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Recorded
  
2009

Artist
  
The Orb

Genre
  
Dance/electronic

Label
  
Sony Music

Length
  
48:53

Release date
  
12 October 2010

Producer
  
Martin Glover

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Released
  
12 October 2010 (2010-10-12)

Metallic Spheres (2010)
  
The Orbserver in the Star House (2012)

Similar
  
The Orb albums, Other albums

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Metallic Spheres is the tenth studio album released by ambient techno group The Orb in October 2010 and features Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour and Killing Joke bassist Youth. The album spent 3 weeks on the UK charts, peaking at number 12.

Contents

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Track listing

  1. "Metallic Side" (28:42)
    1. "Metallic Spheres"
    2. "Hymns to the Sun"
    3. "Black Graham"
    4. "Hiding in Plain View"
    5. "Classified"
  2. "Spheres Side" (20:12)
    1. "Es Vedra"
    2. "Hymns to the Sun (Reprise)"
    3. "Olympic"
    4. "Chicago Dub"
    5. "Bold Knife Trophy"
  3. "Cult of Youth Ambient Mix (Parts 1 & 2)" (Edit) (5:35) (iTunes-only bonus track)

All tracks written by David Gilmour, Alex Paterson & Youth.
"Hymns to the Sun" written by David Gilmour, Alex Paterson, Youth & Graham Nash.
"Black Graham" written by David Gilmour, Alex Paterson, Youth & Marcia Mello.
"Hiding in Plain View" written by David Gilmour, Alex Paterson, Youth & Tim Bran.

Personnel

  • David Gilmour – guitars, vocals
  • Alex Paterson – sound manipulation, keyboards, turntables
  • Youth – bass, keyboards, programming
  • Tim Bran – keyboards, programming
  • Marcia Mello – acoustic guitar (on "Black Graham")
  • Dominique Le Vac – backing vocals

    • Production

    The album was produced by Youth and recorded in June, 2009 at "The Dreaming Cave", in Wandsworth. Engineering was done by Tim Bran (of Dreadzone) and David Nock. Mixing was done by Youth, with mix engineering from Bran, Nock and Michael Rendall at "The Study" in 2010. Mastering was done by Andy Baldwin at Metropolis Studios in London. A headphone version was released as CD2 of the deluxe 2CD edition, with sound design by Mike Brady, recording by Mike Brady, David Nock and Michael Rendall, and mixing by Youth.

    Songs

    1Metallic SpheresDavid Gilmour28:42
    2Spheres Side: Es Vedra / Hymns to the Sun (reprise) / Olympic / Chicago Dub / Bold Knife TrophyDavid Gilmour20:12
    3The Cult of Youth (Ambient mix) - Parts 1-2 (edit)David Gilmour5:35

    References

    Metallic Spheres Wikipedia
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