The OrbBest The Orb Albums Ranked

Okie Dokie It's The Orb On Kompakt

pitchfork

7.3

“Dr. Alex Patterson's first full-length for Kompakt is full of eerie polyrhythms and slurry dream-techno.”

Abolition of the Royal Familia

pitchfork

6.9

“Alex Paterson and his band of merry pranksters pay tribute to the golden age of ambient house with subtlety, occasional silliness, and a slyly subversive edge.”

Abolition of the Royal Familia

pastemagazine

6.8

“For good and for ill, the long-standing electronic act stays in its self-created lane”

Moonbuilding 2703 AD

pitchfork

6.7

“Rather than drift off into irrelevance in the 21st century, the Orb have become sturdy and workmanlike. Moonbuilding is, incredibly, the Orb's 10th album in the new century, and it occasionally reminds you of what once made them great.”

Cydonia

pitchfork

6.1

“It's little known how particular the *Pitchfork* copy editors are. Though they're said to parse each review for illogicalities, flagrant lapses in concentration, and general sloppiness, they rarely concern themselves with write-ups of indie rock mainstays. In matters ambient and chill, though, they override even the editor-in-chief's judgment. Why should this be? The copy editors' tasks are so cr”

COW / Chill Out, World!

pitchfork

6.0

“COW has some of the Orb’s most gentle moments to date, eschewing ambient house for ambient music, pure and simple.”