The Orb discography

The discography of European electronic music group The Orb includes sixteen studio albums, one live album, six compilation albums, four remix albums, four mix albums, two video albums, ten extended plays, fifteen singles and twenty-two music videos. Founded by Alex Paterson and Jimmy Cauty in 1988,[1] the group's first release was the extended play Kiss EP, issued in May 1989.[2] The single "A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules from the Centre of the Ultraworld", which marked the group's first foray into the ambient house genre, was released in October 1989 on Adam Morris and Martin Glover's record label WAU! Mr. Modo Recordings.[2] It was later re-issued by Big Life and peaked at number 78 in the United Kingdom despite sample clearance issues.[3] Following Cauty's departure from the group, The Orb signed a long-term recording contract with Big Life and released their debut studio album The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld in April 1991.[2][4] It peaked at number 29 in the United Kingdom and has since been recognized as a seminal album of the ambient house genre.[5] "Little Fluffy Clouds" and "Perpetual Dawn" were released as singles from the album.

The Orb discography
The Orb performing at Culture Box in Copenhagen in 2005
Studio albums16
Live albums1
Compilation albums6
Video albums2
Music videos22
EPs10
Singles15
Remix albums4
Mix albums4

The Orb's second studio album U.F.Orb was released in June 1992 and topped the United Kingdom albums chart.[6] The album's second single "Blue Room" – at a length of 39 minutes and 57 seconds – became the longest-running release to enter the UK singles chart, where it peaked at number eight.[3][7] Following the success of U.F.Orb, the group signed to Island Records and released the live album Live 93 on the label.[2] "Little Fluffy Clouds" and "Perpetual Dawn" were re-issued and became top 20 hits in the UK.[6] The Orb's third studio album Orbus Terrarum was released in April 1995, charting at number twenty in the UK and producing the single "Oxbow Lakes".[3][6] Orblivion followed in February 1997 and peaked at number nineteen in the United Kingdom; it also became the group's first album to chart in the United States, peaking at number 174 on the Billboard 200 chart.[6][8] "Toxygene" became their first UK top five single and also charted at number 23 in Ireland.[3][9]

The Orb's fifth studio album Cydonia was released in February 2001 following several delays, peaking at number 83 in the United Kingdom.[6] The group subsequently left Island Records and released several albums on assorted labels: Bicycles & Tricycles (2004) on Cooking Vinyl, Okie Dokie It's The Orb on Kompakt (2005) on Kompakt, The Dream (2007) on Liquid Sound Design and Baghdad Batteries (Orbsessions Volume III) (2010) on Malicious Damage.[2] Metallic Spheres, a collaboration with former Pink Floyd musician David Gilmour, was released in October 2010. It gave the group their highest-charting album in the UK since U.F.Orb, peaking at number twelve on the country's albums chart.[6] Metallic Spheres also charted in several European countries, including Belgium, Greece and Ireland.[10][11][12][13] The Orb then collaborated with Jamaican reggae musician Lee "Scratch" Perry on the albums The Orbserver in the Star House (2012) and More Tales from the Orbservatory (2013). More recently, The Orb have returned to their ambient roots, collaborating with Roger Eno and other musicians to produce Moonbuilding 2703 AD in 2015, COW / Chill Out, World! in 2016 and No Sounds Are Out of Bounds in 2018.

Albums

Studio albums
List of studio albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[6]		 BEL
[10]		 GER
[14]		 GRC
[12]		 IRL
[13]		 NLD
[15]		 US
[8]		 US
Dance
[8]		 US
Rock
[8]
The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld 29————————
U.F.Orb
  • Released: 29 June 1992 (UK)[17]
  • Label: Big Life, Mercury
  • Formats: CD, cassette, LP
 1————————
Orbus Terrarum
  • Released: 4 April 1995 (UK)[18]
  • Label: Island
  • Formats: CD, cassette, LP
 20————————
Orblivion
  • Released: 24 February 1997 (UK)[19]
  • Label: Island
  • Formats: CD, LP
 19—————174——
Cydonia 83————————
Bicycles & Tricycles 107——————22—
Okie Dokie It's The Orb on Kompakt
  • Released: 26 October 2005 (JPN)[22]
  • Label: Kompakt
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
 —————————
The Dream
  • Released: 19 September 2007 (JPN)[23]
  • Label: Liquid Sound Design, Six Degrees, Traffic
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 175————————
Baghdad Batteries (Orbsessions Volume III)
  • Released: 7 September 2009 (UK)[24]
  • Label: Malicious Damage
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
 —————————
Metallic Spheres
(featuring David Gilmour)
  • Released: 11 October 2010 (UK)[25]
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
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The Orbserver in the Star House
(featuring Lee "Scratch" Perry)
  • Released: 28 August 2012 (UK)[26]
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
 93134—————23—
More Tales from the Orbservatory
(featuring Lee "Scratch" Perry)
  • Released: 3 June 2013 (UK)[27]
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl, The End
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
 191————————
Moonbuilding 2703 AD
  • Released: 22 June 2015[28]
  • Label: Kompakt
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
 90158———84———
COW / Chill Out, World!
  • Released: 14 October 2016[29]
  • Label: Kompakt
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
 —116———————
No Sounds Are Out of Bounds
  • Released: 22 June 2018[30]
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
 51————————
Abolition of the Royal Familia
  • Released: 27 March 2020
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
 6299———————

Live albums
List of live albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[6]
Live 93
  • Released: 22 November 1993 (UK)[31]
  • Label: Island
  • Formats: CD, cassette, LP
 23
Further Adventures Beyond Dark Matter
  • Released: 2 September 2014 (UK)[33]
  • Label: Abbey Road Studios
  • Formats: CD, DVD, MP3
The Orb's Further Adventures
  • Released: 21 February 2016 (UK)[34]
  • Label: Live Here Now
  • Formats: CD, DVD, LP, audio and video downloads

Compilation albums
List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[6]
U.F.Off: The Best of The Orb
  • Released: 2 October 1998 (UK)[35]
  • Label: Island
  • Formats: CD, LP
 38
Orbsessions Volume One
  • Released: 18 October 2005 (UK)[36]
  • Label: Malicious Damage
  • Formats: CD, LP
 —
Orbsessions Volume Two
  • Released: 4 June 2007 (UK)[37]
  • Label: Malicious Damage
  • Formats: CD, LP
 —
The BBC Sessions 1989–2001
  • Released: 10 September 2008 (UK)[38]
  • Label: Island
  • Formats: CD
 —
Impossible Oddities from Underground to Overground: The Story of Wau! Mr. Modo
(with Youth)
  • Released: 25 October 2010 (UK)[39]
  • Label: Year Zero
  • Formats: CD, LP
 —
History of the Future
  • Released: 7 October 2013 (UK)[40]
  • Label: Island
  • Formats: CD/DVD
 190
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Remix albums
List of remix albums
Title Album details
Aubrey Mixes: The Ultraworld Excursions
  • Released: 27 December 1991 (UK)[41]
  • Released and deleted on the same day
  • Label: Big Life
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
Auntie Aubrey's Excursions Beyond the Call of Duty
  • Released: 13 August 1996 (UK)[42]
  • Label: Deviant
  • Formats: CD, cassette, LP
Auntie Aubrey's Excursions Beyond the Call of Duty Part 2
  • Released: 4 September 2001 (UK)[43]
  • Label: Deviant
  • Formats: CD
Orbserving the Star House in Dub
(featuring Lee "Scratch" Perry)
  • Released: 13 May 2013 (UK)[44]
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Auntie Aubrey's Excursions Beyond The Call Of Duty pt.3: The Orb Remix Project
  • Released: 4 December 2020 (UK)[45]
  • Label: Liquid Sound Design
  • Formats: CD, digital download

Mix albums
List of mix albums
Title Album details
Back to Mine
  • Released: 27 January 2003 (UK)[46]
  • Label: DMC
  • Formats: CD, LP
I'll Be Black
  • Released: 15 October 2007 (UK)[47]
  • Label: Trojan
  • Formats: CD
Tundra and Sunflakes Vol. 1
  • Released: 20 May 2011 (UK)[48]
  • Label: Ketama
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Tundra and Sunflakes Vol. 2
  • Released: 9 September 2011 (UK)[49]
  • Label: Ketama
  • Formats: CD, digital download

Video albums
List of video albums
Title Album details
The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld: Patterns and Textures
  • Released: 1992 (UK)[50]
  • Label: Big Life
  • Formats: VHS
C Batter C
  • Released: 11 November 2011 (UK)[51]
  • Label: Malicious Damage
  • Formats: DVD

Extended plays
List of extended plays, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[6]
Kiss EP —
In Dub
  • Released: 1991 (UK)[52]
  • Label: Big Life
  • Formats: 12"
 —
Peel Sessions —
Pomme Fritz
  • Released: 13 June 1994 (UK)[54]
  • Label: Island
  • Formats: CD, cassette, 12"
 6
The Peel Sessions
  • Released: 28 March 1996 (UK)[55]
  • Label: Strange Fruit
  • Formats: CD, LP
 —
Daleth of Elphame —
Kompassion
  • Released: 6 January 2003 (UK)[57]
  • Label: Kompakt
  • Formats: 12"
 —
Komplott
  • Released: 15 November 2004 (UK)[58]
  • Label: Kompakt
  • Formats: 12"
 —
Battersea Shield
(with Meat Beat Manifesto)
  • Released: 22 November 2004 (UK)[59]
  • Label: Malicious Damage
  • Formats: CD
 —
Komfort
  • Released: 7 June 2005 (UK)[60]
  • Label: Kompakt
  • Formats: 12"
 —
Alpine
  • Released: 4 March 2016 (UK)[61]
  • Label: Kompakt
  • Formats: 12"
 —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles
List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
[3]		 IRL
[9]		 US
Dance
[8]
"A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules from the Centre of the Ultraworld" 1989 78—— The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld
"Little Fluffy Clouds" 1990 101713
"Perpetual Dawn" 1991 181613
"Blue Room" 1992 82846 U.F.Orb
"Assassin" 12—— Non-album single
"Oxbow Lakes" 1995 38—— Orbus Terrarum
"Toxygene" 1997 423— Orblivion
"Asylum" 20——
"Once More" 2001 3850— Cydonia
"Aftermath" 2004 103—— Bicycles & Tricycles
"Vuja De"[62] 2007 ——— The Dream
"DDD (Dirty Disco Dub)"[63] 2009 ———
"Golden Clouds"[64]
(featuring Lee "Scratch" Perry)		 2012 ——— The Orbserver in the Star House
"Soulman"[65]
(featuring Lee "Scratch" Perry)		 ———
"Ball of Fire"[66]
(featuring Lee "Scratch" Perry)		 2013 ———
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Remix work
List of remixes produced by The Orb for other artists, showing year released and album name
Title Year Other artist(s) Album
"Money $" (Orb Clubmix)[67] 1989 Fischerman's Friend "Money $" single
"Lily Was Here" (Space Centre Medical Unit Hum)[68] David A. Stewart, Candy Dulfer "Lily Was Here" single
"Hotel California" (Orb in Cali Mix 1)[69] 1990 Jam on the Mutha "Hotel California" single
"Hotel California" (Orbitally Ambient Mix)[69]
"Sirtaki on Mars" (The Orb vs. High Frequency Bandwidth Remix)[70] 2011 OMFO "Sirtaki on Mars" single
1991
1992
1993
1994
  • Saxophonettes - "Secret Squirrel"
1995
  • Innersphere - "Out of Body"
  • Pop Will Eat Itself - "Home"
  • Spectre - "Spectre Overseas"
  • Yello - "You Gotta Say Yes to Another Excess"
1996
1997
1998
  • Anaesthesia - "Dirty Kiss"
  • Mindless Drug Hoover - "The Reefer Song"
1999
  • D-Kiku - "Primitive..."
  • One True Parker - "Singing Ringing Tune"
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
  • Headcount - "Die Monkey Die"
2008
2009
  • Transmission - "Dance Alone"
2010
2011
  • Shrubbn! - Echos
2018
  • Space - Magic Fly

Music videos
List of music videos, showing year released and director
title Year Director(s)
"Little Fluffy Clouds" 1992 Simon Maxwell, Marion Waldorf[71][72]
"Earth (Gaia)"
"Towers of Dub"
"Perpetual Dawn"
"Star 6 & 7 8 9"
"Outlands"
"Outro"
"Blue Room"
"Assassin"
"Pomme Fritz (Meat 'N Veg)" 1994 Tony Hill[73]
"Oxbow Lakes" 1995 Ian Bryers, Mike Lipscombe[72]
"Toxygene" 1997 Benjamin Stokes[74][75]
"Asylum"
"Once More" 2001 Vito Rocco[76]
"From a Distance (Blast Master v. The Corpral)"
(featuring The Corpral)		 2004 Ukawa Naohiro[77]
"Vuja De" (version 1) 2007 Katsura Moshino[78]
"Vuja De" (version 2)
"Hymns to the Sun" (version 1)
(featuring David Gilmour)		 2010 Gavin Elder[79]
"Hymns to the Sun" (version 2)
(featuring David Gilmour)		 Stylorouge[79]
"Hold Me Upsetter"
(featuring Lee "Scratch" Perry)		 2012 N/A[80]
"Golden Clouds"
(featuring Lee "Scratch" Perry)		 Volker Schaner[81][82]
"Soulman"
(featuring Lee "Scratch" Perry)

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