Prism (The Orb album)

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Prism
The Orb - Prism.png
Studio album by
Released28 April 2023
Length70:00
Label Cooking Vinyl
Producer The Orb
The Orb chronology
Abolition of the Royal Familia
(2020)
Prism
(2023)
Orboretum: The Orb Collection
(2024)
Singles from Prism
  1. "Living in Recycled Times"
    Released: 25 January 2023 [1]
  2. "Prism"
    Released: 23 February 2023 [2]
  3. "H.O.M.E (High Orbs Mini Earths)"
    Released: 17 April 2023 [3]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 65/100 [4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Arts Desk Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
PopMatters 7/10 [9]
Record Collector Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
The Scotsman Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Uncut 6/10 [12]
XS NoizeStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [13]

Prism is the seventeenth studio album by English ambient house duo the Orb. The album was released on 28 April 2023 via Cooking Vinyl. [14] It includes contributions from Youth, Violeta Vicci, Gaudi, David Harrow, Leandro Fresco, Jono Podmore and David Lofts and features vocalists Eric Von Skywalker, Andy Cain and Rachel D’arcy who has been since removed from all occurrences in the album due to internal conflicts. [15]

Contents

Track listing

Prism track listing
No.TitleLength
1."H.O.M.E (High Orbs Mini Earths)"10:34
2."Why Can You Be in Two Places at Once, When You Can't Be Anywhere at All..." (Where's Gary's Mix)7:40
3."A Ghetto Love Story"6:11
4."Picking Tea Leaves & Chasing Butterflies"6:13
5."Tiger"4:32
6."Dragon of the Ocean" (Dogon Mix)6:10
7."The Beginning of the End"8:29
8."Living in Recycled Times" (featuring Rachel D'Arcy)10:27
9."Prism"9:44
Total length:70:00

Charts

Chart performance for Prism
Chart (2023)Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [16] 17
UK Albums (OCC) [17] 85
UK Dance Albums (OCC) [18] 1
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [19] 8

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