Orb, The ‎– The Orb's Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld

Label:

Island Red Label – 162-535 005-2, Island Records – 162-535 005-2, Inter-Modo – none

Format:

2 × CD, Album

Country:

Released:

20 Aug 1991

Genre:

Electronic

Style:

House, Dub, Downtempo, Ambient

Tracklist

1.1	Little Fluffy Clouds	4:26
1.2	Earth (Gaia)	9:48
1.3	Supernova At The End Of The Universe	11:56
1.4	Back Side Of The Moon	14:15
1.5	Spanish Castles In Space	15:06
2.1	Perpetual Dawn	9:30
2.2	Into The Fourth Dimension	9:16
2.3	Outlands	8:23
2.4	Star 6 & 7 8 9	8:10
2.5	A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From The Centre Of The Ultraworld: Live Mix Mk 10	18:43

Notes

Promotional sticker affixed to factory shrinkwrap "original unedited UK version 110 minutes 162-535 005-2"

Disc 1 has catalog # 535 007-2, Disc 2 has catalog # 535 008-2

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 0 162 535005 2 5

Other Versions (Showing 5 of 20) View All

Title, Format	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
The Orb's Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld (2xCD, Album, Jew)	Big Life, Big Life	BLRDCD 05, 847963-2	UK	1991
The Orb's Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld (2xLP, Album)	Big Life, Big Life	BLRDLP 5, 847963-1	UK	1991
The Orb's Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld (23xFile, AAC, 128 + 2xFile, MPEG-4 Video + , Album)	Universal Island Records	none	UK	2006
The Orb's Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld (2xLP, Album)	Big Life, Big Life	BLRDLP 5, 847963-1	Europe	1991
The Orb's Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld (Cass, Album)	Attic, Attic	CAT 1321, CAT-1321	Canada	1991

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Review by ReeferMan Jul 07, 2001 (edited over 10 years ago)

One of the finest ambient trance albums, this LP inspired sonic pioneers everywhere thanks to classy production throughout. Waves of ambient melody are married to dub beats, escoteric samples (taken from such raw material as the campy 'Flash Gordon' movie) and ubiquitous drug references. Whilst this may seem ridiculous, the end result is a lush, many layered sound.

Many of the tracks will be strangely familiar (e.g. 'Little Fluffy Clouds') thanks to repeated use in TV advertising and suchlike.

Whilst the Orb may be considered passe by jaded modern listeners, this album is still worth 150 minutes of your chill out time. The track 'Gaia' is a particular favourite 8^)