from a 1 to 2/5 as a result. The track as a standalone is a clear 5/5 in the genre though.
Okay, I tried to listen to this, and I really strongly dislike it. It's techno disco in it's early forms. God bless them for being pioneers of a new sound but I hate any and all music that sounds like this. 2 stars.
Ooga booga
1/2
Eh
Muzak with pace. There's even a song title that includes the words "...on and on and on" and all of this does go on.....and on....and on....
It's an album you have to let happen around you, rather than actively enjoy. The first track got on my nerves, but it did improve a bit once it got going. However, I ultimately found it a bit too repetitive.
An electronic album from the 90s that's over an hour long? I've never seen such a thing from this list. Somebody fetch me a fucking fainting couch. Normally I would say that this just isn't my cup of tea, give it three stars, and move on--but there are too many moments of recycled ideas and textures on this album that the length becomes a bigger issue. The opener "Time Becomes" encapsulates my beef with 'Orbital 2': it begins with something interesting, then keeps throwing it at the wall after it's stuck, over and over again, with diminishing returns. That's not to say every minute is a snoozefest, but it does make it difficult to enjoy this record anywhere except a club; even then I think I'd be off the floor after the first five minutes of "Impact". Highlights: Lush 3-1, Monday, Halcyon and On and On (a truly great sprawling track, despite my complaints above--but any goodwill this track generated was obliterated by the "Input Out" outro)
This music is just not for me. Perhaps if I was off my tater-tots on hallucinogenics I might appreciate more. Alas, it is a chilly Tuesday morning and I have spreadsheets to attend to.
The opening and losing track are so annoying that they almost earn a 1-star review in themselves. The second track isn’t much to write home about either. Boring same-y rhytm and noises throughout. Things start to change with lush 3-1, having more melody and danceable beats. However, it never catches my interest, and one hour with this kind of music bores me out of my mind.
not sure it is top 1000
Meh. Samplers were new at the time, I suppose. Time becomes isn't music at all, though a fascinating listen. Otherwise, it's just the usual pointless dance trance trippy rave stuff. No-one would ever sit and listen to this, unless they'd been smoking dope/dropping acid/gobbling e's.
I can see it totally working in the club or at a festival, but as a record it drags
HACK THE PLANET!!!!!
Help me I'm trapped in a loop. It did kinda improve as time went on (lush 3-1 actually qualifies as good) so I think it is just about a high 2.
I was a bit excited about the album when I heard what kind of music it was. But the two first songs are such a weak start that I think I lost focus a bit after that. My tops songs are 'Remind', 'Lush 3-1', and 'Halycon and On and On', which all definitely have something and are quite cool. But most of the other songs were quite monotonous even by electronic music standards, which brings down the overall impression. Could be that this is something that was very revolutionary when it came out, but I can think of many types of electronic music that I'd rather see on this list than this album to be honest.
Omg... heureusement que le 1er titre n'est pas représentatif de l'album ! On dirait qu'ils avaient découvert la stéréo et que cela les amusait. Confirmé par le début du 2nd titre. Sinon, un peu rébarbatif.
Pretty cool. Not something I would pick, but I'm glad I gave it a try.
It’s better than most mind-numbing techno drone. I enjoyed the Lt Worf cameo on the first track, and then it was a bit downhill from there until the penultimate track (Halcyon and On and On). I did enjoy the wit woven through. Am I going back for more? Not really.
Another '90s British electronic album, meh. It's reasonably fine, but this is just nothing more than background music to me. Probably ok in a '90s London nightclub, probably more or less fine as focus music, absolutely not interesting to me as anything else. Favorite song: Halcyon and On and On 3/17/24
Doesn’t age well
2.5, halcyon - 3.5
Boring trance
Legends, but this kind of thing ain't my bag baby. Prefer Underworld, because they occasionally use some melody rather than just beats
Am i listening to a mashup of different video games? Is time a loop? Do you travel in that loop so that you are always in the present? That's deep. I didn't need 9 minutes of PLANET OF THE SHAPES. Or eleven minutes of LUSH 3 (1 + 2). Or 10.5 minutes of IMPACT. I also assume that I need to capitalize everything since that style was prevalent on the album back cover.
There is a lot of repetition on this album, and at times it feels like certain ideas are stretched a little too far. The long builds and looping structures are clearly part of the style, but for me they can drag. That said, there are definite highlights. Impact, The Earth Is Burning is a great tune. It has drive, atmosphere and a real sense of momentum. When the album locks into that groove, it works well. Overall, it is interesting and textured, but not something I would rush back to. Some tracks blur together, and a few outstay their welcome. Favourite song: Remind Least favourite song: Time Becomes a Loop. I would not mind never hearing that again Album artwork: OK. I like the bold simplicity and the way the title elements stand out on the cover
I like electronic music, but this is not a good example of the genre.
Fyrsta og síðasta lagið voru alveg hrikalega ömurleg og þótt það hafi verið allt í lagi að hlusta á hin lögin þá voru þessi tvö lög svo ömurlega böggandi að ég náði ekki að njóta þess að hlusta á neitt. Frá fyrsta lagi var ég bara að jafna mig þangað til síðasta lagið olli relapsi og slæmum tilfinningum aftur.
Very steady electronic (not much bass)
I don't have much to say about this album, but I do have some trivia related to it. "Walk Now" features a sample of a pedestrian crossing signal that is used in Australia (not just in Sydney). Finneas O'Connell and Billie Eilish used a similar sample decades later for Bad Guy. Inspiration can come from anywhere. Overall: 3/10
bra men følte den ikke helt den dagen jeg hørte på det ass
Three songs just repeat the same phrase over and over. The rest of the songs probably sounded good on X at a club in the 90’s.
Thank you Maggie for powering through this better than I could
Too many memes
A good work listen but pretty underwhelming really
Atmospheric. Good for background noise while doing something else. Not something I would listen to on it's own though.
Not a great lover of this type of electronic music which I put in club/dance/rave bracket. But a lot of the music I do adore does have a lot of electronic elements in it by the use of synthesisers, drum machines and similar. Whilst I was very into 80’s new wave music and the way electronics were used I think I became a bit too old to appreciate the 90’s electronic groups such as Orbital. My only experience of them seems to be confined to their yearly appearance at the Glastonbury festival. I was still keen to give this album a fair listen as I had not heard it before. I began by streaming it at low volume to a small bedroom speaker which did not do it justice. Streaming it out of my hifi rig gave it the life and space needed to fully appreciate it. Whilst I heard many interesting things I cannot say that I was totally convinced by the album as a whole. I do like ambient music so was drawn more to that. Halcyon + on + on in particular is a nice piece which I enjoyed. As for the rest, well as I say, maybe I’m just a bit too old.
Not much here, Lush 3-1 was good enough to bump it up a notch.
Only gets a 2 because of a couple ok tracks. A bunch of junk on here.
A big expansion for Electronic music in the early 90's, Orbital helps to pave the way for many future artists. Most notably focusing on both dance music and lush, full environments. I didn't love it, but it has a lot of value
Some good songs But too long Cut 15 mins High 2
reminded me of an early Groove Armada but perhaps they are contemporary. Not bad but not my thing either
Twice as good as I thought it was going to be so I will give it twice the number of stars I thought I would.
Really not my thing. I don't really even notice when the songs change.
This is a dance album. Not my genre at all, would never listen again.
Melko tuskasta oli tätä kuunnella. Välillä nosti päätään sen verran, et kehtas loppuun kuunnella.
Lush 3-1 Halcyon and On and On
Next 5 songs played by my Spotify Algorithm: The Orb - Pi Aphex Twin - Analogue Bubble Bath The future sound of London - Goodbye Sky The Chemical Brothers - Fuck Up Beats Joey Beltram - Mentasm
I really don't feel the appeal of this kind of music. Sure, it never sounds particularly bad in itself. But the repetitiveness of just repeating a loop loooong after it has outstayed any semblence of being interesting is just nowhere near enjoyable for me.
Weird and weird.
I have enjoyed many electronic albums in my lifetime. This was not one of them.
Here's the main reason I don't listen to most electronica. It's seemingly endless loops, repetitious electronic sounds over and over that flow into each other and really makes me feel I'm stuck in a soundtrack to something futuristic (at least someone's idea of the "future"). I guess it's okay as background, but it got annoying and distracting after a short while. There are a couple songs that are fine and worth hearing, but overall if I want to hear music like this, play a video game and turn off the screen.
- nach Track 1 habe ich mur noch das Schlimmste erwartet… - war aber erstmal gar nicht so scheiße! - jeder Song über 5 Minuten ging mir aber spätestens nach 5 Minuten auf den Geist - irgendwie atosphärisch und tanzbar - Impact fand ich super anstrengend - Remind klingt ab 1:40 wie der Soundtrack von Test Drive 4 und wird dann schnell noch anstrengender als Impact - Planet of the Shapes, Lush 3-1, das sehr „houseartige“ Monday und Halcyon (hätte auch auf das 2 min. Intro verzichten können) haben es für mich aber wieder rausgerissen, sind coole Tracks Rating: 2/5
repetitive repetitive repetitive repetitive repetitive repetitive repetitive repetitive repetitive
Oh, Orbital, I wanted to like you. I swear I did. This album is one of two in the 1001 canon by Kent’s very own electronic duo, Orbital. Before the lofty, high-concept “let’s do a consumerism piece, dudes” of “Snivilisation”, there was “Orbital II”. It’s a more straightforward record which sees the duo focusing solely on electronic loops and meticulous production, almost no vocal samples. I barely tolerated “Snivilisation”, so was not looking forward to hearing this effort. In the end, it spent half its time threatening to win me over and the other half collapsing in a series of indistinguishable beats. What works? The production really is first-rate: I listened on decent headphones, and the low-end shook my soul. The arrangements can be decent too: for example, Remind” is one of the busiest tracks, packed to the rafters with constantly shifting layers of sound. It evolves so much that it manages not to outstay its welcome: a rare thing for an electronica instrumental. “Halcyon and On and On”, on the other hand, manages to do a lot with a little, stretching into nine and a half minutes of blissed out sweeping synths and ethereal looped vocals. It earns these two stars almost by itself. The rest is a very mixed bag which ultimately didn’t stick the landing for me. Other than the very irritating framing device (two-minute tracks of two voices repeating the same thing over and over again, falling in and out of sync) there’s overlong techno-leaning material (“Impact”) slightly dated synth work (“Walk Now”) and head-scratching navel-gazing (“Planet of the Shapes”). One day, I may appreciate “Orbital II” much more. But for the time being, I don’t think it deserves a higher rating than this.
Repetitive, but I think that's kind of the point. I see the cues from classical a bit as far as setting a theme forth and developing it. Lush 3-1 still a banger.
Interesting. Techno but a little estrange
i love electronic music but this just felt too simple. repetitive and uninteresting. 2.5
Interesting, but not my vibe haha
https://youtu.be/7MSFW8pZ-_4?si=brIWqzfHXSNabQM8&t=3799
Solid headphones on productive in the zone mode music but I can’t think of another scenario where I’d put it on
1. time becomez - 0 2. planet of the zhapez - 1.5 3. luzh 3.1 - 1.5 4. luzh 3.2 - 1.5 5. impact - 1 6. remind - 1.5 7 uualk nouu - 1 8.monday - 1.5 9. halcyon - 2 10. input out - 0
Impactless.
Better than the previous Orbital album we've had, still not really my thing though, it's just too repetitive to listen to the whole way through. Halcyon was the best of the bunch, and I actually quite enjoyed it - even after 8 tracks - which is notable, but the rest of the album not really for me. 2/5.
Meh. Rating: 2.5
1.5/5 super repetitive and not interesting
I do like some Orbital, and generally I’m a fan of techno/EDM. But this album doesn’t do much for me.
Weird
Just not really my jam.
This is pretty difficult to rate for me, because on its surface, it’s just an average repetitive electronic record, but that doesn’t mean it’s not fucking boring. This teeters between the 1 and 2 star score but I’ll give it the benefit of the doubt that it can sometimes sound less boring.
Leuk voor in een achtbaan. Ik miste nu de achtbaan
I can’t. It’s more than I can’t stand
I’m not a huge electronica fan, this album was okay, there’s a few songs I wouldn’t mind listening to while working or otherwise distracted.
There are some pleasant sounds here, but this is not for me. Almost every track ends with me thinking "Is this still going?" and then looking and seeing that I'm halfway through the song.
Definitely not my thing, but I was listening to it in my car and thought I should try cranking the volume in order to get (presumably) closer to the feel of hearing it in a club environment. It was crazy! People just started walking up to my car and shoving drugs into the tailpipe and grinding up against the side mirrors. I hit the locks real fast and turned it down immediately. Actually, it was way more enjoyable played loudly but still not my thing. I kinda liked the opening track (?) and parts of "Remind" and "Halcyon and On and On," but at the end of the day I'd rather just listen to that Kraftwerk record again.
Not a hater but this honestly just hasn’t aged well. Even the best track, Halcyon On & On, suffers because of it. Unfortunate!
Helt chill men idk kändes inte essential... ba jättedated techno
Trance techno… For sure there are groovy moments, that would work fine at late night disco Dance floor. Only as a listening album, its getting monotonous after a short while. Not for me.. prefer music with people playing instruments anyway
I did not like this
It's fine background music I guess
Some interesting parts but overall quite long and uninteresting
Boring
This is identical to the last electronic album, which was also awful.
Dull, not for me
Nonsense background music.
Not for me, I found it pretty boring and repetitive. Not something I’d listen to again.
Ok
Bad, but enough decent moments to make it a 2 instead of a 1 (but it was close) Wasn't there another bad album by Orbital on this list? This mostly crap genre tends to blur together.
An album clearly dedicated to people who seek to spend their entire night in a rave, probably with the aid of drugs. As for the music, the repetitive drone is rather uninspiring (given that I'm not in a rave and I'm not under the influence).
Taiten tehty levy, tyylipuhdas lajinsa edustaja. Jättää toki vähän kylmäksi
Dit heb na 2 nummers gehoord. Ik heb niet zoveel met dit soort elektronische muziek
Nee, dit was toch eigenlijk niet heel boeiend.
When I heard the first song, I thought the album was going to be pretentious garbage. Turns out that it was just generic loops. There are some decent concepts here, but most of it is overlong. I agree with another reviewer that stated that it sounds like someone's first day with FL studio.
ah, the 90’s. electronic dance music was one of the trends, with the likes of bands like the prodigy and orgy. while i do like disco, this type of music seems to be some sort of modernized take on it that i just couldn’t get into.
I did not enjoy this.
This is really not my jam. I was familiar with one song thanks to CKY2K but other than that, meh.
Did not enjoy this one. 2/5
I enjoyed many artists during the Rave / Acid house scene of the early 90s, but I was never fussed on Orbital, neither then, or now. This is a strange album, more like someone recorded an Acid dj mix on a club night and you really needed to be trippin to get the best out of this, because some of it is just like spaced out repeat lyric from the guy glazed out at the bogs. The only saving grace of the album are a couple if tracks which are just OK.
All a bit samey but listenable
Got a bit tired of this album, some of it was OK, not their best in my opinion.
Definitely influential and definitely not worth listening to. Way too slow.
On the whole I found this an unremarkable listen. Other than Impact, which is a memorable and creative track, I found the remainder of Orbital 2 to be dull and repetitive. Not for me
bof
Has it's moments but not enough... 2.5
Cover art, band name, album title, I'm optimistic, seems like a record I'll really enjoy. That said, I'm really not digging this first track. Oof the static on the second track isn't warming me up. I like the bird like sounds at the beginning of Lush 3-1, that track gets off to a promising start. But overall I'm finding the music a little too energetic to be mesmerizing but too repetitive to be enjoyable when given my full attention. The songs seem to end not when they finish their idea but when they get bored. Halcyon and On and On was nice enough but any positive vibes were smashed by the ridiculous outro. 2.5
Seeing this pop up on my recommendation today pleased me. I love lots of electronic music. Many of my top songs are similar in style. William Orbit Strange Cargo 3 being one of my favourite. I've heard some orbital stuff before and liked it (halcyon etc). But this sounds like I feared it might. I teach KS1 kids in primary school how to use an app called remixlive, to understand the concept of adding loops, creating digital files, saving and sharing them. The problem is, most of the kids don't add any variety to their songs, they'll record several minutes of the same repetitive beats and I'll have to listen to it and tell them how they should've varied it more. That's what this album sounds like. Only it's much longer. I could only imagine enjoying this if I was in a coma, or comatose, which I think is how most people (who rave about it [pun intended]) listen to it anyway.
Not to my tastes
It may be influential and/or groundbreaking for its time, but it's not for me.
Cold, emotionless, metallic, and repetitive. I guess all those things are intentional, but that's also what makes it not my thing. 2 stars.
It's not terrible but definitely not great. The music slowly dissolves into background noise and it sounds like someone playing around with an EDM pack for Ableton or some other music software. It's from 1993 so I guess it's somewhat impressive when comparing the capabilities from then to now but it hasn't aged well. It's also very repetitive. I can't really give it a 1 as it's a bit too harsh.
Not something I had heard before or would normally listen to. But I listened all the way through and enjoyed it.
I like Halcyon and On and On but I’m not sure how this is relevant in the whole scheme of albums to listen to. It’s just a long collection of sounds scapes and clips.
Might not be a fan of older edm based off my experience with this and Ronis album. It may have done something for the genera so I'll give it 2
Did not age well
Some good beats buried in there (Lush 3-1 is a bop) but everything is waaaayyy too repetitive and long.
It ranged from kinda dull to annoying.
This music just does not interest me
One thing I hate about house music is how repetitive it is. I’ll hand it to Orbital, they at least try to spice songs up. If the album were about 40 mins, I would have liked it more. Considering the long album length, it gets a bit tiring to listen to.
Couldn't get through it. Electronica is not my taste.
Starts with a star trek reference? Sadly I wasn't high, and at a rave.
No thank you. This album makes me hate music. The intro and outro tracks are stupid. It's a great representation for the rest of the album.
This was ok but forgettable
Yeah Nah Thanks. Cookie cutter electro isn't for me.
It gets better toward the end but I'm really just not that into 90s electronica. A bit too repetitive too.
Screams 90s electronic. Feels like I'm in the cybergoth dance meme video. A couple interesting moments but overall wasn't for me.
This inclusion is a reminder that there is a lot of music with no piano, guitar, or voice that has had enormous success and large bases of fans. Ok, point taken. If there’s something in that world for me, this ain’t it.
Eh.
This album sounded like the music that plays during the end credits of a techie 90s action movie
-It's just like background music for an hour. It isn't unpleasant but it isn't interesting
The second outing from the regents of recursion manage to produce one stand out song (Halcyon and on and on). Other than that, this is a snooze fest.
Not in mood for ambient techno - seems like it was probably on the list due to influence and not quality
It wasn't offensive or anything....just don't care for electronica
This was very boring and uninspired imo.
If you allow it to disappear into the background, say, by revving your car engine or vacuuming, it’s not bad. Otherwise, it’s horrendously repetitive.
Slightly non-plussed by it. It just washed over me. And I don't feel like I need another listen to see if my view changes. It's very of its time.
Decent background music.
Interesting. But struggled to rate this two stars.
did not really liked it but appreciate the effort
Was NOT looking forward to this one - in my head it's dull old techno. But that's what this project is for, to try and expand my horizons. Generally I was pretty unimpressed, but I concede there are some pretty listenable moments in Lush 3-1 and Halcyon. Heard some possible inspiration for artists that would come along 20 years later: Mount Kimbie, Four tet, Gold panda.
Not my favorite, but interesting.
Nice and meditative, but also very repetitive.
Orbital 2 Electric Bugaloo gets a 2. It is techno music. Overall it was unremarkable. It is was alright as background music. There is no need for me to revisit the album.
I would enjoy this at the right time and place. Like at a hookah bar, or a rave. Unfortunately I listened on a beautiful sunny drive on Highway 61 and it just didn't fit.
Influential and great at festivals, but not a good album to listen to.
Where Time Becomes a Loop... This one will take more time to digest. I don't dislike the album, on first listen I thought it was a waste of time. But, after listening to it all day, I think there are some interesting sounds going on here. Not sure if that makes it good yet though. 2 / 5 (for now)
Techno is just not my jam. It's hard for me to even evaluate because it just doesn't speak to me here. I want to rate not applicable lol, but I guess I've gotta give a 2. Not BAD like a 1 would be, but a forgettable 2.
Just an experimental instrumental album. Complete snoozefest. 4/10.
weak
Ok
Heel sferisch album, niet zo mijn ding
I live in the technno capital of the world and I've heard better techno through the wall from my neighbour. It's bland and boring, but it's saved in that regard. It could be a lot, lot worse, like the shitty looping on the first track which sounds neat in the first 15 seconds, then you realise it goes on for another minute and a half.
90s edm. Not really for me.
It's very easy to hate on electronic music. All the things that make music great, the timing, the tonality of live instruments, the play of expected vs. unexpected changes and sounds, improvisation, and the slight imperfections that make something sound organic just don't come across in a mathematical sequence. Things have improved somewhat since the early 9s when this came out but it's still about as emotional as interacting with a pissed off microwave.
Not my kind of thing, very repetetive and mostly instrumental.
standard electronic music - gave it a couple of spins in case I had missed something but nothing really grabbed me.
5/10
Meh. Not the worst thing I've heard. Just put it in the background and not really noticeable.
Apparently I am getting every techo album on this list in a row...
This is not my jam but it got me in the mood to listen to Aphex Twin, so it's something
16th November 2021 Listened on my headphones whilst travelling from the Excel centre to book club in Kings Cross. 90s raving culture in an album. I wouldn't sit and listen to it, I think you need to be on something and in a field to properly enjoy it but I can kind of see it.
5/10
Reconec el disc com un dels moments àlgids de la cultura rave i el cert és que tants anys després es deixa escoltar molt bé i té els seus moments... però més enllà de la seva importància històrica i la seva competència técnica, no m'arriba; tampoc és el meu món....
90's techno, very repetitious. 90's techno, very repetitious. 90's techno, very repetitious. 90's techno, very repetitious. repetitious. repetitious. repetitious.
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Snorebital
Time and again this site has served me turn-of-the-90s UK electronica, and it's still yet to make an impression on me. I try to not generalize about music, but I can completely understand why music from this period gets slammed for being so repetitive. for being so repetitive for being so repetitive for being so repetitive boom-boom-boom-snap so repetitive boom-boom-boom-snap so repetitive boom-boom-boom-snap so repetitive
You know, electronica back to back is not a good thing. Any genre back to back likely isn't good for this list. Need to cleanse the palate. The problem with Orbital is that they repeat everything so quickly (e.g., some phrase or beat on loop). It's mind numbing. Kraftwerk at least paused for a bit before coming back to the same phrases. And their beats didn't feel so incessant or monotonous. Planet of the Shapes had some really cool beats but it lacked variation or it didn't layer in its beats well. It's like they have one dominant beat and that drowns out everything else - it's all you can hear and it just repeats. More variation in pacing, timing, and beats is needed - in almost all songs. I think if I was in solitary confinement and you played this album I would go crazy after about two revolutions. I don't think I could play this album as background music to a party unless that party was a rave. Its inferiority is glaringly obvious when placed next to Kraftwerk.
I wanted to like this more than I did. After all, it started with a loop of Worf from Star Trek:TNG talking about time becoming a loop. I do like electronic dance music and the album did have its moments. But I think Underworld did this better. Strange that some of this sounds a bit more dated than stuff like Kraftwerk from the 70s and 80s.
The music here was decent but their heads are so far up their own nether regions with the stupid spoken tracks that its insufferable. Listening to some of their later stuff they've gotten a lot better.
This is a basic bitch version of Thievery Corporation.
1.5 | Más Techno... Del mismo grupo???? Insisto... no es que tenga nada en particular contra el género. Sí puede tener su lugar y no es que sea un disco 100% sin mérito pero creo puedo repetir casi lo mismo que dije del primero. No le veo el caso en la lista, no propone nada tan distinto de cualquier otro artista competente del género como para estar en la lista y ahora mucho menos como para decir que merece DOS lugares en la misma. Sin mucho que decir, competente, pudiera funcionar de música de fondo en situaciones específicas... nada más. De verdad lo que sí siento es que es casi un desperdicio/abuso dar dos lugares al mismo grupo y a dos discos que básicamente te los puedo poner en shuffle y no podrías realmente diferenciar uno de otro.
Noise. But that one mean girls song is cool lol
Thanks, I hate it
Si je vous retrouve votre duo intro/outro ridicule je peux vous jurer que ça va très mal se passer.
Not where I’m at right now. If I was a little bit older I can imagine this being important to me but without being on that scene it’s not doing much for me.
Okay techno. Won’t be listening again.
Shhhhh! I almost turned this off within the first track. Any time they sample someone speaking it loses a star as it interferes with my ability to let this fade into background music.
Really not my thing. Extra star for Doctor Who.
This album sounds like it was quite advanced in 1993 for electronic music. However, now it sounds outdated. It’s OK, but something I would turn off if I had the choice.
Not a fan. A bit out there
This was quite strange, not the biggest fan of this kind of music
The opening and closing track completely killed this album for me. I got into it during the middle and was enjoying it, only reason its not getting a 1
Wow this has aged really poorly, sounds really dated Not the absolute worst music I've ever heard, but not for me at all
Besser als David guetta Hat seine Berechtigung
2/5
4/10. Okay, this album was really long, and fairly annoying. Not so annoying that it distracted me from homework, but it made it a bit less pleasant. The first and last songs were both kinda cool, and even more annoying than the rest of it.
It's just hard to listen to for an hour. 4
A lot to like here but I have limited years of my life and I can’t afford to spend them waiting several mins for a song to begin or listening to “time becomes a loop” a billion times.
Máquina. Largo. Aburrido. Machacón.
Didn't love it...pretty basic EDM
not really a positive or negative response to this album. fine but boring. enjoyed one song
4
electronica. vibes. weird.
First track annoying. Hope it gets better. Songs overall are ok. Good for background music except the first and last songs. Both annoying and unnecessary. 2.5
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.
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.
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.
Crap
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.
Not my thing at all. Sorry.
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.
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.
Some of this intrigued me but much of it just started to grate on me.
Another wasted hour. 1 star or F-.
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...
Absolutely brutal. 1/5
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)
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
me cague encima
It boggles the mind how such high-energy music can be so utterly boring.
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.
Two men discovering random electro tracks for the first time and wanting to cause pain. Help.
what is the significance of this album?
Techno
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
absolutely not, gave up quick
Soulless and boring
Not for me
Just had a hard time with this - the collection is more suited for a modern bar reception area as background comfort.
What?
I’m rated this based on that first track that really pushed me off a cliff. The rest of this was fine enough for a bump high, however I can be spiteful when annoyed.
Chinese water torture. 1.5
2.0/10
Number 2
I am not into this at all.
Yeah electronic music is horrible to me.
Time is indeed a loop if you listen to this shit.
i can't understand how the hell this album finish in this List.
Well, that was a stinker. 2/10
Boring machine noise
Saved? ❌ Would listen again? ❌ Would recommend to anyone? ❌ Would buy on Vinyl? ❌
Fell asleep. Tried to listen again. Realised I was right first time. Sometimes it's better to listen to your body. 1*
Well, this is definitely a first. The first time I’ve wanted to skip every song on an album because of how weak it was. These songs are like a light breeze blowing past you when you’re seeking mayhem. Like this album can’t settle into any musical category perfectly. It’s too pussy for Prodigy. Not catchy enough for Daft Punk. Not weird like Mr. Ouizo. Not even trippy enough for Josh Wink. This is pretty much your parents music if they listened to electro trance dance euro vision whatever this is
Fucking no thank you.
I struggle to listen to Orbital tbh, if I was in a club then ok, but not at my age, it’s not going to happen….
So dated, it's far to awkward to listen to and take seriously.
It was just a load of irritating noises. I did not enjoy it one little bit.
After an hour of relentless, monotonous, rhythmic noise finally ends, the silence that follows is eerily deafening. And you realize the full measure of the audio torture you've just endured.
Godawful, bit dancy but more annoying than anything else
fever dream type shit
I liked the lush one bu that was thr only one gave a little taste of pink panther in that only song because of the electric and the voice but the others are social experiments I think my mum can do better tbh
maybe matthews mum would like this but not me
🤷🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤯
I do enjoy electronic music but why the hell is this on the list? This is background music of the most boring kind. I think Muzak might be more interesting. What a waste of time listening to this was. Ugh, so lame.
Pretty boring other than that one song in cky2k
Rubbish. The songs are far too long, not as clever as the writers think and they seem really old fashioned. It has not aged well.
1/5
So I should love this; ambient techno from the early 90s brings me back to the height of the rave scene. But it doesn't, it's actually pretty awful. I was never a big Orbital fan to begin with, but I figured they would have some deep cuts on their albums that were worth a listen. At the very least, I would find the music pleasing to have on in the background. Having listened to first one and now two of their albums from start to finish, I'm thinking they're actually a bit overrated. It's very dull, badly constructed telephone waiting music. I can't even forgive them for being "ground breakers" as other artists had already done this over a decade earlier, with far better results. If there's anything cleverer than just stacking up and layering samples going on, then it's way over my head. My overall feeling was that this was what it sounds like when someone uses all the built-in samples in a new DAW and randomly adds them to see what they all sound like, i.e. disposable garbage-music. "Little Fluffy Clouds" was kind of epic back in the day, and I assumed that this was an album by the guys who made that. It's not, that was "the Orb", similar name I guess. So after that blunder, what was Orbital's most famous track I wonder? Well it seems that was "Halcyon", so I held off my judgement in case that was amazing; it wasn't, it sucked just as bad as the rest of this album! There's very little mainstream music that sounds quite like this in the 2020s, and to be honest, I feel that's a good thing. We've moved on from repetitive, poorly made ambient techno and I hope it never comes back into fashion again. One star.
Nothing like starting your day with the buzzkill of being assigned yet another UK electronica album from this generator. And then that buzzkill being immediately confirmed by the album starting with the worst "song" you can possibly imagine
Couldn’t finish it
This is so boring. Why is it even on this list? Maybe it was influential to something grander? I don't know or care.
Couldn’t finish. I’m sure it’s someone’s vibe but it’s definitely not mine
Try harder
I tried. I just can’t.
Supongo que sería revolucionario. Supongo que cambiaría para siempre la historia de la música electrónica. Supongo que merece la pena. Pero no me aporta absolutamente nada está música y creo que a nadie en estado mental estable. Así que musicalmente sólo puedo decir que no tiene más contenido que una canción infantil repetida en loops.