One of the best albums I have heard in a LONG time!
5
By skymind
Excellent music. Both artists display their best potential together. Had no idea they made an album together. It is truly sublime!
Wow
5
By Tanoori
Love the way you touch you're guitar dave...
Interesting
4
By evilserpent
Good album. Great to see gilmour staying open-minded. Btw, anyone who starts their review with 'I am a music connoisseur...' is an automatic d0uch3.
listen to it
5
By dsdove
I found this through Pink floyd. I heard that David Gilmour was gonna be on an electronic album. Since I don't mind electronic music and am a huge Floyd fan, I thought I should buy it. After the first listen I was amazed. The cool ambient beats that the Orb supplies accompy Gilmour's guitar style perfectly. When I'm bored and have nothing to do on a sunday afternoon. I just sit and listen to the sound and get lost in it. IT's amazing. Worth the buy.
Cheesy Trite and Disappointing
1
By Elementary Penguins Kicking E.A.Poe
I am a musical connoisseur, so I have varied tastes. I'm also not making a rash judgement, because I've tried to listen through this more than once. I love trance and electronic, and I love Pink Floyd, and even solo Gilmour (On an Island), but this is not good at all. Gilmour's just noodling to unoriginal beats. I was surprised by very little. So, the experimentation wasn't great. Then I thought, maybe it's a good trance or ambient type album that shouldn't be too surprising.... Nope to that too. There are so many flaws that take you out of the song immediately. It's cheesy, trite, and disappointing. I deleted it from my computer today.
Great, but...
4
By Floyddude1
This is great, but it pales in comparison to the deluxe 2-disc version physical CD. That disc lacks the "bonus track", but more than makes up for it with the second disc, which is an alternate mix that feels like a completely different album (and clocks in at over 50 minutes). If you're a true Gilmour collector, get that version instead. I always listen to the second disc rather than the one you'd be getting if you download it here.
The Orb keeps on rolling
5
By sjmusiclover
I've loved the Orb for so long, it's hard to believe it took this long to hook up with David Gilmore on guitar. I loved Pink Floyd back in the 70's and when I heard the Orb back in 1993 the first though was that they were the heirs apparant of the Pink Floyd vibe. Happier, but the lineage seemed obvious. Not it all comes together in this marvelously well produced two-song album. Each side has its own personality but both are clearly Orb/Floyd hybrids.
Syncs with Spacey Movies!
4
By buffett design
Try playing this while watching one of the star trek movies.
Epic
5
By dubnobass
love it! ambient, spacey, rhythmic, textured, every time i listen to it i hear something new. this is an incredible piece of work with layers of complexity to it, the kind of thoughtful music that grows on you. absolutely brilliant!!
The Upper Echelon of Tasteful Grooves
5
By mrrockandroll
If you're actually wondering whether or not The Orb/Gilmour's "Metallic Spheres" is worthwhile then let me help you cut to the chase with an resounding "YES!" If you like either one of these artists, or downbeat grooves in general, then there's no way you'll be disappointed with this original, soul-soothing set. A very classy 55 minutes of chilled grooves from a gifted master musician and his studio wizard cohorts.
