Optical Delusion

Optical Delusion is the tenth studio album by English electronic music duo Orbital, released on 17 February 2023.^[1]

Optical Delusion
Studio album by Orbital
Released	17 February 2023
Length	51:07
Label	Orbital
Producer	Orbital
Orbital chronology
30 Something (2022) Optical Delusion (2023)
Singles from Optical Delusion
"Dirty Rat" Released: 20 October 2022[1] "Ringa Ringa (The Old Pandemic Folk Song)" Released: 7 December 2022[2] "Are You Alive?" Released: 1 February 2023[3]

Reception

Optical Delusion ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.1/10[4]
Metacritic	71/100[5]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[6]
The Arts Desk	[7]
Clash	8/10[8]
The Guardian	[9]
Louder Than War	[10]
Mojo	[11]
PopMatters	7/10[12]
Record Collector	[13]
Slant Magazine	[14]
Uncut	7/10[15]

According to the review aggregator Metacritic, Optical Delusion received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 71 out of 100 from 10 critic scores.^[5]

Year-end lists

Optical Delusion on year-end lists

Publication	#	Ref.
Louder Than War	80	[16]

Track listing

Optical Delusion track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Ringa Ringa (The Old Pandemic Folk Song)" (featuring Mediæval Bæbes)		4:14
2.	"Day One" (featuring Dina Ipavic)		5:16
3.	"Are You Alive?" (featuring Penelope Isles)	Jack Wolter Lily Wolter Paul Hartnoll	7:49
4.	"You Are the Frequency" (featuring the Little Pest)	Jimmy Day Lily De Brouwer Phil Hartnoll	4:39
5.	"The New Abnormal"		5:05
6.	"Home" (featuring Anna B Savage)	Anna B Savage Paul Hartnoll	5:18
7.	"Dirty Rat" (with Sleaford Mods)		5:16
8.	"Requiem for the Pre-Apocalypse"		5:20
9.	"What a Surprise" (featuring the Little Pest)	Jimmy Day Phil Hartnoll	3:51
10.	"Moon Princess" (featuring Coppe)	Jimmy Day Miller Y. Coppe Phil Hartnoll	4:19
Total length:			51:07

All tracks are written by Paul Hartnoll except where noted.

Personnel

• Orbital – producer (1-8, 10)
• Paul Hartnoll – producer (7)
• Andrew Fearn – producer (7)
• Mediæval Bæbes – vocals (1)
• Dina Ipavic – vocals (2)
• Penelope Isles – vocals (3)
• The Little Pest – vocals (4, 9)
• Anna B Savage – vocals (6)
• Coppe – vocals (10)

Charts

Chart performance for Optical Delusion

Chart (2023)	Peak position
Australian Physical Albums (ARIA)[17]	32
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[18]	70
Irish Albums (IRMA)[19]	83
Scottish Albums (OCC)[20]	4
UK Albums (OCC)[21]	6
UK Dance Albums (OCC)[22]	1
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[23]	2