U.F.Orb

U.F.Orb
Studio album by
the Orb
Released6 July 1992 (1992-07-06)[1]
RecordedMetalworks studio Toronto Canada 1991
Genre
Length73:55
LabelBig Life
Producer
The Orb chronology
The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld
(1991) 		U.F.Orb
(1992) 		Live 93
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
Entertainment WeeklyA[4]
NME9/10[5]
Record Collector[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[7]
Select5/5[8]
Spin Alternative Record Guide9/10[9]
Uncut[10]
The Village VoiceB−[11]

U.F.Orb is the second studio album by English electronic music group the Orb. It was released on 6 July 1992 as their last work with record label Big Life.[1] Upon its release, the album reached No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart. The music database AllMusic described it as "the commercial and artistic peak of the ambient-house movement."[2]

  1. ^ a b Redmond, Steve, ed. (20 June 1992). "Chart Newcomers: The Orb" (PDF). Music Week. London: Spotlight Publications. p. 9.
  2. ^ a b Bush, John. "U.F.Orb – The Orb". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-85712-595-8.
  4. ^ Svetkey, Benjamin (4 December 1992). "u.f.orb". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 23 August 2009.
  5. ^ George, Iestyn (7 April 1992). "The Orb – UF Orb". NME. Archived from the original on 17 August 2000. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  6. ^ Grady, Spencer (December 2007). "The Orb – UFOrb". Record Collector. No. 343. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  7. ^ Wolk, Douglas (2004). "The Orb". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 604–05. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  8. ^ Perry, Andrew (August 1992). "The Orb: U F Orb". Select. No. 26. p. 96.
  9. ^ Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig, eds. (1995). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
  10. ^ "The Orb: U.F.Orb". Uncut. 2007. Peppered with surreal humour, hypnotic sound paintings like 'Close Encounters' and Top 10 single 'Blue Room' have barely dated.
  11. ^ Christgau, Robert (23 November 1993). "Turkey Shoot". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved 5 July 2013.