Blue Room (The Orb)
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"Blue Room" | ||
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Single by The Orb | ||
from the album U.F.Orb | ||
B-side(s) | Towers of Dub (Mad Professor Remix) | |
Released | 8 June 1992 | |
Format | Compact Disc | |
Recorded | ??? | |
Genre | Ambient house | |
Length | 39:58 | |
Label | Big Life | |
Producer(s) | Alex Paterson, Kris Weston | |
Chart positions | ||
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The Orb singles chronology | ||
"Perpetual Dawn" (1991) |
"Blue Room" (1992) |
"Assassin" (1992) |
"Blue Room" is a single by The Orb. It was released 8 June 1992 on Big Life Records. With a running time of 39:58 - and the maximum permissible length for a single being 40 minutes under UK chart rules at the time - "Blue Room" is known as the longest single to ever reach the UK charts, peaking at #8. An edited version appears on The Orb album U.F.Orb.
Contents |
[edit] Tracklisting
[edit] 12": Big Life / BLRT 75 (UK)
- "Blue Room [part 1]" (18:45)
- "Blue Room [part 2]" (19:01)
[edit] 12": Mercury / 863653-1 (US)
- "Blue Room [frank de wulf remix]" (7:37)
- "Blue Room [excerpt 606]" (10:00)
- "Assassin [oasis of rhythms mix]" (15:14)
[edit] CD: Big Life / BLRDA 75 (UK)
- "Blue Room" (39:58)
[edit] CD: Big Life / BLRDB 75 (UK)
- "Blue Room [radio 7]" (4:09)
- "Blue Room [excerpt 605]" (6:00)
- "Towers of Dub [mad professor remix]" (14:51)
- "Blue Room" (1992) (file info) — play in browser (beta)
- Sample from The Orb's 40 minute version of "Blue Room".
- Problems playing the files? See media help.
[edit] CD: Logic / 74321 10702-2 (DE)
- "Blue Room [radio 7]" (4:09)
- "Blue Room" (39:58)
- "Blue Room [excerpt 605]" (6:00)
- "Towers of Dub [mad professor remix]" (14:51)
[edit] CD: Mercury / CDP 804 (US)
- "Blue Room [edit]" (3:09)
- "Blue Room [Frank De Wulf Remix]" (7:37)
- "Blue Room" (39:58)
- "Towers of Dub [mad professor remix]" (14:51)
- limited edition bonus disc with the US issue of "U.F.Orb"
[edit] References
- http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:r69gs35ba3rg~T1
- "Boyd, Brian. "Unidentified Flying Orb", The Irish Times, 1998-10-23, p. 12.
- Sullivan, Caroline. "Breakdown", The Guardian, 1993-04-09.
[edit] External links
The Orb |
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Alex Paterson | Jimmy Cauty | Kris Weston | Simon Phillips | Thomas Fehlmann | Andy Hughes | John Roome |
Main albums |
The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld | U.F.Orb | Live 93 | Pomme Fritz | Orbus Terrarum |
Orblivion | U.F.Off | Cydonia | Bicycles & Tricycles | Okie Dokie It's The Orb on Kompakt |
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Youth | The KLF | Space | FFWD | Badorb.com | Transit Kings |