Work 1989 - 2002

Not generally considered the right age for such Techno/Ambient electronic dance music, I'd only really heard of/owned a couple of Orbital tracks on compilations.Thus, to my pleasant surprise, this 'Work 1989 - 2000' is an often beautiful album, always seeming 'hip' and rave-like, with the likes of Halycon a stand out, for me. The duet with David Gray another.I enjoy rave and all the 'new' genres of music as the next man and sounding very typical, as long as it has a semblance of melody and listenability. My days (yes, the '80s!) of getting wasted and haunting very dive possible are long gone, so now my Ipod and hifi are my only dance-floors.This tuneful and melodic - and above all - interesting collection is just the thing to quicken one's step to, or lighten the mood or simply to chill out to. You may laugh, but isn't that what good music is supposed to do, whatever your age?

When you just buy an album because your on a nostalgic trip and find that the album you’ve just purchased has one of your all time favourite track which you never caught the name of when it was in the charts and playing in the clubs only to hear again while sampling your purchase. Perfect

A good compilation of orbital tracks. As a huge fan just getting into vinyl, it was ideal to get some of my favourites onto the format.The sleeves include comments from the duo on each song and the story behind them all, and the records themselves are pleasing to the eye.The songs I won't review here, but I'd say they aren't the absolute best from the duo, but they're still pretty good.

I think this cd is one of Orbital's best it seems to have all there most well known songs on it like Chime and The Box , cd arrived within 3 days in excellent condition thanks .

0 star for the first 6 tracks (sound quality was appalling) but 5 stars for remainder of the album.Not happy

This album, although I've not heard for years, still sounds as good as ever. A must for any dance/house/electronic fan.

awesome!

Paul and Phil Hartnoll have been producing electronic dance music as Orbital, on and off, for over 30 years now. However, the exclusive focus of this blandly-named singles collection is the first decade (or so) of their career, a highly productive period in which the duo made 6 albums and received a lot of praise for their improvisatory live performances.It starts strongly, with the 7-inch version of their debut single, the UK Top 20 hit ‘Chime’. It ends just as powerfully, with all 8 minutes of the haunting, neo-classical ‘Belfast’. Sandwiched in between are radio-friendly edits of other key tracks from that era, including ‘Halcyon’, ‘The Box’, and ‘Are We Here?’.But some of their later material, such as the meandering ‘Illuminate’ and the re-recorded version of ‘Satan’, aren’t as good as the likes of ‘Impact’ and ‘Lush 3.1’, which may well explain why the track listing isn’t in chronological order.