Orbital will reissue their seminal self-titled 1991 debut album, known to fans as The Green Album, on 19th April via London Records. Formats include a 4LP Box Set, 4CD Box Set, Black and Coloured 2LP, 2CD, and Cassette. All tracks have been fully remastered by Phil and Paul Hartnoll for the very first time.
Originally released on September 30, 1991, The Green Album contains landmark Orbital tracks including their breakthrough 1990 single ‘Chime’, which reached no.17 in the UK singles chart and earned them their first Top Of The Pops performance, and the evergreen comedown classic ‘Belfast’. The comprehensive reissue package also includes early Orbital favourites like ‘Satan’ plus previously unavailable tracks, making it a must have for fans of the pioneering electronic music duo.
Additionally, Orbital will also be revisiting their pre-Green Album EPs with a series of ‘Orbital LED’s’ (Limited Edition Drops). Again, these will be fully remastered versions of the duo’s original 12” EP series, with brand new artwork. Fans will be alerted to these extremely limited releases on the day of release.
Following the success of ‘Chime’, Pete Tong signed Orbital to London/ffrr Records, and Tong allowed the Hartnolls the freedom to record the album they wanted to make. For their debut Orbital wanted to explore wider textures, different rhythms, stranger mind spaces. Paul Hartnoll explains: ‘Our heroes were always Kraftwerk, Cabaret Voltaire, the Severed Heads – people who made proper, satisfying, full albums, and we were like, yeah, that’s what we want to do.’
The tracklisting for the re-release is as follows:
VINYL
LP1
A1 The Moebius
A2 Speed Freak
A3 Macro Head
B1 Oolaa
B2 Desert Storm
LP2
C1 Fahrenheit 303
C2 Steel Cube Idolatry
C3 High Rise
D1 Chime (Live)
D2 Midnight (Live)
D3 Belfast
LP3 [Deluxe Boxset Only]
A1 Torpedo town (PKA ‘untitled’)
A2 Satan
B1 L.C.1
B2 Belfast / Wasted (Wasted Vocal Mix)
B3 Crime
LP4 [Deluxe Boxset Only]
C1 Fahrenheit 3D3
C2 Open Mind Jam*
C3 The Other One *
D1 Satan (Rhyme and Reason Vocal Mix)
D2 Midnight (Sasha Remix)
CD FORMATS
CD 1
01 The Moebius
02 Speed Freak
03 Oolaa
04 Desert Storm
05 Fahrenheit 303
06 Steel Cube Idolatry
07 High Rise
08 Chime (Live)
09 Midnight (Live)
10.Belfast
11 I Think Its Disgusting
CD 2
01 Torpedo town (PKA ‘untitled’)
02 Macro Head
03 Satan
04 L.C.1
05 Belfast / Wasted (Wasted Vocal Mix)
06 Crime
07 Fahrenheit 3D3
08 Open Mind Jam *
09 The Other One*
10 Satan (Rhyme and Reason Vocal Mix)
11 Midnight (Sasha Remix)
CD 3 [Deluxe Box Set Only]
1 Chime 12”
2 Deeper 12”
3 Omen – The Fool
4 Omen – The Tower
5 2 Deep
6 Open Mind
7 Midnight
8 Choice
9 Analogue Test Feb ’90
10 Choice (Eye and I Mix)
CD 4 [Deluxe Box Set Only]*
1 Synergy (Live)
1.1 Satan
1.2 LC1
1.3 Chime
1.4 Son of Chime
2 Mystery Gig 1991 (Live)
2.1 Choice
2.2 Fahrenheit 303
2.3 Chime / Crime
2.4 BIT
2.5 Oolaa
2.6 Speed Freak
The tour dates are as follows:
APRIL
24 – The Great Hall, Exeter
25 – O2 Southampton Guildhall, Southampton
26 – O2 Institute, Birmingham
27 – Troxy, London
28 – Rock City, Nottingham
MAY
2 – Beacon, Bristol
3 – The Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow
4 – O2 Victoria Warehouse
5 – Vicar Street, Dublin
