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{{Infobox album

| name = The Altogether

| type = studio

| artist = Orbital

| cover = Orbital - The Altogether cover.jpg

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| released = 30 April 2001

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| length = 62:40 (UK) / 70:26 (US)

| label = FFRR
London/Sire (US)

| producer = Orbital

| prev_title = The Middle of Nowhere

| prev_year = 1999

| next_title = Work 1989–2002

| next_year = 2002

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{{Album ratings

| MC = 66/100{{Cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/the-altogether/orbital|title=The Altogether by Orbital|website=Metacritic}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{AllMusic |class=album |id=r551796 |tab=review |label="Orbital: The Altogether > Review" |first=John |last=Bush |accessdate=18 October 2011}}

| rev2 = Alternative Press

| rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}While the album certainly is a lot of fun, it may turn off fans who have come to expect moody electronica from the Hartnolls. [Oct 2001, p.98]

| rev3 = Blender

| rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}Their grooves can sometimes roll on as if unattended -- which is fine for living-room techno, but not for the pop songs they're trying to emulate. [Jun/Jul 2001, p.114]

| rev4 = Mojo

| rev4score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}Mojo (Publisher) (5/01, p.116) – "...The trademark lush, sweeping soundscapes are here, but THE ALTIGETHER is more of an album of one-offs and collaborations, odd sound-sources and aural digs....the sound of a band having a lot of fun..."

| rev5 = Muzik

| rev5score = {{Rating|5|5}}Muzik (5/01, p.61) – 5 out of 5 – "...Slick, self-assured...Hartnolls' ability to surprise remains firmly intact....Orbital not only remind you how good the 'Dr Who' theme is – but they can make you dance to it as well..."

| rev6 = NME

| rev6score = 5/10{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/4915|title = Orbital : The Altogether|website = NME|date = 12 September 2005}}

| rev7 = Pitchfork

| rev7score = 5.2/10{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/6032-the-altogether/|title=Orbital: The Altogether|website=Pitchfork}}

| rev8 = Q

| rev8score = {{Rating|3|5}}Q (6/01, p.110) – 3 stars out of 5 – "...Their spikiest, most experimental album in some time...acknowledging their punk roots by sampling Ian Dury, The Cramps and Crass..."

| rev9 = Rolling Stone

| rev9score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/orbital/albums/album/111594/review/5941686/the_altogether |title=Orbital: The Altogether |first=Pat |last=Blashill |date=11 October 2001 |issue=RS 879 |magazine=Rolling Stone |publisher=Straight Arrow |issn=0035-791X |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070428172713/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/orbital/albums/album/111594/review/5941686/the_altogether |archivedate=28 April 2007}}

| rev10 = URB

| rev10score = {{Rating|4|5}}The Altogether is, all stated evidence to the contrary, a remarkable work. Why? Because it is the product of two brothers who, understanding that they can kid neither the audience nor themselves, mapped a musical course based on their root love -- musical energy -- and never strayed. [Sep 2001, p.147]

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The Altogether is Orbital's sixth studio album and was released in 2001. It features guest vocals by the Hartnolls' brother-in-law David Gray, a sampled Ian Dury, a sample from "Sober" by Tool and a version of the Doctor Who theme. It was Orbital's last studio album for FFRR and received a mixed critical reception.

Describing the album shortly before it was released, Phil Hartnoll said, "Whereas Middle of Nowhere was written for a detached mood, for sitting in a field and listening to by yourself, The Altogether is for listening to at a party with your mates. That's what I take it to mean anyway. Paul thinks it's about not having any clothes on."{{cite web |last1=Abrahams |first1=Tim |title=Naked ambitions |url=https://archive.list.co.uk/the-list/2001-04-26/49/ |publisher=The List |accessdate=19 August 2020 |date=26 April 2001}}

As of 2001, it had sold 135,000 copies worldwide.{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hRIEAAAAMBAJ&q=orbital+album+sales&pg=PA38-IA10 | title=Billboard| date=11 August 2001}} As of 2004, the album had sold 58,000 copies in United States.{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/00s/2004/BB-2004-08-21.pdf|title=Dance Acts Go Beyond The Dancefloor|magazine=Billboard|page=31|date=21 August 2004|via=World Radio History|first=Michael|last=Paoletta|accessdate=13 September 2020}}