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''Strange Cargo 2'' is the third album by electronic instrumentalist
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. It was released in 1990. The album is the second in a series of similarly titled albums: '' Strange Cargo'', ''
Strange Cargo III ''Strange Cargo III'' is the fourth album by electronic instrumentalist William Orbit. It is the third in a series of similarly titled albums: '' Strange Cargo'', '' Strange Cargo II'' and ''Strange Cargo Hinterland''. The album was performed, p ...
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Strange Cargo Hinterland ''Hinterland'' is the fifth studio album by electronic instrumentalist William Orbit, which released under the alias Strange Cargo. It is the fourth in a series of similarly themed albums: '' Strange Cargo'', '' Strange Cargo II'', and '' Strange ...
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Critical reception

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'' called the album "a mix of light jazz, funk and a smattering of world music to make it all seem somehow exotic."
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wrote that "though there's a bit more electronics on this record,
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still seems uncommonly fixated with textural touches like Spanish guitar, and the effect is much more Windham Hill than Warp."


Track listing

#"Dark Eyed Kid" #"Atom Dream" #"Ruby Heart" #"El Santo" #"Dia Del Muerto" #"777" #"The Thief and the Serpent" #"The Last Lagoon" #"Millennium" #"Painted Rock"


References

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