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Pretty cool overall
Pretty good
Not my fave.
I'm not too well-versed in electronic music so this was pretty interesting. I don't have too much to say other than it was alright. There were a few shining moments in it for me. "One Too Many Mornings" was a pretty cool track and the rest of the record was good and meshed really well. I think it was a pretty good length too. Nothing here really surprised me, once it started I had a good idea of what I was in for and I was pretty much right. Personal Enjoyment - 6 Songwriting - 7.5 Originality - 7.5 Production Value - 10 Artwork - 9 Overall - 7.4
Repetitive. Nothing special. Early songs had good beats
not bad
Would be ok to listen to on a road trip somewhere.
A solid album for a genre that I usually can't get into. A lot of the songs reminded me of the Ultimate Spider-Man video game on PS2 that I played growing up. Most electronic music like this tends to blend together to me, and this album doesn't suffer from that too much but it's still enough. Chico's Groove might be my favorite track on the album. Considering how early I am in this project I'm still trying to figure out how I really want to rank these albums. Personally, I don't listen to this kind of music in my free time so I would probably give it a 2 based on replay value. As someone who can appreciate music objectively even if it's outside my wheelhouse I would give it a 4. Also considering my inexperience with the genre, especially in this time period, I don't really know what else to compare it to. I don't know if this record changed anything. I think I'll probably give it something around a weak 3, considering I want my personal taste to be a part of my rankings
2/27- Driving to school
This wasn't the thrill ride that it used to be back in the day. Disclaimer: I revisited this at 9am on a February morning in 2023, and not in a club whilst feeling tired and emotional. That probably explains the downgrading. It's still decent with some great samples. But not a record to listen to at home alone.
It’s fine
I think that this is a solid album, but 90's EDM definitely has more to offer than this.
Good to work too. Very samey
decent electronica for background
I seem to remember that my dad liked The Chemical Brothers when I was a kid, but I might have made that up. I don’t know whether I’m going to recognise anything off this album, as I don’t recognise any of the titles. Let’s find out! Songs I already knew: none Favourites: One Too Many Mornings, Alive Alone Well I didn’t recognise a single song, so I more than likely did make up my dad liking The Chemical Brothers! I wasn’t expecting quite as much grit as there was on this - I expected it to be typical dance music, but it was more drum and bass at times with some similarities to The Prodigy. A definite positive is than once Alive Alone was coming towards the end, I checked the track list as I was starting to get tired of listening, and that was the last song. Creating an album that doesn’t overstay it’s welcome, yet also doesn’t get cut too short is a very difficult thing to do, but this album aces that. Overall, a pretty good album, but not really something that I’ll be rushing back to listen to again.
Fun electronic album, 3.5
I accidentally started the album then got distracted and ended up listening all the way through. Not something I’d listen to otherwise but it was good background music for my trance for sure. If I liked the genre I feel like I’d really like this
good electronic sound, a bit more mellow than some I have heard.
Not listened to this from beginning to end before. Discovered Life is Sweet and Alive Alone with Tim Burgess and Beth Orton on vocals respectively, which were great.
EDM and such just doesn't usually do it for me. Would be fine playing in the background at Old Navy.
A bit too dark/nocturnal/industrial for my taste with electronic music. A few brighter, sunnier jams along the way but just too sparse. 5/10
First half was good, got very repetivie and messy at the end.
Beats
Fun electronic beats and some interesting ideas.
The brothers gonna work it out, and yes they did dragging all those GenX's raised on a diet of electronic music in 80's computer games into the clubs and raves. Not their best work but beats galore. Best served with a couple of eccy's on a Friday night
Good for electronic music, not usually my taste. Also I don't think it's the best album by this artist.
Beginning of the legend band.
The Big Beat manifesto goes 'Big beats are the best, get high all the time'. Best Tracks: Leave Home; In Dust We Trust; Three Little Birdies Down Beats;
Really solid electronic music album. While it doesn't do anything too particularly new or ground breaking it's pretty good for an easy listen if you're hesitant on listening to a more complex/alienating type of electronic sound. Definitely had me grooving along to it the first half, and the second half wasn't quite as "good" as I feel it slowed down a little more but still had solid musicianship and a good pacing overall. I like the group, I bet they sound good live. 3.5/5
i mean im not the biggest club music fan but this seems pretty good for what it is
This music evokes a certain time and place: Friday night in a remote field, Saturday night on a beach in the Balearics, Sunday morning in an abandoned warehouse in Kings Cross. You get the picture. I was never the bucket hat and glow sticks kind of person, but I can dance to a beat. It also reminded me of the best clubbing scene from a TV show. Check out Ep 6 of Spaced if you want a hearty laugh. The songs that stood out for me were Life is Sweet. Loving the Tim Burgess vocals. Also a very fun video. And who can mistake those haunting Beth Orton vocals on Alive Alone? I wouldn’t necessarily revisit this album but it was pleasantly evocative.
I enjoyed this music very much back in the days of late nights and questionable activities. Solid electronica. Please refer to Andy’s review of ‘Rockafeller Skank’. I feel it’s appropriate here. I saw them in the early 2000s and remember it being a good time.
I dig the groove and the repetition.
I wracked my brain for half an hour trying to figure out where I heard the melody in "Chico's Groove" before and I figured it out... it's very similar to "Trapped" by Bruce Springsteen. Now I can sleep. Seriously though, I enjoyed this album quite a bit. Top notch electronic music, really accessible, but smarter than most. A little trippy, a little atmospheric, just a spot of grit, never overbearing. Great flow, and a nice balance of styles. Fave Songs: Chico's Groove, In Dust We Trust, Three Little Birdies Down Beats, One Too Many Mornings, Alive Alone, Life Is Sweet
Nice beats but it’s not for me. Maybe as background music while working.
First of all, I like the cover. Cool photo. Musically, this is interesting stuff even though it's outside the usual stream of music to which I typically listen. There are some intriguing things going on in the several layers of music. I want to learn more about how this kind of music is put together because I have almost no knowledge of it. I usually listen to music performed by more "analog" or acoustic instruments (for my purposes, I consider electric basses, guitars, keyboards, etc., to be 'acoustic' in that it still takes a person's hands to play them) so I'm curious about the production of this and similar albums. And this was done with early 90s tech, which is obviously different than today's.
Solid effort but generally unspectacular. Bookends ‘Leave Home’ and ‘Alive Alone’ are great though.
Okay album. Not really my style though
Drum machine good but no galvanise
Vette beats, die tot mijn verbazing niet onmiddellijk verveelden.
This remains not my kind of music, but it's a little more interesting than other stuff from the same genre
Nothing stood out as good or bad. Solid 2.5.
Solid, pumping background music while I cleaned the apartment today. Don't know if I would recognize any of these tracks a few months down the road, but I don't think recognizability is the goal when your music is made to play in packed clubs while up on Molly.
Close to a 4, liked this a lot but faded on me a little as it went on. Still pretty solid.
The Chemical Brothers are great, and as the world's introduction to their squelchy, electrified beats I guess this is a pretty important album. I like the way the first half flows like a live set and the added variety in the second half. But, be honest, do any of these tracks make it into their top 10, or even top 20 greatest? Better was to come.
Repetitive and a bit dragging at times, but there were some great drum loops and bass lines
The Chemical Brothers have made some music that has broken into main stream, but techno has difficulty standing on its own. Similar to jam bands, it's difficult to generate appeal for 8 minute instrumentals. Especially in a world that has been pushing the more popular guitar solo into non-existence. This album does have some real innovations in the techno genres. The sounds they use and the seamless integration does make it stand out from typical EDM. Ultimately, it is modern elevator music. It's something to have on in the background that won't distract you while you work.
I can see that if I was into this kind of music I would probably like it, but I don't and I just found it too repetitious.
Put me in a trance.
3.5
This album is the music equivalent of “*hacker voice* I’m in.”
The album started off a bit confused. The early songs were more rock with a hint of techno. As you go through it, it turns into a House/techno feel. Something that I might listen to on the way to a techno club, but not something that I would have in my records collection.
I don't really listen to this genre, but it's not bad
medio bodrio...
Not my favorite of this duo. Leave Home was the only song that really stood out for me.
3. Bit aged. Good memories though!
not a huge electronic/club fan but this shit made me feel like I was in blade II.
most tracks in the first half of exit planet dust were rather repetitive to my ears. i don't necessarily enjoy that, so it got old quickly. since the lyrics were minimal, i had no choice but to focus on the music. the songs did contain interesting, unique sounds, especially for the year 1995! the second half somehow turned around for me--or perhaps i became used to repeated melodies. but i do think it sounded better. "chico's groove" in particular was where my mind changed. a respectable 3.
Enjoyed this more than I expected. Didn't have anything that blew me away but was just solidly fun throughout. Lost a bit of steam in the 2nd half but it does seem like this may have been intentional. Either way it meant the last few tracks were a bit of a slog. 3.5
Kolejny pick od duetu chemicznych braciszkow, tym razem ich debiutancki exit planet dust z 95, krazek 50 minutowy z o wiele bardziej sluchalnym kontentem dla mnie niz ostatni, bo zmienila sie relacja zawartosci trip hopu do techniawy, a chociaz jest to nadal ten sam gatunek, wiec muzyka elektroniczna breakbeatowa to jakos prosciej sie tego slucha i nie kluje po uszach przekombinowanym brzmieniem, a bardziej slychac samplowanie, wiec pozytywne zaskoczenie od strony duetu, na lofikowa plejke dodam one too many mornings, a guti szitowa in dust we trust, zeby z kazda stron byla jakos reprezentowana, bo 11 trakow mozna podzielic na strone A z pierwszymi szescioma utworami i B z kolejnymi piecioma, pierwsza strona to zdecydowanie hardy breakbeat, a druga przechodzi w wspomniany wczesniej wyluzowany trip hop, dobrze zbalansowany odsluch, bo nie czuc ze cos jest upchniete na sile, zwlaszcza jesli kolejne kawalki nastepuja po sobie plynnymi przejsciami co nadaje materialowi poczucia kompletnosci
Designed and sequenced for the dance floor. The "banging" block rocking beats too often fall into experimental blippyness, but generally it's a vibrant and energetic listen, if a little repetitive. I enjoyed the crossover work they did with The Charlatans and actually bought the Life is Sweet 12" single at the time.
Good DJ music but nothing amazing. Just good background music
Has a good vibe and a decent production of beats (plus a few grooves), but nothing to stand out from the Big Beat genre.
Ihan toimiva tapa popularisoida konemusiikkia suurille massoille 3/5
Näiden kaks seuraavaa levyä on kyl kovempia, mut hyvä tämäkin.
Chemical Brothers on musta ollu ihan kiinnostavaa, mutta ei mitään lempparimusaa. 3/5.
Bello, ma non come l'altro. Ah spetta , l'altro era di Fatboy slim. Ok, non è la stessa cosa.
Good background music
Ohm Sweet Ohm
Didn’t hate this nearly as much as I thought it would. Good for churning through balance sheet recs
Leave Home - the brothers gonna work, get out x 85. Almost as good as around the world x 137. In Dust we Trust - I love loop. Song to the Siren - was not expecting a live so g to be thrown on here. Three Little Birdies Down Beats - I hate loop. Fuck Up Beats - Im done with loop. Chemical Beats - I really wish there was more progression on this album rather than just additional layering as the song drones on. I would like to see a song transform from one thing I to another if nothing else than to break up the same intro beat going on and on and on and on. Chico's Groove - first change of pace song and I like how there was some progression here. May be hope for the rest of the album. The last 4 - decent. Varied from the first half of the album and a generally solid album overall. 3/5
ette å ha hørt gjennom 3 andre album idag va detta ganske nice første sangen va litt ssx3-aktig (fekk bekrefta av erlend i ettertid at den va fra ssx3) visste ikkje at da va dei som hadde galvanize, den huske eg me hadde på ein cd når eg va liten
pretty good electronica - it's not my genre but I bumpin' along. Feels like a 3.5. I was thinking of rounding up, but the end tapered off so I gotta stick with 3 for 3.5
Once again it's hard to rate these albums without being in club. Some good tracks overall. However it get's tedious listening to an entire album.
Fun dance tunes, a bit repetitive and would be better on a dance floor or at a party. A 90’s party.
Showing its age sadly. Was half decent when it was released.
I give this 3/5 mostly for the second half. The first half is a slog to get through.
5/10. Unmemorable, but not bad by any means
At first I got frustrated with the repetitive, strident nature of some of the tracks, but the back half was more enjoyable I suppose
Poor Keith, he was a firestarter. This was lesser known version of that band...
I know this was groundbreaking stuff at the time, but sounds like some standard beats today. Fun though.
6/10
Hard, fast. An album that flows well, almost a little too well. It's easy to get lost in the groove and not realize what track you're on. Think it finishes a bit weak, as well. Favorite tracks: "Chico's Groove", "One Too Many Mornings"
Good electronica album. Not something I’d listen to much, but can see why folks enjoy it. Good rhythms and changes
It's pretty good, but none of the songs stood out for me.
Oe vandaag weer zo'n klassieker: Chemical Bros! Ik denk dat het misschien wel 20 jaar geleden is dat ik dit album nog gehoord heb!! Klinkt allemaal toch wel heel lekker. Mijn favoriet: One Too Many Mornings ***
funky.
the phase pans are very of the time, prefer the sparser bits and really needs to be experienced live, as its not great car music
No screeching. Hooray!! A nice calm background beat session with subtle layering. Doesn't get too repetitive, and a nice groove to crush through some work. I particularly liked the last song "Alive Alone" - a bit more mellow. Ethereal, even.
I like it enough. Nothing fantastic, but enjoyable.
Good dance album, great start then slows down a bit, maybe gets a little repetitive
Cool! Niet hun beste, maar leuk plaatje
Niet hun beste, en hier en daar wat teveel van het goede maar kan dit toch altijd wel waarderen.
This is the debut album from the Chemical Brothers, formerly Dust Brothers, which are an edm DJ duo from London. After a few years of remixing songs and DJing in clubs, the duo saw an opportunity to bring electronica music to the young people of UK - and the world - who were so craving a new take on edm music. This album was a big hit in the UK, staying on the charts for 5 years. Only half a year after release, this album was certified platinum in the UK. The album did well in the US too. It was one of the first few European post-techno edm albums that gained popularity in the US. The music on this album inspired similar projects from Fatboy Slim and Daft Punk. I knew immediately that I would like this album, since I saw it was edm music, but the music has a nostalgic vibe to me because it was released before I was born. Listening to old edm music is super interesting, because you get a sense of how much the genre has changed over just a few decades. I highly recommend this album to any fan of edm/dance music!
Upphafslagið er alger banger, mjög góður tíundi áratugur. Restin er fín, en ekki nándar eins eftirminnileg.
2nd Listen. Standouts: Leave Home 3/5
pretty chill
background electronic music- sounds like a lot of phone ringing
Sort of background music
Felt like I was watching a Guy Ritchie movie
Mir phasenweise ein bissl zu hart / intense, mag ihre melodischen sachen lieber
Hui die geben schon Gas! Is mir heut a bissl zu stressig, aber wenn man Energie loswerden will, passt das schon.
Roher und Breakbeatiger als spätere Chemical Brothers Sachen. Prodigy ist da (Music for a jilted generation). Trocken und tanzbar - aber auf Albumlänge bissl ermüdend.
Bit too fancy for me. Some good stuff on there but didn’t blow me away and turn me into a fuckin rave ed
Good
It was good, but there were lots of repetitive points in each track that could've been reduced. It's the equivalent of using "very" while writing an essay xD
Kom mér mikið á óvart - er ekki mikið teknó/electró tónlist en það var mjög skemmtilegt að láta þessa plötu renna í gegn þegar ég var í göngutúr með Bond í dag. 3/5
Well that was kinda fun, I guess.
Nice working background music!
Big beat bombast, sirens and guitars - what’s not to love? Great hooks and lovely soundscapes the album has a good flow and delivers a few bangers as well. Still sounds great today but probably hints at the greatness this band will go on to achieve rather than delivering greatness itself.
The songs do tend to blur together on this, but that's how I always feel about techno. Eminem said it best: "Nobody listens to techno!" I like the groove, it's good background music. But there's nothing here that stood out.
What? I'm supposed to listen to an album from the Chemical Brothers and it doesn't include Block Rockin' Beats? And that wasn't their stuff in the first Matrix? That shows what I know of them coming in. Didn't know they were from Manchester (though much happier my cousin in-law from there and I bond over Oasis). It was surprisingly good...at least to start. Leave Home and in Dust We Trust had me bopping along. From there it went from meh song to good song and back again for the rest of the album. But it didn't grow on me with more listens.
Sounds like a soundtrack to a Tony hawk game
*Not quite sure how to describe this. *90's Techno/EDM? Uses guitars, drums, bass, synths, vocal ad libs, DJ scratches etc. *Up tempo and kind of gritty sounding *Song transitions are really good *Wouldn't be surprised if these have been sampled in rap/hip-hop tracks
I’m in, characters fizz over the membrane. There’s risk here, but no jeopardy: they might notice something’s different, can happen, they’re not total brats; but I’ll be in El Salvador - Dios, Unión, Libertad - by the time they’ve got a handle on the damage. I’m riding higher, every touch magnetic, the thrill in the code adrenaline-sugar-seduction. Underneath the beat of the taps in the deep dark humming between those bleeding pixel greens though, it’s her. Raven-haired, always somewhere else, her. But there’s no place in the interface for her, and she isn’t hiding. I keep looking all the same.
This is a good record, though SUPER abrasive and unpleasant for the cold november morning I had to listen to it. I just want cocoa and comfort!
Not my favorite genre but at least it was enjoyable
E3 B-Roll music
This would be great music to have in the background if I wore a trenchcoat and was invading the industrial district of a city trying to find an underground criminal network. Jokes aside it's a solid instrumental album - industrial techno sounding and it really sounds like the music in tons of videogames I played growing up. I have a preference for some of their later work which is more vocal heavy (aka they exist).
Bwam-dit-dit-dit-dit-duh-dum. Bwam-dit-dit-dit-dit-duh-dum. Bwam-dit-dit-dit-dit-duh-dum. Bwam-dit-dit-dit-dit-duh-dum. (x32) Best track: In Dust We Trust
Tried listening to it whilst driving fast in my car, as it seemed to be the right environment (no clubs or drugs where i live), but still didn't really tickle my fancy. A fee if the mkre melodic skngs appealed, however.
of this genre, the chemical brothers are my favorite. Their music is always driving forward.
No se si está muy acá o muy allá .... O si yo ya estoy muy acá.
Pos si aguanta como no.
Good background EDM.
This was ok, hasn't got most of my favourite chemical brothers songs on there though. Found a few tracks quite boring
I wonder what it’s like to have written the album that inspired 10 Fast & the Furious movies
I like the Chemical Brothers and their dancey electronic music. I also liked the break from the streak of pretty generic 60s music I've had all week. But I fail to see the "greatness" of such an album. It's good! I like it! But is it one of the 1001 most important albums? Or one of the 1001 I NEEDED to hear? Idk.
Not entirely gripping enough to demand full attention. But definitely not bad playing in the background. I imagine that for some things it'd be pretty great as background music, for example for action video games. For working, OK but not the best. Rounded down from a 3.5.
Electronic music with some cool beats. IT all kind of blends though.
Classic electronic still sounds a lot better than most stuff today. But have to admit I got a bit bored on this listen and probably wouldn't come back to it again for a while.
Olisin halunnut tykätä enemmän. Levy alkoi parilla kunnon bangerillä ja aloin jo innostua, sitten oli vähän yksitoikkoisempi ilmeisesti livebiisi ja loppulevy oli sitten sellaista enempi minun mielestä tunnusomaisempaa Chemical Brothers -jurnuttelua.
Pretty cool music. I think I had never heard a song from this album despite not being a complete stranger to The Chemical Brothers. But I think it's pretty neat.
Big beat bombast, sirens and guitars - what’s not to love? Great hooks and lovely soundscapes the album has a good flow and delivers a few bangers as well. Still sounds great today but probably hints at the greatness this band will go on to achieve rather than delivering greatness itself.
Decent music to zone out/game to
Solid, but not my speed at all. Literally.
This is not what I expected. It's...okay. I'm sure that if I was into electronic music, this would be a seminal work, but it's just kind of noise to me mostly. Not bad, per se, though.
Good beats, enjoyable
Reflections of a reformed raver... Yes, in college, I was a raver, and yes, I wore big doofy JNCOs. I was not a candy raver (no rainbow jewelry), but definitely hung out with some. I am so sorry to report that I have pretty much no pictures of that time. Such a shame... But the point - I listened to a lot of techno and electronic music from 98-02. And it was stuff like the Chemical Brothers that primed me for that in the mid-90s. It was their second album that I had more exposure to, not this one, but it's fingerprints are definitely on my musical journey in my late teens. So looking back, through significantly less bloodshot eyes, how does it hold up? Pretty well I think. I think there are more/better breaks on "Dig Your Own Hole," and just an overall positive evolution of their sound, but "Exit Planet Dust" is still good. The first half dragged at times, with sections going to long before a break or a new sample, but the second half was better. Apparently "Song to the Siren" was what got them their break, but it was my least favorite on the album. If you need to get in the right mood for this album, just imagine 20-year-old me (looking 16) in my enormous pants trying to do the liquid hands thing.
I had this album on in the background for many a homework session in high school because it’s not too slow but also not too distracting. Background music is all its good for though.
I listened to a little bit of these guys when I was in high school and had no idea they'd been around for so long. The sound here is definitely a bit different from what I knew of them but still equally not totally my taste. The whole album flows well enough - the songs are all fairly similar - but I couldn't shake this cloying grunginess that I felt throughout the album. Made the rainy weather here that much dingier.
I’m in to the house/club/trance-y music. It allows me to turn my brain off and just feel the groove. This is an a reputable example, not a shining star.
68. Joy Division
Why do I like this more than Eno or Gaton Project? A little more variation? A little more aggression? I don't know. But I do. Still, around the halfway mark - backgroundsville.
6/10
I remember when Chemical Brothers were emerging into the music scene. I didn't listen to them much, but I remember "Leave Home". I may know some of the other songs, but after a while it's a little hard to distinguish one song from the next. Would I listen to this again? Maybe not. There are some interesting sounds, on some of the tracks and the album does okay for me as some background music. I liked some tracks: "Three Little Birdies Down Beat", "Chemical Beats", "Chico's Groove". As a whole, the album gets a 3.
Nice little blast from the past. Sounds so dated now. Perhaps because it is?
Never really listened to them, not bad
Pretty good, not exactly my style of music, but I can see myself being in the mood for it.
Great stuff. Love some of the beats.
Good but as always quite repetitive.
I like me some chemical brothers. I do seem to be giving everything a 3 these days.. Struggling to expand my rating range
A surprisingly relaxing album, it's perfect to have on while working, it doesn't distract from the task at hand but decorates the space around you with sound instead. It's a nice place to spend some time.
The phases of my listening experience were: Phase 1: (1st 3 songs) I love this shit. Phase 2: (Next 3 songs) Are these brothers going to mix it up a bit? Phase 3: (Track 7) They mixed it up! Yippee! Phase 4: (Track 8) I like that they mixed it up but don't care for what they mixed it with. I'm getting bored. I hope they go back to the Track 1- 6 style. Phase 5: (Track 9 - Life is sweet) Sweet is not the word that comes to mind. I'm struggling. (Track 10) I'm not going to make it through the whole album. Phase 6: (Track 11) Hey that's Beth Orton. We like her. I think I'll make it through the whole album! Being able to finish listening to the whole album is not my test for a 3 rating. Let's just say the album didn't end strong. I did like the dance club stuff at the start - or more accurately, I project that I would have liked all six tracks if I were listening to it in a dance club in the mid 90s rather than listening to it in my kitchen in the early 20s.
This was better than I was expecting. Hasn’t dated as badly as their contemporaries
Regrettably this didn’t do it for me
So I noticed that this even pre-dates Fatboy Slim by a couple years. Like Daft Punk, they were very influential, and like DP, I think some of their later LPs that brought in different vocalists and experimented with different styles were more interesting.
Electronic. Interesting but not in my rotation
En su estilo. Pioneros. Con ritmo
Meio doido demais pra mim hoje, mas tem dia que pode ser legalzinho.
Schon zum mitwippen aber nicht meins
I actually owned a Chemical Brothers album in college. You know, the one with the “back with another one of those block rocking beats!” song. I like this stuff in small doses and this album is no exception. I forgot they did the score for that flick HANNAH. Which, btw, is way better than the score for the new MORTAL KOMBAT movie which I just watched the other night. I don’t know where I’m going with all of this, so I guess I’ll just exit planet dust.
Fine...
is okay
missing the nimbleness and texture of their best work but a taste of things to come (you know, at first i put 'dexterity' in place of nimbleness/texture, but the more i think about it, i think dexterity works)
Some pretty cool beats, definitely would have listened to them back in middle school real hard, but a tad bit repetitive for me.
Not bad. Generally not something I listen to all the time, but I like it in the background while working. At a club or rave it would be fun for sure. Also TIL that this is considered "Big Beat", which I looked up on Wikipedia. At first I thought it was acid house. I do like the breakbeats.
So nice to get something DIFFERENT!
This felt like the ambient soundtrack of a sonic game. Fun, techno-y, and mostly instrumental.
It's like a 3.5. This is really good electronic music with some alternative and rock undertones. Most these songs have a really nice beat - Very 90s Tom Cruise action movie vibes. The downfall is that it is solely electronic. No lyrics, just pure upbeat electronic. It'd be cool live, and it's great background for work or maybe skiing, but I wouldn't play it in most situations.
Definitely just feels like generic 90s electronic to me now. Nothing too spectacular sadly
Nice album. Not too much standout songs, but good study music.
3.5. All of this sounded like it should be a in a Matrix film
Liked at the time, but doesn't hold up. (2.6)
hard to judge, its good funky electronic music
Compared to their other albums, these are some pretty tame and boring beats. And why is a live track on this album? This sht is all electronic anyways. Why not just rerecord it?
Checked back on getting this album to see what I wrote about their other album on the list, Dig You Own Hole. Turns out by sheer coincidence that it was exactly one year and one day since that occurred. But the same applies to this latest album and there’s little I can add to this selection. To save myself time I copy and paste last years comments to today as that tells you all you need to know how I view this record:- By chance (or not?) it’s Glastonbury weekend (2026 edit - well not quite as it’s a fallow year but would have been if not) and my only experience of the Chemical Brothers is seeing them there on the TV. Image that sticks out are those goggles they wear projecting beam on light from their eyes. Looks good and suits the music. Glastonbury all well and good but in the cold light of day and playing this album I do not get the same vibe. From what I can gather the music is just one part of the Chemical Brothers experience. Live there is lots of artistic visions and movement going on to accompany the music. Take that away and rather like the Riverdance album without the dancing you only get half what you paid for. 2/5 28/6/25 (2026 edit - 29/6/26)
Difficult to relax while the repetitive music beat me into submission. 2.5/5
Some songs were really cool. Others annoyed me enough to where I had to skip halfway through. I simply can’t give a high rating to this album because of that, unfortunately
i've started to listen to electronic music much more for a few months and there are a couple of songs of the chemical brothers that i saved but i guess i'm still not much into this genre... or maybe this album is really boring.
200. ok
Still a little too repetitive and noisy for my tastes. Couldn't really discern many differences between the tracks. I quite like the album with Galvanize on it. Kind of cool that they formed in Manchester, but I prefer Elbow.
Absolutely fine for what it is, just not really my thing and doesn't have any of their big hits on. Repetitive electronic music 2.5
This is well made, but I found it pretty tedious.
Once again not a fan of electronica music. Made a sandwich while making this and felt like an extra for Breaking Bad. A more positive experience than 90 by 808 state, 2.5 (2) stars
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I was expecting so much more
2 Didn't have high hopes after the last one of theirs and if anything i enjoyed this even less
This is good mindless music to me, but once I started listening too close I couldn’t stand it. I definitely could have its place for me but I think overall it’s an uphill battle between me and this album
Like most of the electronic music on this list, I think this would be cool at a club, rave or maybe if you’re on drugs. I don't know. It's not my jam otherwise.
Not my kind of msiic
It just don't really hit for me Will I listen to again: 0%
Electronic, industrial techno is not my thing. I didn't dislike this as much as The Prodigy, but it was not all that much more enjoyable. Sort of interesting mix of sounds - techno with record scratches and what I can only describe as variations on a dial up modem.
not my kind of stuff
Man I was relieved when that was over. Realised I'd been listening to a whole song with the radio also playing and had no idea. Shares very little of the melody or good vocal hooks that their later music has. Alive Alone a decent example of things to come for them though.
Best Song: Leave Home This would fall under, "one song is plenty." As someone around in 1995, when this came out, I didn't know anyone who ever listened to them but my neighbor in college. And, he did because he liked to test out his sound system. Sit down children, grandpa has a story to tell you about the 90s. It was a glorious time when, if you wanted a nice sound system, you need to have huge speakers and a subwoofer with an EQ and a receiver. We didn't have sound bars blu-tooth speakers, we had things that would rattle walls and make the neighbors wish for your death. Anyway, maybe if I were on molly at a rave this would be ok but, since I am 51, the likelihood of this happening is very slim. I'm sure many a meth head were conceived to this repetitive, annoying music. 2/5.
Electro, really not my thing
Were we wrong about early electronica? Was it always this boring?
Not my vibe
This was probably groundbreaking at the time, but I feel like electronic music has come a long way since then so this doesn’t really do a whole lot for me. Likes: Life is Sweet
Not really my cup of tea but some tracks were listenable.
Not a lot here for me. Background electronic music. Blase
No words. Good instrumental but just not my type. Too grungy
Remember those “You Wouldn’t Download a Car” anti-piracy ads? This sounds just like that except it’s 49 minutes longer.
Fav- life is sweet 2/5
Couple of the mellower tracks were good to have on in the background, but otherwise, blech.
Just an under average album. Electronic music has came a long way since this and it’s just so basic. Yes they did hit with a few songs but mostly this was just basic electronica. I feel the same way with discovery daft punk 4.7/10
I'm not in a 90s club anymore.
It sounds like music meant to be sampled into better songs.
No favorite song
"Leave Home" is a great opener, and I think it hits a decent groove in the second half of the album as well. "Chico's Groove" and "One Too Many Mornings" both change things up nicely with slightly chiller soundscapes, "Playground for a Wedgeless Firm" has a cool crime scene soundtrack vibe, and as a fan of Beth Orton, her feature on "Alive Alone" was a nice surprise. Unfortunately, tracks 2-6 drag it down quite a bit for me, lending to a bit of that "trapped at a party I can't escape" feeling. 2.5/5
Bit sandy. Need to be on something and dancing to appreciate I reckon.
2 stars As usual, just blended together. I read all these things about these different types of electronic/techno/house music describing different genres and such, and when I listen I just hear the same stuff. I didn’t hate it. There were some pleasant moments on the 2nd half. But I won’t care enough to revisit this.
It all kind of bleeds together as one song but not in a cool prog rock way but because I literally can't differentiate between individual songs cause it all sounds the same. I'll give it 2 stars because unlike most of these shitty techno albums I get its like 45 minutes minutes instead of 75.
**A strange album
Didn't hate but the repetition drove me crazy. 2.5 rounded down
Dated
Most people could do without this.
boom crap
It's aight
Alt tilsier at jeg burde elske Chemical Bros. Så hvorfor kjeder jeg meg? Jeg prøver så godt jeg kan å etterleve The Big Beat Manifesto, men jeg må slutte å lyve for meg selv: Big Beats er ikke "the best." (Breakbeats er "the best," åpenbart.)
Jeg er ikke så fan av Matrix-musikk, merker jeg. "One Too Many Mornings" minner litt om Air, som jeg liker, men det meste med denne plata liker jeg altså ikke.
Eh, it was ok. No me movió mucho pero era esperable porque es mostly instrumental. Hay un tema en particular que me re llevó back a las épocas de mi infancia jugando FIFA, y no sé por qué porque googlee y parece no haber tenido ningun tema ahi. Pero bueno, osea es eso, solo upbeat musica electronica que no me movió un montón pero tampoco me disgustó.
Best Track - "Life Is Sweet"
A few songs is ok, but a whole album at once is too much
Was a lot of dust!
muy tecno sonidos raros meh
<eye roll>
Bleh.
Invecchiati male
Pioneer, sure, I’ll give them that but nowhere near the brutal Dig Your Own Hole, which came later and still stands as their masterpiece (at least for me). This one drags a bit. At a time when Prodigy were already blowing club techno off the map, this feels less sharp, less dangerous. Still, it absolutely matters in that early electro-rock shift, and you can hear the blueprint forming. Do I ever feel like putting it back on? Not really. It’s been off my playlist for years and it’s staying there.
Why do we need yet another electronica album on this list. Not important or essential in any way.
Yes. Let me exit.
Overall Rating - 2.41/5 (4.82/10). I had a very difficult time telling where one track ended and the next began. I just don't like most electronica.
At least it wasn't Kid Rock again.
bad but the final song was good
Leave Home Life is Sweet Alive Alone
Three Little Birdies Down Beats One Too Many Mornings
Fave tracks: one too many mornings and alive alone
A bit too samey and background noise vibes
90's action movie score Best Song: One Too Many Mornings Rating: 3.5/10 Stars: 2/5
As always, I’m at a loss for how to rate electronic dance music. If you’re clubbing, great! If you’re no clubbing, it’s pretty boring. A 2.
4/10 – Weak
not really my thing but they werent awful
Chemical brothers, not what I was expecting. Reminded me a lot of what the matrix pulled from in a funny way. It may have impact on wiki but not to my inclination.
Someone’s baby daddy loves this album, and I feel sorry for her.
Electronic is the only genre where you can take a 5 to 10 second musical idea and stretch it out to five minutes and everyone thinks you’re a genius
Boring. Occasionally bits pique my interest but it never seems to go anywhere other than slight variations of the same thing. Dance music like this is only worthwhile if there's a cool live show to go with it and you are on it. Otherwise it's just repetitive dullness when it's an album. Fine as background music I suppose but that's about it. Cool album cover though.
Interesting. Nothing outside the box.
Very repetitive album. Each individual song felt too long. I'm not a fan of repeating noises so this album was not my taste. These songs feel like the "filler" transition songs that a dj would use for 20 seconds.
Ik had hoge verwachtingen, want ik vind een aantal nummers van hen erg leuk. Maar dit vond ik flink tegenvallen. Net het elektronische genre wat ik niet zo leuk vind. Veel hetzelfde. Wel leuk dat het 1 grote mix was
3 - BAD
Chinese water torture.
Dajú sa nájsť zaujímavé miesta, ako celok má to nezaujalo.
OK. I'm not a just the DJ/Electronica guy. It's alright I guess. I would love to hear someone rap over this, I think that would be a better album.
Where did the good music go?
It was fine. It was never annoying, but this genre is pretty repetitive to me, and this was no different.
Not as overtly annoying as their other album, but uninteresting just the same.
aint my thing. I like Alive Alone tho
Känns som att man är en med i en tecknad serie på MTV från 90 tal eller tidigt 2000 tal. Men inte riktigt min cup of tea, 2.5/5
Maybe I'm old fashioned but this kind of music sucks. It sounds like music from a sci-fi movie, and not a good one. I can respect the craft that went into making it but I certainly wouldn't put it anywhere in this list.
not a big beat fan, it is what it is
A decent house music band, but once again I don’t find anything special about the album of the day. The beats are good and there is use of some synthesized effects that work with the tracks, but overall it’s just “blah” for me on this one.
as a background noise - sure. but other than that idk what the purpose is
They should write a second or third song
Very extremely 90s
I mean it's just beats and nothing else 😏
helt greit
relevant at the time it was released, but if I am listening to music w/o vocals I'd rather stick w Basie and his big band (interesting how they were side by side in the lineup) of actual musicians than hear soulless techno
Some nice grooves but essentially a one trick pony. The songs run into each other and you can barely distinguish one from another. Hard to call them musicians when they don’t play any instruments. They’re essentially DJ’s.
i guess this was fun to listen to, electronic and mildly entertaining but i didn’t really care at the end of the day
I appreciate the DBs, but shit gets tiresome
Pretty Funky Techno beats for 1995. Favorite beat was Three Little birdies down beats. Probably inspirational but can get repetitive
4.0/10
The first real emergence of the chemical brothers. Better work was to come. This is largely one good soon "leave home" and a lot of plinky plonky button fiddling nonsense.
Just not for me. Monotonous
Fin troppo elettronica
Electronic music has never been my jam. Its good for being in a club or something, but you dont sit down and listen to it like a regular record.
Listening to 2 90s electronic albums back to back with this and LTJ Bukem was certainly a move...just not a very good one. After 3 hours of 90s noises I feel like I have one of those brain slugs from Futurama on my head. Much worse than their other album we had.
Never will be a fan of this kind of music.
7 a.m. on a Sunday morning immediately after listening to W.A. Mozart's 'Missa brevis in D Minor, K. 65' was possibly not the best time to listen to this. This probably works very well at a rave. It does nothing at all for me outside of that context. It gets my 'alright if you like that sort of thing...' default of 2/5.
Just noise. Washing over me without any real engagement tbh.
p757. 1995. 2 stars. Rating if you were in a field attending a rave on a warm summer night in 1995, totally off your tits on E: 5 stars. Rating at any other time or place: 2 stars.
you're telling me they have 2 albums on the list and Mariah Carey can only get 1?
49 damn minutes of WOMP woo woo woo WOMPPPP woo woo
Alltså, bitvis kan jag känna att det är lite fräckt med den hejdlösa synthen, men det går över.
I suppose this was alright, maybe better than the other one. But it is unclear why this band has two albums on the list. I think I would like the album more if it was uploaded to YouTube with jellyfish dancing to it in Spongebob's house
I’m sure it was influential or something but it was mostly boring
Uninteresting
Learning that I'm not a big fan of electronic music. Not for me.
Monotonous.
I felt like it was the intro from start to finish. Not even the same song but just the intro.
started out promising but lost me early. chemical brothers are the best of the genre just not my genre and no great songs to elevate the album.
Add this to the list of albums I never checked out because I knew exactly what they sounded like and I was right. It’s hard because it’s not unlistenable but it’s just really not music I care about or would ever put on. Time to rethink my rating system…..
MEH
A lot of this just felt a bit directionless to me. I think maybe it’s just the way I feel about the genre, but it’s definitely an issue of accessibility for me. ⭐️⭐️
I prefer their later music, this is a bit too sandy and repetitive.
Is just all sounds the same. Could not tell when one song finished and another began.
I can see this music as being quite exciting in a nightclub, but I'm not so sure it cuts it as an album.
"Mister Anderson." "My name is Neo." You can call it techno. You can call it EDM. I call it trash.