Orbital discography

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Orbital discography
Studio albums10
Live albums3
Compilation albums6
EPs4
Singles18
Soundtrack albums3

The discography of the electronic dance music duo Orbital consists of ten studio albums, three original score albums, three live/session albums, six compilation albums, two DJ-mix albums, four extended plays, and eighteen singles.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsChart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[1] [2]
AUS
[3]
BEL
(FL)

[4]
US
[5]
US
Elec.

[6]
US
Heat.

[7]
Orbital 31
Orbital
  • Released: 24 May 1993 [8]
  • Labels: FFRR, Polydor K.K., Internal
  • Format: CD, cassette, vinyl
28
  • BPI: Silver [9]
Snivilisation
  • Released: 8 August 1994 [8]
  • Labels: FFRR, Polydor K.K., Internal
  • Format: CD, cassette, vinyl
4
  • BPI: Silver [9]
In Sides
  • Released: 29 April 1996 [8]
  • Labels: FFRR, Polydor K.K., Internal
  • Format: CD, cassette, vinyl
547
The Middle of Nowhere
  • Released: 5 April 1999 [8]
  • Labels: FFRR, Polydor K.K.
  • Format: CD, cassette, vinyl
43819111
  • BPI: Silver [9]
The Altogether
  • Released: 30 April 2001 [8]
  • Labels: FFRR, EastWest Japan
  • Format: CD, cassette, DVD
1150824
  • BPI: Silver [9]
Blue Album
  • Released: 21 June 2004 [8]
  • Label: Orbital Music
  • Format: CD, vinyl
449
Wonky 2244
Monsters Exist
  • Released: 14 September 2018
  • Label: ACP
  • Format: CD, vinyl, digital download
12143249
Optical Delusion
  • Released: 17 February 2023
  • Label: Orbital Recordings
  • Format: CD, vinyl, digital download
670

Soundtrack albums

TitleAlbum details UK
[1] [2]
Event Horizon
(with Michael Kamen)
83
Octane
  • Released: 20 October 2003 [8]
  • Labels: EMI
  • Format: CD, vinyl
Pusher
  • Released: 29 October 2012
  • Labels: Silva Screen Records
  • Format: CD
The Pentaverate (Original Soundtrack from the Netflix Series)

Live albums

TitleAlbum details UK
[1] [2]
Orbital: Live at Glastonbury 1994–2004
  • Released: 11 June 2007
  • Labels: ACP Recordings, ATO Records
  • Format: CD
101

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum details UK
[1] [2]
Peel Session
  • Released: 7 March 1994
  • Labels: FFRR, Polydor K.K., Internal
  • Format: CD
32
Diversions
  • Released: 22 March 1994
  • Labels: Full Frequency/Ils
  • Format: CD, cassette
Work 1989–2002
  • Released: 3 June 2002 [8]
  • Labels: FFRR
  • Format: CD, vinyl
36
Halcyon
  • Released: 26 September 2005
  • Labels: WEA
  • Format: CD
Orbital 20
  • Released: 8 June 2009
  • Labels: Rhino
  • Format: CD
118
30 Something
  • Released: 29 July 2022
  • Label: Orbital
  • Format: 2×CD, 4×LP, digital
19

Singles and extended plays

YearTitleChart positionsAlbum
UK
[1] [2]
UK Dance
[1] [2]
IRL
[10]
US Bub.
[11]
US Club Play
[12]
1990"Chime"1723Orbital
"Omen"46
1991 III EP(including "Belfast")31Orbital
"Midnight / Choice"
1992 Mutations EP 24
Radiccio EP (including Halcyon)3733Orbital 2
1993"Lush 3"43
1994"Are We Here?"331638Snivilisation
1995"Belfast/Wasted" / "Innocent X"
(split single with Therapy?)
53Wasted – The Best of Volume (Part 1)
(originally released on Volume 3 in 1992)
"Times Fly (EP)"
1996"The Box"11225In Sides
"Satan Live"37
1997"The Saint"3374 The Saint soundtrack
1999"Style"133The Middle of Nowhere
"Nothing Left"325
2000"Beached" (Orbital and Angelo Badalamenti)3615 The Beach soundtrack
2001"Funny Break (One Is Enough)"213The Altogether
"Illuminate" (12" only)
2002Rest/Play EP333Work
2004"One Perfect Sunrise" / "You Lot"292Blue Album
2010"Don't Stop Me" / "The Gun Is Good"37
2012"New France EP"Wonky
2013"Christmas Chime"36
2019"Buried Deeper Within"

Compilations

Compilation appearances

Tracks not released on an Orbital release

titlereleased onyear
"Chime (The Helium Mix)"FFRR presents Gold on Black1990
"Son of Chime"Live at The Brain1990
"Chime (Friends of Matthew Remix)"October 91: Two1991
"Open Mind (Remix by Orbital)"Funky Alternatives Six1991
"Adnan" [13] War Child: The Help Album 1995
"Equinox"3rd Side of the Record: Compilation One1995
"The Tranquiliser Busy Tranquilising"Foundations: Coming up from the Streets1997
"The Girl with the Sun in Her Head" [14] Sally's Photographic Memory1997
"Technologicque Park"Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture xXx (a New Breed of Special Agent)2002
"The Box (Equilibrium Found Mix)" The Fire This Time 2002
"Lush (Hervé's Tree and Leaf Remix)"Hervé: Ghetto Bass 22010
"Halcyon Teen Spirit" (with Elle Fanning) Teen Spirit (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)2019

[15]

Selected remixes

To clarify, these are remixes by Paul Hartnoll and Phil Hartnoll, but not those which are described as an "Orbital Mix" involving The Orb or William Orbit.

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