Halcyon: The Platinum Collection [IMPORT]

Orbital

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 19, 2005)
• Original Release Date: September 27, 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Warner Platinum
• ASIN: B000AR9YKU
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #170,531 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Moebius

2. Chime

3. Belfast

4. Halcyon

5. Nothing Left

6. Frenetic

7. Farenheit 303

8. Box, Pt. 2

9. Philosophy by Numbers

10. Oi

11. Doctor?

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Budget price anthology of the electronic group's best from the Warner/London music archives. Standout tracks include Chime , Halcyon , Frenetic and many more. Warner. 2005.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Another, less satisfactory compilation, October 24, 2005

By	splitendsjustifythemeans (virginia beach) - See all my reviews

Not that far removed from their last best-of, their American label decided to release another package. The problem with this one is that, rather than picking hits, seems to have grabbed a bunch of album tracks at random, and sprinkled a few hits among them. True, this has Fahrenheit 303 - previously only available on the UK version of the first album - but if you were looking for this track, why not just get the UK version of the first album to start with? It has several other hard-to-get tracks. Frenetic and Halcyon appear on the other greatest hits album, so that's not really a selling point for this one either. Yes, all the songs here are good (it's Orbital after all), but this is a blatant cash-in, and not even a good one. Don't blame Orbital for this one; it wasn't their fault.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible selection, October 31, 2005

By	Nikolaus O. Reed (Anytown, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I thought that their Work collection was bad...but honestly it's much better than this. This one features the same sloppy edits as the former release, but at least that one had a good track selection. This release misses A LOT. I'd recommend instead just buying one of their albums from their good period, such as Orbital 2, Snivilisation, or In Sides.

4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Slap in the Face, June 20, 2006

By	Bryan M. MCNEELY (Fort Wayne, Indiana United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Let me begin by saying that I am not a fan of "Greatest Hits" packages and compilations. I don't believe a band/artist's "hits" define their worth in the business. The Orbital duo deserve much, much higher accolades than a "budget-friendly" compilation of their well-known tracks.

Orbital is an entity whose magic lies in the whole rather than the sum of its parts. Albums like "Snivilisation" and "InSides" are perfect examples of how an idea can be spread across a handful of tracks to make one hell of an album. How you feel after listening to "Snivilisation" versus "InSides" or the "Brown Album" can be starkly different. Different albums, different feel, etc.

To mix and match tracks from their entire catalog and throw them together would be a sin. I didn't care for "Works" and I certainly don't care for this "Platinum Collection" either. Albums will always trump "best of" compliations. ESPECIALLY when the band or artist in question has made some of the most beautiful albums in history.