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The discography of European electronic music group the Orb includes seventeen 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 albums | 17 |
| Live albums | 1 |
| Compilation albums | 6 |
| Video albums | 2 |
| Music videos | 22 |
| EPs | 10 |
| Singles | 15 |
| Remix albums | 4 |
| Mix albums | 4 |
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.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [6] |
UK Dance [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 |
|
1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pomme Fritz |
|
6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Orbus Terrarum | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Orblivion |
|
19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 174 | — | — |
| Cydonia |
|
83 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bicycles & Tricycles |
|
107 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | — |
| Okie Dokie It's The Orb on Kompakt | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Dream |
|
175 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Baghdad Batteries (Orbsessions Volume III) |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Metallic Spheres (featuring David Gilmour) |
12 | 3 | 34 | 95 | 21 | 65 | 40 | 73 | 3 | 23 | |
| The Orbserver in the Star House (featuring Lee "Scratch" Perry) |
|
93 | — | 134 | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | — |
| More Tales from the Orbservatory (featuring Lee "Scratch" Perry) |
|
191 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Moonbuilding 2703 AD |
|
90 | 19 | 158 | — | — | — | 84 | — | — | — |
| COW / Chill Out, World! |
|
— | 9 | 116 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| No Sounds Are Out of Bounds |
|
51 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Abolition of the Royal Familia |
|
62 | 2 | 99 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Prism |
|
85 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK [6] | |||
| Live 93 |
|
23 | |
| Further Adventures Beyond Dark Matter |
|
— | |
| The Orb's Further Adventures |
|
— |
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| UK [6] | ||
| U.F.Off: The Best of The Orb |
|
38 |
| Orbsessions Volume One |
|
— |
| Orbsessions Volume Two |
|
— |
| The BBC Sessions 1989–2001 |
|
— |
| Impossible Oddities from Underground to Overground: The Story of Wau! Mr. Modo (with Youth) |
|
— |
| History of the Future | 190 | |
| History of the Future Part 2 |
|
— |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Aubrey Mixes: The Ultraworld Excursions |
|
| Auntie Aubrey's Excursions Beyond the Call of Duty | |
| Auntie Aubrey's Excursions Beyond the Call of Duty Part 2 |
|
| Orbserving the Star House in Dub (featuring Lee "Scratch" Perry) |
|
| Auntie Aubrey's Excursions Beyond The Call of Duty pt.3: The Orb Remix Project |
|
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Back to Mine |
|
| I'll Be Black | |
| Tundra and Sunflakes Vol. 1 |
|
| Tundra and Sunflakes Vol. 2 |
|
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld: Patterns and Textures | |
| C Batter C |
| Title | EP details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| UK [6] | ||
| Kiss EP |
|
— |
| In Dub |
|
— |
| Peel Sessions |
|
— |
| The Peel Sessions |
|
— |
| Daleth of Elphame |
|
— |
| Kompassion |
|
— |
| Komplott |
|
— |
| Battersea Shield (with Meat Beat Manifesto) |
|
— |
| Komfort |
|
— |
| Alpine |
|
— |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||
| 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 | 10 | 17 | 13 | |
| "Perpetual Dawn" | 1991 | 18 | 16 | 13 | |
| "Blue Room" | 1992 | 8 | 28 | 46 | U.F.Orb |
| "Assassin" | 12 | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Oxbow Lakes" | 1995 | 38 | — | — | Orbus Terrarum |
| "Toxygene" | 1997 | 4 | 23 | — | Orblivion |
| "Asylum" | 20 | — | — | ||
| "Once More" | 2001 | 38 | 50 | — | 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 | — | — | — | |
| "Doughnuts Forever" (featuring Jah Wobble) | 2018 | — | — | — | No Sounds Are Out of Bounds |
| "Rush Hill Road" | — | — | — | ||
| "Wolfbane" | — | — | — | ||
| "Pervitin (Empire Culling & The Hemlock Stone Version)" | 2019 | — | — | — | Abolition of the Royal Familia |
| "Hawk Kings (Oseberg Buddhas Buttonhole)" | — | — | — | ||
| "Daze (Missing & Messed Up Mix)" | 2020 | — | — | — | |
| "Toi 1338b" (with Sedibus) | 2021 | — | — | — | The Heavens |
| "Afterlife Aftershave" (with Sedibus) | — | — | — | ||
| "Whippersnapper" (with OSS) | — | — | — | Enter the Kettle | |
| "Disco Bombing" (with OSS) | — | — | — | ||
| "Wow Picasso!" (with OSS) | — | — | — | ||
| "No Speed Limit" (with OSS) | — | — | — | ||
| "Living in Recycled Times" (solo or featuring Rachel D'Arcy) | 2023 | — | — | — | Prism |
| "Prism" | — | — | — | ||
| "Cracking Kraken" (with Chocolate Hills) | — | — | — | Yarns From the Chocolate Triangle | |
| "H.O.M.E (High Orbs Mini Earth)" | — | — | — | Prism | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||
| 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 |
| 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 | —[80] |
| "Golden Clouds" (featuring Lee "Scratch" Perry) |
Volker Schaner[81][82] | |
| "Soulman" (featuring Lee "Scratch" Perry) | ||
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