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Orbital discography
Studio albums10
EPs4
Soundtrack albums3
Live albums3
Compilation albums7
Singles18

The discography of the electronic dance music duo Orbital consists of ten studio albums, three original score albums, three live/session albums, seven compilation albums, two DJ-mix albums, four extended plays, and eighteen singles.

Albums

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Studio albums

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Title Album details Chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[1][2] 		AUS
[3] 		BEL
(FL)
[4] 		US
[5] 		US
Elec.
[6] 		US
Heat.
[7]
Orbital 31 – – – – –
Orbital
  • Released: 24 May 1993[8]
  • Labels: FFRR, Polydor K.K., Internal
  • Format: CD, cassette, vinyl
 28 – – – – –
Snivilisation
  • Released: 8 August 1994[8]
  • Labels: FFRR, Polydor K.K., Internal
  • Format: CD, cassette, vinyl
 4 – – – – –
In Sides
  • Released: 29 April 1996[8]
  • Labels: FFRR, Polydor K.K., Internal
  • Format: CD, cassette, vinyl
 5 – – – – 47
The Middle of Nowhere
  • Released: 5 April 1999[8]
  • Labels: FFRR, Polydor K.K.
  • Format: CD, cassette, vinyl
 4 – 38 191 – 11
The Altogether
  • Released: 30 April 2001[8]
  • Labels: FFRR, EastWest Japan
  • Format: CD, cassette, DVD
 11 50 – – 8 24
Blue Album
  • Released: 21 June 2004[8]
  • Label: Orbital Music
  • Format: CD, vinyl
 44 – – – 9 –
Wonky 22 – 44 – – –
Monsters Exist
  • Released: 14 September 2018
  • Label: ACP
  • Format: CD, vinyl, digital download
 12 – 143 – 24 9
Optical Delusion
  • Released: 17 February 2023
  • Label: Orbital Recordings
  • Format: CD, vinyl, digital download
 6 – 70 – – –

Soundtrack albums

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Title Album details UK
[1][2]
Event Horizon
(with Michael Kamen)
  • Released: 25 August 1997[8]
  • Labels: London
  • Format: CD, cassette, vinyl
 83
Octane
  • Released: 20 October 2003[8]
  • Labels: EMI
  • Format: CD, vinyl
 –
Pusher
  • Released: 29 October 2012
  • Labels: Silva Screen
  • Format: CD
 –
The Pentaverate (Original Soundtrack from the Netflix Series)
  • Released: 5 May 2022
  • Labels: Lakeshore
  • Format: Digital, vinyl
 –

Live albums

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Title Album details UK
[1][2]
Orbital: Live at Glastonbury 1994–2004
  • Released: 11 June 2007
  • Labels: ACP Recordings, ATO Records
  • Format: CD
 101

Compilation albums

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Title Album details UK
[1][2]
Peel Session
  • Released: 7 March 1994
  • Labels: FFRR, Polydor K.K., Internal
  • Format: CD
 32
Diversions
  • Released: 22 March 1994
  • Labels: Full Frequency/Ils
  • Format: CD, cassette
 –
Work 1989–2002
  • Released: 3 June 2002[8]
  • Labels: FFRR
  • Format: CD, vinyl
 36
Halcyon
  • Released: 26 September 2005
  • Labels: WEA
  • Format: CD
 –
Orbital 20
  • Released: 8 June 2009
  • Labels: Rhino
  • Format: CD
 118
30 Something
  • Released: 29 July 2022
  • Label: Orbital
  • Format: 2×CD, 4×LP, digital
 19
A Beginner's Guide
  • Released: 8 November 2024
  • Label: London
  • Format: CD, LP, digital
 –

Singles and extended plays

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Year Title Chart positions Album
UK
[1][2] 		UK Dance
[1][2] 		IRL
[10] 		US Bub.
[11] 		US Club Play
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1990 "Chime" 17 – – – 23 Orbital (Green Album)
"Omen" 46 – – – – —
1991 III EP (including "Satan" and "Belfast") 31 – – – – Orbital (Green Album)
"Midnight / Choice" – – – – –
1992 Mutations EP 24 – – – –
Radiccio EP (including "Halcyon") 37 – – – 33 Orbital (Brown Album)
1993 "Lush 3" 43 – – – –
1994 "Are We Here?" 33 16 – – 38 Snivilisation
1995 "Belfast/Wasted" / "Innocent X"
(split single with Therapy?) 		53 – – – – Wasted – The Best of Volume (Part 1)
(originally released on Volume 3 in 1992)
Times Fly (EP) – – – – – —
1996 "The Box" 11 2 25 – – In Sides
"Satan Live" 3 – 7 – – —
1997 "The Saint" 3 3 7 4 – The Saint soundtrack
1999 "Style" 13 3 – – – The Middle of Nowhere
"Nothing Left" 32 5 – – –
2000 "Beached" (Orbital and Angelo Badalamenti) 36 15 – – – The Beach soundtrack
2001 "Funny Break (One Is Enough)" 21 3 – – – The Altogether
"Illuminate" (12" only) – – – – –
2002 Rest/Play EP 33 3 – – – Work
2004 "One Perfect Sunrise" / "You Lot" 29 2 – – – Blue Album
2010 "Don't Stop Me" / "The Gun Is Good" – 37 – – – —
2012 "New France EP" – – – – – Wonky
2013 "Christmas Chime" – 36 – – – —
2019 "Buried Deeper Within" – – – – – —

Compilations

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  • The Bedroom Sessions (Various Artists, selected by Orbital, released with the April 2002 issue of Mixmag.) (2002) UK
  • Back to Mine (DJ Mix album) (2002)

Compilation appearances

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Tracks not released on an Orbital release

Title Released on Year
"Chime (The Helium Mix)" FFRR presents Gold on Black 1990
"Son of Chime" Live at The Brain 1990
"Chime (Friends of Matthew Remix)" October 91: Two 1991
"Open Mind (Remix by Orbital)" Funky Alternatives Six 1991
"Adnan"[13] War Child: The Help Album 1995
"Equinox" 3rd Side of the Record: Compilation One 1995
"The Tranquiliser Busy Tranquilising" Foundations: Coming up from the Streets 1997
"The Girl with the Sun in Her Head"[14] Sally's Photographic Memory 1997
"Technologicque Park" Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture xXx (a New Breed of Special Agent) 2002
"The Box (Equilibrium Found Mix)" The Fire This Time 2002
"Lush (Hervé's Tree and Leaf Remix)" Hervé: Ghetto Bass 2 2010
"Halcyon Teen Spirit" (with Elle Fanning) Teen Spirit (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 2019
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  • Sonatine (1993) "Belfast"
  • Shopping (1994) "Crash and Carry"
  • Hackers (1995) Soundtrack Vol.1 • "Halcyon + On + On" (shortened version) (Used as the film's theme)
  • Hackers (1995) Soundtrack Vol.2 • "Speed Freak [Moby Remix]"
  • Mortal Kombat (1995) • "Halcyon + On + On"
  • Johnny Mnemonic (1995) • "Sad But True"
  • The Saint (1997) • "The Saint Theme"
  • A Life Less Ordinary (1997) • "The Box" and "Dŵr Budr"
  • Test Drive 4 (1997) • "Out There Somewhere? (Part 2)" (Background music for the main menu)
  • Spawn (1997) • "Satan" (with Kirk Hammett)
  • π (1998) • "P.E.T.R.O.L"
  • Human Traffic (1999) • "Belfast" (Played when the ravers are driving back from the house party and the sun rises over Cardiff, viewed from above)
  • The Beach (2000) • "Beached"
  • Groove (2000) • "Halcyon + On + On"
  • CKY2K (2001) • "Halcyon + On + On"
  • FreQuency (2001) • "Funny Break (One Is Enough) (Weekend Ravers Mix)"
  • 24 Hour Party People (2002) • "Satan" (Played when Shaun Ryder fires a gun and sells the mastertapes of the Happy Mondays album Yes Please! to Tony Wilson in Dry Bar Fac 201)
  • XXX (2002) • "Technologicque Park" (original to this film) (Orbital appears in the film performing during the night club/rave sequences)
  • ER (episode: "Insurrection") • "Frenetic"
  • BBC 40th anniversary celebration of Doctor Who (2003) • Doctor?
  • Keen Eddie • (original to this programme) (score for first episode) (2003)
  • Haggard: The Movie (2003) • "Doctor?" (Played while Valo and Falcone tape fæces to Glauren's garage door)
  • Mean Girls (2004) • "Halcyon + On + On" (not on soundtrack) (Played in the last scene of Mean Girls before closing credits)
  • It's All Gone Pete Tong • "Frenetic (Short Mix)"
  • Wipeout • "Kein Trink Wasser", "P.E.T.R.O.L"
  • Forza Motorsport 2 • "Nothing Left"
  • Long Way Round (2004 BBC series) • "One Perfect Sunrise"

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Selected remixes

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To clarify, these are remixes by Paul Hartnoll and Phil Hartnoll, but not those which are described as an "Orbital Mix" involving The Orb or William Orbit.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 409. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Orbital | full Official Charts history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2016-06-05.
  3. ^ "Discography Orbital". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
  4. ^ "Discografie Orbital" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
  5. ^ "Orbital Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
  6. ^ "Orbital Chart History: Top Dance/Electronic Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
  7. ^ "Orbital Chart History: Top Heatseekers". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Strong, Martin C. (2000). The Great Rock Discography (5th ed.). Edinburgh: Mojo Books. pp. 718–719. ISBN 1-84195-017-3.
  9. ^ a b c d e f "Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on 13 August 2011. Note: User needs to enter "Orbital" in the "Search" field, "Artist" in the "Search by" field and click the "Go" button. Select "More info" next to the relevant entry to see full certification history.
  10. ^ "The Irish Charts". IRMA. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
  11. ^ "Orbital Chart History: Bubbling Under Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
  12. ^ "Orbital Chart History: Dance Club Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
  13. ^ This track appears in longer form on the In Sides album, as "Adnan's".
  14. ^ Recorded live at Leeds Sound City in 1996. A longer version of this track appears on the In Sides album.
  15. ^ "Electronic Music Blog". Electronica. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
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