Orbital (1991)
by Orbital

Orbital (1991) by Orbital
Year: 1991
Overall rank: 10,924th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 54 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1991 (150th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (1,760th)
Award Best albums of all time (10,924th)

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Orbital bestography

Orbital (1991) is ranked 5th best out of 16 albums by Orbital on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Orbital is Orbital (1993) which is ranked number 3350 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 446.

Orbital album bestography « Higher ranked (7,966th)
The Middle Of Nowhere
This album (10,924th)
Orbital (1991)
Lower ranked (18,643rd) »
The Altogether

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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Orbital (1991) rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 10,924th | 1990s rank: 1,760th | 1991 rank: 150th

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Orbital (1991) ratings

Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 54 votes)
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12/10/2025 11:15 Leginlists  Ratings distribution  3,26682/100
 
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06/08/2025 03:38 Proto  Ratings distribution  4,12433/100
 
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04/28/2025 21:18 thepardunk  Ratings distribution  2,57669/100
 
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.4/100, a mean average of 70.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.5.

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From 03/03/2018 00:54 | #209966
repo: Orbital haven't really come into their own yet on this release. Sounds pretty dated and monotonous.

bobby: I agree. I'm a huge Orbital fan, but I can't even listen to this. With the exception of Belfast. Which still sounds good.
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From 11/01/2012 01:24 | #53851
Doesn't really engage until Chime starts.
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From 04/23/2012 00:12 | #40694
I love this album of plinky-plonky beats. I like this better than the Brown album.
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