The Friday Canon: ORBITAL v THE ORB

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

A double-header for your delectation this week! Between them, Orbital and The Orb have racked up 15 UK Top 40 hits, so you get just FIVE ticks spread over the lot. Strap a torch to your head and get ticking!

[Poll #1032733]
The Kinks: (link)
1. Waterloo Sunset
2. You Really Got Me
3. All Day And All Of The Night
4. Lola
5. Sunny Afternoon
6. Dedicated Follower Of Fashion
7. Victoria
8. Days
9. Dead End Street
10. Tired Of Waiting For You

EDIT: B0LL0CKS for some reason everyhit didn't show Orbital's last 6 singles when I first searched. Arrrrrrrrrgh :(

Comments

[bengraham.livejournal.com]

Orbital's fifth album, 'The Middle Of Nowhere' is seriously underrated, and I still can't quite believe they never released a single from it. Jeez, they even had Alison Goldfrapp guesting on vocals, and this was in 1999, years before Goldfrapp would hit it big with Black Cherry.

I'd have voted for 'I Don't Know You People' if it had been released and thus included in this canon.

[bengraham.livejournal.com]

Oh, I see, you messed up the canon, and they did actually release two singles from the album, 'Style' and 'Nothing Left' (which was the one featuring Alison G). Still, they should've released 'I Don't Know You People'.
I actually only got into Orbital through 'Middle of Nowhere' and then went back and took the history class.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Wasn't Alison Goldfrapp on Snivilisation first? 'Are We Here?' definitely and I think one other. She was on 'Pumpkin' by Tricky around this time too.

I voted Orbital over t'Orb for a greater volume of awesomeness but I would take 'Little Fluffy Clouds' over any Orbital track.

In Sides is the only album by either act I really love (I haven't heard Orbital's first couple).

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

BUY THE BROWN ALBUM! NOW! DO IT NOW! NOT LATER! NOW!

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I keep meaning to! But I always get confused because it's not actually called The Brown Album.

[catsgomiaow.livejournal.com]

SRSLY dude, what Rick said! Sheesh you young people ;)

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

Seriously, you will love the Lush3.1/Lush3.2/Impact/Remind sequence to bits. Boshing yet lush maximalist techno that just keeps evolving.

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

planet of the shapes!

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

Eh, that's never been one of my favourite tracks. It's OK, but pales in comparison to what comes after it.

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

it's like a cry for survival?

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

That's Impact!

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

i know that dude. i was just saying it for you :-)

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

planet of the shapes has the 'even a stopped clock tells the right time twice a day' sample.

i made a glasto tape some years back now that segued that into cool yr boots, obv :-)

[catsgomiaow.livejournal.com]

SURVIVAL FOR THEM AND FOR US!

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

it's ST. IVEL, get it right!

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

MoN still my favourite too. see also: many ILM theads on this subject

[ninebelow.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's my favourite. It is a wanky thing to say but it really works as an album.