The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld by The Orb

Pros: An essential foundation for all ambient techno since '91
Cons: None

I suddenly got the bug to check out all the electronic music I've been neglecting all these years, so the other night I was asking a friend his opinion of various artists. Somehow this developed into me realizing two things: 1) the big, popular singles ...

Pros: The best ambient album ever made
Cons: Play twice before listening

Here we go folks...the absolute mack daddy of all the mack daddies.

I actually scored this album for my girlfriend's (now she's my wife) birthday back in '93 or '94. She really dug this one track that had this one chick talking about the...

Pros: The most influential album of the nineties you never heard.
Cons: long periods of gloomy mush

I can't believe this double album was made in 1991. It sounds like a long, deconstructed chemical brothers meditation that was made after "dig your own hole." Instead, the Orb had a black-covered album with bizarre brightly-colored pictures...

Pros: original, strange, ........
Cons: read review

You should Benjamin's review for more details. I couldn't wait to hear this album. Rolling Stone, Spin, and my electronic friends were all up on it. I have to say that the music is too out there. It just meanders with strange sounds that don't always...