More Tales from the Orbservatory

More Tales from the Orbservatory
Studio album by The Orb featuring Lee 'Scratch' Perry
Released	3 June 2013
Genre	Electronica, dub, IDM, chill-out, trip hop
Length	52:30
Label	Cooking Vinyl,[1] The End Records[2]
Producer	The Orb
The Orb featuring Lee 'Scratch' Perry chronology
The Orbserver in the Star House (2012) More Tales from the Orbservatory (2013) Moonbuilding 2703 AD (2015)

More Tales from the Orbservatory is the twelfth studio album from ambient house duo the Orb, released on 3 June 2013.

Background

Like The Orbserver in the Star House, the album features reggae producer Lee 'Scratch' Perry on vocals. It was also recorded at the same sessions of The Orbserver in the Star House.^[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	61/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
The Independent	[1]
Mojo	[4]
musicOMH	[5]
Q	[6]

Initial critical response to More Tales from the Orbservatory was mixed to positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 61, based on 4 reviews.^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Fussball"	4:31
2.	"Africa"	5:33
3.	"Tight Interlude"	1:22
4.	"Making Love in Dub"	6:45
5.	"No Ice Age"	4:19
6.	"Don't Rush I"	4:37
7.	"Fussball" (Instrumental)	4:30
8.	"Africa" (Instrumental)	5:31
9.	"Making Love in Dub" (Instrumental)	6:45
10.	"No Ice Age" (Instrumental)	4:16
11.	"Don't Rush I" (Instrumental)	4:29
Total length:		52:30

Personnel

The Orb

• Alex Paterson – production
• Thomas Fehlmann – production

Other personnel

• Lee 'Scratch' Perry – vocals, production

References

1. Gill, Andy (31 May 2013). "Album review: The Orb featuring Lee Scratch Perry, More Tales from the Observatory (Cooking Vinyl)". The Independent. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
2. "The Orb feat. Lee Scratch Perry – THE ORBSERVER in the star house". The End Records. 21 June 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
3. "More Tales from the Orbservatory – The Orb". Metacritic. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
4. Freeforms about football, his old tunes and beyond, to variably potent digi-dub backings. [Aug 2013, p.98]
5. Mainzer, Jordan (3 June 2013). "Album Reviews The Orb featuring Lee "Scratch" Perry – More Tales From The Orbservatory". musicOMH. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
6. Deep is the word here. [Jul 2013, p.109]