Metallic Spheres

Metallic Spheres
Studio album by The Orb featuring David Gilmour
Released 12 October 2010 (2010-10-12)
Recorded 2009
Genre Ambient
Progressive Rock
Length 48:53
Label Columbia
Producer Alex Paterson
The Orb albums chronology
Baghdad Batteries (Orbsessions Volume III) (2009) Metallic Spheres
(2010)
David Gilmour albums chronology
Live in Gdańsk
(2008)
Metallic Spheres
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
The A.V. Club (C+)[2]
Pitchfork Media (7.0/10)[3]
QoQuaq Music (4/5)[4]
SPIN [5]

Metallic Spheres is the tenth studio album released by ambient techno group The Orb in October 2010 and features Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour.[6]

Contents

Track listing

  1. Metallic Side (28:42)
    1. Metallic Spheres
    2. Hymns to the Sun
    3. Black Graham
    4. Hiding in Plain View
    5. Classified
  2. Spheres Side (20:12)
    1. Es Vedra
    2. Hymns to the Sun (Reprise)
    3. Olympic
    4. Chicago Dub
    5. Bold Knife Trophy
  3. Cult of Youth Ambient Mix (Parts 1 & 2) (Edit) (5:35) (iTunes only bonus track)

All tracks written by David Gilmour, Alex Paterson & Youth.
"Hymns to the Sun" written by David Gilmour, Alex Paterson, Youth & Graham Nash.
"Black Graham" written by David Gilmour, Alex Paterson, Youth & Marcia Mello.
"Hiding in Plain View" written by David Gilmour, Alex Paterson, Youth & Tim Bran.

Personnel

Production

The album was produced by Youth and recorded in June, 2009 at "The Dreaming Cave", in Wandsworth. Engineering was done by Tim Bran (of Dreadzone) and David Nock. Mixing was done by Youth, with mix engineering from Bran, Nock and Michael Rendall at "The Study" in 2010. Mastering was done by Andy Baldwin at Metropolis Studios in London. A headphone version was released as CD2 of the deluxe 2CD edition, with sound design by Mike Brady, recording by Mike Brady, David Nock and Michael Rendall, and mixing by Youth.

References