Monsters Exist

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Monsters Exist
Orbital - Monsters Exist.png
Studio album by
Orbital
Released14 September 2018
Length50:06
Label ACP
Producer Orbital
Orbital chronology
Wonky
(2012)		Monsters Exist
(2018)		 30 Something
(2022)
Singles from Monsters Exist
  1. "Tiny Foldable Cities"
    Released: 11 May 2018 [1]
  2. "P.H.U.K."
    Released: 28 June 2018 [2]
  3. "The End Is Nigh"
    Released: 29 August 2018 [3]

Monsters Exist is the ninth studio album by Orbital, released on 14 September 2018 through their own ACP label. [4] It is their first studio album in six years (their last studio album Wonky was released in 2012) and the first since they reformed for the second time in 2017. The title is shown in the earlier video for "The Box" in 1996 when Tilda Swinton glances at an array of TV screens.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 67/100 [5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The Arts Desk Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Drowned in Sound 8/10 [8]
Pitchfork 6/10 [9]
PopMatters 8/10 [10]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Release Magazine 10/10 [12]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [13]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [14]

The album received generally positive reception, with a score of 67 out of 100 based on nine reviews on Metacritic. [5]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Monsters Exist"5:52
2."Hoo Hoo Ha Ha"4:04
3."The Raid"5:00
4."P.H.U.K."7:25
5."Tiny Foldable Cities"5:45
6."Buried Deep Within"4:27
7."Vision OnE"5:44
8."The End Is Nigh"4:36
9."There Will Come a Time" (featuring Professor Brian Cox)7:13
Total length:50:06
Deluxe edition [15]
No.TitleLength
10."Kaiju"5:25
11."A Long Way from Home"1:30
12."Analogue Test Oct 16"3:06
13."Fun with the System"4:15
14."Dressing Up in Other People's Clothes"4:37
15."To Dream Again"4:38
16."There Will Come a Time" (Instrumental)7:13
17."Tiny Foldable Cities" (Kareful Remix)3:36
Total length:34:20
HMV exclusive (UK) / Indie record store exclusive (US)
No.TitleLength
18."Kinetic 2017"6:12
19."Copenhagen"5:26
20."To Dream Again" (Reocurring Mix)4:02
21."Where Is It Going?" (Live Style Mix)7:56
Total length:23:36

Charts

Chart performance for Monsters Exist
Chart (2018)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [16] 143
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [17] 110
Irish Albums (IRMA) [18] 43
Scottish Albums (OCC) [19] 11
UK Albums (OCC) [20] 12
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [21] 9
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard) [22] 24

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References

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  2. ↑ "Orbital - P.H.U.K." YouTube . Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "Orbital - The End Is Nigh". YouTube . Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  4. ↑ Cetin, Marissa. "Orbital announce Monsters Exist, their first album in six years". Resident Advisor . Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Reviews for Monsters Exist by Orbital". Metacritic . Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  6. ↑ Simpson, Paul. "Monsters Exist – Orbital". AllMusic . Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  7. ↑ Oddy, Guy (7 September 2018). "CD: Orbital - Monsters Exist". The Arts Desk . Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  8. ↑ Wylde, Nicoletta. "Orbital - Monsters Exist". Drowned in Sound . Archived from the original on 21 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
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  11. ↑ A return to form have they made. [Oct 2018, p.115]
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  14. ↑ The cumulative effect is upbeat jubilation. [Oct 2018, p.30]
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