Exit Planet Dust

7/10

Accessible techno music that the right mood would serve really well.

Life is Sweet gud

This was the worst music to try and work to. Every song sounds the same to me. I feel like if you asked me to make something that sounds like this it would be very easy as melody is completely neglected. Chico's Groove the first time there is any respite. Ok so maybe the whole second half is going to be respite, One Too Many Mornings is much nicer and spacier. Ethereal vocals! Life is Sweet started in the respite zone but it feels like its trying to break back into the A side of the album. I dont trust it. Playground of a Wedgless Firm seems a little bit lost. This album cover doesnt look anything like how the album sounds. Fave tracks: Leave Home, Chico's Groove, One Too Many Mornings 2.4/5

Da va et par beats som minte litt om Prodigy innimellom, men da hjalp ikkje så veldig

Blew my head off a bit that like felt like I was on crack in the office the tunes do not go with the cover but yeno what I enjoyed it a bit 3 stars mate

Two electronic albums in a row. Interesting. And not a standout song among them. At least The Prodigy had some standout songs. If their album “The Fat of the Land” isn’t on the list somewhere, then they were robbed.

Some good stuff at the beginning of the album and trails off. Gets a little boring, I’m sure dancing in a club in the 90s it was great. Primal Scream, Chemical Brothers…god I hope Prodigy is not next!

This was so cool and groovy. I loved the experimental sounds and heavy beats!

nah man tf is this.

Exceptional start. Then becomes a bit boring.

Love me some Chemical Bros. The list just doesn't miss with the 90s electronic

This went unnecessarily hard. Life is sweet was a banger right into playground for a wedge less firm

Nicht mein Ding

dosta dobro

New genre for me. Wasn't the greatest for general listening in the car but I can see how it is an enjoyable album

Not

Two techno albums in a row!?!?! This one is better than the Prodigy, but I still don't like it.

This is one of the more tolerable electronica/techno albums on this list. At 49 minutes of runtime, the album doesn't overstay its welcome, which is so popular with other albums in the genre. This music also has a back beat, or pulse to it which is absent from so many other electronica acts. Most of the songs on the record flow into each other, making this record feel like one big concept album. This is neat, but makes it easy to zone out and miss a few song transitions making it hard to rate individual tracks. Overall, surprised to say that it wasn't bad. Nothing spectacular, but average. Favourite songs: Leave Home, In Dust We Trust, Song to the Siren, Three Little Birdies Down Beats, Chemical Beats Least favourite songs: One Too Many Mornings, Playground for a Wedgeless Firm, Chico's Groove 3/5

Not as fresh sounding as it was in the day, but still one of the Chemicals' better albums (they're a classic case of "I like your old stuff better than the new"). The second half of the album is m-u-c-h better than the first, though. In my opinion, with this album and its followups the band established the genre.

I opened this up, didn't recognize the album, and looked at the year - 1995 is a year I should know. I figured I'd start playing the music and realize that I do know it, just not in its proper context. Nope. This is still drawing a blank for me. But more than that, I HATE IT. So clearly there is a reason I don't know the album -- this is the kind of music that makes me anxious and jittery. The first half is hard core dance music, the second half is a ramped-down version of similar beats, but the same paranoia runs throughout. I don't know how anyone can sit and listen to it for fun - there's nothing redeeming about it, unless you're a teenage boy trying to piss off your parents. The whole thing reminds me of a scene in ER when some doctor gets stabbed and then is left for dead on a bathroom floor - Noah Wyle, I think. For some reason that particular scene stayed with me for years, I think because of the techno beat that played over the stabbing scene. There was something particularly gruesome and haunting about the pairing of the visuals and the music. This music isn't that music, but it's just as unpleasant. I'd give this a zero if I could, but that's not how Likert scales work so I'm stuck pretending I like it a little. I gave LZI a one-star review as well, but I'd listen to that any day over this. Thumbs up for the album cover though.

De este disco recuerdo que me reí de los que lo escuchaban al principio y luego se convirtió en uno de los primero de música electrónica en gustarme realmente: Leave alone, Chemical beats, Life is sweet o Alive alone a destacar.

There's a line somewhere that allows me to like Moby, but not care at all about this type of electronic music. This did nothing for me at all. There wan't any hook that pulled me into any particular track.

Like the chemical brothers, Hanna soundtrack is the best

Blerg. More electronic garbage. I didn’t like that one track from The Chemical Brothers that made it onto the Much Music Big Shiny Tunes 2 compilation in 1997, and I see nothing has changed the further into their world I go. They suck through and through.

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.

4/10 Not for me

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

Hard to assess this in a future where is was so influential (feels like a dime a dozen movie montage backing track now but was probably very cool when it came out). It was pretty groovy though.

Early Big Beat album. Enjoyed it at the time especially the collab with Beth Orton

What I like to call "PS2 music". 49 minutes of the background music to me picking out what snowmobile I wanna race down the mountain.

Ok but not really my thing

Man, I really liked this. At least at first. There's so much going on here and it's all quite skillfully performed and even more skillfully mixed. Sure, it's electronic so it's going to get repetitive but, you know, sometimes that works. And, then again, sometimes it doesn't. This was on track for a 5-star review for the first several songs. Then I hit "Three Little Birdies Down Beats" which was so mind-numbingly repetitive and went on for a maddening 5:38. And it's not the only over-long track. Several of these songs overstay their welcome. Cut 'em all down to 4 minutes and you've got an easy 5-star album here. As it is, I was more annoyed than impressed by the end. Not that there aren't killer tracks here. "Leave Home", "In Dust We Trust", and "One Too Many Mornings" are incredible and keep this album at 4-stars easily.

Good, very mid-1990s sounding acid house/electronic/psychedelic album, which aged quite well and doesn't sound dated in 2023. I liked the second half of the album more than the first one. Overall it's weaker than their next album. Strong 3+.

Sooooooo 90s

"Exit Planet Dust" is the debut album by electronic music duo the Chemical Brothers. Big beat, electronica, pyschedelia and acid house. Well, definitely big beat. The Chemical Brothers are Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons who were formerly known as the Dust Brothers but had to change their name which led to the the title of this album. The album stayed on the UK charts for a long time (charting sometime each year from 1995 to 2000) and peaked at #9. Heavy synth pounding opens "Leave Home." A funky guitar. The beat comes in. Random laser sounds. Good sampling of Blake Baxter's "Brothers Goona Work it Out." This rocks pretty hard. A Dead Can Dance sample starts "Song to the Siren." A normal melody. Various sounds..sirens, rattling. The beat changing throughout. They uses synths sounding like guitars in "Chemical Beats." Bombs dropping sounds. The song builds up intensity to get a payoff..a common tactic used in current EDM shows (that I've seen). "One Too Many Mornings" has wobbly synths and more of a pop beat. Excellent sampling of two Swallow songs for the melody. Very chill and a nice song. We're back to the heavy beats in "Life Is Sweet." The Charlatans UK's Tom Burgess in lead vocals. Hypnotic synth songs and the closest song to a traditional pop song on the album. The guest lead vocals don't end there as the album closes with "Alive Alone" and Beth Orton. The beat is slower with a nice sounding melody. Hey, this juxtaposition of Beth Orton and electronic music works. This album is mostly all about the beats. But, it's funky and rocks hard at times. It's also hypnotic and uses that previously mentioned current EDM tactic of building, building, building to the musical payoff. The guest vocalists song change the pace. I think mostly everyone would like this album to some extent especially those into electronic music who probably already label as landmark status.

Boring and repetitive

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

Has aged pretty well for an electronic album. Not bad at all.

Nice pop edm from the 90s.

Great album to get you in the mood for a night out. I really enjoyed the drum tracks with a constant beat making you want to bounce up and down. Really enjoyed this

Definitely not my kind of music. The repetitiveness of it triggers my misophonia so a lot of the music is anxiety-inducing to me. It sounds like they create a beat and have a contest to see who can layer more stuff onto it. A perfect example is Chico's groove, which has a good beat but then gets ruined by a bunch of zaps and noises dumped on top of it. Tracks I didn't completely hate: Chico's Groove One Too Many Mornings

Not my favourite Chemical Brothers album but far from the worst thing this list has thrown at me so far.

Not bad. Not my favorite kind of music, but albums like this are tough because you really have to be in the right mood to enjoy it. None of the songs stood out over the rest. 3/5 Probably won't listen again.

It's not godawful but it is def awful a tad

Significantly better on headphones, best listened to in the middle of the night

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

Niks

Wel geinig. Zit een lekker tempo in

Good! Just a bit repetitive.

Dated now

Best geinige muziek dit hoor. In mijn oren is het een doorontwikkeling van allerlei jazzy instrumentale (film)muziek uit met name de jaren zestig. Die track 'In dust we trust' hoor ik een riff van filmmuzikale eindbaas John Barry (Vendetta, helemaal leuk in de uitvoering van de Belgische gitaarmafketel Pierre Vervloesem). Maar goed, dat is mijn associatie. Wel valt het album in herhaling. Soms hoor je minuten lang hetzelfde. Hier had af en toe wel even de schaar in gekund.

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!!!

"Oooh, while I work out, I'm going to listen to something to remind me how monotonous and repetitive it feels!" The only context I can think of where this makes any sense to listen to is while dancing or working out... And yet it would be at the bottom of my list for both of those things. Cool beats though. I think they achieved what they were going for, I just don't know why anyone would go for that.

Probably just the nostalgia of teenage years full of promise and hopes and dreams, but the late 90's really were awesome weren't they?

L'entrada al món d'aquest parell, que se solidificaria amb els treballs posteriors i es mantindria en plena vigència durant décades. Aquesta estrena sona obsoleta, però. Pura electrònica dels 90s, una mena de sessió continua de 50 minuts, amb els seus moments, però res de l'altre món. La portada és brillant

Cool beats, I don't like instrumental albums. Brain needs lyrics sorry Favorite Tracks: Leave Home

Un impresionante álbum de electrónica, sobretodo considerando que es el debut en LP del icónico dúo. Con ritmos hipnóticos y melodías atrapantes, las frecuencias de las composiciones van constantemente cambiando para mantener la atención de quien lo escucha. Un indispensable que expande las capacidades y el potencial del género de la electrónica.

Didn't think of like this so much. Alive Alone was a standout.

An hours worth of continuous trip hop. Not my favorite album of theirs, but good background music.

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.

I liked Surrender back in the day. This isn’t as good, and is kind of dated sounding, but still solid for what it is.

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

Пууушкааа

It’s something! kinda pleasant kinda not. I can’t be objective since I’m a techno hater.

Not quite as good as their sophomore album but still quite good

Exactly what I would have imagined the Chemical Brothers' debut album to sound like. Big, energetic dance music. None of the hits are on here, but it's commercial, accessible and fun throughout. Turn this up to 11, add a big lightshow and you can't fail to have a good time. Rating: 3.5/5 Playlist track: Leave Home Date listened: 05/08/23

Really great mixing from a style I never really listen to. A bit long but a fun listen

I think I've gotten all the good albums and it's just scraping the barrel by now. My last review of a Chemical Brothers album just says: You wouldn't download a car. And that really sums up it's whole vibe. I derive a very weird sense of pleasure from this music. But I will rate it 1/5 nontheless cause these 90s feels like a mistake.

Boring and repetitive, as most dance or EDM tends to be. Any music that needs you to be off your face to enjoy is not for me. Not even up to the standard of their later work, absolutely no need for this to be on the list.

This is the second Chemical Brothers album that I've gotten and I've enjoyed this one even more than the first (which I gave 3/5). The beats were awesome and it was easy to get into the music. I will be checking out more of their work in the future.

Pretty sweet rave tunes

In the beginning I was intrigued by the beat and music but after a little it got repetitive. If there was a little more variety in the sounds I actually would have enjoyed it but by the end I was just waiting for it to finish.

ASMR for GenX. 5/10, 3 stars

Give anyone with zero Musical experience a month witht the software used to crate this album. And they could create this album. Latterly britpop without lyrics and looped endlessly

Love the chemical brothers but.for this album, it just sounded like one same song

Gets boring really fast, the repetitive sounds.

was a average-mid electronica album with a bit of oriental-influence. Wasn't as terrible as other electronica albums I heard before (f you Darkdancer). Still this isn't a mind-blowing album of pure greatness. 2/5

not a genre i normally listen to, but honestly pretty listenable as background music. would consider listening to it again. not bad.

If you have seen my previous review of Fatboy slim, this is the exact same review. Techno. There we go.

Not my thing

First half of the album just made me feel like I was watching "blade" with Wesley snipes. Then a few real nice chill tracks. Then more forgettable trancey stuff.

I’ve liked everything I’ve ever heard by Chemical Brothers but I’ve never given their albums much of a listen. This debut feels rough around the edges but sketches the long, influential road before them. And, being the first, this may prove the most influential. But I’d say it lacks cohesiveness. More a palette to get future fans—some who may very well be previously foreign to EDM—ready for what may come. For what it lacks in cohesion, it makes up for in vision. I particularly liked the closing 5 tracks beginning with “Chico’s Groove.” They felt a bit spacier, more inclined to crossover, more melodic (without sacrificing any them block rock’n beats), and just overall seemed to gel together better. I’ll round up to 4 for the strong open, finish, and influence.

This was actually awesome. I've been overly harsh to 90s breakbeat albums in past reviews here. This one totally grabbed me beginning to end. Very danceable, very easy to work to in the background, just really grabby and interesting. And some actual... songs?... peppered in there? This is my breakbeat-hacker-man-in-some-unfinished-downtown-loft-hacking-shit album. I will put it on in such conditions. 4/5

Ah, I remember this - used to be used extensively on the highlights package on UK Channel 4 for the NBA. Bought it on that premise, but turned out just to be a load of deck and sample wankery with no discernable tunes or melody, and therefore really quite pointless as an album

on se croirait dans un film tout le long de l'album

Not much remarkable, but nothing I didn't like either. Chemical Brothers were on my radar from when they first became popular, and this is much like what I remember hearing in the 90's.

I liked this more than most things like this. This screams 90s to me. Mostly I don't remember any of it, but the energy was good. I did really like the song Life is Sweet though. I'll bump it by .25 just for that song. 3.5/5

Still not into this style, but it had irs moments. C

A decent start for the Chemical Brothers, if less propulsive than their later work. Surprisingly dreamy.

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.

This has aged well, great album

BANGER

Enjoyed this!

Pretty chill album, no stand out tracks, but a vague urge to play Wipeout all the way through listening. I own this album already, but it's not one I listened to a lot back in the day, as it was always a bit too mellow and slow for me. It sounds a little better now after a gap of 20 years or so between listens, a definite four. Notably, I have quite a few Chemical Brothers tracks liked on Spotify, but not a single one of them is from this album. Greater things were to come on future releases and the sound here is a bit raw and samey.

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.

Meh - electro-dance that was fresh when it came out but hasn't aged well, and not my thing anyway.

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

Was an ok album was a little repetitive and I think the artist might have been high when creating this album

I didn't really enjoy this. As far as electronic music goes, this wasn't horrible as it wasn't droning on and on for an hour. A lot of it sounded the same to me.

Fun! Fine!

Felt like a Jet Set Radio album, dug this one!

Time to "ketchup" on a few albums I forgot to review lately (that's a pun because the best one in the batch was Emperor Tomato Ketchup). Always enjoy the Chemical Bros, this album has one of my favorites from them, "Playground of a Wedgeless Firm." Very cool album, maybe not as explosive as I'd hoped, but still a good listen. Favorite tracks: Playground of a Wedgeless Firm, In Dust We Trust, Three Little Birdies Down Beats. Album art: A couple walking along side a car, seems very '60s or '70s. Nothing crazy to this one at all, very unassuming. 3.5/5

listened to 2 tracks 1 star

This is not the typical recommendation you get when you ask for Chemical Brothers... However, it is a solid debut. The first half is more active with songs like "Leave Home" and "In Dust We Trust"; the second half is more chilled with things like "Chico's Groove" and "Alive Alone." I really enjoyed this album. It is neither pretentious nor shallow. It delivers the "value prop" of this famous Big Beat band solidly. I can see clearly how it influenced other acts such as The Crysta Method, Groovy Armada, or Basement Jaxx.

I think maybe electronic music is not for me. I was annoyed by this slightly less than normal which I suppose says quite a lot about the music itself. It’s all fine.

Pretty fun! Enjoyed it much more than I was expecting to. I’m not sure why but in my head this was gonna be a bit of a harsh and glitchy listen but I was pleasantly surprised at how strong some of the grooves were. Some great sounding blips and bloops but ultimately nothing that’s gonna have a lasting impression on me. Regardless, some fun bops I can definitely see myself getting silly to in someone’s shed. Calling it 3.5 Fav track : chemical beats Side note I forgot to add yesterday that the devendra banhart album was a 2.5 not a 3, but also might downgrade it to a 2 idk

Some big epic tracks here, great composition throughout. A few have dated slightly, but very much enjoyed this. 3.5 Fav track: three little birdies down beats

A tough one to grade from listening to it on the commute - a record like this is so much about energy and context. That said, this was more than engaging enough to keep me jamming along, and I'd absolutely get it going for a groove. Some great beat switches, nice variety, dated - but mostly in a good way. Fave track: Song to the Siren

Solid beats and great production - packed with party bangers, and the more chilled tracks sprinkled in there got me good too. Driving to work on a cold morning probably isn’t the setting for this, but I enjoyed the listen regardless and had a lot of fun. Maybe no track in particular elevating this to a really terrific record, but still a lot to like. Three and a half. Fave track: Alive Alone

Rating: 8/10 Best songs: Leave home, Chemical beats

7/10 nothing too special, but definitely fun vibes and generally enjoyable

High energy, electronic music. It was alright, everything kind of blended together to me, their other album on this list is better.

Music for when Nicolas Cage has to steal 50 cars in 60 seconds. For 50 minutes straight.

The Chemical Brothers take you on a journey of their electronic home planet on this, their almost soundtrack-like debut album. I find it hard to stay engaged through it all, but my head keeps bobbing and their sound is just classic.

Sad 90s music pass.

can't stand it, headache inducing

Great high energy background music

Lots of movie soundtracks but not really good music to listen to casually

Is this what it feels like to chew five gum???

I can't rate this 5, as then where would Dig Your own Hole go? But this is a very solid 4, with a very clever downtempo feel to side 2 after the dancefloor action of side 1.

Kinda boring, im not really into eletronic, it felt like I was listening to a very longintro kids cartoon about spys

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.

Surprise for me. I don’t like electronica but this was fine as background noise/music for energy.

Not my style of music.

It’s really just beats.Not very interesting tbh.

"The brothers gonna work it out." -Leave Home, the first track, opens with that well-known Chemical Brothers pace and cadence. Since listening to this album, I've learned that the Chemical Brothers had to change their name to not conflict with the famed the Dust Brothers (both great names, IMO), early collaborators with my beloved Beastie Boys. Song to the Siren is an electro-jam! Very fast paced, 90s club music vibe.

This is a foundational big beat album. It is brash, in your face, yet has a great sense of flow from track to track. Though this isn’t my favorite sub-genre of electronic music, it’s always good to hear the albums that have the greatest influence. I was not impressed at first, but as the album progressed, I began to enjoy it more. Sometimes it’s easy to take music for granted when its once revolutionary sounds become the norm.

Boring drugged up 90’s background music 2/5

- Never listened to a Chemical Brothers album before - Seems like I either love or hate every electronic album that comes up here, luckily this is the former - Not a genre I usually go to, but still really good - Fav songs: Song to the Siren, Three Little Birdies Down Beats, In Dust We Trust

I didn’t hate

great industrial electronica/dance mixed with a bit of acid house. this is the sound of 90s/early 00s movies when they cut to a rave/dance club. Best: Leave Home Worst: Alive Alone

Just not my thing, although it did keep my attention. But still, nah.

In truth an entire album’s worth is a bit too much sensory overload but in bits and pieces can be a lot of fun.

Beth Orton’s vocals close this out so euphorically - a nice callback to having Central Reservation to listen to earlier in the week - and I made a delicious ciabatta while listening to this record. Great vibes, would background-listen again.

Ovo bi vjerojatno bio 10/10 album da sam nadrogirana Leave home - I hope the Brother worked it out Im dust we trust - funky ahh ime Song to the sirena - bome je sirena i malo drugacije zvuci od prve 2 Three little birdies down Beats - dobar transition al to je vjerojatno jer sve zvuci isto Odustala sam od rejtanja individualnih pjesama at this point Bilo mi je fora na prvu sad mi vise nije fora Opa kakav plot twist zadnja pjesma ima tekst Neočekivano

da moram birat, ne bi ovo slusala, iritantno i sve mi isto zvuci, al aj kao ok "one too many mornings" -najslusljivija na albumu, moze proc "life is sweet" - kao mellow verzija prodgyja (al sam mal zbog glazbe) "alive alone" - najbolja mi na albumu

the brother's gonna work it out - subjective genitive

I don't know why I like this album of "looping electronic bleeps and bloops" more than the dozen other "looping electronic bleeps and bloops" albums this generator has thrown at me. There's some black magic fuckery going on here. My brain has been properly tickled and I feel violated. 4/5

I can clearly hear some cool stuff, but overall it's not what I would listen in the rare occasions of where I think "man, i really want to listen some big beat today".

для меня звучание альбома было несколько необычным, но теперь понятно, откуда выросли все те хиты классная работа, определенно стоит внимания для дебютного альбома вообще феерия некоторые работы на 4, некоторые на 5 отдельно отмечу переходы между треками, супер цельно звучит

Я буду необъективен, потому что этих ребят я слушал лет в 14-15 очень плотно (и только вспомнил нормально как они называются!). Очень сочный и плотный хаус, который тебя качает и толкает вперед. Даже вставки вокала все уместны и понятны. Короче, очень рекомендую послушать тем, кто хочет окунуться в клубную тусовку начала 00х. Алкоальбом: лонгайленд на танцполе

Хммм, это что-то интересное... учитывая, что получается, это второй альбом с "клубной" музыкой за эту неделю Выходит, теперь их надо сравнить. Этот звучал более доработанным и цельным по звуку, поэтому выставляем ему 4 звезды. А в остальном комментарии всё те же, что и к New Forms

В целом интереснее Нью формс, но сверх впечатляющего не нашел, так что 3+

Sempre all’avanguardia. Fortissimi

Like so many electronica albums on this list, I listen to a lot of live DJed electronic music that album stuff just never works as well. It's fine but I've heard a lot better.

Great BPM, great momentum, unique sound perfectly fine poppy dance from the noughties computer drum-machine era. Serviceable for them that likes it

Makes me wish I could have gone to a garage party in '96. Loses point because their next two album are much better. Not sure what the obsession with debuts are on this list.

Not bad. Their next two albums are a bit better than this one.

This only belongs in movies, I wouldn’t want to listen to the album again

I was out the second I saw that three of the songs had “beats” in the title.

Great for action movie background music?

Nope.

This is pretty hype. I like it. In my opinion, for this type of music, the closer it comes to the Mortal Kombat Motion Picture Soundtrack the better.

Banish this to the 8th or 9th Circle of Hell.

I really liked this, was always a fan of the hits of the Chemical Brothers but had never dived into an album. For the dance music of the 90s this was very different - love the breakbeats on this album. English raves in the 90s must have been awesome.

It’s too bad it wasn’t another Chemical Brothers album. These guys have tons of great songs, but this isn’t their best. Some decent beats that are great when doing work. But they much more well crafted songs on their later records.

Was not into this one. Alright album to work to at least(on a Good Friday!?!?). In Dust We Trust made me feel like I was in a montage during a heist movie. I really didn't like the three "Beats" songs, soo repetitive and boring. It's weird but this album makes me kind of anxious? Not what I want to be feeling while listening to music, generally.

I think the songs on this album have that mix of being energetic, repetitive and not overly interesting that makes them very suitable for mini-bosses in video games. Not quite epic enough for a true boss. Listening to this as purely an album where you sit down and listen to the tracks is not a particularly interesting experience. This is background music.

90s action movies called- they want their soundtrack back.

I only listened once which is not a fair reflection but it sounded good. Felix & I rocked to it ! So 3*

Fine but unremarkable.

Meh

Bangers, init

4+

My college roommate played this album all the time and I feel this album belongs on the list because they helped to bring club culture to the forefront in the 90's. So this isn't my type of music or sound, as I do prefer more vocal-oriented club music.

boring, almost fell asleep.

Además de que parece soundtrack de una escena de pelea en una película de los 2000, no soy fan de la música únicamente electrónica sobretodo cuando no tiene letra, así que no me disgusto pero probablemente no lo escucharía de nuevo

Repetitive beats, was annoying

Molto figo

Love the chemical brothers

Yep, enjoyed this as expected . Reviewing a bit later than listen so not loads to say, but a good one.

Ahhhhhhhhh I feel like I'm going insane. I can't. No. Just no. No times the brothers gonna work it out equals no.

Electronic vibe music. Kinda like Mobey. It’s better than that Goldie nonsense. Doubt I will re-listen but I wouldn’t say it’s bad.

A solid album from the golden period of the mid to late 90s where electronic music was at its most fun, melodic, and adventurous.

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

Je l'ai mieux aimé que l'autre que j'ai eu d'eux, beaucoup plus mon vibe, mais reste que le big beat n'est vraiment pas mon genre préféré d'électro.

Kind of a strange choice for a representative record from this era and from this band - I can see though how it's kind of a bridge between the earlier and more 'underground' electronic music (Orbital, Underworld) to the late-90s 'big beat' stuff that became so mainstream (Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim, Groove Armada, Prodigy).

Pretty cool overall

It did tend to get repetitive although enjoyed it.

Weird, just noise really

It’s a “No” from me.

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

Electrónica. Coñazo machacón.

Solid

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

Nothing really grabbed me , not horrible my any mean but also not worth paying attention to. good background music but hardly in top album lists. Couldn't be more middle if it tried.

I can't say that my feelings have changed much from week 2, when 'Dig your Own Hole' came up. Honorable mention for 'One Too Many Mornings' dub/ambient vibe that manages to at least mask the repetition in an airy and moody soundscape that feels like floating on a musical cloud. Dishonorable mentions for the tracks 'Alive Alone' and 'Life Is Sweet', which both manage to combine a series of disinteresting loops and rubbish vocals to make something that is synergistically bad.

The brothers did not, in fact, work it out. Although this was better that other electronica albums, mainly because it sounded closer to bands like Massive Attack, at its core it was still the same repetitive thing that leaves zero impact after you're done listening to it.

cool beats i suppose, not really my thing. every song felt the same

Repetitive. Nothing special. Early songs had good beats

The whole album had such a good vibe, electronic music without being too overwhelming. I liked the seamless transitions between most of the songs

I hated this. With a passion. Hard to express how much. I think maybe it reminds me too much of a different time in my life. Or maybe I just really dislike this type of music.

fun long electronic music (to drive with, maybe)

did not like this

not bad

Would be ok to listen to on a road trip somewhere.

132

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

Repetitive beats indeed. This has not aged well - the style and sound both feel dated. There isn't much to focus on here (although admittedly I was at my desk wfh on a Friday morning, not jumping around in a club) and my attention quickly drifted off. It got a bit more interesting with the addition of vocals on the last few tracks, but this was too late for me.

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.

It is easy for an album like this to sound overproduced, but it doesn't feel that way at all. I appreciate how you can listen through without feeling like you're listening to a new song. It is cohesive, it feels like a club set, which should be a goal for this genre. I'm not super familiar with the genre overall, but this is surely a revolutionary album. I've not listened to really anything else like it.

so good. this is my introduction to techno, hoping to have a long and happy relationship w/ the genre now!

Why are there two of these on the list? Is this one better than the other one? Maybe, who cares? 1.1

I just kept turning this lower and lower. I have to say somehow this is better than the last one we listened to.

Some absolutely belting fat beats, this album started strongly but I felt it petered out a bit towards the end, if not for that it would have been 5/5

Иногда жизнь слишком коротка чтобы тратить ее на некоторые альбомы Ну да да, вау, брейк-бит Я не употребляю поэтому шарма в этой музыке не вижу И в 1995 мне было 8 лет, так что и ностальгия не уколола

Good to work too. Very samey

Hacking montage music

decent electronica for background

The brother's gonna work it out...I may be wrong but in the 90s it felt like everyone's collection benefited from a having some of The Chemical Brothers in it somewhere, somehow. They were a cross-over event. This was my first, and not my last. Strong beats, great sounds, deep cuts. In Dust We Trust.

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

4,5

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.

i’m sure it was good to some people…i just found it repetitive and not beautiful

Super interesting beats and ideas.

Went into this completely unaware of the background of this album, I’d never heard of The Chemical Brothers and I had no wi-fi to look them up. By the end, I was still kind of confused. Didn’t hate it. Fav songs: Three Little Birdies Down Beats, Chemical Beats, Alive Alone Least fav: the rest

Listened to this like 3 times and don't remember anything from it haha, good background music I guess but nothing special for me, 2.

Varför inte plattan efter? Så mycket bättre.

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

For some reason I didn't like the other Chemical Brothers album we had earlier in the list, but really enjoyed this one. May have to give Dig Your Own Hole another listen...

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.

Gott föstudagspartý! Mæli með.

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.

Suoer albun electro jai adore mom ecoute 4.5

Fidgety electro which doesn’t get me going for another ride

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

No strong reax

Not bad to work to but also not my thing. I appreciate it but wouldn’t turn to it when I want to listen to music.

Constantly groovy and totally forgettable. I’m just waiting patiently every four bars for the next entrance or drum break. Times 50 minutes.

First half was good, got very repetivie and messy at the end.

I’d never heard of this band before today and well… I can see why. I consider myself pretty open-minded when it comes to music but with that being said, electronic just isn’t for me. It wasn’t bad, but I just wasn’t feeling it. I have to be in a club or out somewhere to feel this vibe, and even then it may not happen.

Digging holes or exiting some planet. These brothers are the only ones who managed to create electronic music that blew my mind.

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.

Beats

Nostalgia for the 90s!

Fun electronic beats and some interesting ideas.

Very bad. Had to stop listening halfway through

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

A very pleasant listen. Rawer and less varied than it's follow up, but possibly more enjoyable for the rawness? It squelches in a pleasing manner.

lite för långtråkigt och lite stökigt

It’d be fine as background music, but I couldn’t get into it at all. Only made it to track 4 before giving up

favorite tracks - leave home, in dust we trust, chemical beats, one too many mornings least favorite tracks - alive alone, fuck up beats Love how experimental this album feels. So many different sounds, many of which I recognize in the modern, mainstream electronic music a casual like me has listened to.

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.

Boring edm

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;

Ihan kiva. Ainakin kokonaisuus; tuohan ei tauonnut hetkeksikään. Meni silti (tämäkin) vähän ohi. Pari hyvää koukkua.

En ole salilla käymisen suuri ystävä - siihen tämä voisi toimia.

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.

transmissions from a lost world

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'm over these fuckers.

i mean im not the biggest club music fan but this seems pretty good for what it is

Acid house. Me ha gustado. Un 4.

Guay

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.

This album sounds great. The production, the recording quality, really crisp and expansive (and I was listening on earbuds). While this seems to conform to the standard EDM aesthetic (not that I am in any way an expert), The Chemical Brothers have a knack for building an ebb-and-flow into the compositions. I wouldn't call it lyrical, but there's an arc to the songs. That said, is this music anyone actually listens to in album form? I think it was Andy who made the comment (Fatboy Slim review?) that this is music to get people on the dance floor and moving, and I can see that. But I can't imagine deciding to spin this album as something to listen to on its own merit. I also don't understand the album cover as it relates to the music/vibe. Is it wholly ironic? Are they making a statement? Do they hate hippies? Is there an acoustic guitar anywhere in this mix? So, a 4 because it seems like top-notch electronic music. But I don't know that I need to listen to a whole lot more of it in full album format. Just when I'm raving on a packed dance floor, which happens like... Amsterdam 2001.

ugh. another one of these. i get that this is great to dance to, but it's not my jam for listening. It's better than that Fatboy Slim album. I dug the Beth Orton track ok.

I dig the groove and the repetition.

Loved this. I love electronic music, and I can't believe I've never listened to The Chemical Brothers before.

Too repetitive. Liked some of the music, tho.

Starts strong, but loses some of its luster on the backstretch. Still top-notch big beat goodness, though.

Great techno/dance album

ok, not really my thing

Too much! Help!

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

Great hype music. Felt like an action movie soundtrack

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.

Why? Why? Why, must I be subjected to soooooo much electronic music on this list. Beats, riffs, samples, repeat. If this was the first one I'd listened to, I could sort of see this as a fun departure from what I would consider the 1001 albums I have to listen to before I die. This being like the 50th of its genre, I have to wonder what I'm missing about what I think music actually is. I don't get heart, meaning, messages, enjoyment, thoughtfulness, or anything out of these. It's a feeling I suppose...barely. It's background for something else that as I listen to it, is not happening. I can't give the Chemical Brothers a fair shake here because I'm just not into this anymore.

Solid but uninteresting.

Wow, so much 90s electronica lately. I like The Chemical Brothers a lot so today was easy listening for me.

Solid effort but generally unspectacular. Bookends ‘Leave Home’ and ‘Alive Alone’ are great though.

Boss 1990s Mortal Kombat-esque beats

Decent album. Thought it benefited from the change of pace that Chico's Groove and One Too Many Mornings gave it. Think it's one i could listen to again when i'm doing exercise.

Boss album. Felt like going out to warehouse or something. The best act I saw when I last went to Glasto. Ah Glasto…you cruel mistress

Banging album. Banging choons.

Okay album. Not really my style though

Drum machine good but no galvanise

Vette beats, die tot mijn verbazing niet onmiddellijk verveelden.

Man, there were some “Block Rockin’ Beats” on this! (See what I did there?!)

I’ve heard of The Chemical Brothers, but can’t recall ever knowingly hearing a song. After seeing the album cover, that was not the genre I was expecting.

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.

Meh.

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.

Just don't believe dance music translates to albums well, plus CB were always overrated.

Expansive and bombastic, slightly confusing at times which I think only adds to the spacey charm of the album. Incredibly inventive and experimental but I feel as though these qualities can also be a detriment to the album and sometimes hinder the catchy-ness of particular tunes. Never the less an oddly mesmerising arrangement of industrial noise.

Hip-hop-styled, early EDM is what I hear. Pretty repetitive, not particularly interesting