I remember eight years ago when Orbital's "In Sides" topped the IDM
List Poll. 1996 also saw the release of such albums as Squarepusher's
"Feed Me Weird Things," Aphex Twin's "Richard D. James Album," the
Mike & Rich album, and Cylob's "Cylobian Sunset." Yet somehow, Orbital
won out that year.
Don't get me wrong; "In Sides" is still a pretty good album, and the
last two tracks are pretty phenomenal stuff, but still, I always
thought that the RDJ Album was the clear winner. Maybe people just
didn't have enough time to realize that. There were a lot of people
who were pissed off that it was only 34 minutes longs, and the US
folks had to wait until 1997 to buy this on Sire if they didn't have a
way to find an "import" copy.
So anyway, I just wanted to say that I definitely think that Orbital's
"Blue Album" is their best since "In Sides," and a pretty nice note on
which to end their careers (as Orbital, anyway).
I'm not saying that it will be Album of the Year for 2004 (some people
already have some strong opinions on that one), nor would it probably
even be in the running if this list still did that sort of thing. I'm
just saying that, hey, I like it.
And there's been no traffic on the list today, so I just wanted to get
things going.
Oh, and here are the results of that poll:
http://elists.resynthesize.com/idm/1997/01/103984/
That's all,
Alan
np:Kid606:Who Still Kill Sound?
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