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| 4.0 excellent | Onyrius | July 31st 12 |
When I first listened to Middle of Nowhere, I had heard all previous Orbital albums, and In
Sides comfortably sat at the top in my ranking, with Snivilisation in second place. At first
Middle of Nowhere did not catch my ear. However, with time, it grew on me and now almost 15
years later it is orbital's album for which I have the fondest memories. I would say that
it's their "warmest" album, the one that, as a whole, feels the most alive.
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| 3.5 great | samloomis | March 10th 12 |
My favorite track by far is the haunting "Know Where to Go." If you can pick it out, they sample an ashy
train whistle as a textured transition that ties the beat together and then proceed to toy around with it like a
snare drum they occasionally let breathe a bit before quickly cutting it off. It also contain's one of my favorite
collaborations with Allison Goldfrapp in the 2 part 'Nothing Left.' I've always envisioned a row of crows
laughing in the first part of that song, and always enjoy listening to the beautiful non-sensicle ramblings. But
I agree with lunarfix, the production is really together and fresh. To me it's not as good as Brown and not
even close to In Sides, for the same reason Snivilisation suffers, those few songs that tend to get tedious and
feel like a 90's British sic-fi, i.e. 'Style' or 'Spare Parts Express,' which, after all, attribute to the charm, but
thank Orbital they've given us a complete side to 'Nothing Left.' Just over 16 minutes of blissful synths and
Allison's looping harmonies. (2xLP track listing differs from the other releases.) p.s. it's, again, very easy to
get lost looking for the text in the vast space of the blurry artwork and gatefold cover of white space they give
us to play in, containing a boy playing in an ocean-fountain of blue. Very unique.
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| 4.5 superb | Lunarfix | May 10th 10 |
Very under appreciated in my opinion! Production is fantastic!
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| 5.0 classic | Gazo | April 19th 24 |
| 3.8 excellent | A.R.O. STAFF | February 21st 24 |
| 3.0 good | doofy | January 7th 24 |
| 3.0 good | pure22 | November 6th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jrzg85 | December 12th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | chayka | November 21st 18 |
| 3.0 good | Batou | November 7th 18 |
| 3.5 great | J1m1 | September 9th 18 |
| 3.0 good | n3xus6 | March 11th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Yotimi | November 3rd 13 |
| 3.5 great | Topaz | July 1st 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | tarcus | December 25th 12 |
| 3.0 good | mursu | October 6th 12 |
| 3.0 good | FLRTE | January 19th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Skipdog | September 21st 11 |
| 3.0 good | Trey STAFF | July 7th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Matski | June 19th 11 |
| 3.0 good | Muzix | May 25th 11 |
| 5.0 classic | aeuk | November 17th 09 |
| 4.5 superb | chobi | September 29th 08 |
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