Orbital discography

Orbital discography
Studio albums	10
EPs	4
Soundtrack albums	3
Live albums	3
Compilation albums	7
Singles	18

The discography of the electronic dance music duo Orbital consists of ten studio albums, three original score albums, three live/session albums, seven compilation albums, two DJ-mix albums, four extended plays, and eighteen singles.

Albums

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Chart positions						Certifications (sales thresholds)
		UK [1][2]	AUS [3]	BEL (FL) [4]	US [5]	US Elec. [6]	US Heat. [7]
Orbital	Released: 30 September 1991[8] Label: FFRR, Polydor K.K., Internal Format: CD, cassette, vinyl	31	–	–	–	–	–	BPI: Silver[9]
Orbital	Released: 24 May 1993[8] Labels: FFRR, Polydor K.K., Internal Format: CD, cassette, vinyl	28	–	–	–	–	–	BPI: Silver[9]
Snivilisation	Released: 8 August 1994[8] Labels: FFRR, Polydor K.K., Internal Format: CD, cassette, vinyl	4	–	–	–	–	–	BPI: Silver[9]
In Sides	Released: 29 April 1996[8] Labels: FFRR, Polydor K.K., Internal Format: CD, cassette, vinyl	5	–	–	–	–	47	BPI: Gold[9]
The Middle of Nowhere	Released: 5 April 1999[8] Labels: FFRR, Polydor K.K. Format: CD, cassette, vinyl	4	–	38	191	–	11	BPI: Silver[9]
The Altogether	Released: 30 April 2001[8] Labels: FFRR, EastWest Japan Format: CD, cassette, DVD	11	50	–	–	8	24	BPI: Silver[9]
Blue Album	Released: 21 June 2004[8] Label: Orbital Music Format: CD, vinyl	44	–	–	–	9	–
Wonky	Released: 2 April 2012 Label: Orbital Music Format: CD, vinyl, digital download	22	–	44	–	–	–
Monsters Exist	Released: 14 September 2018 Label: ACP Format: CD, vinyl, digital download	12	–	143	–	24	9
Optical Delusion	Released: 17 February 2023 Label: Orbital Recordings Format: CD, vinyl, digital download	6	–	70	–	–	–

Soundtrack albums

Title	Album details	UK [1][2]
Event Horizon (with Michael Kamen)	Released: 25 August 1997[8] Labels: London Format: CD, cassette, vinyl	83
Octane	Released: 20 October 2003[8] Labels: EMI Format: CD, vinyl	–
Pusher	Released: 29 October 2012 Labels: Silva Screen Format: CD	–
The Pentaverate (Original Soundtrack from the Netflix Series)	Released: 5 May 2022 Labels: Lakeshore Format: Digital, vinyl	–

Live albums

Title	Album details	UK [1][2]
Orbital: Live at Glastonbury 1994–2004	Released: 11 June 2007 Labels: ACP Recordings, ATO Records Format: CD	101

Compilation albums

Title	Album details	UK [1][2]
Peel Session	Released: 7 March 1994 Labels: FFRR, Polydor K.K., Internal Format: CD	32
Diversions	Released: 22 March 1994 Labels: Full Frequency/Ils Format: CD, cassette	–
Work 1989–2002	Released: 3 June 2002[8] Labels: FFRR Format: CD, vinyl	36
Halcyon	Released: 26 September 2005 Labels: WEA Format: CD	–
Orbital 20	Released: 8 June 2009 Labels: Rhino Format: CD	118
30 Something	Released: 29 July 2022 Label: Orbital Format: 2×CD, 4×LP, digital	19
A Beginner's Guide	Released: 8 November 2024 Label: London Format: CD, LP, digital	–

Singles and extended plays

Year	Title	Chart positions					Album
		UK [1][2]	UK Dance [1][2]	IRL [10]	US Bub. [11]	US Club Play [12]
1990	"Chime"	17	–	–	–	23	Orbital (Green Album)
	"Omen"	46	–	–	–	–	—
1991	III EP (including "Satan" and "Belfast")	31	–	–	–	–	Orbital (Green Album)
	"Midnight / Choice"	–	–	–	–	–
1992	Mutations EP	24	–	–	–	–
	Radiccio EP (including "Halcyon")	37	–	–	–	33	Orbital (Brown Album)
1993	"Lush 3"	43	–	–	–	–
1994	"Are We Here?" (featuring Alison Goldfrapp)	33	16	–	–	38	Snivilisation
1995	"Belfast/Wasted" / "Innocent X" (split single with Therapy?)	53	–	–	–	–	Wasted – The Best of Volume (Part 1) (originally released on Volume 3 in 1992)
	Times Fly (EP)	–	–	–	–	–	—
1996	"The Box"	11	2	25	–	–	In Sides
	"Satan Live"	3	–	7	–	–	—
1997	"The Saint"	3	3	7	4	–	The Saint soundtrack
1999	"Style"	13	3	–	–	–	The Middle of Nowhere
	"Nothing Left"	32	5	–	–	–
2000	"Beached" (Orbital and Angelo Badalamenti)	36	15	–	–	–	The Beach soundtrack
2001	"Funny Break (One Is Enough)"	21	3	–	–	–	The Altogether
	"Illuminate" (12" only)	–	–	–	–	–
2002	Rest/Play EP	33	3	–	–	–	Work
2004	"One Perfect Sunrise" / "You Lot"	29	2	–	–	–	Blue Album
2010	"Don't Stop Me" / "The Gun Is Good"	–	37	–	–	–	—
2012	"New France"(featuring Zola Jesus)	–	–	–	–	–	Wonky
	"Wonky"(featuring Lady Leshurr)	–	–	–	–	–
	"Where Is It Going?"	–	–	–	–	–
2013	"Christmas Chime"	–	36	–	–	–	—
2017	"Kinetic 2017"	–	–	–	–	–	Monsters Exist (HMV exclusive edition)
	"Copenhagen"	–	–	–	–	–
2018	"Tiny Foldable Cities"	–	–	–	–	–	Monsters Exist
	"P.H.U.K."	–	–	–	–	–
	"The End Is Nigh"	–	–	–	–	–
2019	"Buried Deeper Within"	–	–	–	–	–	—
2022	"Dirty Rat" (featuring Sleaford Mods)	–	–	–	–	–	Optical Delusion
	"Ringa Ringa (The Old Pandemic Folk Song)" (featuring Mediæval Bæbes)	–	–	–	–	–
2023	"Are You Alive?" (featuring Penelope Isles)	–	–	–	–	–

Compilations

• The Bedroom Sessions (Various Artists, selected by Orbital, released with the April 2002 issue of Mixmag.) (2002) UK
• Back to Mine (DJ Mix album) (2002)

Compilation appearances

Tracks not released on an Orbital release

Title	Released on	Year
"Chime (The Helium Mix)"	FFRR presents Gold on Black	1990
"Son of Chime"	Live at The Brain	1990
"Chime (Friends of Matthew Remix)"	October 91: Two	1991
"Open Mind (Remix by Orbital)"	Funky Alternatives Six	1991
"Adnan"[13]	War Child: The Help Album	1995
"Equinox"	3rd Side of the Record: Compilation One	1995
"The Tranquiliser Busy Tranquilising"	Foundations: Coming up from the Streets	1997
"The Girl with the Sun in Her Head"[14]	Sally's Photographic Memory	1997
"Technologicque Park"	Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture xXx (a New Breed of Special Agent)	2002
"The Box (Equilibrium Found Mix)"	The Fire This Time	2002
"Lush (Hervé's Tree and Leaf Remix)"	Hervé: Ghetto Bass 2	2010
"Halcyon Teen Spirit" (with Elle Fanning)	Teen Spirit (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	2019

Featured songs

• Sonatine (1993) "Belfast"
• Shopping (1994) "Crash and Carry"
• Hackers (1995) Soundtrack Vol.1 • "Halcyon + On + On" (shortened version) (Used as the film's theme)
• Hackers (1995) Soundtrack Vol.2 • "Speed Freak [Moby Remix]"
• Mortal Kombat (1995) • "Halcyon + On + On"
• Johnny Mnemonic (1995) • "Sad But True"
• The Saint (1997) • "The Saint Theme"
• A Life Less Ordinary (1997) • "The Box" and "Dŵr Budr"
• Test Drive 4 (1997) • "Out There Somewhere? (Part 2)" (Background music for the main menu)
• Spawn (1997) • "Satan" (with Kirk Hammett)
• π (1998) • "P.E.T.R.O.L"
• Human Traffic (1999) • "Belfast" (Played when the ravers are driving back from the house party and the sun rises over Cardiff, viewed from above)
• The Beach (2000) • "Beached"
• Groove (2000) • "Halcyon + On + On"
• CKY2K (2001) • "Halcyon + On + On"
• FreQuency (2001) • "Funny Break (One Is Enough) (Weekend Ravers Mix)"
• 24 Hour Party People (2002) • "Satan" (Played when Shaun Ryder fires a gun and sells the mastertapes of the Happy Mondays album Yes Please! to Tony Wilson in Dry Bar Fac 201)
• XXX (2002) • "Technologicque Park" (original to this film) (Orbital appears in the film performing during the night club/rave sequences)
• ER (episode: "Insurrection") • "Frenetic"
• BBC 40th anniversary celebration of Doctor Who (2003) • Doctor?
• Keen Eddie • (original to this programme) (score for first episode) (2003)
• Haggard: The Movie (2003) • "Doctor?" (Played while Valo and Falcone tape fæces to Glauren's garage door)
• Mean Girls (2004) • "Halcyon + On + On" (not on soundtrack) (Played in the last scene of Mean Girls before closing credits)
• It's All Gone Pete Tong • "Frenetic (Short Mix)"
• Wipeout • "Kein Trink Wasser", "P.E.T.R.O.L"
• Forza Motorsport 2 • "Nothing Left"
• Long Way Round (2004 BBC series) • "One Perfect Sunrise"

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Selected remixes

To clarify, these are remixes by Paul Hartnoll and Phil Hartnoll, but not those which are described as an "Orbital Mix" involving The Orb or William Orbit.

• Madonna – "Bedtime Story"
• Kraftwerk – "Expo 2000"
• Meat Beat Manifesto – "Edge of No Control" and "Mindstream"
• EMF – "It's You"
• Queen Latifah – "Come Into My House"
• The Shamen – "Hear Me O My People"

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13. This track appears in longer form on the In Sides album, as "Adnan's".
14. Recorded live at Leeds Sound City in 1996. A longer version of this track appears on the In Sides album.
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