- electronic, techno
- 116 min
- 22 tracks
- Because Music Ltd.
Optical Delusion is the tenth studio album by English electronic music duo Orbital, released on 17 February 2023.
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Grave, spare, cool and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- cooloverwhelming
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
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Metacritic 71/100 · AnyDecentMusic? 7.1/10
- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- The Arts Desk4/5 ★
- Clash8/10
- The Guardian3/5 ★
- Louder Than War4/5 ★
- Mojo4/5 ★
- PopMatters7/10
- Record Collector4/5 ★
- Slant Magazine3.5/5 ★
- Uncut7/10
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Tracks
- 1Ringa Ringa (The Old Pandemic Folk Song)4:14
- 2Day One5:16
- 3Are You Alive?7:49
- 4You Are the Frequency4:39
- 5The New Abnormal5:05
- 6Home5:18
- 7Dirty Rat5:16
- 8Requiem for the Pre‐Apocalypse5:20
- 9What a Surprise3:51
- 10Moon Princess4:19
- 1The Crane5:04
- 2Home (The Hottest Day on Record mix)5:18
- 3Year of the Bat5:18
- 4Lost in Time4:25
- 5Oxygène (Are You Alive?) (club mix)5:23
- 6Day One (Manami remix)5:45
- 7You Are the Frequency (Yushh remix)5:11
- 8Oxygène (Are You Alive?)7:34
- 9Are You Alive? (Plaid remix)4:34
- 10You Are the Frequency (Acid Party Yobs remix)5:57
- 11Are You Alive? (Myagi remix)7:28
- 12Ringa Ringa (The Old Pandemic Folk Song) (Breakage remix)3:05
22 tracks, 116 minutes.
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