Cydonia, not the Orb's most coherent album (to say the least), but I like it, especially when you do some track 'shopping': once more promis ghostdancing A nice threesome this is, although Once More scores high in my Aaargh department, why the f**** did they put this track on the album and why was it a single? Aaargh! Promis can be regarded IMO as a typical Orb interlude, not very inventive. Ghostdancing is excellent, she can dance any day in my dreams. But to start the album I can live with it. turn it down One gets the feeling that The Orb already has done this track in the past and with better results. egnable Aaargh! firestar typical orb interlude (see promis) a mile long lump of lard A beat bolero, nothing less, nothing more, a truly amazing rhythmical piece, probably the best track on the album, maybe even the best track The Orb has done in years. Its bombast and pathos reminds this crusty old dinosaur of the Emerson, Lake and Palmer rendition of Prokofiev's Romeo And Juliet and I 'm pretty sure nobody would have expected the mentioning of these boring old farts on this mailing group. centuries plum island At best Centuries and Plum Island sound like deadhead goddess Donna Godchaux, at worst like Madonna. Baby give it to me one more time! Plum Island once haunted my brain for days... hamlet of kings This is one of the very few tracks on this album that intelligently play with samples: flowing water, a harp sound, some tubular bells, a quasi wish-you-were-here guitar lick and the return of the famous Orbian train whistle! This track timewarps the listener into an atmospheric adventure from the lost Ultraworld. 1,1,1 thursday's keeper crossover between LX's Kiss radio tapes and System 7's 7:7 Expansion (Conspiracy Mix). Not the best thing he has ever done. terminus a typical 'German' minimalist track in the Valley tradition. I don't know if this soundscape was originally destined for the second FFWD album (often talked about, but never realised) but Robert Fripp surely had his mojo working on this. Although the longest track and highly repetitive, it feels less time-consuming than some of the tracks on this album that only last half of its time. I personally like the discreet wind chimes that sound exactly like those hanging on my porch (the first time I heard the track I thought it was the wind outside playing tricks with the music, and it still does, by the way). Excellent! Yep, I love the album (well, half of it)! Felix 'ambient to the core' Atagong PS: Bill (Bbbroo), if you made it till here, sorry, I've completely forgotten you. I will send some empty cd-roms over! Sorry!