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The Dream
by The Orb
The latest album from the electronic group features guests Steve Hillage, Eric Walker, Aki Omori, Andy Caine, and Juliet Roberts.
LABEL: |
Six Degrees |
RELEASE DATE: |
10 June 2008 |
DISCS: |
1 disc |
GENRE(S): |
Electronic |
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90
Filter
For now, via tracks like 'High Noon' and 'Mother Nature,' they continue to ride high in the saddle on much the same sine waves they engineered in the previous millennium. [Summer 2008, p.100]
80
All Music Guide
The Dream isn't just produced well but also programmed well, only slowing down after 73 minutes to a gradual halt on the dreamy underwater backbeats of 'Codes' and the beatless closer 'Orbisonia.'
70
PopMatters
The Dream is clearly a return to form, and a graceful one at that.
70
Urb
This timeless band may have taken some nods from M.I.A., Bloc Party, Hot Chip and even Bonde Do Role to keep up with 2008--or not--but they continue to soar high on some genius sonic whimsy, making The Dream a truly commendable offering.
60
Uncut
A partnership with Cologne's minimal techno doyens Kompakt hasn't quite posited the outfit back at the cutting edge, but The Dream steps with a new vitality. [Mar 2008, p.96]
60
musicOMH.com
No new ground broken. No glo-stick/daft haircut stabs at credibility. Some old haunts revisited. Shameless? Perhaps. Anyone else doing a similar musical pot pourri to such goofed-out, quality chill? No. as the good Dr described it, this is simply a follow-on from their biggest album UFOrb, which was a timeless classic.
60
New Musical Express
Dr Alex Paterson and co are open for business again, plying their dubby squiggles, electronic bubblebaths and trippy soundbites to the next generation of cosmic travellers. It’s well worth a dip.
50
Almost Cool
It's not that I have anything against the group doing something more poppy, it's just that the result sounds far too polished and plain boring compared to their regular work.
50
The Onion (A.V. Club)
A little mystery of the sort is desirable, even necessary, but The Dream has a habit of dashing the murky, dreamy Orb world in ways that aren't ideal.
50
Spin
Thanks in part to an overly generous 73-minute running time, the reteaming rarely feels vital. [July 2008, p.100]
40
NOW Magazine
While the dancehall-inflected 'Dirty Disco Dub' suffers from cheesy vocal samples, the second half of the record settles down into better but still well-trod territory reminiscent of better Aphex Twin and Brian Eno.
36
Pitchfork
Ultimately, this particular dream is less one of flight or past glories, and more one of going to work and finding you've forgotten your trousers.
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