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That's Snivilization, isn't it? That one always struck me as particularly weak. Embarrassing, even.
Brown was an important album for me - you know how you have certain records that mark a point in your listening? They may not change anything, they may not be introducing you to anything new, but they seem to come along at a point in yr life where they take on an extra importance.
In Sides is by far their best, imo, which is strange as it's totally inconsistent in terms of quality. Starts off brilliantly, becomes a drudge as soon as the first track ends, then keeps on swapping between aces and aceholes. Out There Somewhere? is one of their best. Like I said last time an Orbital discussion rolled around, it sounds like War of the Worlds condensed into ten minutes for the first half, then when the second part kicks in it turns out that the Martians have kidnapped us to take us on a trip through 2001's stargate. Progbollocks? Maybe. I don't care.
I think a lot of their stuff's aged badly, and that's maybe why they've been on a downward spiral for years. Even the bits I still like sound... past it, when I listen with a more critical ear. That and the fact that they appeared to consciously buy in to the whole 'dance music for indie kids' image. Snivilization makes me think of nothing so much as the way Bowie always grabs ahold of whatever the Kids are listening to at the time in a desperate attempt to make himself seem relevant.
And Middle of Nowhere failed to stick in my mind at all. After that, I lost all interest in them. |
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