Tracklist
| Tension | 5:52 | |
| Funny Break (One Is Enough) | 4:55 | |
| Oi! | 5:04 | |
| Pay Per View | 5:11 | |
| Tootled | 4:51 | |
| Last Thing | 5:12 | |
| Doctor? | 5:30 | |
| Shadows | 5:47 | |
| Waving Not Drowning | 4:31 | |
| Illuminate | 5:28 | |
| Meltdown | 10:17 |
Versions
| Title, Format | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Altogether (CD, Album) | FFRR | 8573 87782 2 | UK & Europe | 2001 | |
| The Altogether (2xCD, Album) | FFRR | 40678 2 | US | 2001 | |
| The Altogether (CD, Album) | EastWest Japan | AMCE-7234 | Japan | 2001 | |
| The Altogether (CD, Album) | FFRR, Warner Music (Australia) | 8573877822 | Australia | 2001 | |
| The Altogether (CD, Album, Promo) | FFRR | 31167-2A | US | 2001 | |
| The Altogether (CD, Album, Promo) | WEA Records (Germany) | none | Germany | 2001 | |
| The Altogether (CDr, Album, Promo) | FFRR | none | UK | 2001 | |
| The Altogether (CDr, Album, Promo) | FFRR | none | US | 2001 |
I've found three really good tunes on Orbital's new album. "Funny Break (One Is Enough)" is a classic Orbital-song with beautiful cyclical vocals by Naomi Bedford. "Doctor?" is the brothers' techno version of the Doctor Who theme, a favorite from innumerable live sets, finally down on plastic. "Meltdown", the last track on the album, is an epic masterpiece with clear rave vibes. The tune's got it all: slow HEAVY bass, at least two different breakbeats, piano loops, samples of type writers, sirens, telephones, smashed glass... and a build-up so filled with energy that it's next to impossible to sit still, you just gotta dance.
The rest of the album does have a few golden moments, but they are overshadowed by an all permeating feeling of cheesiness. For some unfathomable reason Orbital have taken the tinny sounds of eighties hi-nrg pop and tried to turn it into nineties rave. The result is thin and unengaging. Dated.
Also irritating is the fact that all of "Meltdown" isn't included on the CD, only the DVD version has the complete 22 minutes.