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Blue Album (Orbital album)

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Blue Album

Studio album by

Orbital

Released

21 June 2004

Genre

Techno, ambient techno, acid house

Length

52:01

Label

Orbital Music Records
ATO Records (US)

Producer

Paul and Phil Hartnoll

Orbital chronology

Octane (OST)
(2003)

Blue Album
(2004)

Halcyon (Best Of)
(2005)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	69/100^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Guardian	^[3]
NME	4/10^[4]
Pitchfork	7.3/10^[5]
Q	^[6]
Release Magazine	8/10^[7]
Resident Advisor	^[8]
Rolling Stone	^[9]
Uncut	^[10]
Under the Radar	9/10^[11]

The Blue Album (released 21 June 2004) is the seventh studio album from the British electronica duo Orbital. It includes their single "One Perfect Sunrise". The album was released on CD and LP formats. Orbital announced that this would be their "final" album at the time, but subsequently reunited and recorded new music from 2009 onwards.

Album[edit]

Blue Album's title recalls the informal names of Orbital's first two, self-titled albums, known colloquially as the Green Album and the Brown Album. "You Lot" samples a speech by Christopher Eccleston from Russell T Davies' The Second Coming.

Track listing[edit]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Transient"	5:48
2.	"Pants"	5:45
3.	"Tunnel Vision"	4:27
4.	"Lost"	5:08
5.	"You Lot"	7:08
6.	"Bath Time"	4:18
7.	"Acid Pants" (featuring Sparks)	6:31
8.	"Easy Serv"	4:09
9.	"One Perfect Sunrise" (featuring Lisa Gerrard)	8:45

References[edit]

^ "Blue Album by Orbital" – via www.metacritic.com.

^ Bush, John. "Orbital: Blue Album > Review"atAllMusic. Retrieved 19 October 2011.

^ Simpson, Dave (18 June 2004). "Orbital, The Blue Album". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 July 2018.

^ Listening to 'Blue' is like meeting your first girlfriend ten years on, and realising that the things you fell in love [with] are long gone. [19 Jun 2004, p.56]

^ Plagenhoef, Scott (30 June 2004). "Orbital: The Blue Album". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 19 October 2011.

^ Returns to the epic beauty that characterised their early work. [Aug 2004, p.116]

^ "Orbital: Blue Album - Release Music Magazine review". www.releasemagazine.net.

^ "Orbital - Blue Album · Album Review ⟋ RA". Resident Advisor.

^ Blashill, Pat (28 October 2004). "Orbital: Blue Album". Rolling Stone. Straight Arrow. ISSN 0035-791X. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007.

^ A sleek and satisfying sixth album--their best since 1994's Snivilisation. [Jul 2004, p.110]

^ An incredible electronic journey... A perfect ending for both Orbital and for fans. [#7]

External links[edit]

Blue AlbumatMetacritic
Orbital – Blue AlbumatDiscogs (list of releases)

v t e Orbital
Paul Hartnoll Phil Hartnoll
Studio albums	Orbital (1991) Orbital (1993) Snivilisation In Sides The Middle of Nowhere The Altogether Blue Album Wonky Monsters Exist Optical Delusion
Live albums	Orbital: Live at Glastonbury 1994–2004
Compilation albums	Peel Session Work 1989–2002 Halcyon (Best Of) Orbital 20 30 Something
EPs	III Mutations EP Radiccio EP Times Fly
Singles	"Chime" "Omen" "Midnight / Choice" "Halcyon" "Lush 3" "The Box" "Satan Live" "The Saint" "Style" "Where Is It Going?"
Related	Discography 8:58 The Ideal Condition Opus III Alison Goldfrapp

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