Snivilisation
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Snivilisation |
| type | Album |
| artist | Orbital |
| cover | Snivilisation.jpg |
| released | |
| recorded | 1993–94 |
| genre | {{flatlist |
| length | 75:04 |
| label | FFRR |
| producer | Orbital |
| prev_title | Orbital |
| prev_year | 1993 |
| next_title | In Sides |
| next_year | 1996 |
| :: |
| name = Snivilisation | type = Album | artist = Orbital | cover = Snivilisation.jpg | alt = | released = | recorded = 1993–94 | venue = | studio = | genre = {{flatlist|
- Techno
- ambient techno | length = 75:04 | label = FFRR | producer = Orbital | prev_title = Orbital | prev_year = 1993 | next_title = In Sides | next_year = 1996 Snivilisation is the third studio album by the British electronic music duo Orbital. It was released on 8 August 1994 through FFRR Records.
The album peaked at number 4 on the UK Albums Chart, and had sold over 80,000 copies in the United Kingdom by April 1996. | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = | rev2 = Encyclopedia of Popular Music | rev2score = | rev3 = Music Week | rev3score = | rev4 = Q | rev4score = | rev5 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide | rev5score = | rev6 = Select | rev6score = 4/5
Background
The band released the album at the time of the launch of the Criminal Justice Act, the legislation that gave British Police greater legal powers to break up unlicensed raves that gave Orbital its name. The Are We Here? single featured the track "Are We Here? (Criminal Justice Bill?)", which consists of four minutes of complete silence.
"Philosophy by Numbers" samples Sidney Stratton's chemistry experiment, "Guggle Glub Gurgle", from the film The Man in the White Suit.
"Are We Here?" samples a part of "Man at C&A" by The Specials; the track's vocals are by Alison Goldfrapp, as on "Sad But True". "Are We Here?" is also on Work 1989-2002.
The album was included in Q magazine's "The 25 Best Dance Albums Ever" in October 1997. It also made Qs end-of-year top 10 best albums list in 1994.
Track listing
| title1 = Forever | length1 = 7:59 | title2 = I Wish I Had Duck Feet | length2 = 4:05 | title3 = Sad But True | note3 = featuring Alison Goldfrapp | length3 = 7:49 | title4 = Crash and Carry | length4 = 4:43 | title5 = Science Friction | length5 = 5:03 | title6 = Philosophy by Numbers | length6 = 6:39 | title7 = Kein Trink Wasser | length7 = 9:24 | title8 = Quality Seconds | length8 = 1:25 | title9 = Are We Here? | note9 = featuring Alison Goldfrapp | length9 = 15:33 | title10 = Attached | length10 = 12:25
References
References
- (6 August 1994). "Album Releases". Spotlight Publications.
- (20 April 1996). "Orbital: Moving into the Mainstream". [[UBM plc.
- Bush, John. "''Snivilisation'' – Orbital". [[AllMusic]].
- Larkin, Colin. (2011). "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". [[Omnibus Press]].
- Beevers, Andy. (13 August 1994). "Market Preview: Dance - Pick of the Week".
- (October 1994). "Orbital: ''Snivilisation''".
- Randall, Mac. (2004). "The New Rolling Stone Album Guide". [[Simon & Schuster]].
- Maconie, Stuart. (August 1994). "Orbital: ''Snivilisation''".
- (October 1997). "The 25 Best Dance Albums Ever". EMAP Metro.
- (1994). "Recodings of the Year: Top 10". EMAP Metro.
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