Libido Speedway Explained

Libido Speedway
Type:Album
Artist:Orbit
Cover:Orbit - libido.jpg
Released:February 25, 1997
Genre:Alternative rock
Length:45:34
Label:A&M Records
Producer:Ben Grosse, Orbit
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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]

Production

The album was produced by Ben Grosse and the band.[6] Many of the songs were written by coming up with the bass line first.[7]

Critical reception

The Chicago Reader called "Medicine" a "memorable car-radio rocker."[8] The Chicago Tribune thought that "echo tracks and excessive vocal layering clutter an otherwise peppy, involving record."

The Daily Breeze determined that "Orbit has the rare ability to juxtapose a ferocious instrumental attack with buzzing melodies and make it work." The Omaha World-Herald deemed the album "crunchy, stripped-down rock that has a melodic aftertaste."[9]

AllMusic called the album "an entertaining collection of punk-pop and post-grunge power-pop, driven by fizzy melodies and fuzzy guitar riffs."

Track listing

All songs written by Jeff Lowe Robbins, except where stated.

  1. "Yeah" – 2:35
  2. "Bicycle Song" – 5:33
  3. "Wake Up" – 3:50
  4. "Amp" – 2:43
  5. "Medicine" – 3:56
  6. "Rockets" – 4:17 (Buckley / Robbins)
  7. "Motorama" – 3:01
  8. "Nocturnal Autodrive" – 4:21
  9. "Why You Won't" – 3:46 (Brookner / Buckley / Robbins)
  10. "Carnival" – 3:25
  11. "Chapel Hill" – 1:41 (Brookner / Buckley / Robbins)
  12. "Paper Bag" – 4:44 (Buckley / Robbins)
  13. "Gazer" – 1:42
  14. "Untitled (Hidden Track)" – 3:04

Credits

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Orbit Biography, Songs, & Albums. AllMusic.
  2. Web site: Rock relaunched - Music Features. thephoenix.com.
  3. News: McLennan . Scott . Cole, Crowns big winners in Boston . Telegram & Gazette . 16 Jan 1998 . C3.
  4. Bambarger . Bradley . The modern age . Billboard . May 24, 1997 . 109 . 21 . 95.
  5. News: Benedetti . Winda . BACK TO BASICS: AFTER LAST YEAR'S TIRED ALL-MALE ROCK BAND MISSTEP, LOLLAPALOOZA '97 LOADS UP WITH FRESHER ACTS IN HOPES OF KEEPING PACE WITH COPYCAT FESTIVALS . The Spokesman-Review . 7 Aug 1997 . D3.
  6. News: Morse . Steve . Orbit hits the fast track with new 'Libido Speedway' . The Boston Globe . 19 Dec 1997 . E18.
  7. News: Farinella . David . No more going in circles for Orbit . Chicago Sun-Times . March 30, 1997 . Showcase . 13.
  8. Web site: Spot Check. Frank. Youngwerth. April 3, 1997. Chicago Reader.
  9. News: Minge . Jim . Critic's Choice . Omaha World-Herald . June 25, 1997 . Living Today . 48.

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