Orbital (1991 album)

Orbital
Studio album by Orbital
Released	September 1991
Genre	Techno Acid house Rave
Length	76:47 (UK version) 71:56 (US version)
Label	FFRR
Producer	Orbital
Orbital chronology
Orbital (1991) Orbital 2 (1993)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
BBC	(Positive)[2]
Piero Scaruffi	6.5/10[3]

Orbital is the first album from Orbital, released in 1991. It is often referred to as the "Green Album", to differentiate it from the band's second album, titled Orbital 2 (known as the "Brown Album"), which bears only the band's name on the cover.

The album

The original United Kingdom release includes live versions of "Chime" and "Midnight". Orbital was released in 1992 with a significantly different cover and tracklist in the United States, incorporating remixes and non-album singles.^[4] All tracks on the U.S. release had also been remastered using the Bedini Audio Spectral Enhancer (B.A.S.E.) to enhance their stereophonic effects.

Samples

• "Belfast" uses a sample of soprano Emily Van Evera performing "O Euchari" from the Gothic Voices album A Feather on the Breath of God. The same sample had appeared on The Beloved's hit "The Sun Rising" a year earlier, but had not been credited.
• "The Moebius" samples the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Time Squared". It also contains a sample of the song "Mad World", featured on Tears for Fears' album The Hurting.
• "Oolaa" samples the Martian cry from Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds musical.
• "Desert Storm" samples the "Blessing of the Bomb Almighty" from Beneath the Planet of the Apes.
• "Satan" samples Time Zone's "The Wildstyle" and Butthole Surfers song "Sweat Loaf" from the album Locust Abortion Technician.
• "Choice" samples the Crucifix song "Annihilation".
• "Choice" samples the Jim Morrison's track, "Awake".

Track listing

United Kingdom

1. "The Moebius" – 7:01
2. "Speed Freak" – 7:16
3. "Oolaa" – 6:21
4. "Desert Storm" – 12:05
5. "Fahrenheit 303" – 8:24
6. "Steel Cube Idolatry" – 6:34
7. "High Rise" – 8:24
8. "Chime" (Live) – 5:56
9. "Midnight" (Live) – 6:53
10. "Belfast" – 8:06
11. "I Think It's Disgusting" (Outro) – 0:51

Each format (LP, CD and cassette) included a track not included on the others. The unlisted outro track appeared on the CD version only.^[5] The double vinyl LP version included a track called "Macro Head",^[6] while the cassette included a nine-minute track listed as "Untitled".^[7] The cover design was modified to identify the format, with the red circle on the LP, CD, and cassette versions including the text LP, CD, and MC respectively. Vinyl pressings had the track listing on the front cover, rather than on the back.

United States

1. "Belfast" – 8:06
2. "The Moebius" – 7:01
3. "Speed Freak" (Moby Remix) – 5:40
4. "Fahrenheit 3D3" – 7:04
5. "Desert Storm" – 12:05
6. "Oolaa" – 6:21
7. "Chime" – 8:01
8. "Satan" – 6:44
9. "Choice" – 5:30
10. "Midnight" – 5:08
11. "Steel Cube Idolatry" - 6:34 (Cassette bonus not on CD)

References

External links

• Orbital (Green Album) at Discogs (list of releases)
• Orbital at MusicBrainz