- ambient, electronic
- 54 min
- 3 tracks
- Sony Music
Metallic Spheres is the tenth studio album by the ambient techno group the Orb, released in October 2010. It features the Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour and the Killing Joke bassist Youth. It spent three weeks on the UK charts, reaching number 12. In 2023, the album was remixed, partially re-recorded and released as Metallic Spheres in Colour.
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Character-led, contemplative, grave and warm.
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- contemporarynostalgic
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Tracks
- 1Metallic Side: Metallic Spheres / Hymns to the Sun / Black Graham / Hiding in Plain View / Classified28:41
- 2Spheres Side: Es Vedra / Hymns to the Sun (reprise) / Olympic / Chicago Dub / Bold Knife Trophy20:08
- 3The Cult of Youth (ambient mix), Parts 1–2 (edit)5:35
3 tracks, 54 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Orb, David Gilmour
- Label
- Sony Music
- Released
- October 8, 2010
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
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