U.F.Orb
2xLP '92 ambient dub electronic classic!

U.F.Orb

The Orb

€ 29,95
  • 2 x LP
Label
Island Records, UMC
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Description

U.F.Orb is the second studio album by English electronic music group The Orb. It was released in July 1992 and reached number one on the UK Album Chart. It featured an edited version of The Orb's single "Blue Room".

Orb member Kris Weston integrated his technical and creative expertise with Alex Paterson's Eno-influenced ambience on U.F.Orb, creating "drum and bass rhythms" with "velvet keyboards" and "rippling synth lines". U.F.Orb reached number one on the UK Albums Chart to the shock of critics, who were surprised that fans had embraced what journalists considered to be progressive rock. Heavily influenced by The Orb and U.F.Orb in particular, many trip hop groups sprang up emulating The Orb's "chill-out blueprint". U.F.Orb expresses The Orb's fascination with alien life with its bizarre sound samples and in the album's title itself. The album's single, "Blue Room", is itself a reference to the supposed Blue Room of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, which was heavily investigated as a possible UFO evidence-holding room.

"Blue Room", a near 17-minute piece, features bass playing by Jah Wobble and guitar by coproducer Steve Hillage.

Tracklist

A

  • 1.O.O.B.E12:51
  • 2.U.F. Orb06:08

B

  • 3.Blue Room17:34

C

  • 4.Towers Of Dub15:00

D

  • 1.Close Encounters10:27
  • 2.Majestic11:06
  • 3.Sticky End00:49

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