Bicycles & Tricycles
by The Orb
Metascore
61

Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 13
  3. Negative: 1 out of 13
  1. AllMusic
    60
    Bicycles & Tricycles is a bit of a letdown, especially after a three-year absence.
  2. The A.V. Club
    60
    The Orb's latter-day incarnation lands closer to the dance floor than the chill-out room. It also sounds rootless and unfocused, in ways good and bad.
  3. Under The Radar
    40
    More like an album of B-sides than an original work. [#7]
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  5. Mojo
    60
    While they're hardly cutting-edge these days, The Orb's gently pleasing grooves... still work as aural enhancers for the cannabinoidally-incliined. [Jun 2004, p.114]
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  6. The Guardian
    60
    A bumpy ride, but a diverting one.
  7. Q Magazine
    40
    It's originality that's lacking. [Jun 2004, p.105]
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  8. Dusted Magazine
    60
    Though Patterson is still largely peddling outdated sample-heavy narco-trance, the new disc is quite an improvement from 2001’s career-low Cydonia even if it may share that record’s flaws.
  9. Splendid
    60
    It's disappointing to hear them following trends rather than inspiring them.

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  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
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  3. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. edwardt
    Oct 27, 2005
    10
    a tweak in another dimesion still inspiring, listen out for orbient humour exquisite and uplifting
  2. PeterT
    Aug 26, 2005
    9
    Very good ambient album... Super rythms and noises.