Orbital - In Sides


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Label: FFRR (US)
Catalog#: 697-124 087-2
Format: 2 x CD, Album, Limited Edition
Country:US
Released:Jun 1996
Genre: Electronic
Style: Breakbeat, Downtempo, Ambient
Credits: Artwork By [Collage] - Foul End Trauma
Artwork By [Cover] - John Greenwood
Artwork By [Design] - Fultano Mauder '96
Drums - Clune (tracks: 1-1 to 1-8)
Mastered By [Cut By] - Kevin Metcalfe (tracks: 1-1 to 1-8)
Producer, Written-By - P&P Hartnoll
Vocals - Auntie (tracks: 1-1 to 1-8)
Notes:The liner notes include surreal collage art, and a statement about the U.K. solar failure, with a link to Greenpeace in the U.K. Also in the notes is a bit about Greenpeace's portable solar generator, "Cyrus," which was the sole source of electricity for "The Girl With The Sun In Her Head." That track is dedicated to the memory of Sally Harding.

The first 30,000 copies sold in the US had this catalog number and bonus disc. The bonus disc tracks aren't listed on the cover, but on the CD only. Another US-only 2CD edition was subsequently released with a different bonus disc.

Shrinkwrap sticker #1: "Orbital [logo] / In Sides / Limited Edition Contains Bonus CD Featuring The TIMES FLY and THE BOX EP [sic] / Available Only In The U.S. / *SPECIALLY PRICED DOUBLE CD / 697-124 087-2".

Shrinkwrap sticker #2 states: "In Sides / new from Orbital [logo] / 697-124 087-2 ST02".

CD1 Catalog Number: 697-124 087-2A
CD2 Catalog Number: 697-124 087-2B
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Tracklisting:

1-1   The Girl With The Sun In Her Head (10:26)
1-2   P.E.T.R.O.L. (6:17)
1-3   The Box (Part I) (6:28)
1-4   The Box (Part II) (5:58)
1-5   Dŵr Budr (9:56)
1-6   Adnan's (8:41)
1-7   Out There Somewhere? (Part I) (10:42)
1-8   Out There Somewhere? (Part II) (13:26)
2-1   Times Fly (Slow) (7:58)
2-2   Sad But New (7:29)
    Vocals [Uncredited] - Alison Goldfrapp
  Written-By - A. Goldfrapp*
2-3   Times Fly (Fast) (7:53)
2-4   The Tranquilizer (6:27)
2-5   The Box (28:11)
User Reviews:
kentandrew, Aug 09, 2006

Dwr budr has the perfect melodic transition from a sort of sad, melodic tune into a slightly more angry, spooky, trance. Petrol was my first love of techno from the wipeout xl soundtrack. The girl with the sun in her head is maybe my current fav, despite its length. The box part 2 was actually the first one I heard and thought was cool. It was on an MTV amp compilation, among other things. Part 1 is actually a drag to listen to, but it enhances part 2. The whole album does not have a flaw. Sad but new, and the flying times are also very entertaining. I think the artwork is the least favorable of the entire package, but thats about the only criticism I could give here.

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