Orb's weakest release ever. Even after many, many listens. Not a grower (and btw, even a "grower" has something that somehow compels you to listen again... B&T... nah, just indifference.) Not a complete waste: Opening track is fun, catchy, vibrant. Someone put their finger on it when they compared it to Cotton-Eye Joe (agreed, but not a similar crime against humanity) A light track that treads no new ground, but i rewound it right away when it was the only track available to hear. Then the album takes a nose-dive with the stereotypical Orb, done-in-sleep-mode Land of Green Ginger. Highlights: Gee Strings, nice funky tech-house, but it doesn't develop AT ALL. It's just stuck in a promising beginning. Abstractions is just ok. L.U.C.A: a nice, funky "broken"-ish beat propels this one. The Towers track: god, how "standard" can you get? not worth the exercise in dub. Treading no new ground, I would have at least accepted the Orb revisiting past glories in the hope of something remotely exciting. Overall, dull as dishwater and no longer worth my time. Oh well. Can't say the writing wasn't on the wall. The whole BadOrb fiasco pointed towards this. Makes you nostalgic even for Cydonia! That one had some many great moments in comparison. Bah. I wonder: now that the Orb's irrelevant, should I unsubscribe after all these years on the list? _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail