William Orbit
Strange Cargo III
IRS Records
0 777 787727 2 9
(1993)
Rock/Pop
CD, 12
Tracks, 63:47
Length
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01 |
Water from a Vine Leaf |
William Orbit; Beth Orton |
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07:05 |
02 |
Into the Paradise |
Christine Leach; William Orbit |
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05:41 |
03 |
Time to Get Wise |
William Orbit |
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04:09 |
04 |
Harry Flowers |
Jack Neitzsche |
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04:31 |
05 |
A Touch of the Night |
William Orbit |
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05:02 |
06 |
The Story of Light |
Christine Leach; William Orbit |
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06:21 |
07 |
Gringatcho Demento |
William Orbit; Cleo Torres |
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06:38 |
08 |
A Hazy Shade of Random |
William Orbit |
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05:08 |
09 |
Best Friend, Paranoia |
William Orbit; Cleo Torres |
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04:35 |
10 |
The Monkey King |
William Orbit |
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05:15 |
11 |
Deus Ex, Machina |
William Orbit |
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05:40 |
12 |
Water Babies |
William Orbit |
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03:42 |
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Packaging |
Jewel Case |
Spars |
DDD |
Sound |
Stereo |
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Musician |
William Orbit |
Producer |
William Orbit |
Cover by |
Michael Freeman |
Mixed By |
William Orbit |
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Index |
#
2374 |
Owner |
Dave |
Tags |
Leftfield, Abstract, Ambient |
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The last and best of the Strange Cargo albums, III matches elegant sequencer trance and understated organic instruments (piano, guitar) with ethnic-fusion and soft house rhythms. It's the only Strange Cargo record featuring vocals, with Beth Orton making an early appearance (more earth mother than neo-folky) on the beautiful ambient-trance single "Water From a Vine Leaf." "Into the Paradise" and "The Story of Light" are variations on the same form, while Orbit borrows from hip-hop and dub for "Time to Get Wize," with the toasting of Divine Bashim. While still tied to the '80s Fourth World aesthetic of its predecessors, on Strange Cargo III Orbit begins moving toward a more completely electronic form of music in keeping with the productions of his Guerilla label. -- John Bush (allmusic.com)