The Orb - The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld

Genre: Ambient House

Year: 1991

About: This is one ambient album that takes you to another universe, one "beyond the Ultraworld." Pioneering the ambient house genre, the Orb takes massive out-of-this-world soundscapes and adds a rocking danceable beat. The influences heard on this album are vast and far-reaching, including dub and 70's progressive rock such as Pink Floyd. The Orb crafts masterful environments with their music, as only true ambient artists can, and leave you in awe of the dimension you have just encountered.

Sounds Like: The Future Sound of London, The KLF, Orbital, Sun Electric, System 7

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Death - Human

Genre: Death Metal, Progressive
Year: 1991
About: Released by what has been called "the death metal band that started it all," Human marked a stylistic change for the band to a more technical, progressive death metal sound. The lyrics changed from the cliche blood and gore to the introspective and pensive. Get this: you can actually understand these lyrics though he screams them. This album is constantly heavy, relentless, and aggressive, with a few spacey interludes thrown in for good measure, and the riffs are amazing. There are great time changes and start/stop rhythms throughout. This album is incredible, unlike any other in its genre, and if you're a fan of death metal, or metal in general, you're sure to enjoy it.
Sounds Like: Morbid Angel, Atheist, Obituary, Necrophagist
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Talk Talk - Laughing Stock

Genre: Post-Rock, Ambient
Year: 1991
About: Talk Talk's 5th and final album, but only their 2nd post-rock album. Their previous 3 albums were all synthpop, so the fact that they could move from making synthpop to post-rock is already amazing enough. Some beautiful tracks on here, very emotional stuff.
Sounds Like: Bark Psychosis, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Hood, Crippled Black Phoenix, Dirty Three
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