The Orbserver in the Star House

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The Orbserver in the Star House
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Studio album by
Released28 August 2012
Genre
Length51:22
Label Cooking Vinyl, [1] The End [2]
Producer Thomas Fehlmann
The Orb chronology
Metallic Spheres
(2010)
The Orbserver in the Star House
(2012)
More Tales from the Orbservatory
(2013)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
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AnyDecentMusic? 5.7/10 [3]
Metacritic 61/100 [4]
Review scores
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Consequence of Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
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The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The Line of Best Fit 7/10 [9]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
NME 5/10 [11]
Pitchfork 6.8/10 [12]
PopMatters 7/10 [13]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [14]

The Orbserver in the Star House is the eleventh studio album by The Orb, released in August 2012, and featuring dub musician/producer Lee "Scratch" Perry. [15] Singles from the album include "Golden Clouds" [16] and "Soulman". [17]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Ball of Fire"4:11
2."H. O. O."4:14
3."Man in the Moon"4:05
4."Soulman"6:03
5."Golden Clouds"5:45
6."Hold Me Upsetter"4:21
7."Go Down Evil"5:29
8."Thirsty"4:36
9."Police & Thieves"4:50
10."Ashes"1:25
11."Congo"6:23
Total length:51:22

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