Track Listing

1. Million Town
2. She Cries Your Name
3. Montok Point
4. Hulaville
5. El Ninjo
6. Name Of The Wave
7. Crimes Of The Future
8. Last Dream Of Lucy Mariner
9. Hinterland
10. Lost In Blue
11. Say Anything
12. Kiss Of The Bee

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #30978 in Music
• Released on: 1995-02-20
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
In addition to its sideways move onto his own N- Gram imprint, the fourth in William Orbit's outings as Strange Cargo also enjoyed a moniker adjustment - the numerals replaced with a title and the series umbrella becoming the artist name. Although the slow motion dub low end and crunching breaks, which have characterised the series to date, are still evident, this slight re-branding has the effect of lending a further weight to the project with Hinterland sounding much more like an artist album than its forebears. The ethnic touches that quickly dated Strange Cargo III have been lost to a more cinematic approach well suited to the spacious soundscapes and crystal clear production of the material, "Montok Point" in fact picked up for the soundtrack of Val Kilmer movie Red Planet. Beth Orton features again in the creaking breaks and foggy guitar strikes of "She Cries Your Name" while fans of the ambient elements of Orbit's work will be more than satisfied by the trio of tracks which provide a gentle close to an enjoyable album. -- Kingsley Marshall

Customer Reviews

My favorite William Orbit album
Can't buy this in USA. I swear we have such a provincial and limited scope of awareness in this country. Anyway, easy enough to pop over here and buy it.

This album is very refined and sublime. It slowly grew on me for about a year, then sort of leveled off to a still very high appreciation level. The masterful craftsmanship and studio acuity serve to puctuate the quality of the art.

A Fine Example of Chilled Ambient
I have been a fan of William Orbit from an early age, and have to say I believe this is his most mature work to date (this and Pieces in a Modern Style). This album is a prime example for anyone wanting to fine out about chill-out music. After the most ambient offerings of his first three Strange Cargo albums, Orbit has headed for a more cinematic feel to his music, with less electronic sounds and more natural-sounding songs.
The tracks themselves are all very good. Million Town and Hinterland include blissful piano sections that will be rining in your head after you have stopped listening. El Ninjo and The Name of the Wave show off Orbit's power over the guitar. The Kiss of the Bee is the only track where I find fault, as the voices in the background don't really suit it. But this is only a minor detail.
I would whole-heartedy recommend this to anyone wishing to hear what early chillout sounded like. For this is where the album also shines: its ability to just balance between ambient and chillout and no more. An album that many might like listening to as a contrast to this age of heavy metal and hard house.

Definitely worth buying this album.
I have been a big fan of William Orbit since back in my university days, I would say that this is his best album release, probably only the first in the Strange Cargo series comes close.

I have come back to this album so many times, there really are no particularly bad tracks at all although Montok Point is probably worth skipping past. It is full of some wonderfully haunting sounds and great guitar work (particularly on El Ninjo - my favourite track by far).

I guess this does fit in under the general 'Chill Out' category but putting this work into the context of when it was released, it is a really original piece of work.