Pomme Fritz

The Orb | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 12, 1994)
• Original Release Date: July 12, 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Island Red / Pgd
• ASIN: B000005HTZ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #372,814 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

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A downright minimal 40-minute outing from a pioneering English techno duo who on earlier discs required that long to warm up. And with six discrete "pieces," there are more ideas and musical themes here than is the norm with both the band and the genre. The title track, with its "you've just had a heavy session of electroshock therapy" voiceover, is the trippiest headphone experience in years. --Jeff Bateman

Product Description

THE ORB Pomme Fritz (1994 US Island label 6-track CD - the duos little album featuring 42 minutes of mind-altering electronic substances fold-out picture sleeve)

Customer Reviews

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the best Orb for interstate driving, June 18, 2002

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simpcity - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pomme Fritz (Audio CD)

I would argue that this is among the best works of The Orb. The double albums -- Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld and Live '93 -- are the definitive Orb. They are The Little Fluffy Clouds.

Sometimes, however, you just want junk food. Like in the car on the freeway (an inappropriate venue for raving). Even the culinary doyenne Julia Child said that french fries are good food. So there.

Pomme Fritz means the continent and irresponsible travel. It's Amsterdam and so very much more, a bit of shock treatment to erase all the ugliness in your head.

Many folk are ashamed that they like pomme fritz (which can qualify as vegan, if you don't use lard). This shame leads them to knock this cd down to four stars (or less) even as they admit they like it.

Not every moment of your life need be spent flossing. It's OK to enjoy this beautiful Orb comfort food. Spin it in your car and let it massage all of your troubles away.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars You've gotta have a sense of humor, March 29, 2000

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Henri Edward Dongieux - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pomme Fritz (Audio CD)

"Pomme Fritz" is a play on the French for "fried potatoes," and this phrase certainly describes the state of mind that the Orb and their co-producers must have been in during the making of this quirky but not-worthless album. No, it's not going to fit in neatly with their other music, so if you're looking for a rehash of their "greater" albums, like the live album and "Orbis Terrarvm," don't bother with this one. But "Pomme Fritz" is still interesting in itself, as a portrait of the Orb in their sillier moments. The title track is a loping, guitarish piece that sets the scene for a violent DMT-elf encounter in the third track, "We're Pastie to be Grill You." But the silken and calm feeling is quickly restored again with "Alles ist Schoen" (Everything is Beautiful), a bubbling underwater planetarium soundtrack if there ever was one. The last track, "His Immortal Logness," brings the mini-album out with a laugh, taking us to a lonely indoor ice-skating rink at the edge of the ridiculous. All and all, I think it's a fun album that doesn't deserve the unequivocal bashing that I've seen it get here and elsewhere.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You've just had a heavy session of electroshock therapy, January 3, 2003

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filterite "filterite" (Dublin, Ireland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pomme Fritz (Audio CD)

This is a great CD that is both difficult and demanding as it is fun to listen to. Admittedly the fun might come later once you begin to accept and like this CD. The first track Pomme Fritz is possibly the most accessible track on the album. After that it get's a little weird. Possibly paranoid as well. Throughout the album you might hear someone talking about how he guns, compasses and some voices telling "you will die" which really makes you feel at ill at ease with the whole thing. Track 3 probably will have you freaked out the most. Martian like voices squeaking " We're happy to be with you are you listening" and then sped up and slowed down and sometimes saying some things without a trace of a meaning

In short it is one hell of an album to come to terms with but when it does begin to sink into you, you'll begin to love it