More Tales from the Orbservatory

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More Tales from the Orbservatory
Studio album by
Released3 June 2013
GenreElectronica, dub, IDM, chill-out, trip hop
Length52:30
LabelCooking Vinyl,[1] The End Records[2]
ProducerThe Orb
The Orb featuring Lee 'Scratch' Perry chronology
The Orbserver in the Star House
(2012)
More Tales from the Orbservatory
(2013)
Moonbuilding 2703 AD
(2015)

More Tales from the Orbservatory is the twelfth studio album from ambient house duo The Orb, released on 3 June 2013.

Background[edit]

Like The Orbserver in the Star House, the album features reggae producer Lee 'Scratch' Perry on vocals. It was also recorded at the same sessions of The Orbserver in the Star House.[1]

Critical reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic61/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
The Independent[1]
Mojo[4]
musicOMH[5]
Q[6]

Initial critical response to More Tales from the Orbservatory was mixed to positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 61, based on 4 reviews.[3]

Track listing[edit]

No.TitleLength
1."Fussball"4:31
2."Africa"5:33
3."Tight Interlude"1:22
4."Making Love in Dub"6:45
5."No Ice Age"4:19
6."Don't Rush I"4:37
7."Fussball" (Instrumental)4:30
8."Africa" (Instrumental)5:31
9."Making Love in Dub" (Instrumental)6:45
10."No Ice Age" (Instrumental)4:16
11."Don't Rush I" (Instrumental)4:29
Total length:52:30

Personnel[edit]

The Orb

Other personnel

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Gill, Andy (31 May 2013). "Album review: The Orb featuring Lee Scratch Perry, More Tales from the Observatory (Cooking Vinyl)". The Independent. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  2. ^ "The Orb feat. Lee Scratch Perry – THE ORBSERVER in the star house". The End Records. 21 June 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  3. ^ a b "More Tales from the Orbservatory – The Orb". Metacritic. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  4. ^ Freeforms about football, his old tunes and beyond, to variably potent digi-dub backings. [Aug 2013, p.98]
  5. ^ Mainzer, Jordan (3 June 2013). "Album Reviews The Orb featuring Lee "Scratch" Perry – More Tales From The Orbservatory". musicOMH. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  6. ^ Deep is the word here. [Jul 2013, p.109]