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I love electronic music. One great song. Rest is generic 2000s video game music
This seems like music that’s really of a time and place that is not mine and I have no interest in visiting. It’s dance music that to me doesn’t hold a lot of interest as something to listen to in normal life. The repetition really got to me, filling me with a sense of dread. You mean I have to hear this same meaningless thing at least four times in a row and there’s nothing I can do about it? I can appreciate the skill it took to put this together, and they were certainly successful in creating a certain atmosphere, but I’m glad I’ll never have to experience it again. Also what was up with copying multiple elements from the Beastie Boys “The Maestro”? I wondered if it was based on the name dispute with the original Dust Brothers who produced Paul’s Boutique, but that’s not one of their songs. It was off-putting either way.
Not typically my style but I liked it, good study music too
great early electronic. listened to this several times.
A little anxiety inducing for me
Really difficult for this stuff to live outside of the mid-90's. A fun, nostalgic listen but ultimately limited in it's span across time.
Album No.11 - it's also the second album that I got from the Big Beat genre following Fatboy Slim (which was a bit of a let down for me). I liked this one much more - it seems more consistent than FS while at the sine team being much less poppy and hit driven. There’s also less boring moments consisting of deconstructing of beats which annoyed me a lot when listening to FS. Also one more observation: it flows by really fast, I’m always a bit surprised that it’s already over. 4/5
Back when the Chemies used to mean something. big, bold and wall to wall slaps
Quality boop.
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.
It’s cool, just stays the same. Do like the seamless transitions, but it feels like a boring version of a prodigy album
This is 90s ‘Need for Speed’ techno and I love it
Repetitive and a bit dragging at times, but there were some great drum loops and bass lines
uh uh
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.
Seems like a very solid electronic/dance album but it's really not my genre. It relies on listener enjoying the vibe and that carries you to the next section of the song. There were some parts I liked but overall this is just a light rave.
Put me in a trance.
I like other Chemical Brothers songs, so I was hoping I'd like this album more than I did. Not bad, but nothing really stuck out to me. My favourite song was One Too Many Mornings.
I had a lot of fun with this! Fave tracks were probably "Leave Home," "Chemical Beats," "Song to the Siren," and "Playground for a Wedgeless Firm."
Couldn't even finish it.
Super into this
This album makes me feel like I'm at a fancy night club in a shadowrun or cyberpunk setting. I'm about to meet my fixer for the first time and due to my social anxiety I just end up staring for too long from across the club. The John eventually sends his heavily cybered orc bodyguard to see what my problem is and get scared and mumble something about how I like his hat then I leave the club. Good vibes on this album
It’s like a bunch of asshole 14 year olds ran into a McGuire store and hit random on 3 of the 36 Casios and I can’t find which ones to shut off. Gross
3.5
This album is the music equivalent of “*hacker voice* I’m in.”
Is it telling that the first track has nearly double the number of streams that any other track on the album has? At five and a half minutes the track is six minutes too long. To be honest I gave it two and a half minutes before skipping to the next track - which was the same only worse. Out of a sense of duty I gave each track at least one minute, none lasted more than a few seconds beyond that and at times it felt like an eternity. To answer my own question - yes it is telling, as by the time you have heard a minute of the first track you have heard everything this album has to offer. I can't complain about the quality of the singing as there just isn't any until the last track, by which time my senses were completely destroyed. I am not sure if it worse than The Smiths or The Slits, but it definately is worth less than 1 star
Great sampling and tempo.
Motivational sound for sport or cleaning :D
Not one I’d listen to a lot but really enjoyed it
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.
Not my particular flavor of elec but good. classic.
I don't really listen to this genre, but it's not bad
medio bodrio...
nice
Not really my vibe, may need to revisit later down the road but for now it just isnt clicking..
a little caught in time now and represntative of that era in the early 2000s, possibly the yemplate for this sound. Listenable but not really my cup of tea
In Dust we Trust, Leave Home, Chemical Beats are the big bangers from this, b ut the whole album is very listenable to. Some seriously nasty tracks in this one, Song to the Siren is very sweaty nightclub vibes. Varied style throughout, lots of engaging listens and enough variety to keep you guessing. This is a perfect album for focus, be that grinding a game, working, studying, the constancy of the beats, the not too powerful melodic component and the lack of vocals makes this album excellent for filling space in your mind as you work.
Ahhh the late 90s when you went to the club and the same electricity that powered the music seemed to power the dance floor. Not allowing one foot off unless the other made contact. And pulling the head and eyes downward... Good times. Good constant rhythm
Not my favorite of this duo. Leave Home was the only song that really stood out for me.
2/11, 18%
Classic
More music to listen to while tripping. Yes please
Superou a expectativa e impressão inicial que era somente batidas pesadas. Criou um clima fabuloso.
Still not for me.
3. Bit aged. Good memories though!
Was a fun album!
muito massa o fadinho eletrônico
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.
This album was a trip! It was interesting and felt mostly fresh, even 20 years later. To that point, it's hard to believe they got electronic music so very right with this album, back in 1995. The overall mood and vibe of this album is exciting and fun. To me, some elements of new age were even present, especially in the closing track, "Alive Alone". Overall, this album was a pleasant surprise, and it really was an absolute vibe.
Wake me up when the party ends. 1 or 2 songs are salvageable, and nothing more to see here. Let's go to the next.
Could only make it through about half. I can do some electronic music. Not so much this.
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.
Ça fait de la bonne musique de fond
Je comprends l'idée de mettre l'album qui a lancé le style du groupe, mais je pense que Dig Your Own Home aurait peut-être été plus approprié avec l'immense succès qu'a été la pièce Block Rockin' Beats. Il y a des éléments intéressants dans l'album, mais j'ai eu rapidement envie de passer à autre chose.
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.
Yeah! Pretty cool one
meh. electronic music but british
I liked born slippy, and had them pegged for similar to Leftfield so was interested to hear this album, but disappointed in the dull monotony of most of the tracks, with the exception of One Too Many Mornings and Alive Alone. Otherwise boring
Bello, ma non come l'altro. Ah spetta , l'altro era di Fatboy slim. Ok, non è la stessa cosa.
Would probably be enhanced with the help of some pharmaceuticals, I only had a couple of paracetamol on hand so it didn't really do much for me. A warehouse, some crazy lighting and an all nighter and this would come in to its own.
Good background music
Heard before. Quality album, great production, great guests. Well done all round, weird album art though
Not my kind of music.
Not feeling this enough to go more than two songs in, so far. I did listen to better albums, by the same group. This one isn't for me.
Meh, c’est correct. Un son à connaître.
Not the worst electronic album I’ve heard however it’s still an electronic album. I found the album to feel like it dragged a little as the beats are unique but somewhat monotonous. The album did flow together well and some of the songs were a bit easy going and grooved well but I just can’t find myself listening to this again. 3.0/10
I guess it's good for what it is, meaning 90's techno with a larget-than-life bass sound and a sh*tload of breakbeats. But turns out I'm really not a fan of 90's techno with a larget-than-life bass sound and a sh*tload of breakbeats.
Sounds like the soundtrack to a snowboard game on PS1. Whatever this is, I hated it.
I understand why people did so much cocaine in the 90's...So speedy, too stressfull for me. Second half is better & slower, but meh...
Sounds like an average soundtrack from an average 90s action movie. I'll tell you, it's not my cup of tea. That said, there are some good ideas and the more downtempo tracks in the second half of the album are very good.
Enjoyable
Ohm Sweet Ohm
I’m a big fan of this genre and I also love chemical brothers so I’m kinda biased Seamless transitions.
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
As good as it ever was.
The point where Indie and Dance crossed over. Excellent album.
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
Da va et par beats som minte litt om Prodigy innimellom, men da hjalp ikkje så veldig
Kinda like fentanyl. Easy to overdose.
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
Hey boys Hey girls Superstar DJs Here we go
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.
I was familiar with a lot of these songs going in. A good listen.
Of the electronic albums I've listened to (which is, admittedly, not a lot) this is my favorite. The album is structured more like a rock album, and it sounds as much like the mid 90s as a SoCal ska album would. I'm still not a huge fan of this particular genre, but this album I like.
Showing its age sadly. Was half decent when it was released.
I first heard this album in high school, probably around 1996-97 and I hadn't heard anything like it before. This was probably due to being to immersed in the post-grunge alternative rock that was popular at the time.
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
There are few genres I care about less than 1990s British electronic music. Thankfully, those genres don’t seem to have 20 entries on this list. 3/10
At first I got frustrated with the repetitive, strident nature of some of the tracks, but the back half was more enjoyable I suppose
Past "Leave Home" I just did not enjoy this album. I just cannot get into Electronica or House music.
More than decent but of its time and I rarely play it these days.
thump thump, beep beep, doopity doopity doop...
I fucking love this album. It's music that you can really dance to that somehow feels more meaningful. It's also an absolutely stellar debut album. I think that Dig Your Own Hole is better overall, but this is one not to be missed. Every song works in the context of the album. Big Beat is one of those musical movements that I would have loved to be able to be around when it was in its early days. I'm not sure that Big Beat gets its due with regard to its influence on modern music. So much of what has happened in EDM and hip-hop is using this style as its skeleton. The Chemical Brothers are the best part of that, turning out banger after absolute banger 4/5
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.
Still as good today as it was when it came out.
6/10
#2 that I've encountered now in the Big Three of Big Beat, having heard Fatboy Slim prior and expecting The Prodigy to pop up at some point. I wasn't so impressed with Fatboy Slim's work, but I can get behind what The Chemical Brothers are doing with their debut. Layering psychadelic textures over groovy drum breaks, Exit Planet Dust exists in a perpetual party that is dense in soundscape. It's worth noting that Song To The Siren is the first-ever Big Beat song, being released as a single all the way back in 1992. This makes The Chemical Brothers he inventors of Big Beat, essentially, so their debut really cannot be understated. While not their best work, Exit Dust Planet is an important foray into the great club music of the 90's, especially in the UK. Also worth noting that this music is extremely repetitive. Take that as you will.
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
The sound of mid-90's British mediocrity. At least this one doesn't have the (or any?) awful Noel Gallagher Beatles rip-off atrocity. Still rings with the banshee wail of Beth Orton unfortunately. She must curse Dido frequently, wishing she hadn't hitched her frail wagon to these losers.
Fucking great ravey album. Every track is straight fire and they flow through each other so seamlessly. Had a great time listening to it
Un album caractéristique des Chemical Brothers. Ceux-ci se présentent d'abord en blouse blanche à l'entrée du laboratoire et s'avancent chacun vers un robinet. Ils se munissent alors d'eau distillée et commencent à rincer une poignée de tubes à essai ainsi qu'un bécher. Une fois ceci fait, l'un des brothers verse délicatement de l'eau dans un tube alors que le second brother y ajoute de l'acide éthanoïque. Ils étalonnent ensuite le pH-mètre avec les solutions tampon 4 et 7 et agitent la solution dont le pH est mesuré. L'examinateur les interrompt soudain et leur demande de se verser chacun un litre d'acide chlorhydrique dans la bouche. Les Chemical Brothers s'exécutent naïvement. Quelques secondes plus tard, les deux sont transportés d'urgence à l'hôpital et laissent ainsi leur matériel chimique dans le laboratoire.
Cet album des Chemical Brothers m'a mis dans une colère noire. Il faut savoir que les Chemical Brothers ont coûté leur place dans la liste des 1001 à mon groupe favori, My Chemical Romance. En effet, seul un seul groupe de chimie pop pouvait être ajouté à la liste par Robert, qui a donc preferé les frères à la romance. Seulement, on se rend rapidement compte que ce choix est une erreur. Très vite, les Chemical Brothers vont effectuer leur première bévue: le substrat de soude est mélangé avec la solution aqueuse, ce qui provoque une légère odeur de brulé très désagrable dans le laboratoire. Ensuite, l'un des frères va venir renverser le contenu de son erlenmeyer sur le microscope du coin de table, ce qui démontre le peu d'aise avec laquelles les Chemical Brothers maniaient leur matériel. Enfin, le mélange acide nitrique/magnesium opéré ne prendra jamais la couleur bleue attendue. La comparaison fait très mal avec leurs camarades de classe de My Chemical Romance, qui dans le même temps ont obtenu deux prix nobel de chimie pour leur travaux sur l'arbre de Diane. Un scandale de plus à l'actif de Robert, qui n'en finit plus d'enchainer les décisions douteuses.
I really don’t like 90s techno
3/30/2022 Today's Album: "Exit Planet Dust" by The Chemical Brothers - You know how a few reviews ago I was complaining about 2 albums having rather mediocre rapping, but the beat production being fairly good in comparison? Well, this album is like if they just removed the rapping and showcased how cool those beats are, but how stale they get over time. I am not saying it really sounds bad, as the production quality is rather high and a lot of the beats feel really energetic and danceable, but a lot of them after the first 2 tracks, Leave Home and In Dust We Trust, just feel really repetitive and don't really have interesting progressions despite how decent of beats they are. A lot of them also have elements that just drown out the rest of the beat and sound straight up ugly, like on the track Song To The Siren. (Probably intentional now that I think about it). That being said, they still sound like beats that would be fun to get totally lost in at a club on hard drugs and are somewhat enjoyable sober. The track Chemical Beats brings things back a little bit with a really long build up and a pretty solid drop into some added percussion and slightly more beat variation. It isn't a great track to me personally, but I can tell that there is a tad more variety with what it is trying to do. The track Chico's Groove takes a complete left turn and has a really cool synthetic and chilled-out groove to it. It's actually really pleasant to listen to and has a nice variation and bassline throughout. One Too Many Mornings follows this trend of pretty decent tracks, with a really nice chill beat joined by this angelic voice. It captures the feeling of waking up early after a night of partying and trying to start your day. Life Is Sweet is the first track to feature vocals in it, and I actually think this album would have sounded nice with some more. That being said, I enjoy that most of this album is instrumental. It's a pretty great track that leads us into the last 2. Playground For A Wedgeless Firm is kind of a strange noise rock experiment, with this weird descending synth and some horror strings in the back. Kind of weird, but then it leads us into the finisher, Alive Alone, which is another song with vocals, this time being female. It's sort of a spacey outro with lyrics contemplating life and relationships. It's a pretty solid track that ends this record off on a really nice note. Overall, this record really surprised me. I thought a lot of the beats in the beginning were really basic and boring, but the ending really popped off with some awesome material. Check this out if you like club music with some subtle tracks thrown in. Score: 8/10 A slow-burner, but worth it! Highlights: Leave Home, In Dust We Trust, Chico's Groove, One Too Many Mornings, Life Is Sweet, Alive Alone
Had its moments, but not my cup of tea.
Nice
After the first 90 seconds of listening to this tripe, I felt like I was in a training montage of a 90s-00s sci-fi, action and/or thriller flick. I hated this shit at the time, and it seriously hasn't aged well. Had to turn it off after 8 minutes. Absolute garbage.
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.
An album with some interesting hooks and loops that provide an interesting listen. A lot of the tracks overstay their welcome, with loops getting a little bit repetitious too quickly. It's dance music with a pop flair, and it's done well enough; but I feel everything could be condensed and you'd have a more listenable and less tedious album.
This album is a little dated but still a joy to listen to. Beth Orton providing some of the vocals is also A+
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
Love the 90’s electronic sound
Chill beats, pretty 90s electronic, has some nice droning and echoing that makes it less synthetic. I think 4 is pretty genorous but I do quite like this album, and hey, The Brother's gonna work it out!
Got a headache by track 3.
Bit noisy. Not my thing.
No thanks.
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.
Constantly groovy and totally forgettable. I’m just waiting patiently every four bars for the next entrance or drum break. Times 50 minutes.
I like it enough. Nothing fantastic, but enjoyable.
Great high-energy beats. Difficult to work to.
Loved this album. I had missed Exit Planet dust back when it came out...didn't start listening until Dig Your Own Hole. I think this is now my favorite Chemical Bros release. Love the slowdown songs at the end of the album. 4/5
Great album. Always have loved the brothers. The most melodic of the big electronica bands imo.
Good dance album, great start then slows down a bit, maybe gets a little repetitive
Cool! Niet hun beste, maar leuk plaatje
Mja, het is gewoon niet mijn ding.
Niet hun beste, en hier en daar wat teveel van het goede maar kan dit toch altijd wel waarderen.
Love it!
Uh. Alright but not my thing.
Loved how the songs were so seamless into one another. 45 minutes of chill dance.
I never thought I'd like me some electric guitar and drums. Chemical romance are crayyy boi
Excellent
It felt sort of monotonous.
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!
Bangers
Bangerz
BBB (Big Beat Bangers)
Förstår mig inte på detta riktigt.
There were a couple of songs that were very good. I really like that early EDM sounds.
Fucking love Chemical Brothers. One of the first bands I ever really fell in love with and they still have a special place in my heart. While I think they got even better than this debut, it's still absolutely killer.
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
Amazing album.
background electronic music- sounds like a lot of phone ringing
Gets very boring very quickly
Decent in parts but very samey.
A brilliant debut that holds up today, a testament to them that they have six albums even better than this
Sort of background music
Felt like I was watching a Guy Ritchie movie
Great album, flows from style to style effortlessly smoothly. It goes a touch hard core dance for me at parts which brings down the rating to 4 but it’s still excellent
I quite liked this. It's not something that you can just sit and listen to, but it sure makes a good, energetic soundtrack to anything you do to it. Electronica, especially without melody or vocals, can sometimes bore me, but I didn't get bored with any of it.
I was excited to see The Chemical Brothers pop up on the rotation. I am familiar with this duo in association with other artists of the style music, but didn’t know the album. It definitely lived up to my expectations. I loved it.
I've been meaning to investigate The Chemical Brothers for a while but hadn't gotten around to it. Glad this project gave me an entry point. This was a great soundtrack for my afternoon walk. Tempos were lively and kept me moving. I like it as background for work and kitchen grooves while making dinner. It's hard to distinguish between "songs" --- it's just one long dance party. Today that matched my mood and agenda perfectly.
I LOVE this! What an incredible debut album from the 70s fashion cover design to the songs. I've definitely been missing out for the last 16 or so years! At any rate better late than never. This album is aggressive in all the ways great dance music should be. It starts off with the promise "The brothers gonna work it out" then spends the next 49 minutes doing just that. The first half of the album fires on all cylinders. Ferocious! Then we get to enter "Chico's Groove" where the Brothers take things down a notch leading the beautiful "One Too Many Mornings" and into a perfect wind down. I kept cranking this up as the album progressed. So good that at times it had me wondering if someone dropped an E into my sparkling water... It will be tough to name a favorite song from this album. A fantastic masterpiece of EDM from start to finish!
Did not like it much. Too much "wall of sound", and I didn't notice any nuance or musicallity.
The album starts off weak. I don't know why people think that just repeating the same lyrics over and over makes for interesting or fun listening, but it doesn't. Maybe I'm just not in the mood for an electronic dance album, but none of the beats stood out to me in a way that made me excited.
Mir phasenweise ein bissl zu hart / intense, mag ihre melodischen sachen lieber
Hab mir irgendwie gestresst und gehetzt gefühlt beim hören. Könnte in einem Fetzengeschäft für Teenies laufen
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.
Not my style of electronic music at all. I could've tossed a 2 it's way for being competently made and whatnot, but God did it annoy me before it's run time was up.
“The Edge named it his favourite album of 1995.”
Bit too fancy for me. Some good stuff on there but didn’t blow me away and turn me into a fuckin rave ed
Not generally my cup of tea, but there is a consistently energy level and tone that makes this a fine listen.
Good
Absolute super classic. Loved this!
This kind of music only exists to provide a rhythm for people at a club to dance to. Just listening to it is obviously going to be very boring.
Emotional response
Outstanding. Many happy memories
cool
Not my vibe
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
Pretty cool electronica music. Feels like I’m in a 90s action movie
I get that the later stuff is good but I don't know if I would put it on this list 2.5
Meh - sounds dated - I’m bored - I’m not on drugs - bla bla
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
Not for me.
Well that was kinda fun, I guess.
It wasn't the right mood for this sound the day it was suggested but I do appreciate and like this style of music. I just wasn't interested in it at the moment.
Miserable
Nice working background music!
Good album, decent beats, originality and variety. Provides energy
Exit Planet Dust is the best album of The Chemical Brothers. Great Big Beat tracks that are bombastic and over the top in a good way. If you can listen to it without the urge to move your body there is definitely something wrong with you.
Just beats and essentially DJ music. It wasn't bad. Not an entire album of this is necessary.
I always liked "Dig your own hole" better (especially the buzz saw solo), but this one is great too. Very innovative, great beats. No song is a filler. And nice that they've put the more upbeat songs to the start and the more chill songs to the end. I absolutely see the impact it had at the time it came out.
I don't know much about electronic music, but the Chemical Brothers seem pretty good at it. I can appreciate some of the grooves on this, but overall electronic music just isn't my thing. Too repetitive, not organic-sounding enough. Maybe good on a sweaty dance floor when I was in my 20s, but not something I would listen to again. 2 stars.
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.
A brilliant breakthrough album that is as good now as it was back then.
A brilliant debut that holds up today, a testament to them that they have six albums even better than this
Knackr..brrtz..BOoom..utz..utz
2.9 - There's obviously something special here that I'm not getting. Maybe I'm missing the cultural context, maybe I'm not taking the right drugs, maybe I need to be dancing at some sweaty rave. But I'm just not moved by any of this. At best, I feel it's good background music that might help with studying or coding.
1995, электроника. Дебютный альбом группы. Название альбома - отсылка к первоначальному названию дуэта - The Dust Brothers. Ребята - основоположники и лидеры биг-бита. Приятные ретро биты. Похожее: The Prodigy.
Not my thing. But it was okay I guess.
Good, but not my thing.
Didn't even attempt to finish this one. Sounds like the music that opens an edgier-than-average turn-of-the-millennium romcom. Dreadful.
4, skroz solidno, ugodno za slusat, nije dosadno
YEEEEE CHEMICAAAAL, BUDUMMM BUDUMMMM
Gyors, felpörget, egyáltalán nem egysíkú vagy unalmas. Get shit done érzésem van amikor hallgatom. Fogom még hallgatni.
cool
Brilliant for cycling to! No good to listen to, it's either dance or exercise
My first electronic album, enjoyed it more than i thought would be Easy 4/5
I dunno, this may have been groundbreaking at the time, but it's just cliche now. Not a particularly compelling album in 2021. Maybe if I was rolling on molly, as the kids used to say.
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.
Exit Planet Dust was an interesting listen. It did sound like it came from the 90s electronic scene. The tracks which all bled into one another had that gritty sound that seem related to the Achtung Baby through Pop U2 albums. It kept my attention throughout though with its every changes collages of sounds and beats. I enjoyed the second half more than the first from Chico's Groove to the last track, Alive Alone.
Sounds like a soundtrack to a Tony hawk game
deze was nice!
yoo dit is cool, moet ik nog eens beluisteren
*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.
Just not my scene, man.
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 to besmirch the good name of the chemical brothers. But this isn't great at all
Not my favorite genre but at least it was enjoyable
E3 B-Roll music
Хороший альбом, но не лучший
Super stressful
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).
I would contend this is not one of the 1000 albums I needed to hear before I die.
Bleep bleep, good beats
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
Muy buen disco. Escuchable en cualquier circunstancia
First listen. Not my style of music. Good for background, study music though.
30. Exit Planet Dust - The Chemical Brothers 11 tracks. Not something I would usually listen to but despite it being an early album is very good, (and even better via headphones). Had me absolutely hooked from the get go and made me go looking for more afterwards. 4/5
Sounds like the sega game Streets of Rage's soundtrack and I'm all down for it.
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.
The brothers worked it out
Pos si aguanta como no.
Really enjoyed this. As always, what I expected was vastly different than what I received. Added to library.
Why is this on the list? I could have definitely died without hearing this and had 50 minutes of my life back to listen to something useful.
Tried starting and finishing this on 3 different occasions and was never in the right mood. Sounds like it's got some potential but not suitable for the times I listened
Good background EDM.
The brothers gonna pump you up!
Are The Chemical Brothers actually related?
Yeah this was pretty fun, I liked it. Made me want to party.
An excellent album
This was ok, hasn't got most of my favourite chemical brothers songs on there though. Found a few tracks quite boring
Too harsh for me, I recognize that it's not terrible music, but I absolutely could not get through it.
Beats with ultimately no direction. Missing any kind of vocals.
Not sure I do understand the sense or right of existence for this kind of music but at least it had some melodies, even though one heard it all after 30 seconds of the song
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.
I enjoyed it, good vibes and electronic beats. More on the chill end especially on the back half, so it was some good background music for work. I'm a sucker for when songs lead straight into each other.
Not my style, repetitive and tedious.
This was definitely a step above most electronic dance music stuff. Still not my cup of tea, but every song was solid. Could imagine a DJ in a 90s rave just throwing this album on and just stepping away for an hour and no one would complain.
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.
I discovered The Chemical Brothers, like many people, with the follow-up to Exit Planet Dust, the also amazing Dig Your Own Hole, and back in the day getting my hands on these albums wasn't that easy. Even considering that, I hate myself for not having listened to this album in full back in the day. I only knew a few songs, which I thought were great, but listening to the overall album is a whole another experience. Damn, guess I'll be listening this one on repeat these days.
Electronic music with some cool beats. IT all kind of blends though.
Not for me.
Cool rock electronica fusion. I appreciate the roomy kit sound. Playground For A Wedgeless Firm is probably my favorite track.
Would dance to it in the club.
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.
Sounds like taking LSD during a rave in the middle east. It's also good music to play in the background while coding. 3.9/5
Good one.
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.
Olipas raskasta kuunneltavaa. Ei ollenkaan oma genre ja tämä oli vähän yksitoikkoista jopa muihin kuulemiini Chemical Brothersin levyihin verrattuna. En usko että tämä on suuri edelläkävijäkään ollut, kun ainakin Prodigy on tehnyt ~saman jo aikaisemmin ja vieläpä paljon paremmin.
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.
The start of a epic journey. Love it.
Excellent debut released in the midst of Big Beat, a genre which produced a lot of brilliant records but was also quite one dimensional. Chemical Brothers did use this a template but added elements of techno and acid house on the likes of Somg To The Siren & Chemical Beats. The chilled Chico’s Groove brings some respite and the Beth Orten collab on closer Alive Alone is my favourite of the Chem Bros slower vocal tracks.
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.
Big beats and guitars. What a recipe.
Decent music to zone out/game to
I'm not at all educated in dance/electronic music, but what caught my ear was the finesse of the layering and the flow of each song. Will try to implement this into my road trip playlists.
las últimas me parecieron medio pedorras xD
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.
Cool trailer music I guess. Not for me. "One Too Many Mornings" is good.
Some tracks are good, but I’d need to be trippin’ to make it through the full album.
These brothers seem too eager to show off their instruments... A lot of this is just cacophony layered upon itself. I get it, this is old school and doesn't employ the endlessssss servers and production equipment in studios so by that scale, this is really umm, "nice"(?), but I wouldn't voluntarily play this to listen to it.
Good beats but not my thing 2 stars
Love a bit of the chemical brothers, love a continuous album, great stuff
Not really a genre suited to album listening. Overly long and repetitive tracks (and irritating vocal samples), plus none of the bangers they had on some of their later albums.
It was good but as an album it was very repetitive. I'd happily listen to individual tracks again but probably not a full album
good music for maintaining tension in the scene where they plan/execute breaking into a building and hacking the mainframe
Carefully crafted from start to end. Love the transition from high energy to down low a little more than half way. Embodies the mood of all the movies and video games of the late 90s to early 00s... but came out in 95! What a pioneer. Main downside is repetition which was a bit too much for me to handle at once.
- this album rocks but maybe dwells on some loops a little too long. - I forgot how much fun it is to work to big-beat, album is almost too dance-able to go with spreadsheets. - undersells its bass and guitars, oversells the phasing square synths. - fairly repetitious structure in most tracks (strong & creative intro, energetic beats to 3/4 mark, then a downtempo loop breakdown that's a little too long) - second half is a strong shift, astute ordering. - The Matrix 4 can't come fast enough.
Quality. Maybe a tad relentless at points Could do with some more variety between songs. The first six easily could all be the same song. Also didn't know they used to be called "the dust brothers"
Ok. Gav mig många härliga nostalgi-vibbar till FIFA 99 och Fatboy Slims The Rockefeller Skank. Vissa låtar blir för repetitiva, men då är jag inte heller något technohead. Men föredrar 90-talets techno före dagens!! Bästa låt: Leave Home. Alive Alone också bra.
Bouncy
Great production and interesting variation in styles. Really enjoyed this record. Not quite 5 star material but would listen again
Good beats, enjoyable
The first half of this album is fantastic. As someone who's never listened to the Chemical Brothers before, the first six tracks make it clear why they're so legendary. Awesome big beat tracks that flow into each other with classic acid synths and samples coming and going to keep it constantly refreshing. One of my favourite albums of all time is Daft Punk's Alive 2007, and this sounds like the precursor to that album. Then there's the second half... this half is honestly mediocre. The heavy dance beats give way to five mellowed out and honestly boring tracks. I have no desire to relisten to any of these tracks, and when I revisit this album I won't bother with them. First half: 5/5 Second half: 2/5 Total: 4/5