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- Record Label: MCA
- Genre(s): Electronic, Alternative, Ambient
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Positive: 5 out of 9
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Mixed: 3 out of 9
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Negative: 1 out of 9
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RevolutionRecaptures the formula that once, a decade ago, made them great. [Apr 2001, p.111]
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Cydonia, like much of Orb's output, shows a dual inclination toward ambient backgrounds and melodic, Massive Attack-style foregrounds--a tendency no doubt encouraged by its additional collaborators, who range from a host of engineers to old friend Robert Fripp. However, considering how few electronic acts have translated the indulgences of studio tomfoolery into consistently great records, it's reassuring that Orb has weathered its unplanned hiatus and released another winner.
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MagnetCydonia is a welcome return to the sensual, dubby, progressive trance that marked its best early work... [#50, p.102]
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Though Cydonia is far from being a dull, sequencer-heavy Namlook ambient release, it regrettably sounds irrelevant in today's climate.
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The WireIt's an extremely listenable record, full of stray moments of delightful mischief, but it's as innovative as a favourite old armchair. [1/2001, p.63]
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If you didnt get 'U.F.Orb' or 'Orblivion', this ain't going to change your mind. If youve never heard The Orb before, though, this is as good an introduction as any.
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Cydonia is a stillborn relic, flawed throughout by chronically stunted ambitions.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 3
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Mixed: 0 out of 3
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Negative: 0 out of 3
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[Anonymous]Apr 29, 2003The best electronic album ever made!
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IanM.Aug 21, 2002FANTASTIC!! The orb never cease to amaze me! You are taken beyound the realms of normality to the place that can only be Ultraworld. Yeh......
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bosniatJan 10, 2004I think that the mormons are tied into the antichrist plan with mars and they hold religious beliefs like the cydonians did
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