Orbital

Work 1989-2002

  • MOG Editorial Review

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    At a time when techno was still a dirty word, Orbital managed to avoid many of the genre's stereotypes by throwing them out the window in favor of something completely different, and the result is the gold found on this greatest-hits compilation. While it contains plenty of techno signifiers, songs like "Halcyon" end up feeling like so much more, feeling expansive and ambient, melodic and unconventional all at the same time. What's more, the massive sounds of a track like "Belfast" are works of beauty capable of either putting a stadium in a trance or putting you in a reflect state with a pair of headphones, something few other techno acts could possibly achieve.
  • AMG Review of Work 1989-2002

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    John Bush
    All Music Guide

    Techno's best albums act finally gets their very own singles collection, though the results fall just short of displaying the brilliance and grandeur of Orbital's decade of great work. Fortunately, about 75 percent of Work 1989-2002 turns out exactly as it should: great versions of their best material, including their 1990 breakout "Chime" and the parade of excellent singles like "Halcyon and On and On," "Lush," "Belfast," "Impact," and "Are We Here?." A few of these are present in drastically shortened 7" versions, but that's to be expected. Far, far worse is the focus on latter-day material like "Iluminate" and "Funny Break," or the version on offer of the seminal "Satan" -- instead of the 1990 original, the one here (a collaboration by e-mail with Kirk Hammett of Metallica) was taken from the Spawn soundtrack. It'll never replace Orbital 2 or Snivilisation, but Work 1989-2002 does most of what it's supposed to.

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