Album · 1996
In Sides
by Orbital
In Sides is a 1996 breakbeat album by Orbital. It runs 16 tracks across 138 minutes.
Breakbeat · Electronica · Electronic
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- 85 /100
- 9 critics
- 16
- Tracks
- 138 min
- Runtime
- 135 bpm
- Tempo
- A minor
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- Select5/5
- Pitchfork9.1/10
- NME9/10
- AllMusic4.5/5
- Muzik4.5/5
- Entertainment WeeklyB+
- The Guardian4/5
- Los Angeles Times3/4
- Rolling Stone3/5
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In Sides album cover
The In Sides cover was designed by Foul End Trauma, Fultano Mauder, John Greenwood and Studio Ranchero.
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- Foul End Trauma, Fultano Mauder, John Greenwood, Studio Ranchero
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16 tracks · 138 min
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In Sides is the fourth album recorded by Orbital, released in 1996. The name is a reference to the fact that the album was originally available as a 3-LP vinyl box set, with one track per "side" of each LP. "The Girl with the Sun in Her Head" was dedicated to the memory of Volume magazine photographer Sally Harding who died in 1995. The track was recorded using electricity from a Greenpeace solar power generator. It opens with the sound of a heartbeat which serves as bass and develops into what many critics hold as one of Orbital's most accomplished pieces. "P.E.T.R.O.L." was included in the soundtracks for the video game Wipeout and also the film π. The title of the fifth track, "Dŵr Budr" is Welsh for "dirty water" and was written with the then-recent MV Sea Empress oil tanker disaster just off the coast of Wales in mind. "Adnan's" was originally written for 1995's The Help Album, benefitting War Child.
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Vocals on the album are credited to the mysterious Auntie, a pseudonym used by Alison Goldfrapp on this release. Her singing on "Dŵr Budr" is nonsensical chanting, and has been rumoured to have been played backwards, though neither the brothers nor Goldfrapp herself will divulge any information.
In brief
- When was In Sides released?
- In Sides was released in 1996.
- How many tracks are on In Sides?
- In Sides has 16 tracks, with a runtime of 138 minutes.
- What genre is In Sides?
- In Sides is catalogued under Breakbeat, Electronica, Electronic.
- What BPM is In Sides?
- In Sides runs at a median tempo of 135 BPM across its tracks, most often in A minor, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to In Sides?
- Listeners of In Sides also rate Mezzanine by Massive Attack, The Fat of the Land by The Prodigy, Surrender by The Chemical Brothers.
- Who produced In Sides?
- In Sides was produced by Paul Hartnoll and Phil Hartnoll. Paul Hartnoll produced 8 of them.
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- Vocals by
- Auntie
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