More Tales from the Orbservatory
| More Tales from the Orbservatory | ||||
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| Studio album by The Orb featuring Lee 'Scratch' Perry | ||||
| Released | 3 June 2013 | |||
| Genre | Electronica, dub, IDM, chill-out, trip hop | |||
| Length | 52:30 | |||
| Label | Cooking Vinyl,[1] The End Records[2] | |||
| Producer | The Orb | |||
| The Orb featuring Lee 'Scratch' Perry chronology | ||||
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More Tales from the Orbservatory is the twelfth studio album from ambient house duo The Orb, released on 3 June 2013.
Background
Like the The Orbserver in the Star House, the album features reggae producer Lee 'Scratch' Perry on vocals. It was also recorded at the same sessions of The Orbserver in the Star House.[1]
Critical reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 61/100[3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| The Independent |   [1] |
| musicOMH | [4] |
| Q Magazine | [5] |
Initial critical response to More Tales from the Orbservatory was mixed to positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 61, based on 4 reviews.[3]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length | |
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| 1. | "Fussball" | 4:31 | |
| 2. | "Africa" | 5:33 | |
| 3. | "Tight Interlude" | 1:22 | |
| 4. | "Making Love In Dub" | 6:45 | |
| 5. | "No Ice Age" | 4:19 | |
| 6. | "Don't Rush I" | 4:37 | |
| 7. | "Fussball" (Instrumental) | 4:30 | |
| 8. | "Africa" (Instrumental) | 5:31 | |
| 9. | "Making Love In Dub" (Instrumental) | 6:45 | |
| 10. | "No Ice Age" (Instrumental) | 4:16 | |
| 11. | "Don't Rush I" (Instrumental) | 4:29 | |
Total length: |
52:30 | ||
Personnel
The Orb
- Alex Paterson – production
- Thomas Fehlmann – production
Other personnel
- Lee 'Scratch' Perry – vocals, production
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gill, Andy (2013-05-31). "Album review: The Orb featuring Lee Scratch Perry, More Tales from the Observatory (Cooking Vinyl)". The Independent. Retrieved 2013-07-25.
- ↑ "The Orb feat. Lee Scratch Perry – THE ORBSERVER in the star house". The End Records. June 21, 2013. Retrieved 2013-07-25.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "More Tales from the Orbservatory - The Orb". Metacritic. Retrieved 2013-07-25.
- ↑ Mainzer, Jordan (3 June 2013). "Album Reviews The Orb featuring Lee “Scratch” Perry – More Tales From The Orbservatory". musicOMH. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
- ↑ Deep is the word here. [Jul 2013, p.109]
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