The Altogether

The Altogether
Studio album by Orbital
Released	2001
Genre	Electronica
Label	FFRR London/Sire Records (US)
Producer	Orbital
Orbital chronology
The Middle of Nowhere (1999) The Altogether (2001) Work 1989-2002 (2002)
US edition cover

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Rolling Stone
Pitchfork Media	(5.2/10)

The Altogether is Orbital's sixth studio album and was released in 2001. It features guest vocals by the Hartnolls' brother-in-law, David Gray, a sampled Ian Dury, and a version of the Doctor Who theme. It was Orbital's last album for FFRR and received a mixed critical reception.

Track listing

UK edition

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Tension"	5:53
2.	"Funny Break (One Is Enough)"	4:55
3.	"Oi!"	5:04
4.	"Pay Per View"	5:11
5.	"Tootled"	4:51
6.	"Last Thing"	5:12
7.	"Doctor?"	5:30
8.	"Shadows"	5:48
9.	"Waving Not Drowning"	4:31
10.	"Illuminate" (featuring David Gray)	5:27
11.	"Meltdown"	10:18

US edition

For the US release, the album was given a double-disc treatment, with many of the songs on the second disc being B-sides from various other releases. Despite being initially billed as a limited-edition release,^{[citation needed]} this version remains the standard US release.

Disc 1
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Tension"	5:53
2.	"Funny Break (One Is Enough)"	4:55
3.	"Oi!"	5:04
4.	"Pay Per View"	5:11
5.	"Tootled"	4:51
6.	"Last Thing"	5:12
7.	"Doctor?"	5:30
8.	"Shadows"	5:48
9.	"Waving Not Drowning"	4:31
10.	"Illuminate"	5:27
11.	"Meltdown"	10.18

Disc 2
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Bigpipe Style"	5:16
2.	"Monorail"	6:18
3.	"Much Ado About Nothing Left"	5:13
4.	"An Fhomhair"	6:59
5.	"Doctor Look Out"	5:13
6.	"Beelzebeat"	8:26
7.	"Nothing Left Out"	6:04
8.	"Old Style"	5:55
9.	"Funny Break (Weekend Ravers Mix)"	8:28
10.	"Mock Tudor"	7:38
11.	"New Style"	4:56

DVD Version

Because the "Strongroom" (Orbital's London studio run by the unofficial "third member", their producer Mickey Mann) had capabilities for mixing surround audio they decided to make a DVD release of The Altogether. The DVD is very rich in content and has an extensive navigation that invites the viewer to explore and try out various things to find hidden features, for example in the Video to "Shadows" there are different angles available. The DVD features some fake commercials and an imaginary children's programme called "Play Factory" (also the video for "Waving Not Drowning"), is featured very prominently. The latter includes actor Brian Cant, in a similar role to that as presenter of Play School.

It features mixed audio in stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1. The three hidden bonus tracks "Meltdown", "Doctor?" and "Monorail" (not mentioned on the cover) are Dolby Digital 5.1 only.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Tension"	6:19
2.	"Funny Break (One Is Enough)"	3:57
3.	"Oi!"	5:04
4.	"Pay Per View"	5:09
5.	"Tootled"	4:50
6.	"Last Thing"	5:12
7.	"Shadows" (multiple angles)	6:01
8.	"Waving Not Drowning"	4:30
9.	"Illuminate" (featuring David Gray)	5:27

Bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
10.	"Doctor?" (multiple angles)	5:32
11.	"Meltdown" (extended)	22:00
12.	"Monorail" (multiple angles)	6:37

External links

• The Altogether at Metacritic
• The Altogether at Discogs (list of releases)