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''Orblivion'' is the fourth studio album by The Orb released by Island Records. The Orb, reunited with Andy Hughes and Steve Hillage, returned to their spacy sounds typical of ''U.F.Orb''. The album reached #19 on the UK Albums Chart and #174 on the ''Billboard'' 200.〔(【引用サイトリンク】Billboard ">url=http://billboard.com/bbcom/bio/index.jsp?pid=5349 )〕 Though ''Orblivion'' was recorded in May 1996, it was not released until almost a year later, due to Island Records' desire to promote it as a follow up to U2's techno-rock album ''Pop''. ''Orblivion'' sold very well in Europe as well as the United States, where it reached the Billboard Top 200. The first ''Orblivion'' single, "Toxygene", was the highest charting single by The Orb, reaching #4 in the UK on 8 February 1997. Despite high sales, ''Orblivion'' received a lukewarm reception from UK critics. Similarly to the case of ''Orbus Terrarum'', ''Orblivion'' received better praise from American critics, including ''Rolling Stone'' who called it a "scintillating contrast of chaos and euphony". To support the album, The Orb embarked on the ''Organic Tour'' with Orbital, Meat Beat Manifesto, Underworld, Zion Train, and The Chemical Brothers. ''The Village Voice'' described The Orb as "on its way down" and the stresses of touring sat heavily on Paterson, but The Orb decided not to "pack it in" and instead continued touring and producing. The Orb then released the second ''Orblivion'' single, "Asylum". ''Orblivion'' features many samples, including "72" from which features a clip from Hair proclaiming "the youth of America on LSD!". The track "S.A.L.T." is based on samples taken from Mike Leigh's film ''Naked'', which features rantings from the main character's apocalyptic preaching. ==Track listing== #"Delta MKII" – 7:00 #"Ubiquity" – 6:13 #"Asylum" – 5:19 #"Bedouin" – 4:31 #"Molten Love" – 6:39 #"Pi" – 1:05 #"S.A.L.T." – 7:54 #"Toxygene" – 5:19 #"Log of Deadwood" – 1:13 #"Secrets" – 5:32 #"Passing of Time" – 9:27 #"72" – 11:43 # * – 0:06 () # * – 5:00 -silence- # * – 6:37 (track ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Orblivion」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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