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| 4 by Rolling Stone |
Orbital, true to their name, have floated free from most of electronic music's conventions -- they make strikingly blissful techno that's just tough enough. The group, a duo of brothers Phil and Paul ... |
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| n/a by Pitchfork Media |
In a way, the album simply highlights many of the reasons why Orbital have been so beloved for the past decade-and-a-half. |
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| n/a by Popmatters |
The Blue Album is the quintessential Orbital album, because it manages to hit every expectation that the duo have created over the course of their 15-year career. But it meets these expectations, quite brilliantly in places, without ever truly exceeding them. |
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| n/a by www.stylusmagazine.com |
While Blue Album doesn’t break any moulds, match their best records from the mid 90s or (quite) end their career on a triumphant high, it will almost certainly find favour with old fans because it’s an undeniably good record, certainly their best since The Middle Of Nowhere and possibly even since In Sides. |
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| n/a by uk.launch.yahoo.com |
A dignified and enjoyable end to a frequently astonishing career. |
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| n/a by www.guardian.co.uk |
The Blue Album is more subtly beats-based than its predecessors; it has lengthy, almost classical sequences, and dark textures that are hard work at first but gradually reveal a haunting depth and beauty. |
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| n/a by www.almostcool.org |
While it might not be a full exclamation point ending to their career, it's far better than a fall on the face. |
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| n/a by www.playlouder.com |
This might be quality above innovation, but it’s also maturity above cliché, and above all, passion over cynicism. |
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| n/a by www.flakmag.com |
A deeply flawed final effort. |
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