Strange Cargo III

William Orbit

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 7, 1993)
• Original Release Date: December 7, 1993
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B000000QGZ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #186,279 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Performed, produced and mixed by William Orbit at Guerilla Studios, London. Features 12 total tracks. EMI. 1997. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent- Unique, and Very Creative !, September 15, 1999

By	G. D. Garduno "gork57" (Aurora, CO USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I picked up "III" on recomendation of a friend,having never heard of William Orbit before. One listen, and I was hooked- it was a new experience for me. Orbit combines real foot- tapping beat with creativity, the result being music that seems to just flow right through one's ears. Orbit's songs show his mastery of electronic instruments, but also contain acoustic/electric guitar, real drums, and genuine percussion! He mixes all this together to produce music that has feeling- unlike the souless, synthetic sounds of some techno-pop bands. Some influences are obvious, in my opinion. It seems each one of Orbit's CD's contains sections of pure ambient music much like Brian Eno's (though these seem to have decreased with each new release- and I do have them all); he intertwines sequenced rhythms to begin some songs (Water On A Vine Leaf)like Kraftwerk, but in the end it all sounds very original. The fact that Madonna's "Ray of Light" has injected new life into her career is no coincidence; most of it bears Williams Orbit's stamp- production and songwriting. Listen to "Frozen"- it's Orbit, with her voice. All in all, this a terrific CD, original and hypnotic!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Billy Bubbles at the top of his game, May 18, 2005

By	Emlyn Addison (Providence, RI) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I picked up this CD over ten years ago when I was still in college and I still regularly listen to it today. Moody electronica with some really fine drum work and WO's unique synthesizer palette.

His follow-up "Strange Cargo 4: Hinterland" is also excellent. All this before he got snapped up by Madonna...

For WO fans, remember this line? "You have discovered many things, but the shortcut through the labyrinth is not among them."

I finally figured out what this sampled interlude was (I think it's at the beginning of "Best Friend, Paranoia"?); it's a line spoken by the old monk in the movie "The Name of the Rose".

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best of the electronic master, October 5, 2001

By	David L. Thompson "Dave T." (Atlanta, GA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

What James Brown is to soul and Bob Dylan is to folk, William Orbit is to the electronic genre. I have found no one to match his melodic, fluid style of new age, with the energy and beat of a dance mix. No two tracks sound the same, and Strange Cargo III is the best of all his albums. Maybe that's why Madonna insisted that he produce her most successful album ever. And what a difference it made.

Orbit has taken the roots laid down by Tangerine Dream and has refined them to a point where he is both ethereal and melodic, hypnotic and awake, soothing and dance-inducing. What a talent.