Exit Planet Dust

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

Loved it. Kept me awake while doing inventory.

The songs all sounded the same

This slipped by without my even noticing. Very bland indeed.

Kinda fun for a while, but ultimately fails to keep me interested. And occasionally, it’s annoying. Not good.

One long annoying „song“

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

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?

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

bip bop beep Some cool tunes but overall it doesnt feel much versatile from the track before. still a less fun but more interesting listen at least. their first project too. they didd great stuff so respect to the roots

Wasn’t the worst electronica I’ve listened to on the list - but at close to an hour I could have done with less.

This is fine. Just something for the background.

some sick beatz. fun and wouldnt mind rolling them again

I wasn't really in the mood for this, but it was good when I did listen to it.

I remember liking Chemical Brothers more

Oh, God, we're doing the fucking song. When's it gonna finish? Fucking hell.

Fine as background noise but nothing to grab you

Trippy

This is such great 'get up and go' music. Between this and The Prodigy it's no wonder I got so much done in the late 90s. It still has the same effect today, until you get to those last few more vocal songs, where it sort of loses its way. My house hasn't looked this clean and tidy in weeks.

Some great tracks

It was okay, definitely was not what I was expecting it to be. This was really electro and all that, while i thought it was going to be folk/country by looking at the album cover. Anyways, it was okay! 6.8/10.

Not my cup of tea

YESSS love chemical bros not my fave album tho

Not terrible

Not for me.

Unreal debut album for a brilliant 2 dudes from Manchester

yea, no. but you do you.

Bought this when it came out. Still sounds good

Gull, redda meg da jeg måtte sloss med db fra munchen til mainz

It's difficult to say if this is any different to Dig your own hole (which has more bonafide 'hits'). Still, I like these guys........

Started off strong but then there were no new peaks. Enjoyable, but felt like something I’d put on as background at work than something I’d listen to normally. Better than the other electronic albums I’ve listened to though but it’s just not my genre.

I like chemical brothers but i did not like this that much

I actually really like the chemical brothers. But I do not like this album. It’s much more frenetic and even aggressive than the trippy, chill beats that I know come later in their discography.

Definitely not what I was expecting based on the cover, but it was a pleasant surprise. This was a very solid album, full of bangers Favorites: "Leave Home", "In Dust We Trust", "Alive Alone"

This sounds like something that would play in the intro of an early 2000s kid/teen cartoon drama. The Chemical Brothers have a distinct sound and I believe I’d be able to pick them out of a crowd of other electronic artists, but electronic music just isn’t my thing and I my tolerance for it is low. All that being said, though, this is good. It is quality. It is unique and original. It is not exciting. 3/5

Sounds like the 90s. A lot to listen to all the way through.

Big Beat. Repetitive samples, hypnotic soundscapes. A good album to get lost in without really losing the enjoyment. I thought it was really good but I really have to be doing something, hard to actively listen to. 3.5/5

Ikke det direkte dårligste vi har hørt, men bare ikke lige MIN laser lyd.

De to første sange er rimelig interessante, da de i deres opbygning udvikler sig mere og bruger flere virkemidler end hvad jeg normalt kender fra genren. Det er svært ikke at sammenligne med de albums vi har haft fra Prodigy og Daft Punk. Her syntes jeg umiddelbart Chemical Brothers starter bedre ud. Det er mindre repetitativt og lyden er mere organisk på de første numre. Desværre ender det med at jeg sidder med samme følelse ved afslutningen af albummet, som jeg gjorde ved de to andre “bands”. Det er musik skabt til at danse til i tomme lagerhaller.

4/5. A solid electronic album where a personality is being formed in the songs. A more optimistic viewpoint from the samples and sounds, and a skill to portray that emotion without lyrics is definitely a skill. A start of a good relationship between the group members. There is not anything that stands out for me, and some of the songs don't keep me invested for their length time but I wouldn't say it's bad, I appreciate the experimentation at least, always love new ideas. Just would rather listen to a more mature album of theirs, still a solid listen. Best Song: Chico's Groove, Life Is Sweet, Leave Home

Pretty enjoyable through and through.

I fought through this shit

Absolutely forgettable.

Pretty good.

Wow, killer techno with relentless energy. Lots of propulsive, driving beats. Perfect for a workout or soundtracking a Matrix movie. There are a few melodic tunes mixed in here too. All around excellent.

It's really great bop around music. It makes you move and jam but in a cool way. There's so silly arm flailing hip shaking here, it's a subtle body undulation with a bad boy head nod. Solid 3/5 in the purest sense. Didn't find much that I didn't like, but also didn't find much that I really loved.

Yes, the Chemical Brothers. I haven't listened to the album for a long time. It's time to change that. I can still remember the songs well. However, they are currently too hot and sweaty for me in this hot weather. 4/5

This genre is just cool man. I love all the tracks on here, they all have great vibes and nothing makes me even think about skipping. With all that said it's STILL recognizable compared to other stuff in the genre. Great stuff.

This felt like a good album to chill and vibe out to. I liked it. Favorite songs were Leave Home, In Dust We Trust, and Life Is Sweet.

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 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!

Drivin, thumpin, head-banging good electronic music. Makes you want to dance, drive fast, and groove to the beat as it shakes your entire existence. It's no surprise that there is a sub-genre of electronic music called trance because that's exactly what it does - just an easy, enjoyable way to lose yourself in the music.

I loved this album, great backgound music to move your head to and work through your day. Great electronic album. Favourite song: Leave home and in dust we trust Least favourite: All good tracks Album artwork: amazing cover

Excellent listening

I listened to it, but really don't remember much of it, I guess this was a pretty forgettable album for me.

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

Elektronische muziek op deze lijst word ik gewoon altijd gelukkig van. Niet het zoveelste matige rock of britpop album, maar echt iets anders. Ik ben niet echt fan geweest van Chemical Brothers, het was wel geinig maar niet helemaal mijn ding, heb dit album dus ook nooit gehoord. Veel breakbeat en early rave in de eerste nummers, moet ik stiekem bekennen dat ik dit beter trek dan ik dacht van tevoren! De muziek is super trippy en lekker veel acid geluiden, waar ik sowieso echt gelukkig van word. Daarnaast dus best wel wat breakbeat en de muziek doet me gewoon ontzettend denken aan de jaren 90 rave muziek, altijd lekker. En dan, en dan, na Chemical beats stort het album een soort van in? Het is opeens een veel trager album qua tempo en qua intensiteit? One too many mornings voelt inderdaad als de soundtrack na net dat weekendje te lang doorpakken en dat de zon al op is, verdomme joh. Life is Sweet vind ik daarna wel een minder nummer en eigenlijk de laatste 3 nummers pakken me iets minder. De ijzersterke eerste helft haalt het voor mij gemiddeld dan weer omhoog naar 4 sterren, echte topnummers zitten dar tussen! FAVO:In dust we trust, Three little birdies down beats, Chemical Beats, One too many mornings

"Fuck Up Beats", "Chemical Beats" and "Alive Alone" are the tracks I liked. 3.3 stars rounded down.

Earlier ventures into electro were always superior in my mind, mostly because the genre can get stale after a while, this record being no exception. Still, if you’re standing up and have 5-10 feet of clearance, you’re going to lose control of your body when listening for the first time.

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

This may be the only electronic music I actually like.

could i write poetry to this? n

Here we go again! Another example of a first album by an artist(s) being chosen for this list ahead of much better later releases. This is a really good album. A breakthrough for Big Beat Techno music, incorporating elements of Rock Music in an Electronic genre. However, the subsequent albums, "Dig Your Own Hole" and "Surrender" have actual hits on them. They are better developed and, I believe, are more essential than this one. Three and one-half stars, just because that's what I think it's worth in comparison.

It's good electronic music, but it's still electronic music. plus their second album is way better.

Loved it

It was a good listen, and is overall some pretty good background music

Super cool EDM/techno club beats! Every track rocks on its own, but also flows as one continues rave. Great soundtrack for parties, workouts, chores, long drives, tripping with a nice set of headphones, or just walking around feeling like you're in the Matrix. These guys were ahead of their time and shaped much that followed. Still feels fresh after 30 years.

I wasn’t sure until the middle if it’s an album or just one 50-minute track? To be fair, it gets a bit better after Chemical Beats, the last track, Alive Alone is quite okay actually. I can imagine this debut sounding like something really cool in 1995, but no, this doesn’t really match my taste at all.

Sounds like the soundtrack of most PS1 game main menus

I love some of their stuff. This album is a bit of a mixed bag for me

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'm sure it was doing something interesting in the 90s but it just sounds dated and bland now.

Exciting stuff, even if I'm more into their later work.

Not bad big beat techno. Not their best though.

This isn't my go-to genre by any means, but I can appreciate a good electronic album when I hear one. This was chill and pretty fun to listen to at first, but quickly became monotonous... or maybe I just got bored of hearing the same beats on different tracks. I wanted to give it three stars, but then I realised that I can't remember even a single track, which speaks volumes. 2.5 stars

Como minha familiaridade com a música eletrônica é bem pífia, com um conhecimento ok só dos mais consagrados do gênero como Aphex Twin, Daft Punk e, mais recentemente, o Porter Robinson, sinto que eu não sou muito capaz de opinar tudo o que eu gostaria sobre a técnica usada aqui e sua relevância no contexto histórico, como eu faço com os ostros álbuns de gêneros que eu já ouvi mais. Dito isso, é um eletrônico psicodélico que me agradou muito, com as 6 primeiras músicas sendo produzidas para fluírem como um grande medley e as outras 5 com experimentos em samples, sirenes e efeitos sonoros bombásticos que parecem derreter em ácido sonoramente que, em sua maioria, são bem sucedidos e com certeza uma das melhores coisas que eu já ouvi nesse estilo. Talvez um pouco incoerente, inchado e com 1 ou 2 músicas que não despertam muita coisa, é um álbum muito bom e aparentemente incontornável para começar a se familiarizar com a música eletrônica.

I enjoyed listening to a predominantly percussion band

Funny this came up so soon after dj shadow, similar feelings for me. Some cool stuff but largely background music, a step or two away from being ambient music

I just don't like electronica music. There's nothing about this that is interesting to me.

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 instrumental.

Decent listen

6/27/24. Although I'm familiar with the Chemical Brothers, I haven't dug too much into their music. After listening to this, this feels like classic Big Beat. But also loved the variet: fast, slow, upbeat, chill, while exploring interesting sounds. Will be in the rotation!

Geggjuð plata. Sést alveg hvað þeir eru að fara út í. Frábær og aðgengileg tekknó tónlist.

Fínasta tónlist og stuð. Rúllar bara mjög vel og þægilegra áhlustunar en ég átti von á. 3,5.

naja, die haben auch besseres

besser als es andere eletronic zeug here

Nicht meine Richtung

Not their greatest, still big

Oh boy, another English electronic album. I don't care about this one! I've had some very good electronic albums from artists like Depeche Mode and Portishead as well as albums that I just don't care about from artists like Fatboy Slim. This album leans a lot closer to the latter than the former. Why am I even calling this an album? I really don't even consider this product to be an album. It's more like a collection of random beats. The beats themselves are whatever. They're okay. Some of them are fine, others aren't great though. I really did not like the second-to-last song. Fortunately, the album is mostly instrumental, meaning that we don't have to deal with another "Fucking in Heaven" situation. Still, this album's mid. And of course these guys have two albums on the list as well! Great. How great. 2/5

Nice

The more straightforwardly beats-oriented Chemical Brothers album before they started branching out to give Gorillaz all the inspiration they needed.

It's not bad but not something I'd listen to a lot. Many of the songs repeat the same things over and over.

I enjoyed it. 3.5

Nothing too special here. It's pretty chill electronica, but nothing so innovative that it pulled my attention from what I was doing. My favorites were probably Leave Home and One Too Many Mornings.

I think Exit Planet Dust and a lot of this sort of stuff depends on where you are/were when listening and what memories or feelings it evokes. Last time we had one of the Chemical Brothers' records I listened at the gym and it worked, today I listened shortly after getting some bad news and it didn't. It's creative and upbeat, it's not my favourite of the genre and I think Dig Your Own Hole was better, but this is probably still a 3.

Seeing the Chemical Brothers live at Glastonbury was one of the best sets I've been to, but I do struggle listening to them outside that context (although some of the shorter songs make for decent running music). They only played Chemical Beats from this album (plus a bit of Leave Home in a big medley), and I get why - this is less accessible than some of their later stuff, but definitely still decent. When you're listening to it sat at home behind a desk, it's too repetitive, but it still on occasion hits a spot that most of the electronic/dance albums we've had haven't managed to. 3/5.

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.

While none of the tracks really stood out, I had a good time with this album. It’s been a while since I’ve had this type of edm on this list and since this is a debut hopefully surrender, their most popular album, is still ahead. Just checked my history and I also got their sophomore album and totally forgot about it. I relistened to a bit of it and honestly it basically sounded exactly the same as this one but for some reason I’m enjoying dog your own hole more. Might just need more time to pass in between both albums.

I dig the Chemical Brothers and that is why I know that the album of theirs that blew everyone's minds and that should be heard before you die is DIG YOUR OWN HOLE, not this one. This is good, but DIG YOUR OWN HOLE was great. That is only reason I am giving this 4 stars instead of 5. My favorites on this album include "Leave Home", "Song to the Siren", "Three Little Birdies Down Beats", "Chemical Beats", "One Too Many Mornings", "Life is Sweet", and "Alive Alone".

Fun listen, expected club music was surprised to enjoy this

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..

I used to like this album a lot, and beforehand I expected to give it a straightforward 5 stars, but after re-listening I'm not so sure. The first two tracks feel like a long dj set without much variation, but then a passage kicks in that still hits hard with four tracks of great beats. The last tracks of the album feel a bit more like songs, with some vocal parts and stuff. I'll settle for four stars.

Very enjoyable techno music.

Didn’t mind this, but the either the first half is better than the second or I just got bored

Enjoyed it but wasn't too focused on it either. This kind of music is more enjoyable as a live experience.

All the tracks on the album sound very similar. And all I could think of was the advert that used to be on dvds. You wouldn't steal a car , you wouldn't steal a bag etc

The kind of music I don’t really like but done well enough that I enjoyed it and found it interesting. Maybe a 3 is harsh but I’m a bit of a bastard

Solid!

Not bad! I somehow like them and this records is proof that they know what they are doing.

Boomtastic

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.

One star for the album cover

Really good overall; am not a dance music aficionado and found it a bit same-y to do a whole album, but I do like their sound.

Where my love affair with dance music began ❤️

I’ll listen to the last track again but I’ve always liked a few more tunes in my dance music

At first I thought this was funky and fun and then the next song sounded exactly the same. By the time I git to the third song I was pretty sure I could be their drummer because it's the same pattern over and over and over....

01) Leave Home - 9,0 02) In Dust We Trust - 7,5 03) Song to the Siren - 7,5 04) Three Little Birdies Down Beats - 7,5 05) Fuck Up Beats - 7,0 06) Chemical Beats - 7,5 07) Chico's Groove - 8,0 08) One Too Many Mornings - 9,0 09) Life Is Sweet - 8,5 10) Playground for a Wedgeless Firm - 7,5 11) Alive Alone - 8,5 TOTAL: 7,95 (80/100) Current ranking: 79/201 It starts with the excellent "Leave Home" and continues fiercely in the same rhythm. And just when you think you've had enough of electronic beats, the second, more relaxed part of the album begins with the magnificent "One Too Many Mornings". The Chemical Brothers are truly masters of their craft.

I saw the Chemical Brothers live in 2001 while under the influence of some sweet London X. Don’t remember much of the concert but I heard echoes of it in this album.

listen. This is good background music. i definitely much prefer this to the rave music we have now, and it’s kind of crazy how modern this still feels despite being from the mid 90s, because i could easily hear this at a party and not think twice, maybe only that it’s a bit nostalgic. I don’t really have a top 3 though bc it’s hard for me to have certain songs stick out when they all sound very similar and there’s no emotional peaks, which i know isn’t the point, but still. I’d listen to it to study tho.

This was pretty solid. It blended all together for me and ended up sounding like a big wall of white noise but it was cool sounding white noise.

I’m really not a fan of club music but this was pretty rockin’. Not sure I would ever put this on and listen to it on a regular basis but had some interesting stuff. Seems like this would be great music for a movie or tv show soundtrack.

Fine, dance/euro beats mostly

Exit Planet Dust came out at a time when the whole big beat genre was still mostly hiding underground and brought it to the mainstream. Hugely important and influential and also a lot of fun to listen to. They really soar with their collaborations and it's Beth Orton and Tim Burgess who take this album to another level. It's iconic and truly brilliant.

Guy Ritchie soundtrack. 3.25

Decent

Soundtrack for 1990s tech movie

I was expecting to dislike this, but it was fine and even pleasant at times. I actually added a few of the tracks to a trancey focus playlist I have. The first half of the album was a lot weaker than the second half to me.

fine but not amazing. this is the second chemical brothers album on the list that I've listened to, and while i did enjoy this one a bit more, i guess i just don't really care much for these guys either way. some of the songs were kinda groovy as background music but most were just long, boring, and repetitive. favorites: leave home, in dust we trust, one too many mornings

Decent enough for background music for work

I don't get this.

Feels like I should be hacking windows 94, or escaping a 1990’s gangster.

would not choose this ever.

What a surprise this album was. Another group U had heard of but really knew nothing about. While I find a lot of elecronica repetitive and unengaging, this album was just the opposite. The beats, rhythms and melodies flowed well This iis the kind of album that one can put on, kick back and be taken on a musical journey. The last song "Alive Alone", was notable.

Cool stuff. It does dip a bit in the back half but this is a solid listen. Brings back some good memories. Head bopped during a number of these tracks.

3.5 probably my favorite electronic album so far. It still has the same problem all electronic albums have but to a lesser degree, too much repetition

Good!

Acid house. Me ha gustado. Un 4.

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."

Totally forgettable album

Good for what it is, but not my groove. It will probably get more than this by an electronic music fan, and probably rightfully deserves it. But for me , the repetitiveness and nervous energy grates too much 3 stars

Good electronic album but not enough excitement for me

Quite chemically indeed. 7/10

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

Cool instrumental

This really was something when it was released, but in retrospect I have to admit their second album is a lot better and is the one I still put on my record player every now and then. The first four songs on here have luckily really stood the test of time, but after 'Three Little Birdies Down Beats' the album drops off in the middle with uninteresting and at times - dare I say it - even boring beats, but luckily picks itself up again with Life is Sweet. Still, it's nice to hear this again after all these years. No matter how many synthesizers, drum loops and samples are used on this album, almost everything sounds warm and organic and lively. It's a 3,5* album

I feel like they have better albums

Wasn't expecting to like any of this...but... Leave Home - I give it 5/5 In Dust... 4/5 Song to the siren - 0/5 Three little... - has to be 3/5 Fuck Up... - 0/5 Chemical Beats - 2/5 Chico - 2/5 ...starting to get fed up with this drum machine. Overall a surprisingly decent 3 star

Dig your own hole Is far superior

Decent. But not prime Chemical Brothers

Great party album, one of the first of it's kind. Doesn't sound too bad, even now, considering how many groups have come and done the same thing. Not as interesting or exciting as it was though. 3/5 for me.

Good, but I like other chemical brothers stuff better

Boring but not bad.

Aaarg, c’est le genre d’album qu’à la première écoute je donnerais un 4, mais avec d’autres écoutes je serai déçu de ne pas avoir donné un 5, comme ✝️ de Justice. Mais, d’un autre côté, je le mettrais pas sur le même pallier que ✝️, faque c’est un 4

A lot of noises that came together in a way I didn’t expect to work.

Jammy video game load screen music (also would fit in a bad 90s spy movie)

I liked this as far as background listening while doing tasks (Grant seems to feel the same way though I wrote this before reading his review)

Fun Big beat / electronica to have on while doing stuff. Reminded me of fatboy slim, I could see a connection to homework by daft punk as well.

That's proper

The brothers gonna work it out

Kinda of like being in a Matrix movie

I repeat myself when I repeat myself when I repeat myself when I I I repeat myself myself self self I I I repeat myself when I repeat myself when I repeat myself

Nope, not my thing at all

Fine. It's accessible house music for the masses. Dated with the technology but, as someone else put it "perfect for mindless work tasks on a Friday morning."

Not my thing

Very driving game soundtrack!

Started great but started to get bored after a while

This is fine, but I expected a bit more hype

Would be great at a festival or concert but at home it just doesn't hit quite right

Excellent

not for me

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.

Sonido inconfundible.

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

funky

Surprisingly mellow

2.27

Klingt wie eine Demoplatte für die Bewerbung bei einem Filmmusikproduzenten. Und ich bilde mir ein, dass ich das eine oder andere Elektro-Gebritzel schon mal gehört habe.

Way more than expected! I can definitely see coming back to this one -- for Leave Home if nothing else

Electronica isn't usually on my list of music to seek out, but listening is fine most of the time when it's not too repetitious or annoying. Exit Planet Dust from the Chemical Brothers was a relaxing and easy listen and I actually enjoyed it. At least, I didn't feel like I was stuck inside a video game.

Yeah this is why I dont like anything released after 1988

Not really my thing but, I listened to this while playing stardew valley and it definitely enhanced the experience. I also feel like that's the only reason I like it so idk.

Not their best work. Or even up there rbh

There's nothing that special about it to me except that it conjures up nostalgia for 90's action and hacking and drug culture. Which a lot of the time is an automatic five stars.

Just fine, not for me.

Very 90s and not really for me. I’m sure people who are more into electronics would really dig it.

I’m not saying instrumental albums can’t be good but this is essentially 50 mins of early 00’s action movie dvd menu music.

Nice electro album

I get like I was in an album length chase scene from the first Bourne movie

This was fine as background music, but nothing special.

Crap

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.

So having listened to a few electronica albums I'm concluding I'm just not that into the genre, but Chemical Brothers is the exception. I'm not sure what it is about them, but the grooves are great -- rhythm and basslines are key with some smart melodic riffs -- and repetitions of patterns and textures are varied enough to keep my attention whereas other artists feel like they linger too long in something. I think vocal samples that are not prominent repeats and are kind of more obscured into the background probably help. Favorites are Leave Home, Chemical Beats, Chico's Groove, and Life Is Sweet.

Want to give this 3.5 I think because I feel like I should like this more than I do. Think some of their later stuff is better but this all gets a bit samey. Disappointing

Electronic background music. Very repetitious.

Meh. It's a little too avant garde for this type of music, in my opinion.

not for me

Man this made for great working music

Ganz cool. Irgendwie anders als ichs mir vorgestellt habe, weil ich nur neuere Sachen kannte und davon wenig. Aber kann man mal hören.

Nearly missed this but got it manually and glad I did. Lots of oomph & energy

Just a bunch of thrumping noise.

It's a bit much. And a bit much some more. I need to play SSX while listening to this soundtrack. Does having one live track drop this to a one star? It may have gotten there without the live track.

Maybe it was my mood today, but this wasn't quite as difficult to listen to as my last adventure with the Chemical Brothers. Though objectively there are still some screechy, sireny noise, I felt this was more of a soundtrack to flying a spaceship over an alien landscape. As nearly all of it lacks lyrics, it is hard to differentiate tracks, but Chico's Groove was a bit more low key and something i enjoyed. Overall a fine adventure this time.

Loved this album. Dope sounds!

Exceptional album. The chemical brothers were ahead of their time

big phatt beats that despite being loud are quite easy on the ears, super tight and super cool. even as a fan of the genre and these guys in general though, i can't say this is the best album i've heard from them, as most tracks stick out but there's a few scattered about that i couldn't care about as much. still though, if you're looking for expertly crafted big beat sounds, this is a good pick.

First listen Saved 2/11 Top track: Leave Home

3 stars, decent 90s electronic

Fuckin fuck ya! Where's the molly?

Alot of this is like beautifully patterned wallpaper, but it still pretty much is just repeating patterned wallpaper.

I don't get into much EDM but there's something about The Chemical Brothers that gets me going - must be the harder sound that differentiates them from the rest. 3/5.

Enpä ole tainnut kuunnella koskaan näin vanhaa TCB:tä. Viihdyttävä ja tasainen setti.

Perushyvää kemikaaliveljiltä

love the chemical brothers, good listen. diverse sounds.

The slightly boring also-rans of techno.

The brothers gonna work it out. Chemical, not Dust.

loopz n beatz n zzzzz

I once accidentally stood on Ed Chemical Brother's foot in the Brixton Academy toilets during a Charlatans gig.

Nope

More like smoking planet dust and then dropping this bomb

A breakbeat classic

Кемикал брузерс это классика, это балдёж. По крайней мере с таким настроением я нажал на плей. И ожидания оправдались. Артур вон вообще всё утро слушает химиков теперь. Круто. Они ещё и в вайпауте на осте засветились. Альбом был качовый и балдёжный, биты чёткие, всё просто и понятно. Возможно, слишком просто. Потому оценка такая.

Guay.

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

Exit Planet Dust by the Chemical Brothers (formerly the Dust Brothers). They're a UK electronic duo who were such fans of the Dust Brothers (American group who produced the Beastie Boys beats) that they stole their name wholesale. They later got threatened out of it and rebranded to Chemical Brothers, but honestly I think they lived up to the stature of the Dust Brothers. If you like sample-based boom-bappy electronic music with cool synths then you will love this album. It also transitions perfectly between almost every song. It's mostly 90s club bangers with occasional slow spots for you to catch your breath. That's pretty much the sound - it's like you're there in some London club for the best electronic set you'd ever hear in Europe before Daft Punk invented music a few years later. Shit bangs.

boring

Bit relentless this. And a bit too dancey for my taste really. Chico’s Groove is a bit more chilled out and I prefer that sort of sound over the full on 90s club dance stuff. I get why this is on the list and I’m glad I listened to it, but I don’t really like it very much.

I always find myself struggling to rate albums that are more about vibe than songwriting. But I liked this album, even if it faded into background music for me more often than not. I think you need to take into account the precedent this albums was setting for artists who came later: Daft Punk, Air, and Holy Fuck all feel like they exist as direct responses to the stylings of this album.

Knowing almost absolutely nothing about electronic or techno music, I can say I really enjoyed this. The first half is better than the second. Really fun grooves, good use of sound samples. Could easily lock in while listening and get some work done. Almost trance like at times. Can’t really say much else not being a techno person. Standout tracks: Leave Home, In Dust We Trust, Three Little Birdies Downbeat, Fuck Up Beats, Life is Sweet

Those are some pretty big beats you have there, it'd be a shame if something happened to them.

It was alright it kinda felt like one song that was the length of an album

Even being a huge fan of them, the album has not aged well over the years and feels quickly repetitive. 3.75

galna beats.. crazybats.. galna i fkn-hjärnan.. massiva grooves.. ta bara ett chill-piller och luta dig tillbaka och njut bro.. njut av fkn-upplevelsen bro... lyssna på fkkn-beats bro och chillax... allt som krävs är en momet... att vända upp och ner på det hela... det där leendet till en rynka pannan.. en momet.. det perfekta moment.. one too many mornings

Some tracks are interesting for me. Some too electronics

Excellent album. Bought it when it came out played it to death

3.5/5 Fun album, maybe a little to repetitive at times. Not a huge amount of variation song to song. Favorite was one too many mornings, great track.

i liked this so much more than i thought i would

A little too much as an album but still enjoyed some of it

Seems like a good record just not my favorite genre.

A very boring electronic album, and I'm starting to get the feeling that's the story for every big beat album. They all just give off the same vibe of not being interesting enough to make it in today's musical economy, not when so many songs have advanced so far past this, and while context when reviewing a piece of music is important, this still fails to interest me any way. There's something to hook you in at the beginning, and the use of actual lyrics at the end helps again, but between that just feels like you're getting the same information over and over until its finally over. It sprinkles good moments throughout, but hardly enough for me to imagine this actually being danceable at any point in time. Racing music at its finest. Nothing more or less.

I liked this album more than I thought I would- I am not usually into this type of music, but it was a good one.

Getting tired of the 90s electronic music. Rating: 2.2

Interesting but sort of repetitive

Meh electronica

Alright workout album. Solid beats and good tempo, not necessarily any major standouts

Great office music - had my grooving while working at the standing desk.

Honestly a very fun album, not my typical genre but it just made me feel bouncy and full of energy. Auditory caffeine. Good tracks, never boring, solid from start to finish.

2/5 naaaaah

2.5

Some bangers on this 4/5 Chemical Beats is still a banger!

90's. Mega 90's.

Ren memory lane!

Bare nej. Tidens tand har intet godt gjort for c.b. De suttede i deres storhedstid og det er ikke blevet bedre. Som albummet skrider frem bliver endda bare værre og værre. Nogle sange kan sikkert gøre sig i et bil-spil, men det også det. Kan finde 10.001 album, der er vigtigere. Og titlerne…bare nej

This was not what I needed, wanted, or ultimately accepted in my ears.

I came in fully expecting to dislike this album, it essentially being a set of electronic dance tracks – and, worse, 90s electronic dance. However, this was actually executed pretty well. The tracks are a little repetitive and cling strongly to certain chords and rhythms, but those motifs are very catchy and manage to avoid getting irritating. Already, this lifts the album above nearly all of its annoying little brothers of the same genre. Couple that with the fantastic track transitions, high energy, and ability to be listened to both closely and in the background, and you have a really solid end result.

Bangers.

Liked it—brash and confident. Can’t believe it’s nearly 30 years old!

Not a fan. It all seemed a bit dull and just generic noise.

One of the few dance acts that when I see on Glastonbury I’ll watch. So I’m familiar with a lot of their hits and I really like some of their collaborations. I didn’t recognise anything on here. A strong start but soon enough it just deteriorated into lots of boring / annoying repetition. I stuck with it and in parts it improved but overall just passed me by. Still hoping there might be another Chemical Brothers album on the list that might be better. I could try and find one myself but I’m busy and can’t be arsed !

A very interesting duo. I didn't really listen to this lot at the time of its release, but I remember all the buzz around them as The Dust Brothers. It wasn't until their follow up when I was made to listen to them properly as they had radio airplay by then. To fuse electro/ samples and psychedelia together was quite novel. Anyway, this effort is pretty solid for a debut. The standout track is 'Alive Alone' which could have been for Beth Orton's great vocals.i don't think it's as strong ad later efforts, but still pretty good for a mid 3.

terrible. Great value fatboy slim

SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP

BL: The Chemical Brothers are a personal favourite 90s EDM choice for me, after The Prodigy of course. This style of 90s dance music just isn’t the same anymore, the switch from analogue destroyed a certain tone that was present I believe; anyways I’ve never listened to a Chemical Brothers album the whole way through but I’ll be interested to. AL: As I suspected, an album full of classics. While the drops are a little bit similar from time to time, considering the limitations of the technology and how early into the Brothers' career this was I think it can be excused. Some of the vocals were particularly cool, giving more of an Acid-House sound to it all. Overall, a lot more diversity than your standard 90s EDM album. It's not quite "Fat of the Land", but it's certainly somewhere close. FT: "Song to the Siren", "Life is Sweet", "Playground of a Wedgeless Firm", "Alive Alone" 4/5

Not horrible but I always feel like I need a shower after having listened to this genre of music.

This album definitely has some cool sounds, but even though they call it 'break beat', I consider it an offshoot of techno - and like techno, it's overly repetitive.

Liked it!

Kovaa acid tekno biitti ysäri britti toiminta leffa musiikkia. Kuullostaa taas kevyemmältä Prodigylta. Parhaat: In Dust We Trust, Chemical Beats

I am not the right person to jugde this album. The whole thing felt like being in a club, and I think that is where this music fits best. If I walked into a club playing this, I would not be offended. Probably wouldn’t stay too long either. However, there are some highlights towards the end (One too many Mornings and Alive Alone.)

Reminded me a lot of the Bourne movie trailers, apparently inspired the soundtrack for Fight Club? Makes sense. Not my style but I could dig it.

Favorite song: the one that went beep beep boop bop Least favorite: the one that went bop boop beep beep boop bop

Sounds pretty dated. Fine I guess. My personal bugbear of repeated vocal samples feature heavily so I'm never going to love this. Reminds me of indie clubs trying to be edgy.

I had never listened to anything by CB, and likely won't again. Knob twiddling not my thing.

Matrix ass album

Not bad, but most tracks overstay their welcome and are, really, quite boring. 2/5

Okay vibe. I enjoyed it.

A very cohesive electronic album that manages to be both energetic and atmospheric in different places while still flowing perfectly throughout. There’s not really a stand out single anywhere and it would maybe be a more memorable experience with one or two of those, but at the end of the day it’s a very impressive debut

This album was definitely a lot and is not for me. I get that it's good and important, but not for me.

i'm not an edm fan, per se, but it was an enjoyable example of that genre

Cool album, incredible for work or workouts. My experience with electronic music is pretty much Daft Punk, so this was an interesting change of pace.

Ok album

This album is packed with great beats and grooves. I don’t think this is an album to actively sit and listen to, it’s more suited to background music. Not really my cup of tea, but still a great album.

No thanks, not my taste.

I was into it when it started, but I think a whole album of whatever you call this type of beat was kind of wearing on me by the time I got to the end.

Okay I thought this was gonna be another blugh and while it’s not my favorite music style, I was pleasantly surprised to let it flow in the background. Good stuff. 3.5.

A couple of greats and the rest are good listening. If it had like one or two more stand outs it might have gotten a 5

Very 90s electronic music, but I def dig the sound. Very nostalgic. Plus it’s just good.

Two Chemical Bros' records are too many. Merging this and Dig Your Own Hole might justify one, in the eyes of the non-techno specialist. Dig is more aggressive and slightly more interesting (if only because the Beth O appearance is stronger), but 30 years on this is well past its "best by" – as editors surely recognize given the "had to be there" tone of their description of the CBs' rise at a speciflc club (such gatekeeping!). There are some moments here, but mostly we're in historical artifact (and probably soon to be historical footnote) territory. Though she does her best, not even Beth O can save this from basic averageness.

Fajny, dobry do pracy

3 - So intense, feel like I need to be on something to really get into it. Felt like I was 9 again playing Tekken 3

0/10

Not my vibe

Sounds like it would be in the matrix soundtrack, which isn't really a bad thing so much but not really what I like. Songs ended up feeling pretty repetitive and there wasn't a whole ton distinguishing them imo

3.5/5

Gar nicht mein Geschmack. 1.8

3, war nicht schlecht, aber nicht unbedingt mein genre, würde es zwar auf einer party hören, aber so jetzt nicht mehr unbedingt, aber album cover is geil

Like the style. Should listen more to this Genre. Reminds me a bit of prodigy in some song sequencies! Personal top3 in no order: Leave Home In Dust We Trust Alive Alone

Das Album hat mir überraschend gut gefallen. Im Normalfall höre ich weniger solche Musik. Habe das Album während einem Workout und danach unter der Dusche gehört. Dafür hat der Spannungsbogen perfekt gepasst. 7.0/10