Blue Room (The Orb song)

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"Blue Room"

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
#8 (UK Singles Chart)
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. Gallup, who compiled the UK Singles chart had recently decided that any release with more than 40 minutes of play would be classified as an EP rather than single.^{[citation needed]} The Orb thus decided record a 39:58 version of "Blue Room" for a special release. "Blue Room" is the longest single to ever reach the UK charts, peaking at #8. An edited version appears on The Orb album U.F.Orb.

1 Tracklisting
2 References
3 External links

[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".
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[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

Blue Room at Discogs

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