Exit Planet Dust

oh man, have i been waiting for this one. this was my first introduction to them, in the fall of 1995. i was super-leet, working in a computer lab, shuttling around my newton and an internal hard drive in the pocket of my mechanic's jacket. i'd remove the drive from a computer in the lab & install mine, write my papers or whatever, then put it all back together and go back home. and read the collected sherlock holmes on the bus back & forth on my newton. this is another 7-star album for me.

A soft focus laser (like the green ones in clubs that pan around) trained squarely on your pleasure zones that hits (tickles?) the spot more often than not. Agreeable by design, which isn't an issue here because the Brothers' dedication to making techno enjoyable for a wider audience means an appreciation of pop song form and healthy servings of beats. I tip my hat to them for their public service.

Hey boys Hey girls Superstar DJs Here we go

It's cool to hear electronic music that isn't just club music. This works just as well for simply setting a mood.

Everything I want out of an electronic music album. Literally bopped my head from start to finish.

The perfect soundtrack for mindless, repetitive work tasks on a Friday morning.

Solid but uninteresting.

I always liked "Dig your own hole" better (especially the buzz saw solo), but this one is great too. Very innovative, great beats. No song is a filler. And nice that they've put the more upbeat songs to the start and the more chill songs to the end. I absolutely see the impact it had at the time it came out.

Where it all began.

It's pretty awesome for a debut. I certainly fell in love with it when I first heard it and have been a big fan ever since. Not sure I can pick a favourite but the opener gets you going and closer brings you back down.

I would contend this is not one of the 1000 albums I needed to hear before I die.

Why is this on the list? I could have definitely died without hearing this and had 50 minutes of my life back to listen to something useful.

I wasn't too receptive to electronic music when this came out, so first encountered it in a batch with their next two albums as well, and it's certainly my least favorite out of that list - was considering giving it a 4 as a result, but it won me back around to a 5. Fave tracks - "Leave Home" and "Chemical Beats" from the slamming first half, "One Too Many Mornings and "Alive Alone" from the cool down half!

This is 90s ‘Need for Speed’ techno and I love it

Really enjoyed this. As always, what I expected was vastly different than what I received. Added to library.

I discovered The Chemical Brothers, like many people, with the follow-up to Exit Planet Dust, the also amazing Dig Your Own Hole, and back in the day getting my hands on these albums wasn't that easy. Even considering that, I hate myself for not having listened to this album in full back in the day. I only knew a few songs, which I thought were great, but listening to the overall album is a whole another experience. Damn, guess I'll be listening this one on repeat these days.

A favorite back in high school. Love the way it flows from track to track. It's cool that it works equally well as dance music and as a headphone ride. Starts with a Kraftwerk sample so you know they know their shit. I like the additive/subtractive way layers of elements/loops are used to build dramatic song structures. Tracks 1-6 are like the party and 7-11 are like the after-party. Used to put "one too many mornings" on mixtapes.

The brothers gonna pump you up!

Hugely underrated album from hugely underrated pioneers of big beat and electro. This is a belter!

BBB (Big Beat Bangers)

Excellent mood and vibe. A little surprised at the lack of Dancy stuff.

Really enjoyed some of these tracks. As with most electronic music, I can only listen to a few tracks before needing a break!

Not my cup of tea, but bad it ain't.

Un album caractéristique des Chemical Brothers. Ceux-ci se présentent d'abord en blouse blanche à l'entrée du laboratoire et s'avancent chacun vers un robinet. Ils se munissent alors d'eau distillée et commencent à rincer une poignée de tubes à essai ainsi qu'un bécher. Une fois ceci fait, l'un des brothers verse délicatement de l'eau dans un tube alors que le second brother y ajoute de l'acide éthanoïque. Ils étalonnent ensuite le pH-mètre avec les solutions tampon 4 et 7 et agitent la solution dont le pH est mesuré. L'examinateur les interrompt soudain et leur demande de se verser chacun un litre d'acide chlorhydrique dans la bouche. Les Chemical Brothers s'exécutent naïvement. Quelques secondes plus tard, les deux sont transportés d'urgence à l'hôpital et laissent ainsi leur matériel chimique dans le laboratoire.

Cet album des Chemical Brothers m'a mis dans une colère noire. Il faut savoir que les Chemical Brothers ont coûté leur place dans la liste des 1001 à mon groupe favori, My Chemical Romance. En effet, seul un seul groupe de chimie pop pouvait être ajouté à la liste par Robert, qui a donc preferé les frères à la romance. Seulement, on se rend rapidement compte que ce choix est une erreur. Très vite, les Chemical Brothers vont effectuer leur première bévue: le substrat de soude est mélangé avec la solution aqueuse, ce qui provoque une légère odeur de brulé très désagrable dans le laboratoire. Ensuite, l'un des frères va venir renverser le contenu de son erlenmeyer sur le microscope du coin de table, ce qui démontre le peu d'aise avec laquelles les Chemical Brothers maniaient leur matériel. Enfin, le mélange acide nitrique/magnesium opéré ne prendra jamais la couleur bleue attendue. La comparaison fait très mal avec leurs camarades de classe de My Chemical Romance, qui dans le même temps ont obtenu deux prix nobel de chimie pour leur travaux sur l'arbre de Diane. Un scandale de plus à l'actif de Robert, qui n'en finit plus d'enchainer les décisions douteuses.

All I can think of is going to see Chemical Brothers in 1996. I may have been on acid, I don't recall. What I do remember was that it was at Metropolis back when you could run around in the basement and there were all sorts of hidden spaces and places.

The album gets five stars for its impressive juicy big/break beats making each and every track energetic and reminding me of Prodigy and Fatboy Slim. Favourite track: Leave Home.

I'm a sucker for the mid-to-late 90s big beat/electronica sound (even though I never did MDMA and found people who did unbearably annoying) and this is one of my very favourite albums in that genre.

Refreshing

I do love these guys. I consider them best in class for this genre. Great album.

inject this into my veins

This album is groovy as can be. Never listened before but I really enjoyed it. Thank you album generator for giving me another solid.

One word: bangin'. It's incredible (and harrowing) to think that this debut effort is now thirty years old; it sounds just as fresh as it did in the mid-90s. Every track has something to offer, and if you don't start grooving (yeah I'm that old) then honestly you should check for a pulse. It's a 5 from me!

idk if this is actually "better" than dig your own hole but at the v least im more in the mood for the chemical brothers today then i necessarily was back when i got that record (tho i did still rly enjoy it)...kind of illustrates the perils of the random album setup lol but sometimes it just works out. this absolutely rules...definitely feels less Gritty than dig your own hole but it still has that deep sorta scuzzy physicality...and this one just goes all in on warmth, joy, peace, even impressionism w/ its psychy sample treatments, while still reaching way down into the gut for the strength of its bangers. would be an amazing album to take a walk to, which i deffo should sometime. something rly physically and emotionally vivacious here...a tactile watercolor symphony

Fantastic tracks! You can hear the influence it must have had on albums like The Crystal Method’s “Vegas,” for example. Impressive indeed.

CHEMICAL BROTHERS!!! This is my speed. I could listen to this one over and over. Solid 5/5. It's interesting to hear some of the motifs in this album that they reuse in future albums.

What a great trip down memory road of the early 90’s when this type music was brand new. Very much enjoyed listening to this album

Absolute blinder that seemingly came out of nowhere.

Addictive beats. The synths cut like buzzsaws and the bass is tight and rumbly on Leave Home. I dig it straight away. In Dust We Trust is even better with synth riffs and incessant drums. Lots of layered rhythms and melodies. Song To The Siren is more industrial, leading into Three Little Birdies Down beat with a steady 4/4 beat and grimy acid riff, strongest track so far for me. The acid sounds continue for another couple tracks, then we finally pause and Chico's Groove slows things down with breakbeats and spacey melodies. One Too Many Mornings is chilled out and pretty - the most radio friendly cut? The next couple of tracks are darker, more stripped down, and then Alive Alone is a melodic closer. The second half perfectly takes the edge off after the intensity of the first 6 tracks. Can't believe I haven't listened to this before.

I own this on CD. Classic big beat sounds

I love the first few Chemical Brothers album, and I like all of them. This isn't my favorite album by then, but it still was very important. This album helped push electronica into the mainstream in a way that it had never been before, and the years from the late 90's to early 00's had such amazing "mainstream" electronic acts like Chemical Brothers, Crystal Method, The Prodigy, Massive Attack, and more...

Initial thought: Hell yeah. I was a big club kid for about 15 minutes in my late teens/early 20s, and the Chemical brothers were *the* electronic band. I'm not entirely sure I've heard this album, but I played the shit out of Dig Your Own Hole. I have a feeling this is going to be fun. Yeah, that was great. Lots of layered sounds, complex beats, and it just sounds great! I didn't stop tapping my feet the entire album. 5 stars.

Perfect

Takes me right back to the days at The Ritz, this does. And some of it might have dated a bit, but it's still wall to wall bangers. And Life Is Sweet is simply magnificent. Few sounds take me back to the Ritz more than that rumbling beat bouncing off the walls. In Dust We Trust.

Low key sick

Best Chemical Brothers CD.

My only complaint is that I can't actually feel the music through the head phones. Love this, even if big beats are out of style.

Great music to program to.

So good once they calm down in the second half of the album

This is some decent electronica. Great background for work, but not something I think would make me go feral. But, if everything made you feral then nothing would get done, you know?

YESSS love chemical bros not my fave album tho

Unreal debut album for a brilliant 2 dudes from Manchester

Excellent listening

Never heard this before but it is exactly my jam. Big album generator win!

When it comes to big beat bangers, few beats bang bigger than those from The Chemical Bros.

Loved it

No one can convince me that the chemical brothers aren't some alien overlords that pick the perfect music to influence the genre with each generation.

I enjoyed listening to a predominantly percussion band

What a beast of an album - there are very little in the way of famous singles besides some lesser known ones but the whole album bangs hard end to end. A classic and underestimated one. Forgot how awesome The Chemical Brothers were at their height.

Nice

A record best played while walking under the blistering sunshine as the wind blows by, Exit Planet Dust is The Chemical Brothers not only unveiling themselves to the world but the world becoming a playground for their seemingly hedonistic approach to electronic music. Little did they know that they would set a template that would become carried out by their peers and that would subsequently turn their genre into a juggernaut by decade's end.

Much like this Chemical Brothers album, which made a big impact at the time, and I still think it is their best album. Different times..

This is NOT an album I can listen to every day. But I can see its value in different communities. If I am ever at a rave and I find out that this album isn’t on the setlist 🤢 I’ma go home 🤷🏽‍♀️! An underground club, this album and a few vices, sounds delicious. And strangely enough it kept me focused on my tasks throughout the hour I listened. It was fun. I enjoyed it.

Where my love affair with dance music began ❤️

There's a lot of electronic music to compete with these days, but this one holds up very well. Sweet beats and exciting sounds abound, especially in "Three Little Birdies" and "Chico's Groove."

The first two Chemical Brothers albums were my introduction to electronic music and I still to this day have not found another group that I think sounds similar to this. Their sound is defined and unique. Partly nostalgia speaking but these two albums are easily in my top 10 most listened to albums of all time. 10/10

That's proper

The brothers gonna work it out

These brothers gonna work it out! 5 stars easily and then realize the best was still to come, Dig Your Own Hole album, the successor. Yes I am that old that I saw them play in Paradiso, Amsterdam with their Block Rocking Beats after release of Dig your Own Hole. Life is sweet. If you don't get energy from this music, you might as well be braindead.

I listened to this a lot in the.mid 90s. Don’t feel like it’s aged well but it definitely took me back.

Excelente!!!!!!!!

Holds up well

I love this album. Absolute game changer for electronic music at the time, demanding to be listened to from start to finish.

This album is incredible and an undeniably important part of electronic music, still sounds great even to this day.

More like smoking planet dust and then dropping this bomb

A breakbeat classic

Guay.

Awesome music! Great to have in the background while doing chores and stuff, or driving around.

Bangers.

Liked it!

I knew I liked big beat, but not like this. The record runs without seams, which is appropriate for the wordless senseless assault. Just drum machines for an hour, I wrote about the Chemical Brothers before; It's still fair but has depth this time and then some. Exit Planet Dust won't make you much of a partner dancer as it soundtracks the rest of your life.

I love this album - I put so many tracks from this album on mixtapes. Theres a theme for pretty much everything in here. Great beats and a fantastic groove. It stands up to the test of time, and is just as good to listen to now as it was in the 90s. 5/5

I think that this is my favourite Chemical Brothers album. I actually listened to this the other day, but any excuse to go again...

I like this album. I know some of Chemical Brothers' songs but they were not here. Still really good album.

Zodra je het album aanzet weet je het al: The Brothers Gonna Work It Out. De broers spelen met de digitale mogelijkheden en weten het continue interessant te houden. Onder andere door het vlekkeloos invoegen van bijzondere samples. Niet alleen de losse nummers krijgen de aandacht. De nummers op het eerste deel van het album vormen één geheel, terwijl er een behoorlijke variatie is. Aan de titels van de nummers te zien is dat ook wat ze willen bereiken. De luisteraar meenemen langs de verschillende (break)beat stijlen. Van bijna Leftfield achtige stukjes in het begin tot een triphopnummer aan het einde. Ik pak er even één uit. Chemical Beats is een echte Big Beat plaat, waarbij het hoofd niet netjes met de beat meeknikt, maar één keer in de paar seconden met kracht naar beneden dropt. Zoals bij Smack My Bitch Up van de Prodigy, maar dan wel een paar jaar eerder. Om maar even aan te geven dat je niet om dit album heen kan. 10 sterren!

De eerste beats worden ingezet en je wordt er eigenlijk gelijk vrolijk van. Als muziek dat vanaf de eerste toon kan bewerkstelligen, dan doe je iets goed. Je kan wel horen dat het inmiddels al flink wat jaren oud is, maar toch doet het niet gedateerd aan. Misschien waren dit de hoogtijdagen van de house, of big beat, of acid house, of electronica, of weet ik veel hoe al die stijlen heten. Of misschien is het een soort jeugdsentiment, een verzameling herinneringen aan de hand van de muziek van vroeger. Maar dit was weer lekker ouderwets genieten, terwijl ik eigenlijk geen enkel nummer herken als hitje. Zoals Eric zou zeggen: 10 sterren!!!

Bought it in the 90s, and it is good. No mistake, it is repetitive. Not only is it repetitive, it is also repetitive. Coupled with how often it repeats itself, you might think the repetition would get repetitive, but somehow the repetitiveness is ABSOLUTELY AWESOMENESS. There's so much to love about this. It's catchy, it's clever, it's immaculately produced and it absolutely does not feel like it's almost thirty years old. The brothers' gonna work it out.

It is a pure magical experience. To have an album that is basically a continuum mix is truly marvellous.

Пууушкааа

Yes yes yes quality solid tunes begining to end. Reminds me of the 90s me lad when me hair was long and my knees where strong.

BANGER

Second The Chemical Brothers album on this list and first chronologically in their discography. I have listened to "Exit Planet Dust" before, but for some reason it didn't left any impression in me. After more thorough listening session, I thought that I like this album more than "Dig Your Own Hole", but still my favourite is "Surrender". Most likely through sentimental values, because songs and beats from "Exit Planet Dust" are really on par with anything else they recorded. Long parts with repeating beats, slightly changing and building momentum sound amazing on this record. Every track really held on its own and could easily be a single. After short consideration I think I will give it a 5 star, but probably one of the weakest so far - I enjoyed this album, but I feel something is missing.

Loved it. This is what electronic music should sound like.

Holy shit this album slaps. The beats early on are really strong, and just when it feels like enough it mellows out. Can see how this influenced the EDM scene and more.

Sempre all’avanguardia. Fortissimi

I really like this album and The Chemical Brothers in general. I need to spend more time with their music cause I really liked 'Dig Your Own Hole' as well when it came up on here for me previously. This is a really strong debut and I love the psychedelic rock vibes mixed in with the acid house. I would have really dug seeing them live if I could have back when this came out. Standout Tracks: Leave Home, In Dust We Trust, Chemical Beats, Chico's Groove, One Too Many Mornings, Life Is Sweet, Alive Alone

Best electronic album this exercise has to offer so far. Thoroughly enjoyed it

Reckon this'd be proper good to stare at the ceiling to

i don't understand how i never went bigger on the chemical brothers when they were in their pomp. i don't know how i could have listened to this album and not have fell absolutely in love with them. it genuinely baffles me that even having seen their phenomenal live shows and listened to all of their albums when they came out that i never went massive on them. wish i could go back and see them in their early years.

A big-beat classic, Dig Your Own Hole and Surrender would see the sound go mainstream with celebrity contributers. But this is pure big-beat. Great.