Monsters Exist

After seeing "Orbital" live in Brooklyn promoting this album I knew I had to purchase "Monsters Exist"!Since "Orbital's" last album:"Wonky" they've had time to brainstorm in the studio and come up with some original and creative music while retaining their trademark sound!2-CD release with 17 tracks total. CD one contains the main tunes that are all danceable in a club setting! "Hoo Hoo Ha Ha" is a great up tempo sampled trumpet piece that always puts a smile on my face!! "The End is Nigh" also enjoyable to listen to with that distinct "Orbital" sound with an eerie female sampled voice. "PHUK"(Please Help the United Kingdom). A political piece depicting economic turmoil and uncertainity in the UK.CD two was equally satisfying with content scavenged from Paul Hartnoll's prior incomplete projects. " Haiku" is a tribute to the Japanese genre of the "Godzilla" movies and their monsters! I loved the female samples that added a memorable note of Japanese citizens running in panic due to a monster attack! The album plays with your imagination which to me is a win for "Orbital".Overall, I can't wait to see what they come up with next!

My new, favorite song is "Tiny Foldable Cities." Ever since I got this album, I have listened to it at least once a day. Tracks like "Monsters Exist," "P.H.U.K.," "There Will Come a Time," and, my favorite, "Tiny Foldable Cities," all have depth and nuance that were lacking in the earlier work by Orbital. This album shows maturity and mastery of the music that really shines.Buy this record!

I love all the Orbital albums but this one really knocks it out of the park. Each song is brilliant in its own right but an amazing cd all around. Not only great use of sound and technologies but really some emotional moments that make the whole experience a must. 2 cd is highly recommended both sound wonderful on B&W speakers. Thanks boys.

I'm an obsessive collector of Orbital and absolutely love their early and mid stuff. Was super-excited to learn they had released a new album. I found it very disappointing... one track I'd call "good" and a couple more I'd call "decent." Not worth the money to me, and certainly not worth my misplaced excitement.

A new favorite by Orbital! Tiny Foldable Cities is amazing, and probably my favorite track. But every song has a new level of depth to it, demonstrating Orbital’s evolution in sound.

Haven't gone through all of the tracks completely yet, but this album is really good. Really got some nice beats and easy to listen

Awesome ORBITAL worth the long wait. I hope you catch the glitch before too many are sold at cheaper price ;)

Wow! This vinyl is cut beyond belief and the sleeve is too kool!

A long time Orbital fan. Right from the get go, I was there. I always hoped that Orbital would, well - resume orbit! Anyway, Monsters Exist. I've got to admit, I did struggle with it as well at first. But, I've let it maintain orbit in my CD player for a number of cycles now. The boys excellence in their field is now shining through. I've got the deluxe album and I really love the tracks on CD2 as well. For all of those people that are struggling with it - let is spin and spin baby! It will become good and make sense in your mind eventually. An excellent release, I prefer this compared to Wonky. Insides is one of my all time favourite albums. Insides got me through one of the toughest times in my life. So I will always be an Orbital fan. An excellent release boys - looking forward to the next one!

NOT the most memorable pieces from the wonderful Orbital … there are definite stocking-fillers that could have been banged out by anyone … in an interview recently they said they'd created some of the tracks very quickly - and sorry, it shows … next time how about you spend longer on making the music, and hopefully less time between albums - hopefully not a 6-year wait for the next one … Oh and CD2, er the point of that being …? It's junk, obviously half-worked and abandoned ideas for the album. Orbital, you can do so much better than this :-(

Hooked since 1991......so disappointed today. No Snivilisation or Insides vibe at all. Sounds very Eurovision. My partner did say it sounds like somebody pressing every key on a Casio keyboard at random over a beat? I hate to agree, but it does! Also sound quality is very low rent MP3, no real depth to the tracks, cheap sounding synths and strings. I'd hoped for a lot more. Maybe the next album might be Orbital back on track then? Until then......

Orbital albums are rather like new pair of boots - A bit uncomfortable at first but like an old friend when you get used to them. This one is no different.Disk one seems to be a collection of nearly recognisable remixes of past offerings concocted for a computer game backdrop (at first) but listen on and your brain will begin to make sense of the sonic cliq fest and really enjoy it!Disk 2 seems a whole lot more familiar from the get-go and I have to confess it's by far my favourite of the two.If you're a seasoned orbitoid you'll love Monsters, if you're orbicurious ease yourself in with the blue album or insides first!Will probably be 5 stars this time next year when they've worn in a bit!

First listen to this album was O.K although P.H.U.K is by far the best track. A few more plays and I now like the majority of the tracks. If you are an Orbital fan (I am) then you need this in your collection.