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Cydonia - The Orb
  • Band Name: The Orb
  • Record Label: MCA
  • Release Date: Feb 27, 2001
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9.5 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6

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  1. MikeG.
    Apr 29, 2001
    8
    The Orb's most listenable "pop" since '93. At first listen, seems uninnovative - until you listen to 95% of the other music out there. This album gets better with every listen, a rare trait that gets Cydonia an extra bonus point or two. Adding vocals to a couple of tracks freshen up the Orb's formula and Promis stands out as an absolutely excellent and quintessential track. Like the rest of the Orb's best work, Promis sucks the listener into another world.… Expand
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  2. IanM.
    Aug 21, 2002
    10
    FANTASTIC!! 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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  3. bosniat
    Jan 10, 2004
    9
    I 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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  4. NinaNine
    Jul 23, 2002
    10
    It sounded that it is an old concept in different package. But after several days of playing it, I found brand new Orb-esque world. Awesome.
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  5. [Anonymous]
    Apr 29, 2003
    10
    The best electronic album ever made!
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Metascore
64 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 9
  3. Negative: 1 out of 9
  1. New Musical Express (NME)
    30
    Cydonia is a stillborn relic, flawed throughout by chronically stunted ambitions.
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  2. Magnet
    70
    Cydonia is a welcome return to the sensual, dubby, progressive trance that marked its best early work... [#50, p.102]
  3. Revolution
    80
    Recaptures the formula that once, a decade ago, made them great. [Apr 2001, p.111]
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