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| name = Bicycles & Tricycles
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| type = Album
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| Name = Bicycles & Tricycles
| artist = [[The Orb]]
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| Type = Album
| Artist = [[The Orb]]
| cover = Orb-bike.gif
| alt =
| Cover = Orb-bike.gif
| Released = UK: May 2004 <br />US: 13 July 2004
| released = 3 May 2004
| Recorded =
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| venue =
| Genre = [[Electronica]], [[Dub music|dub]], [[House music|house]], [[breakbeat]]
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| Length = UK: 63:55 <br />US: 58:26
| genre = {{flatlist|
| Label = UK: [[Cooking Vinyl]]<br />US: [[Sanctuary Records|Sanctuary]]/[[Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG Records]]
* [[House music|House]]
| Producer = [[Alex Paterson]], [[Thomas Fehlmann]], [[John Roome]]
* [[Dub music|dub]]
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| Last album = ''[[Cydonia (album)|Cydonia]]'' <br />(2001)
* [[drum and bass]]
| This album = ''Bicycles & Tricycles'' <br />(2004)
* [[trip hop]]
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| Next album = ''[[Okie Dokie It's The Orb on Kompakt]]'' <br />(2005)
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| length = 63:55
| label = [[Cooking Vinyl]]
| producer = {{flatlist|
* [[Alex Paterson]]
* [[Thomas Fehlmann]]
* [[John Roome]]
}}
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| prev_title = [[Cydonia (album)|Cydonia]]
| prev_year = 2001
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| next_title = [[Okie Dokie It's The Orb on Kompakt]]
| next_year = 2005
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|MC = 61/100<ref>http://www.metacritic.com/music/bicycles-tricycles/the-orb</ref>
|MC = 61/100<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/bicycles-tricycles/the-orb|title=Bicycles & Tricycles by The Orb|via=www.metacritic.com}}</ref>
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|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r662958|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref>
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r662958|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref>
|rev2 = Almost Cool
|rev2 = ''[[The Guardian]]''
|rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/apr/30/popandrock.shopping6|title=CD: The Orb, Bicycles & Tricycles|date=30 April 2004|website=The Guardian}}</ref>
|rev2score = 6.5/10<ref>http://www.almostcool.org/mr/928/</ref>
|rev3 = [[Pitchfork Media]]
| rev3 = ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]''
| rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>While they're hardly cutting-edge these days, The Orb's gently pleasing grooves... still work as aural enhancers for the cannabinoidally-incliined. [Jun 2004, p.114]</ref>
|rev3score = 6.5/10<ref>[http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/20612-bicycles-tricycles Pitchfork Media review]</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[The Guardian]]''
|rev4 = ''[[NME]]''
|rev4score = 3/10<ref name="nme">{{Cite magazine|work=[[NME]]|date=5 June 2004|page=57|title=Bicycles & Tricycles|type=review}}</ref>
|rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>[http://arts.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,,1206052,00.html The Guardian review]</ref>
|rev5 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
|rev5 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
|rev5score = 6.5/10<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/20612-bicycles-tricycles |title=Pitchfork Media review |access-date=2 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080325235058/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/20612-bicycles-tricycles |archive-date=25 March 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|rev5score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>[http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/theorb/albums/album/6072619/review/6294686/bicycles_and_tricycles Rolling Stone review]</ref>
|rev6 = [[Release Magazine]]
|rev6 = ''[[Release Magazine]]''
|rev6score = 7/10<ref>http://www.releasemagazine.net/Onrecord/ororbbat.htm</ref>
|rev6score = 7/10<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.releasemagazine.net/Onrecord/ororbbat.htm|title=The Orb: Bicycles & Tricycles - Release Music Magazine review|website=www.releasemagazine.net}}</ref>
|rev7 = [[About.com]]
|rev7 = ''[[Resident Advisor]]''
|rev7score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.residentadvisor.net/review_view.asp?ID=2210 |title=Resident Advisor review |access-date=26 May 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041226060849/http://www.residentadvisor.net/review_view.asp?ID=2210 |archive-date=26 December 2004 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|rev7score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>[http://dancemusic.about.com/od/reviews/fr/TheOrbBicyRev.htm About.com review]</ref>
|rev8 = [[Slant Magazine]]
|rev8 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
|rev8score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/theorb/albums/album/6072619/review/6294686/bicycles_and_tricycles|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071002074742/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/theorb/albums/album/6072619/review/6294686/bicycles_and_tricycles|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 October 2007|title=Rolling Stone review}}</ref>
|rev8score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>[http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=467 Slant Magazine review]</ref>
|rev9 = [[URB (magazine)|URB]]
|rev9 = ''[[Slant Magazine]]''
|rev9score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>11 tracks of classic ambient house and melodic decks and EFX exercises. [Sep 2004, p.116]</ref>
|rev9score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>[http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=467 Slant Magazine review]</ref>
|rev10 = [[Resident Advisor]]
|rev10 = ''[[URB (magazine)|URB]]''
|rev10score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>[http://www.residentadvisor.net/review_view.asp?ID=2210 Resident Advisor review]</ref>
|rev10score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>11 tracks of classic ambient house and melodic decks and EFX exercises. [Sep 2004, p.116]</ref>
}}
}}


'''''Bicycles & Tricycles''''' is the sixth [[studio album]] by English [[electronic music]] group [[the Orb]], released on 3 May 2004 by [[Cooking Vinyl]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/bicycles-tricycles-mr0001813674|title=Bicycles & Tricycles - The Orb &#124; Release Info|website=AllMusic}}</ref> It brought together the group's style of the early 1990s with current electronic music,<ref name="amg-bicycles">{{cite web|last=Theakston |first= Rob |title=Bicycles & Tricycles Review |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r662958|pure_url=yes}} |accessdate=10 October 2006 |publisher=[[Allmusic]]}}</ref> with its most prevalent influences being [[drum and bass]] and [[trip hop]].<ref name="birmingham-guru">{{cite news|title=Ambient gurus refuse to lie down |work=[[Birmingham Post]] |date=21 October 1998 |page=15 |last=Cowen |first=Andrew}}</ref>
'''''Bicycles & Tricycles''''' is the sixth studio album from [[the Orb]]. It brought together The Orb's style of the early 1990s with current electronic music to mixed reactions.<ref name="amg-bicycles">{{cite web|last=Theakston |first= Rob |title=Bicycles & Tricycles Review |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r662958|pure_url=yes}} |accessdate=10 October 2006 |publisher=[[Allmusic]]}}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' praised ''Bicycles & Tricycles'' as being "inclusive, exploratory, and an enjoyable journey";<ref name="telegraph-bicycles">{{cite news|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |last=Perry |first=Andrew |date=1 May 2004 |page=12 |title=Staying in CDs}}</ref> however, many other publications dismissed it as "stoner dub" and largely irrelevant to current electronic music culture.<ref name="times-bicycles">{{cite news|last=Verrico |first = Lisa |date=14 May 2004 |page=19 |work=[[The Times]] |title=The Orb}}</ref><ref name="herald-bicycles">{{cite news|last=Miller |first=Phil |date=8 May 2004 |title=CDs |work=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]] |page=2}}</ref> In addition to Paterson, Roome, Phillips, and Fehlmann, The Corpral<!--sic--> contributed with vocoder affected singing and MC Soom-T provided lyrics and rapped. Though most critics found the rapping to be out of place, ''[[Jive Magazine]]'' described it as "the best track on [the album]" and "an amazing hip hop trip".<ref name="jive-bicycles">{{cite news|work=[[Jive Magazine]] |date=23 July 2004 |last=Bradley |first=Ryan |title=The Orb: Bicycles and Tricycles |url=http://www.jivemagazine.com/review.php?rid=671&rtid=2}}</ref> Orb co-founder Jimmy Cauty, too, made a guest appearance as co-writer on ''Bicycles & Tricycles''<nowiki>'</nowiki> "From a Distance". After departing from Island Records, The Orb released ''Bicycles & Tricycles'' in 2004 on [[Cooking Vinyl]] in the United Kingdom and [[Sanctuary Records]] in the United States. To promote the album, The Orb began a UK tour with dub reggae artist [[Mad Professor]], who had remixed The Orb in the past. Though The Orb still pulled in large crowds, ''[[The Guardian]]'' described one London performance as "joyless" and stated that "few of the new tracks... really go anywhere".<ref name="ogrady">{{cite web|last=O'Grady |first = Carrie |title=The Orb Concert Review: Coronet, London |work=The Guardian |date=18 May 2004 |url =http://arts.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,,1219006,00.html}}</ref> She also noted that Paterson seemed to be far more comfortable and happier to play material from ''Bicycles & Tricycles'' rather than older tracks. Paterson's biggest influences for the album were [[drum and bass]] and [[trip hop]] music.<ref name="birmingham-guru">{{cite news|title=Ambient gurus refuse to lie down |work=[[Birmingham Post]] |date=21 October 1998 |page=15 |last=Cowen |first=Andrew}}</ref>

''Bicycles & Tricycles'' received mixed reactions from critics. ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' praises it as being "inclusive, exploratory, and an enjoyable journey",<ref name="telegraph-bicycles">{{cite news|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |last=Perry |first=Andrew |date=1 May 2004 |page=12 |title=Staying in CDs}}</ref> but many other publications dismissed it as "stoner dub" and deemed it largely irrelevant to contemporary electronic music culture.<ref name="times-bicycles">{{cite news|last=Verrico |first = Lisa |date=14 May 2004 |page=19 |work=[[The Times]] |title=The Orb}}</ref><ref name="herald-bicycles">{{cite news|last=Miller |first=Phil |date=8 May 2004 |title=CDs |work=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]] |page=2}}</ref> ''NME'' scored the album a lowly 3/10, calling it "more of the same from an act who have been ploughing the same furrow for so long they'll be reaching the Earth's core soon".<ref name="nme"/>

To promote the album, the Orb began a UK tour with [[Mad Professor]], who had remixed their work in the past. Though the Orb still pulled in large crowds, ''[[The Guardian]]'' described one [[London]] performance as "joyless" and stated that few of the new tracks "really go anywhere".<ref name="ogrady">{{cite web|last=O'Grady |first = Carrie |title=The Orb Concert Review: Coronet, London |work=The Guardian |date=18 May 2004 |url =http://arts.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,,1219006,00.html}}</ref>


== Track listing ==
== Track listing ==
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# "Orb Is (Shopping Version)" – 4:49
# "[[Aftermath (The Orb song)|Aftermath]]" – 4:40
# Aftermath" – 4:40
# "The Land of Green Ginger (rmx)" – 4:01
# "The Land of Green Ginger (rmx)" – 4:01
# "Hell's Kitchen" – 5:23
# "Hell's Kitchen" – 5:23
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# "Orb Is (Shopping Version)" – 4:49
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# "Aftermath" – 4:40
# "The Land of Green Ginger" – 4:01
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Latest revision as of 20:01, 25 January 2024

Bicycles & Tricycles
Studio album by
The Orb
Released3 May 2004
Genre
Length63:55
LabelCooking Vinyl
Producer
The Orb chronology
Cydonia
(2001) 		Bicycles & Tricycles
(2004) 		Okie Dokie It's The Orb on Kompakt
(2005)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic61/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Guardian[3]
Mojo[4]
NME3/10[5]
Pitchfork6.5/10[6]
Release Magazine7/10[7]
Resident Advisor[8]
Rolling Stone[9]
Slant Magazine[10]
URB[11]

Bicycles & Tricycles is the sixth studio album by English electronic music group the Orb, released on 3 May 2004 by Cooking Vinyl.[12] It brought together the group's style of the early 1990s with current electronic music,[13] with its most prevalent influences being drum and bass and trip hop.[14]

Bicycles & Tricycles received mixed reactions from critics. The Daily Telegraph praises it as being "inclusive, exploratory, and an enjoyable journey",[15] but many other publications dismissed it as "stoner dub" and deemed it largely irrelevant to contemporary electronic music culture.[16][17] NME scored the album a lowly 3/10, calling it "more of the same from an act who have been ploughing the same furrow for so long they'll be reaching the Earth's core soon".[5]

To promote the album, the Orb began a UK tour with Mad Professor, who had remixed their work in the past. Though the Orb still pulled in large crowds, The Guardian described one London performance as "joyless" and stated that few of the new tracks "really go anywhere".[18]

Track listing

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UK version
  1. "Orb Is (Shopping Version)" – 4:49
  2. Aftermath" – 4:40
  3. "The Land of Green Ginger (rmx)" – 4:01
  4. "Hell's Kitchen" – 5:23
  5. "Gee Strings" – 6:41
  6. "Prime Evil" – 5:14
  7. "Abstractions (Trance Pennine Express)" – 6:49
  8. "L.U.C.A." – 5:23
  9. "From a Distance (Blast Master v The Corpral)" – 3:55
  10. "Tower Twenty Three (Spud v Kreature Mix)" – 6:33
  11. "Kompania (Grooved Ware Mix)" – 6:19
  12. "Dilmun" – 4:02
US version
  1. "Orb Is (Shopping Version)" – 4:49
  2. "Aftermath" – 4:40
  3. "The Land of Green Ginger" – 4:01
  4. "Hell's Kitchen" – 5:23
  5. "Gee Strings" – 6:41
  6. "Prime Evil" – 5:14
  7. "Abstractions (Trance Pennine Express)" – 6:49
  8. "From a Distance (Blast Master v The Corpral)" – 3:55
  9. "Tower Twenty Three (Spud v Kreature Mix)" – 6:33
  10. "Kompania (Grooved Ware Mix)" – 6:19
  11. "Dilmun" – 4:02
Japanese version
  1. "From a Distance (12" Z Mix)" – 5:32
  2. "The Land of Green Ginger (rmx)" – 4:01
  3. "Hell's Kitchen" – 5:23
  4. "Gee Strings" – 6:41
  5. "Prime Evil" – 5:14
  6. "Orb Is" – 3:28
  7. "Now Here" – 5:20
  8. "Abstractions (Submarium Mix)" – 6:56
  9. "L.U.C.A." – 5:23
  10. "Compania" – 1:54
  11. "Tower Twenty Three" – 7:50
  12. "Dilmun" – 4:02

References

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  1. ^ "Bicycles & Tricycles by The Orb" – via www.metacritic.com.
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ "CD: The Orb, Bicycles & Tricycles". The Guardian. 30 April 2004.
  4. ^ While they're hardly cutting-edge these days, The Orb's gently pleasing grooves... still work as aural enhancers for the cannabinoidally-incliined. [Jun 2004, p.114]
  5. ^ a b "Bicycles & Tricycles". NME (review). 5 June 2004. p. 57.
  6. ^ "Pitchfork Media review". Archived from the original on 25 March 2008. Retrieved 2 March 2008.
  7. ^ "The Orb: Bicycles & Tricycles - Release Music Magazine review". www.releasemagazine.net.
  8. ^ "Resident Advisor review". Archived from the original on 26 December 2004. Retrieved 26 May 2006.
  9. ^ "Rolling Stone review". Archived from the original on 2 October 2007.
  10. ^ Slant Magazine review
  11. ^ 11 tracks of classic ambient house and melodic decks and EFX exercises. [Sep 2004, p.116]
  12. ^ "Bicycles & Tricycles - The Orb | Release Info". AllMusic.
  13. ^ Theakston, Rob. "Bicycles & Tricycles Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 10 October 2006.
  14. ^ Cowen, Andrew (21 October 1998). "Ambient gurus refuse to lie down". Birmingham Post. p. 15.
  15. ^ Perry, Andrew (1 May 2004). "Staying in CDs". The Daily Telegraph. p. 12.
  16. ^ Verrico, Lisa (14 May 2004). "The Orb". The Times. p. 19.
  17. ^ Miller, Phil (8 May 2004). "CDs". The Herald. p. 2.
  18. ^ O'Grady, Carrie (18 May 2004). "The Orb Concert Review: Coronet, London". The Guardian.
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