One Perfect Sunrise c/d?

The spurious "Out There Somewhere" comparison is baffling because I don't think there's any implication here that this is meant to be considered the best Orbital track of all time. If we're gonna go that route, then I think "Meltdown" kicks this track firmly in the ass and that should have been their career-ending kiss-off, but that doesn't mean that I don't like "OPS".

(If it suffers in comparison to anything its Belfast or Halcyon both of which are infinitely superior)

Should do you nicely.

Serious recommendation: The four albums Orbital 2 (Brown Album), Snivilization, In Sides and The Middle of Nowhere are completely impeccable. All of the others have flashes of extreme brilliance mixed in with things that, in and of themselves, are fine but don't fully gel. Selected tracks from those albums that I would encourage you to check out:

"Lush"
"Remind"
"Impact"
"Forever"
"Sad But True"
"Are We Here?"
"The Girl With The Sun In Her Head"
"The Box"
"Out There Somewhere"
"Way Out"
"Spare Parts Express"
"Nothing Left"

whereas i often get an urge to hear everything else on 'In Sides'. it is odd i know.

you know what I mean?

i think Orbital convey joy/uplifting without melancholy or a particularly sinister edge on these tracks: Are We Here (single edit, not the album version which obv. has that extended dark sequence), Way Out (a bit 'spooky' perhaps but only in a carnival sense), Frenetic, One Perfect Sunrise...the latter being the only one i dislike (because it reminds me of a cross betwee Dreadzone's 'Little Britain' and that Charlotte Church 'opera trance' song mainly). there might be one or two more.

Dude, CHIME!