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Pomme Fritz is a mini-album by the British electronic music group The Orb. It was released on 13 June 1994 through Island Records. Produced to sustain the group during a period of mismanagement, it was their first album with German producer Thomas Fehlmann. The chaotic Pomme Fritz moved the group away from their melodic, ambient sound towards a more abstract, experimental style, incorporating instances of noise, sampling, fragmented rhythms, industrial textures, indecipherable voices, and sound collage techniques. Island Records "hated" the album and "didn't understand it at all", according to group leader Alex Paterson. Upon its release, Pomme Fritz reached number six on the UK Albums Chart, but divided fans and critics, with some panning it as "doodling" and noting its absence of focus. However, Rolling Stone described it as an "aural feast" despite its "lack of cohesion" and direction. The album has seen more acclaim in recent times, and Paterson has described it as one of his favourite Orb albums. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomme_F...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)