Pomme Fritz

Infobox Album |
Name = Pomme Fritz
Type = EP
Artist = The Orb


Released = 1994
Recorded =
Genre = Electronic music
Length = 41:31
Label = Island Records
Producer = Alex Paterson
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:1gjyeae24x07 link]
* "Rolling Stone" Rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/theorb/albums/album/173711/review/5946554/pomme_fritz link]
Last album = "Live 93"
(1993)
This album = "Pomme Fritz"
(1994)
Next album = "Orbus Terrarum"
(1995)

"Pomme Fritz" is a 1994 EP by The Orb. It was The Orb's first studio production released on Island Records. "Pomme Fritz" is a chaotic EP which "Rolling Stone" described as an "aural feast" despite its "lack of cohesion" and direction.cite web|work=Rolling Stone |last=Wiederhorn |first=Jon |date=1994-10-20 |title=The Orb: Pomme Fritz |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/theorb/albums/album/173711/review/5946554/pomme_fritz] Though "Pomme Fritz" reached as high as #6 on the UK charts, UK critics panned it as "doodling" and noted its absence of focus.cite book|last=Prendergast |first=Mark |title=The Ambient Century: From Mahler to Moby-The Evolution of Sound in the Electronic Age |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |year=2003 |id= ISBN 1-58234-323-3 |pages = pp. 407-412] Even Island Records "hated it" and "didn't understand it at all", according to Paterson.cite web|title=Q and A: Alex Paterson |last=O'Neal |first=Sean |date=2001-04-19 |url=http://www.citypaper.net/articles/041901/music.qa.shtml |work=Philadelphia City Paper] Kris Weston's role was much diminished on "Pomme Fritz" and is credited only as an engineer.cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:r69gs35ba3rg~T1 |title=The Orb Biography |accessdate=2006-10-09 |last = Bush |first = John |publisher = Allmusic] Though "Pomme Fritz" was released as a piece of original work, it consists largely of manipulated samples.

Track listing

#"Pomme Fritz (Meat 'N Veg)" – 9:04
#"More Gills Less Fishcakes" – 8:05
#"We're Pastie To Be Grill You" – 7:15
#"Bang 'Er 'N Chips" – 7:47
#"Alles Ist Schoen" – 7:17
#"His Immortal Logness" – 2:03

References

External links

*Discogs release|id=2729