Reviews (page 7 of 8)
No thanks.
Bleep bloop. Nope. Dont like this!
Not as good as some of their later stuff loses some steam on the 2nd half of the album but still enjoyable
Was a bit disappointed by this. I wasn't sure what I expected from Orbital but for whatever reason I didn't get on with it much at all. Listened to it on a run so I did try to give full attention.
I quite liked the first track, found it really interesting but there's only so much of this kind of music that I can listen to. It's definitely interesting and clever but just too much for me
I recognize this artist from 1 song, but this is a blind album. And I did not enjoy this. Some notable tracks had some style in my mind but overall would not recommend this to anyone. The bad outweighed the good.
I'm starting to sense a pattern in the types of electronic music that make their way onto this list. The author seems very fond of ambling, somewhat esoteric 90's-era albums. I appreciate low-key vibes as much as the next person, but I wouldn't hate something with a bit more meat.
I thought I liked Orbital, I didn't like this.
I like techno, but I don't think ambient techno is quite my thing, dull and overly repetitive in many places.
I guess you had to be there. Reminds me of when I really wanted to get into this kind of music because I thought it was cool but raves make me anxious and I don’t like drugs so…no? Trance music is whatever. Too long for an album. Good length for a set or a show, bad length for a piece of standalone art. But interesting and clearly good and thoughtfully made, just not really my thing I guess.
Beep boop beep
Normally love low fi music and it helps me focus but honestly couldn’t do it today. Might be the caffeine, but my anxiety was hightened listening to this album. Ultimately many of the notes put me on edge. I know that this is a me problem… but there’s just some lowfi/house music that sets my brain off this way. Not a big fan.
honestly the start and end are pretty good, a few annoying tracks in the middle but not bad for what it is, an ambient techno album. 3-3.5
I wish I was on more acid
Funky beats, soft techno, not bad background music for work but nothing overly special. 3/5
2.5 some songs by Orbital are total bangers and they were in my standard rotation for techno in the 90’s but this album falls short for me. “Hey son, if your mom calls remember to tell her, SATAN!!”
Good background music to listen to while working. Might listen to again in that case but would never really listen to it on it's own. Will I listen to again: 50%
Cet album m’a fait sentir des sentiments d’urgence, de calme, m’a dépaysée par moments. Pas mon genre préféré, mais j’en ai apprécié la qualité
Highly enjoyable. Creative, musically diverse techno album, one of the better ones I've heard. You could drop 15 minutes off this though and it would be a much better album. Fave Songs: Kein Trink Wasser, Science Friction, Forever, Crash and Carry, Attached
decent
Completely average electronic music
A load of crap
I enjoy electronic but this was not the best in my opinion. Just kind of boring.
Probably good idk.
I'm sure I used to like this but it doesn't do much for me now, the longer two final tracks are easily the standouts
Chill electronic background music. 2/5
Completely new album to me which received multiple playback during the day. Solid effort.
Classic
An okay album that does nothing to add its importance to a list of this nature. 3/5.
nice noises arranged in a pleasing manner
Did not like. Peu de paroles quasi que des sons un peu electro calme. Même pas réussi à finir l'album
The reason I like this project is finding things I never heard of, just like this band/album. "Crash and Carry" sold it to me, just the kind of techno I love. I didn't enjoy the album fully, but some dreamy psychedelic tracks here and there are the reason I'm giving a 4
Boring, monotonous, background techno. Don't see the appeal. People who use drum machines should figure out how to do fills and tempo changes.
Interesting early electronic music, strange vibe
Great electronic album. Enjoyed it greatly, very smooth an interesting progressions. Feels very ambient-like, but more powerful.
really wanted this to be over, not terrible but for sure boring. old electronica can be soooo hit or miss. boring stinker
I feel like I need to be in the right headspace to listen to this album. It has a spacey and robotic feeling without a lot of melody. Not my favourite.
Album qui n’est pas dans mon style, et ne le deviendra pas. J’aime bien les sons ambiants et atmosphériques mais la c’est trop.
Interesting early edm type
Very strange, and definitely an album I would not have discovered otherwise.
Snivilization was a pretty decent listen. 90s techno that wasn't just a computer voice saying the same phrase for 5.5 minutes straight. Lots of interesting tunes. The bears were good. These guys sound like they would have made incredible video game soundtracks if they started making music like 20 years later.
Never thrilled when I see something I have never heard of it and it's an English Electronic Duo. That being said this was fine, I listened to it while doing chores around the house. Totally inoffensive and fine. I probably will not ever listen to it again.
Felt like video game background music.
I’m sorry to fans of this genre but I have yet to see any value in it
Cool sounds I hadn’t heard before which is always fun, but probs wouldn’t play most of the tracks again
Repeative beats, Techo club
Horrible. Barely more enjoyable than the sound of Stevie grinding metal at work. Really hoped they would turn into a Metallica tribute act when I saw Sad but True. Not enough words and too many weird noises for me.
Very good electric album, I hate when electric songs have shit chat over the top of them, but this felt more refined No songs stood out to me, as is usually the case with electric, between 3/4* Some long songs as well
Surprisingly fun - a bit weird and a unique sound, but super enjoyable. Quite varied throughout the album
One of my faves so far altho personally prefer their first album. Enjoyed the heavier tracks on this one as the rest was a fair amount of electro-style beats, which I'm not a massive fan of generally. Feel privileged to have seen them earlier this year in Bristol too!
meh, not so much my style
Nope
This is a pretty good listen and it's always nice to see electronic genres appear on the 1001 list. Some of the sounds have an impeccably warm 1990s vintage feel to them. I like how genre-spanning the album is, with elements of techno and drum & bass, but also bits of ambient and downtempo. Overall, I'd like the album to have more uptempo energy, which it only gets on the standout tracks. The spoken word samples don't do anything for me and are an annoying feature. I suspect this record was picked because it defines a specific era of British music culture (pretty much where the 1990s rave scene meets Glastonbury). There's no shortage of 1990s electronic albums that sound better than this one. 3.5*
s this album actually called Snivilisation? thats so funny -beginning of this first song is cool -THE TRANSITION RIGHT INTO THE NEXT SONG WITH THOSE SOUNDS -loved that. it just continued right on -i wish i had duck feet is so real because me too -this isn’t super my thing but im intrigued -now hold on sad but true goes hard -why is there a 15 minute song. why -some of these songs are too long and they’re not interesting enough to keep me engaged
FO. Fuck Orbital.
trash 🗑️
Please no more mediocre electronic music, Mr British guy
It's not the worst album on here, but it's hardly essential. I forgot it was on a couple of times
Disco de electrónica que safa para estudiar, pero aburre
I'm reviewing this after the fact, and don't really remember much about it. Make of that what you will. I think they're an act that is much better live than listening on Spotify while you're proofreading.
Found this much less offensive than Orbital 2, but it's still music by computers. Take a 3s sound clip, loop for 10 minutes.
Bleep blort. I am techno music from the 90s. I think I am futuristic and cool. Dee deet blort. I make a bunch of noise that I think is music. This is how I recycle garbage. It sucks. 1.4/10
IDM with deep themes? That's like catnip to me. Love this so much.
I can’t believe how many of these albums this list continues to include.
Unnecessary since electronic but at least somewhat tolerable
Fantastic
The easy criticism of this album is, its far too long. And i believe that to be true. I don't think the two songs at the end (12 mins and 15mins) are the issue, I would cut numerous songs from the middle and make the album more palatable and more manageable. I would compare the album unfavourably to the Röyksopp album on this list. Which i found to be more interesting, but i should state that there isn't a bad song on this album, its just that its very forgettable and when i finished it, i wasn't rushing back for a second listen. I did however, give it a second listen, but I will not revisit this album unless i was using it as background music while i played a computer game. I was originally leaning towards a 3, but I have a rule that it can only get a 3 if i would revisit the album, and i dont think i would, so gonna say a big old TWO
A little too lo-fi for me. Where are the party tracks dagnamit? "Are We Here" is a delight though
pretty good electronic sound, enjoyed overall!
Cool soundtrack
Felt like I was on hold for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
so early 90s. much enjoy
As boring as you would expect from an album named after a circular motorway. Ok background music, but not engaging. Endearingly odd a couple of times, in quite a dull way.
I'm torn on how to rate Snivilisation by Orbital. The band and the music were all new to me, and there are a lot of interesting sounds and recordings on this album that could be worth a revisit. I like some electronic music, and there are several tracks that I marked for a replay. There are a couple of tracks (like "Crash and Carry") that have a little too much repetition - the music begins to push me away from enjoying the listening experience. "I Wish I Had Duck Feet" has some spoken word overlaying the music of the track that kept me from liking that track as much. I would listen to more from Orbital, and I might even come back to this whole album again, because I am curious to hear what I missed the first time. Based on my ratings as I went through the album, it's not quite (but just barely) enough to round up to a full 4 stars.
pretty great! for the first half. kinda drags after a while. Kein Trink Wasser wasn’t very good and honestly the album should’ve ended at Philosphy by Numbers. but there was some good stuff after Kein ! great background music for sure. will probably listen again.
Je n'ai pas envie de laisser cette critique non-écrite pendant trop longtemps alors je vais en profiter pour réaffirmer mon soutien envers William Orbit qui est constamment harcelé par eltrapeze.
Vous me le paierez un jour Orbital, vous me le paierez
This album is okay but it's not really my style of electronic music. I prefer more ambient vibes and this gets pretty repetitive and unrelenting. I liked the first track, then got distracted and came back to the rest of the album and it wasn't doing much for me after that. The one big exception to this is the track 'Kein Trink Wasser', which was my favorite on the album. To me a lot of the tracks just get boring because they don't seem to go anywhere (at least on first listen). Standout Tracks: Forever, Kein Trink Wasser, Quality Seconds, Attached
I would never have found this album on my own, and I doubt I’ll revisit it much if at all, but I am really glad to have heard it. Grim and unnerving, yet light and spacious, with some great beats. Sometimes repetitive, but a worthy listen. Best song: Science Friction
I'm kinda partial to ambient techno, but this didn't really do it for me. Samples were annoying and compositions just weren't that interesting, the longer songs towards the back end really dragged. Not my favorite. 2.5/5
Why this when In Sides is right there?
Absoluut niet mijn genre. Sommige nummers waren wel oké als achtergrondmuziekje, maar andere waren zelfs dan irritant voor mij
Fantastic for my focus groove.
There's nothing here really is there? I like the odd piece of electronica but it needs to have a lot more substance than 'sounds you hear in the background' to deserve more than a low 2.
Maybe it's because I'm just back from the dentists, but found this more grating than interesting. Not my genre anyway, really, but it seemed more repetitive than most of this stuff we've had. That said (and this feels like a total contradiction of what I just wrote), there's loads of variety between the tracks - the contrast between Kein Trink Wasser, Quality Seconds, and the beginning of Are We Here? which are one after the other is crazy. 2/5 - they've tried some interesting stuff but it doesn't work for me.
I wasn't that impressed the first few listens, but this one grew on me the more I listened to it.
Techno/electronic music isn't one of my favorite genres overall. While I didn't mind the music, nothing really stood out to me as oh man I need to listen to that again. Not bad just not for me.
Best Song: Kein Trink Wasser. I liked the piano at the beginning. Worst Song: Forever. Sure, let's just end the song with a full 30 seconds of the sounds of pissing. Was that supposed to be rain? Overall: Some glimpses of interesting material here and there. The division of songs seems partly arbitrary, as the genre can radically switch within a single song, but also some songs (e.g., Quality Seconds) seem so wholly out of place that I wonder what they're doing here. It feels like an album in desperate need of careful editing, but I'm not sure what would be left once edited.
I've been quite disappointed with the Orbital albums here, I was ready to give this one a two, but those last few tracks really pick up. What was moments of good music to begin with matures into full great tracks. Stick with it.
I set the expectations bar low and this proved twice as boring as the worst electronica. I was driving ffs! While waiting at the lights I started nodding off.
Not a huge edm enjoyer by itself, but I can appreciate it.
Not bad at all! Listened to it twice this morning. I especially like the last few longer tracks. They unfold nicely. Favorite track is "Kein Trink Wasser." And the transition from that to "Quality Seconds," is so totally harebrained/bonkers that it absolutely works!
some of the 1-star reviews for this album are obviously unfair. The more I hear these 90's electronic artists– the Aphex Twins, the Orbitals– I realize that some of the genre-bending artists from the early 2010s which I love owe more than a little bit of their adventurous sprit to some of these artists. Some really interesting attempts and sounds here, and it doesn't sound hashed to death or so formulaic as to be uninteresting. And I am always tapping my foot to these. They have the pocket. Overall, not mind-bending, but really explorative and much more original than I had thought it would be. 3/5
68 of 1001 Snivilisation - Orbital Favorite Track : NONE Rating : 1/5 More electronic "music". Not for me. This is just sounds. It can't even be classified as music.
Hipster hotel lift music. Apart from - ahem - Quality Seconds, which sounds like someone sat on the sequencer. Terrible cover artwork, too.
This makes more sense hearing it in a field rather than sat at home streaming through the AirPods. Even then I'd need some pretty strong drugs to get through this shit at 3am in the morning. If it wasn't for the GUSHING of the techno fan boys, this could quite easily be a mixtape from a dodgy early '90s pirate station.
I just think this was so incredibly boring and repetitive. Like I didn’t find it offensive or disgusting that it was ever made but after like two songs I was done yet it kept going for another hour. Wayyy to long for all the songs to be the same.
I've heard a bit of Orbital, not sure I was familiar with this one. At the risk of coming across as the amateur I am in terms of the history and details of EDM, this is really good background music. Sounds like a shot but isn't meant to be - it has been great (and weirdly-motivating) to work to this morning, I can imagine it being a nice soundtrack to run or workout to if that's your thing. Negative: sometimes it's... a lot to take; like... I can't imagine people actively listening to this without doing something else. e.g. "Sad but True" that main riff is catchy but I don't need it 100 times, boring into my head repeatedly. I know that's also the genre, so.... \shrug/ .... it is what it is. Related: I actually listened to a little of this in the car (e.g. "Crash and Carry" - maybe a poor driving choice) and was annoyed - proving for me that this is ... actively a non-active-listening album. But back home "Science Friction" is back to nice background music. Almost a perfect 3 star album for me - it's just "there" but I actually might reach for this one from time to time when I need the right life soundtrack. 6/10 3 stars
Techno. Me ha gustado. Un 4.
Seen these before and had a brief spell years ago enjoying one of their records. Wasnt this one, but it was better. Do quite like this, decent background music. I’m certain they have better though. It also seems to have affected my ability to write semi-coherent/ structured sentences
Was dreading this as I thought Orbital were strictly chilled, ambient electronic music. It was a lot more upbeat than I expected I quite enjoyed it as a background album but it's too long and unfocused to warrant repeated listens.
Great background music.
I'm not that into electronic music, unless its Ronald Jenkees, but I'm surprised this was on the list because I found it fairly boring. Was okay as background music I guess, but I can't say anything good about it.
Did not mind this in the background while working but it's not my thing. Very repetitive so easy to ignore largely. Some tracks I disliked though, the ones which got a bit too dancey. Quality seconds was particularly grating I didn't actively dislike much of it, but I won't be going back. 2 seems generous... 1.5
Weird electronic / house but not bad!
a really varied collection of techno songs some are really spacey like in love with a ghost but others sound more like old video game music kain trink Wasser is my fav song
Great walking album, nothing crazy memorable but overall an enjoyable listen.
Decent until Crash and Carry, then it becomes amazing.
Orbital did improve their sound after this ngl
video game soundtrack ngl skippable
pretty sure whatever i wrote about the last orbital album applies here, it'll be something along the lines of the biggest hits being on the first album but it's still a very solid album.
Since the dawn of time man has strived for continuous improvement and growth. Today marks the day when we all have to stop and take in what an incredible achievement this Orbital record is. We have failed.
Snorbital
Album van het Britse techno-duo Orbital. Tracklist omvat lange, instrumentale dancenummers. Goede productiewaarde, maar te langdradig om echt leuk te kunnen noemen. leukste nummer: Kein Trink Wasser Net als Daft Punk's Homework is Snivilisation een kritiek op intolerantie en strengere wetgeving voor raves.
beep bloop oontz oontz bleep boop. 3 stars.
3,5
cool
Maybe an 8. I feel like it's pretty solid but I also don't care for techno.
I suppose this is music.
I can’t give this a one because it’s not irritating to listen to but this was the most boring, “can I put you on hold for an 75 minutes” album I’ve gotten in a while. Like I get that it’s supposed to be ambient but Jesus dude. The penultimate track was about as good as it got
Head in hands, ears peeking through my fingers, I began this 75 minute album by electronic duo Orbital. “Snivilisation” is their third album, bringing their fusion of techno-rave and ambient sound to their largest audience yet (months after a star-making performance at Glastonbury 1994). Its concept on the foibles of society has it placed under the dubious umbrella of IDM, as though it’s more worthy of praise than other techno albums because it has “something to say”. Here’s the thing: I didn’t mind “Snivilisation”. I’ve listened to it a couple of times, once while working during the day and once just after waking up while still in a dream state, and both times I’ve found a fair bit to like. It’s very well produced, with a range of different beats and synths layering up over each other, shifting the soundscape every few minutes. It also feels surprisingly non-repetitive for such a long album. “Forever” is a good intro, and there’s the lovely “Kein Trink Wasser”, with a choppy piano intro which LCD Soundsystem surely ripped off for “All My Friends”. Later in the album, “Are We Here” is an odyssey of a track, with the highlight being the fantastic break just before the 9 minute mark. Alison Goldfrapp’s vocals suit this brilliantly: mysterious and ethereal (actually, Cocteau Twins’ Elizabeth Fraser would have been the perfect choice, but you can’t win ‘em all). But much of “Snivilisation” falls under the same pitfalls as many electronic albums I’ve had so far: call me shallow, but I end up longing for more concise structure or traditional song-craft. The relentless, soulless industrial drives of “Crash and Carry” or “Quality Seconds” do absolutely nothing for me. There’s also some attempt to conceptualise the whole album as a commentary on consumerism and society’s urge to catalogue, label, track. It brings to mind a more socially conscious “My Life in the Bush of Ghosts”, geared towards contemporary Western society rather than an “imagined” one. Fair enough, and an interesting through line, but it makes for some intrusive vocal samples at times (constant invitation to study different subjects in “Philosophy by Numbers”, or “I Wish I Had Duck Feet” combining a circus freak show ringmaster with advertisements for cosmetic surgery. We get it, you’re doing a satire, let’s not be too on the nose). “Snivilisation” has some interesting things going for it, and I could have it on in the background without too much protesting, but it’s unlikely to ever become a go-to thanks to my prevailing genre bias.
3 1 stars in a row. Save me. I just had this "band" a recently and here we are again. Was there a third? Maybe. It probably sucked too. I could barely limp through this. Please, no more of this stuff. I know there's electronic music that I enjoy, some a great deal, this isn't it. This is the worst.
“Snivilisation”, a title with Gen X reek: easy cynicism, a cheap pun, comfortable edginess. Slowly, the kids are beginning to hate us as much as the Boomers… Dated title apart, this is alright. Better heard on headphones if not in a club, my favourite parts creep around the ears, just a little off-kilter. The sarcastic corporate samples are largely tiresome, reminders of well-worn 90’s cynicism. The best clichéd 90’s sample source will always be “Robocop”, or “Scarface” if you’re listening to the Wu Tang Clan. Unlikely to seek out again, but wouldn’t complain if someone put it on. Two point seven. Was three, but ending the record with two ten minutes-plus tracks is a contemptible move.
this takes me back, playing in the room of every cool kid in college in the early days before we all figured out that nobody among us was really cool at all. Typical Orbital, ravey but pleasant and melodic without being too challenging, not bad really although the vocal samples are pretty annoying in places
May have said this before but i bet it sounds great in a club....however in my car its its a but dull and repetitive. It (unlike, say, the first Aphex album) doesn't do enough to hold my attention. Disappointing. 2.5
I'm a bit conflicted on this one. It's certainly one of the better, more interesting electronica albums I've gotten. But, as with every 90's electronica album, it's way too long... A 15 minute song and a 12 minute song back to back right at the end? It really makes you work to finish the album. It was kind of hard to get through due to it's length alone. Probably would be a 3 star if it wasn't 75 minutes long. I probably would have given their other album a 2 nowadays as well. My favourite song was Philosophy by Numbers.
I like electronica and it’s one of the highest rated genres for me on this generator, but I couldn’t finish this album. I also really like “Halcyon and On and On”, their most famous song, so I probably just like the commercial stuff, but this was just too long and boring for me. I don’t understand the appeal of this at all.
My wife introduced me to Orbital, and this is one of the albums she had a physical copy of and was in high rotation. For people who know me they would understand that I Wish I Had Duck Feet is a fave. I really like Philosophy by Numbers and the way it feels more like an extension of Science Friction. Kein Trink Wasser, Quality Seconds are great and Are We Here? is another favourite.
Not necessarily the Orbital album I woulda chosen, but what the hell, you can't go too far wrong. This is very much the sort of chin-stroking intellect-masturbatory music that appeals to the specific type of nerd that I am. I started out being a nowt-but-metalhead but I could see the utility in ambient music for soothing scene-setting. Orbital was the first act that made me think I could enjoy upbeat electronica too. Fave track - "Forever", maybe, or "Are We Here?" - I'd happily listen to the whole album again at the drop of a hat though...
A bit of a slow start, but by the mid/late point of the album I could see the charm of it all. I also get the feel like it has inspired many a modern electronic music producers. Favourite tracks: Kein Trink Wasser / Philosophy / Are We Here?
It sounded like it could have been a soundtrack to a shitty 90’s movie with computer hackers and hoverboards. It was weird and I thought I was gonna hate it but I actually enjoyed it for the most part. 3 stars
Partially too experimental, but in general - an epic electronic opus
It's not working for me, it just kind of sits in the background. There's not really any fully defined songs - it's more like different experimental soundscape phases. That's not bad in itself, it's just that those soundscapes have nothing much to them. Ps: The album name and cover are terrible. Who signed that off?
This is right up my street. Added to my collection, heard a fair bit of dirge from orbital, and some that I absolutely love, (illuminate is my absolute fave and I can't stand David Gray usually). Anyway, this was a great listen, not one for every day, but great end of busy week relaxing album.
music to eat 20 benadryl and robotrip to i'm on track 6 and it started becoming insufferable to listen to about 3 tracks ago I made it to Kein Trink Wasser and have never been so relieved to hear normal piano sounds aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand there are the wubs again, ok that was maybe the one decent song so far, kind of a bop, despite the wubs genuinely a miserable listening experience from front to back, there is not a person on the planet who i would recommend this to, actually fried my brain, i am stubborn enough to listen to the entire thing, but no one else should, whoever decided this should be on the 1001 albums before you die list must have meant for it to serve as a point of comparison against the midtles (the beatles) yeah hey jude is not that bad now, the sun will shine a little brighter tomorrow maybe now that I have experienced this
Some pretty annoying sounds all around on this one.
I liked that way more than I thought I would. For ambient techno, it never quite hits that "oh just kill me" level of repetitive noise. It's interesting, complex, compelling, and really incredible GSD background music. Seriously, I was so productive with this in my ears. Well done, Orbital. You get an extra star for helping me work.
3/5. This is kind of a protest album apparently. It’s got some chill and danceable beats with great riffs and melodies. Think a little more oomph would have benefited this one.
I was vibing to the Brown Album a few months ago, but this Orbital offering is proving trickier to get into. It's colder, and more metallic-sounding, but also has some of the out-of-left-field samples I appreciated in the Brown Album ("Are We Here?", "I Wish I Had Duck Feet") HL: "Science Friction", "Kein Trink Wasser", "Forever"
Electronic is tough. Despite the length of this, it wasn’t the worst, but definitely not for me.
Fine as far as it goes, which is to seem more like programming than music. There are some interesting and tuneful bits, such as (not very cleverly titled) "Science Friction" and "Attached." But really sterile and synthetic sounding and the satire seems to have seeped out in the nearly three decades since release.
fine but monotonous
Interesting electronic music Really cool use of samples gets really strange in places
1994, британская электроника. Третий студийный альбом братьев Хартноллов.
Highlight: Sad but True 3,5/5
Appreciate the innovation on this album, however, it is not my kinda sound.
Well, I love electronic music so I didn't mind this, but this isn't an album I'd willingly seek out again. Man, so much good electronic music in the world and this damn book picked the most flat, mundane stuff.
No, man. I’m sure that they’re excellent live, but I felt bored. I wanted to like it.
Some good songwriting and interesting noises, but not enough to make me invested
It's ok, I had this on in the background whilst I worked so it's good rhythmical ambiance. Not really 1001 greatest though?
90’er elektronisk, god i baggrunden, lidt for langt
It’s ok. A little too electronic for me
1 or 2 of the songs weren't horrible.
Good sounds to hear for me
Enjoyed this album surprisingly. I think my rabbit did too
nice album; good for long, contemplative rides/runs/etc.
I usually just listen to Halcyon On and On, on loop. But it's not on this album.
Pretty good beats to relax to.I was doing other stuff while I was listening.Perfect for that.
4 - very good with only 1/2 jarring tracks
Eclectic one. So much styles under one cover. Still confused
Another artist I had heard of, but never heard. It was surprisingly enjoyable considering my usual tastes, great for a chilled evening. Currently sitting at artist #1207
Another great proof of concept. I like techno overall but had never hear of these guys. 1001 Albums led me to discover another great time decoration. Art decorates space and Music decorates time....
The average track length is 7 and a half minutes. God, fuck the 90s sometimes.
Definitely something I usually get excited about hearing for the first time... First impression was a little less than expected. Hope it grows on me! 2.5
I liked this a lot. High quality electronic shit from the 90s. Mixing and shit has the same texture and feel of Dummy by Portishead. Added something from this album to a playlist I’m working on. Not 5 stars, but a solid listen.
Initial 3, minor interest in the genre. Later after reading positive reviews and a couple more listens- 4 stars. There is a lot of different going on both in each track, and across tracks.
I had never heard of this and was prepared to hate it based on the title. I thought for sure it was going to be some jokey, snide, statement about how, well, civilization is sniveling. And maybe it is but that kind of thing always feels pretentious and annoying to me. So I was happily surprised to find that it's a fun, cool, 90s techno album. I like it! I don't know where the title came from, but it's not an overpowering theme in the music itself. This was fun. I should listen to more 90s techno.
Yeah I’m not listening to this😸
Diverse collection of electronic tracks. Great beats
Just like their brown album, Orbital releases something techno & IDM-fueled prominently featuring sci-fi and industrial effects, again using spoken samples and ethereal vocal components. Suffers from the same weaknesses as many other 90s electronic genres, most notably its unnecessary repetition and 70-minute runtime. Yes, I'd probably rave to almost all of this, but this doesn't mean none of it is generic or boring (coughcough "Crash and Carry"). Yet there are a couple outstanding tracks, with my favorite being "Are We Here." There are also some really cool acid house techniques like parts of "I Wish I Had Duck Feet" that would have made for a really interesting album if they chose to go further in that direction.
Gimmedabloop Gimmedabloop
Enjoyable bleeps and bloops
Bleep boop
Traditional Orbital chillout stuff.
Boring
1.5
Kraftwerk descendants beep and boop me in a nice way for a nice little while
Like a dank funky version of a Mr Scruff record. I loved every second of this goofy time
notes - Third album by electronic duo orbital - Techno / idm - I don’t have a huge knowledge of electronic music, as I said in my aphex twin review so bear with me - Released as a response to the British government passing laws that allowed them to break up raves - Disrupting the popular rave scene at the time - Knowing that this is rave music definitely helped with my expectations going in - Just sit back and vibe more than full active listening fav - I wish I had duck feet - I really like the samples and percussion least fav - Kein trink Wasser - Like the change of pace but its a bit much 2.5/5 - quite long, not really for me
Compared to the previous Orbital album, this one has a little more variation with less club music. The club music is still the highlight and very well done.
When Spotify offered up the Aphex Twin after playing this it helped me articulate what Orbital is missing: the songs are rhythm tracks waiting for a catchy melody or hook to be played over top but they never come. That said, this music was likely pushing the needle forward in 1994, and Orbital has always been central player in the rave movement, which was declared illegal around the time of this release. Their name (and maybe the names of Orb and William Orbit) refers to DJs and fans orbiting London looking for farmer's fields to play in. In that sense this is a protest album.
I’m embarrassed to say that I have this album. I think I played it once when I first got it and it’s been collecting dust ever since. 1001 forced me to re-listen to it again so I tried to go in with an open mind. Nope, it’s still mind numbingly boring and repetitive. If you’re looking for electronica or techno music there are many better alternatives.
Great merge of EDM and ambient genres.
Suprisingly solid album, some songs where far to long and a bit repetetive but it generally had a soft and mellow sound thats rare in electronica
spunky beats to squirm to
Just don't like techno beats. Not for me.
Some interesting sounds
The type of techno that Strong Bad was making fun of
ok
Crazy funky electric beats, something that had to grow on me to really enjoy Never could listen to these songs individually tho
probably groundbreaking or something. it it didn’t really move me
Wow, amazing album. One of the Best things that happened in 1994. I have never heard about this band until 1001. Thank you!
I don't really know what this music is for. Perhaps cooking to? It's nice, but it's not anything.
Interesting listen, got tired of it towards the end, but otherwise interesting sounding electronic music.
This was fun, definitely music for being on drugs. I like how the tracks had multiple themes that intertwined and overlayed each other instead of just relying on one riff played over and over forever. Quality electronica.
very repetitive so far, some of these tracks feel like the same couple of seconds on repeat for 4+ minutes quality seconds was an interesting change of style 90s techno music still isn't my kind of music
I enjoyed nothing about this album
It was ok.. It has an almost cheap electronic sound as if made by crap bought at Radio Shack.
Another uninspiring briefest of an electronic album.
It was nice to have on in the background. probably won't listen to it again.
It's fine but I have no idea why I had to hear this before I died. It's good background music, but nothing more than that.
This band put the no in techno. Best track: Kein Trink Wasser
i have never been to a rave, i only used X once in my life and that was when friends made me go see Phish with them, i was all relaxed and super flirty, when they played "Twist Around" i did the "Whoo!" in the wrong place and everyone nearby looked at me like i was a narc, anyway writing this review has been far more interesting to me than listening to this record was
While not unenjoyable as background music, in the grand scheme of albums it unfortunately just doesn't impress me much
This was pretty good background music. Can't say it really drew me in as I wasn't paying that much attention but as background, it was pretty good. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone though and don't really see a reason to listen to it again.
This is one of those records, for me, that shows that someone who isn’t that talented musically, but good with technology, can make a record and sell it as music. Nothing stood out, nothing wowed me, this could have been video game music for some children’s game.
I don't wish I had duck feet, and now I'm very uncomfortable about duck feet... that messed with my brain. This whole album is repetitive chaos.
For when you find yourself having to DJ a Pacman themed party. Choice cut - Are We Here? 2/5 dots 🟡🟡
perfectly fun to listen to, but ultimately not the most fulfilling, memorable, or substantive electronic headmusic LP. Still, nice.
I liked it, some really cool songs here. I like the one that goes "beep boo-boo bop boo-boo bop". 3.5/5
Reminds me of watching Hackers and creating for DeviantArt.
Interesting
Sticky hands will always be the coolest thing there is. 3 Ok the last song is absolutely unlistenable, fuck that 1
Possibly damnation via vague praise here, but when they ditch the less interesting (but appealing to critics) ambient stuff and cut loose with abandon, this album flies. As a result, the back end of the album like Quality Seconds and Are We Here is much better than the front. Fun, but innesential.
Neat sounding background music.
I like it
Packed with personality and filled with surprising twists and turns. Great beats with music that kept me guessing. Those overlapping piano loops in “Kein Trink Wasser” are beautiful. Highlights: “Sad but True,” “Crash and Carry,” “Kein Trink Wasser,” “Attached”
Cool sound, very ~videogame-OST~ sounding. A little dated in it's "coolness" I would say though. This came out in 1994 and these sounds are definitely ones that I would use for a retro videogame type of sound. The songs do flow into each other nicely. Overall it's sort of repetitive. I know that's typical of this genre but I didn't love it. I kind of hate the album cover. The cars surrounding the walkman-person are interesting but the character is just so goofy looking.
Starts interesting but quickly progresses to background music.
Listening to this record is like having to watch your 6 year old brother after he just got done snorting pixie sticks and there’s no sign of his sugar high ever wearing off. Overly busy, grating electronica. Zero chill. It’s maddening.
Sikkert nyskapende da det kom, men føles kjedelig og datert nå.
Surprisingly engrossing. Perfect headphone music for doing boring adult admin work.
3.4 - Ambient techno. I wonder if (when?) some AI bot will soon be able to churn this type of music out spontaneously, assuming that isn't happening already. Standout: "Kein Trink Wasser."
OK as background noice.
Didn't listen all the way through. Some interesting sounds on "I Wish I Had Duck Feet" but overall the album felt repetitive and dull.
A trip-hop odyssey that at points loses sight of its destination. Alison Goldfrapp sings some lovely guest vocals though.
Edm
Pozytywne zaskoczenie ze strony wyspiarskiej sceny muzyki elektronicznej, plyta z 94, techniawa, ale ambientowa, spodziewalem sie jechanki, a calkiem czilowe 75 minut odsluchu bylo, klimat rodem z texhnolyze, chociaz moze nie az tak ciezki, bo zdazaja sie kawalki z ktorych bije pogoda jak z kein trink wasser utwor ktory idzie na plejke za openingowe klawisze, kolejnym bedzie sad but true, chociaz hajlajtem calego odsluchu bedzie raczej are we here, tylko jeden problem z tym kawalkiem jest taki, ze ma on 15 minut, wiec malo plejlistowy czas grania, chociaz calosc jest pocieta w dosc dlugie fragmenty, bo 75 minut jest rozbite zaledwie na 9 trakow, dobre uczucie pozytywnie sie dac zaskoczyc przez taki duet jak Orbital
Snivilisation is the third album by British electronic music duo Orbital. It is a techno album released in 1994, and it peaked at number 4 on the UK Albums Chart. I really liked this album and appreciated listening to the early music of the modern day EDM scene. This techno still holds up to this day as being funky and danceable.
Not their best album. Probably not in their top 3. Still very good though.
Snivilised.
sound of snilver
I tend to like instruments albums but this one didn’t do it for me. More annoyed while I listed than I thought.
Thank God that album is done. I must preface this by saying electronica/techno isn't my favourite music, but this album was very dull and almost painful to listen to. I am not one for long drawn out songs with no lyrics, I find I tend to loose focus. A few weeks ago I got the album Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield, which is two instrumental songs, ranging around 22 mins each, and that album managed to keep my interest because Mike kept changing tempos, and adding in layers of sound and different instruments. All Orbital did was maintain the same slow shuffling beat throughout the whole 1hr 15min album and changed up a few spacey sounds and bangs/pops. The vocal samples that are looped throughout the album sound like they were taped from late night documentaries and infomercials. Maybe if I was tripping on ecstasy I may be able to tolerate this droning nonsense, but I doubt it. Favourite song: if forced to pick one, Crash and Carry. It had a not bad beat (the first song to actually have one on the album), and it only droned on for 4mins Least favourite songs: Forever, I Wish I Had Duck Feet (the end of Forever, into the start of I Wish I Had Duck Feet there is this God awful wet rustling/rain sound that is awful to listen to), Philosophy by Numbers, Are We Here?, Attached 1/5
I typically like a lot of electronica but most of this album just felt like random noise. I didn't enjoy it. 2/5
An interesting listen. It has some clear 90s themes and riffs combined with a lot of strange noises. kinda liked it, will listen to it again. And more of their work most probably.
beep beep bop. in a certain mood I might be able to listen to this whole album and enjoy it, but not today
cool
Was a lot
Cool space sounds
"Snivilisation" is the third studio album from the British electronic duo Orbital which consisted of brothers Phil and Paul Hartnoll. Other descriptors of the music are techno, ambient techno and IDM (intelligent dance music). For this style of music, I thought the songs were original with different dance beats, samples from movies and songs and a musical variety between and within songs. Also relevant is the fact that this album was released at the time of the Criminal Justice Act which gave the British police more power to break-up unlicensed raves. And there is a song on that. The album kicks off with "Forever" and voice samples and ambient music. It gets more upbeat but is still pretty chill. Complex keyboards and melody. "Sad But True" features Alison Goldfrapp on vocals. This has more of a dance groove and is hypnotic in a creepy sort of way. Weird keyboards and noises. No, not a Metallica cover. "Philosophy by Numbers" samples a chemistry experiment from the 1951movie "The Man in the White Suit" and it sounds pretty cool like bubbles and dogs barking. Worth listening to the song solely for that. "Are We Here" is the second song featuring Allison Goldfrapp and here her vocals and backing vocals are used extremely well. The drum beat is rapid at time and sometimes sounds like a drum line. A sample of the Specials' "Man at C&A." Four minutes of silence in the song to protest of the Criminal Justice Act. There is a lot to listen to at 75 minutes long but the duo does a good job mixing things up to keep it interesting. One of the better albums I've heard in the electronic music genre and I can see its inclusion in the 1,001.
Meh, tråkig elektronika.
A peculiar album, even the repetitiveness of the album doesn't make it boring, it makes you follow a kinda dream. It's just so interesting to hear but I don't think it's and album to hear everyday or every moment
No es lo mío pero me entretuve
Very enjoyable
Nice album. I never loved orbital but was good remembering
Had on shuffle, didn't mean to. Lost interest. Decent stuff but beep boops don't hold my attention all that well
Generally felt like mediocre Radiohead. Songs were too long (some 15 min) to keep my interest
beep boop boop bop beep Reminds me of the song in spongebob where they think mr krabs is a robot
It was okay, but nothing special for me
This album transported me through orbit.
The worst kind of relentless album
About as boring as it gets
It's techno music. An entire album of it is unnecessary.
Good trance-y techno. Quality music for working or driving, but I'm not sure this would suffice too long for active listening. Still, for what it is, it's great.
Pretty meh.
Trance usually bores me but I vibed with it today. A couple annoying clunkers but made for good morning commute background.
As far as techno goes, this was pleasant background music which makes it better than the vast majority of techno to me. However it was never any better than pleasant background music and the album was definitely too long. Consider the rating a generously rounded up 2.5
Electrònica ambient amb moments interessants, però que es fa més llarg que un dia sense pa
Jesus fucking Christ, there is entirely TOO MUCH electronica on this bloody list. I really do feel like if you've heard one electronica record, you've heard them all. Why are there so many?!? I hate this.
First album to feel actively annoying
Cool house/trap sound.
I’ve listened to orbital before and loved them so seeing this album come up got me excited and it was a really good listen! All tracks I really enjoyed.
Parts of this were enjoyable. I was out digging a trench while listening and it felt like the last song went on for a while. I just checked and it was 12 minutes! 3.5 rounded down
This went from rave, to elevator music, to 2000s PC game music, and back. Not really for me.
Man, this kind of music just does not do it for me.
Too long and weird.
Generic 90s techno/dance album, some tracks are OK, some not. Nothing that stands out for me. 2.5/5
Honestly I hated it
Unfamiliar with them. Started off great then went south quickly. Listened but don't remember. Orbital 2 is two albums away - hopefully better.
Falls straight into the outdated 90s techno/acid house bucket. Overlong and underwhelming tracks means this LP is only good as a reminder of decades past, one that’s probably not worth too many revisits at that.
Excellent album. I particularly enjoyed Quality Seconds.
Not Orbital's best album, but a corker nonetheless. Stand out track for me was Are We Here
Delicious, medium acidity, still very fresh, will age further.
Utter shite
С трудом дослушанный альбом. Серый как его обложка. Скучный как справочник по физике. Есть треки минут на 11-15, чья длина необоснованна. Не тот случай, когда за 15 минут композиции успеваешь прожить что-то. Новизна на момент релиза?! Спорная. В этом же году вышли альбомы у Nine Inch Nails и Prodigy. Не совсем корректное сравнение, но все же факт, что электронная музыка уже была развита к этому моменту. Кое-где звучание даже неплохое (или есть отдельные неплохие партии), но в единую картину для меня это не собралось. 2,4 из 10.
Welp, that was weird!
This one still sticks out of the Orbital catalogue as their most experimental, as the dancefloor is cleared for more dystopian underscoring. Some great riffing on Kraftwerk's Radioactivity is in there, plus the speech samples of preachers keep up the oppressive culty feel. Easy to admire but for me hard to warm to. Hoping to encounter In Sides again on the 1001 journey.
Amazingly groundbreaking IDM from the 90's. Still sounds fresh and new.
1/5 not my tunes at all
It's fine, but not a genre of music I'd really listen to. Could be good for working.
Just a load of uninteresting blips and bloops
Von denen kannte ich immerhin „The Box“, weil es damals™️ auf MTV lief und das im Gegensatz zum Großteil der Rohrkrepierer auf dieser Platte irgendwie zügiger in die Gänge kommt. Mir geht es hier nicht anders als bei der meisten elektronischen Musik und ich frage mich, wo das hinwill. Auf Zeuch würde die Freude an der an sich ereignislosen Repetition sicherlich gleich verständlicher, was mehr über einen selbst als über die Musik aussagt. Aber man kann sich ja nicht vor jeder Elektro-Platte irgendwas reinziehen. [gähnt und kaut und fühlt sich an früher erinnert].
Not to be confused with O.R.B., or The Orb, Orbital was one of those elusive bands for me in the 90's. I disassociated myself from much of the glowstick, pacifier music of this era, so I was eager to find out what I was missing. Firstly, I wish I had duck feet, it's sad but true, that way I wouldn't have to crash and carry science friction philosophy by numbers. Some people think Kein Trink Wasser was quality seconds, but I keep asking myself are we here? By the way the PDF is attached. Turns out I was missing a lot of nonsense that was fun to explore consider the meanings but quickly deduce there's really no meaning only mind altering hallucinogens, pigtails, shelltoes and nights that seem to go on forever. Sometimes its nice to step back in time and go for a ride.
I’m the opposite of hellyeah on this one. Most of “Snivilisation” is pretty boring techno, better as background than dance music. It probably was influential in its time, but now there are hundreds of lo-fi YouTube channels that are not far off from this. It’s “Are We Here?” that I liked best, so don’t listen to hellyeah. The drum and bass finally got me moving, and it consistently built to great breaks throughout its 15 minutes. +1 to a 2-star album.
Are We Here? is a dud…a 15:33 long dud…about 1/6 of the album. Not good. Other than that this album is great techno. 15-20 years ago I would have been way into this. Today, I don’t care so much for techno, but I respect how this stands out in that space. A quality listen.
Sometimes decent, sometimes painful, really long
I love strong, bold roasted, black coffee, in all of its various applications: in a pint of stout, for example, or a crust application on a steak, or most definitely in the Italian dessert, Tiramisu, with its foundation of coffee-soaked ladyfingers upon which to build the layers of sweetened mascarpone cheese and cocoa. Think of each of the songs on 'Snivilisation' as laying a foundation- sometimes beginning with synthesized percussion, other times with, say, the alternating use of two synth bass parts to set the beat before the electronic percussion jumps in (‘Science Friction’); once, even, on ‘Kein Trink Wasser,’ a full three minutes of simple piano chords rapidly played- upon which layers and textures are then laid, musically constructed. There’s an awful lot of creative playfulness that went into this recording. The opening song, ‘Forever,’ was led by a spritely cymbal tapping beat to which lush synthesized string chords were added, eventually settling into a nice groove, until a surprisingly catchy bridge just slithered into the song like a snake and lingered for a while, longer than most bridges, almost like a wholly other song. ‘I Wish I Had Duck Feet,’ is as good an example as any of Orbital’s flawless skill in syncopation, with a kind of a latino flavored bit of electronica. Imagine Kraftwerk covering Santana. Keys that seem to be letting off sparks are played over a crazy chord progression on ‘Philosophy by Numbers.’ A clever synthesized xylophone arrangement is featured on ‘Science Friction.’ And Allison Goldfrapp’s periodic non lyrical vocals were a welcome intrusion, all caramel sweet and rich, with just a hint of B’jork. I’m not sure if ‘Quality Seconds’ and it’s techno-meets-thrash metal fits on this particular LP, but at a minute and a half it was quickly forgotten during the next fifteen plus of ‘Are We Here?’ I really like the Ambient genre of music, and while I favor the more a piacere compositions, I’m also finding that I enjoy some of the techno-ambient stuff out there, like this LP. Scratching my head over the title, though. It’s not spelled ‘snivel,’ so we’re not talking crying eyes and runny noses. The only information I could find was that the numerical value of Sinvil (whatever that is?) in Pythagorean Numerology is 4. And the letters ‘D,’ ‘M’ and ‘V’ all carry that same value. Some subtle reference to (and perhaps ranking of?) the cultural anthropology of the Department of Motor Vehicles? (Look at the cover art before entirely dismissing this ridiculous theory.)
Another techno album out of madchester that I oddly like. Likely because it addition to being techno has electronic ambient elements and therefore seems more like a musical journey you go on instead of just being all smashed on pills
A fora je. Neke pjesme bi jako pasale u simsima. "I wish I had duck feet" hehe
pa men je ova glazba dobra, pogotovo kada ima ambijentalne elemente.
This falls under a group of music that I call club music without the club. While it works as a standalone listen (I do like Allison Goldfrapp's vocals), it loses power outside the club. The combination of politics and electronic music can be powerful, but some songs seem to go on a bit too long. That may work in the club, but the focus on drum and bass at the expense of melody is problematic to me.
Are there any actual musicians here? This is just a bunch of repetitive sounds with some melody trying to peek through. I could have it on (very softly) as background music, but I wouldn't go out of my to listen to this style of music ever. It's soulless.
Ill be honest and say I did not finish this one but I do not expect that I missed much. It was fine electronic music but it’s not for me. While I don’t need vocals I do like a melody and that was missing here.
blippetti bloppetti. och inte på ett kul sätt tycker jag
Electronic danceable chill
repetitive, so boring
didn't finish
Neat if a little inaccessible
Ok electronica album, probably won’t listen again