Blue Album (Orbital album)

The Blue Album (released 21 June 2004) is the seventh studio album from the British electronica duo Orbital. It includes their single "One Perfect Sunrise". The album was released on CD and LP formats. Orbital announced that this would be their "final" album at the time, but subsequently reunited and recorded new music from 2009 onwards.

Blue Album
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 21, 2004 (2004-06-21)
GenreTechno
Ambient techno
Acid house
Length52:01
LabelOrbital Music Records
ATO Records (US)
ProducerPaul and Phil Hartnoll
Orbital chronology
Octane (OST)
(2003)
Blue Album
(2004)
Halcyon (Best Of)
(2005)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic69/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Guardian[3]
Pitchfork7.3/10[4]
Q[5]
Release Magazine8/10[6]
Resident Advisor[7]
Rolling Stone[8]
RTÉ.ie[9]
Uncut[10]
Under the Radar9/10[11]

Album

Blue Album's title recalls the informal names of Orbital's first two, self-titled albums, known colloquially as the Green Album and the Brown Album. "You Lot" samples a speech by Christopher Eccleston from Russell T Davies' The Second Coming.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Transient"5:48
2."Pants"5:45
3."Tunnel Vision"4:27
4."Lost"5:08
5."You Lot"7:08
6."Bath Time"4:18
7."Acid Pants" (featuring Sparks)6:31
8."Easy Serv"4:09
9."One Perfect Sunrise" (featuring Lisa Gerrard)8:45
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References

  1. http://www.metacritic.com/music/blue-album/orbital
  2. Bush, John. "Orbital: Blue Album > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  3. Simpson, Dave (18 June 2004). "Orbital, The Blue Album". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  4. Plagenhoef, Scott (30 June 2004). "Orbital: The Blue Album". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  5. Returns to the epic beauty that characterised their early work. [Aug 2004, p.116]
  6. http://www.releasemagazine.net/Onrecord/ororbitalba.htm
  7. http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=2300
  8. Blashill, Pat (28 October 2004). "Orbital: Blue Album". Rolling Stone. Straight Arrow. ISSN 0035-791X. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007.
  9. McManus, Luke. "Orbital - The Blue Album". RTE.ie. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  10. A sleek and satisfying sixth album--their best since 1994's Snivilisation. [Jul 2004, p.110]
  11. An incredible electronic journey... A perfect ending for both Orbital and for fans. [#7]


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