Libido Speedway | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | February 25, 1997 | |||
Genre | Alternative rock | |||
Length | 45:34 | |||
Label | A&M Records | |||
Producer | Ben Grosse, Orbit | |||
Orbit chronology | ||||
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Libido Speedway is an album by Orbit, released in 1997 on A&M Records. [1] [2] It won a Boston Music Award, for the best debut album of 1997. [3]
The album's first single was "Medicine", which was a modern rock radio hit; the band had considered rewriting it after determining that it sounded too much like Pixies. [4] Orbit supported the album by playing the second stage on select 1997 Lollapalooza dates. [5] [6]
The album was produced by Ben Grosse and the band. [7] Many of the songs were written by coming up with the bass line first. [8]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [9] |
Chicago Tribune | [10] |
Daily Breeze | [11] |
San Antonio Express-News | [6] |
The Chicago Reader called "Medicine" a "memorable car-radio rocker." [12] The Chicago Tribune thought that "echo tracks and excessive vocal layering clutter an otherwise peppy, involving record." [10]
The Daily Breeze determined that "Orbit has the rare ability to juxtapose a ferocious instrumental attack with buzzing melodies and make it work." [11] The Omaha World-Herald deemed the album "crunchy, stripped-down rock that has a melodic aftertaste." [13]
AllMusic called the album "an entertaining collection of punk-pop and post-grunge power-pop, driven by fizzy melodies and fuzzy guitar riffs." [9]
All songs written by Jeff Lowe Robbins, except where stated.
Libido Speedway | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | February 25, 1997 | |||
Genre | Alternative rock | |||
Length | 45:34 | |||
Label | A&M Records | |||
Producer | Ben Grosse, Orbit | |||
Orbit chronology | ||||
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Libido Speedway is an album by Orbit, released in 1997 on A&M Records. [1] [2] It won a Boston Music Award, for the best debut album of 1997. [3]
The album's first single was "Medicine", which was a modern rock radio hit; the band had considered rewriting it after determining that it sounded too much like Pixies. [4] Orbit supported the album by playing the second stage on select 1997 Lollapalooza dates. [5] [6]
The album was produced by Ben Grosse and the band. [7] Many of the songs were written by coming up with the bass line first. [8]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [9] |
Chicago Tribune | [10] |
Daily Breeze | [11] |
San Antonio Express-News | [6] |
The Chicago Reader called "Medicine" a "memorable car-radio rocker." [12] The Chicago Tribune thought that "echo tracks and excessive vocal layering clutter an otherwise peppy, involving record." [10]
The Daily Breeze determined that "Orbit has the rare ability to juxtapose a ferocious instrumental attack with buzzing melodies and make it work." [11] The Omaha World-Herald deemed the album "crunchy, stripped-down rock that has a melodic aftertaste." [13]
AllMusic called the album "an entertaining collection of punk-pop and post-grunge power-pop, driven by fizzy melodies and fuzzy guitar riffs." [9]
All songs written by Jeff Lowe Robbins, except where stated.