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Chemical
Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole
[1] Block
Rocking Beats
[2] Dig Your
Own Hole
[3] Elektrobank
[4] Piku
[5] Setting
Sun
[6] It Doesn't
Matter
[7] Don't
Stop The Rock
[8] Get Up
On It Like This
[9] Lost
In The K-hole
[10] Where
Do I Begin?
[11] The
Private Psychedelic Reel
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1995 debut album "Exit Planet Dust", the Chemical Brothers
(Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons) took everything that made the first
album a success and sought to improve and refine every aspect to
make an even bigger and better sound, attempting to combine the
genres of rock and dance music to create a new, unique sound, and
succeeding with their 1997 follow up "Dig Your Own Hole".
The opening track "Block
Rockin' Beats" is an unbelievable assualt on the senses and
a wonderful feat of DJ-ing and sets the standard for the rest
of the album perfectly. At the end of the track the beat carries
on and builds up again into "Dig Your Own Hole" and
the audio assault continues as the title track gains momentum
and takes you on a fantastic journey of sound that carries on
all the way throughout the album.
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Other tracks
include the brilliant "Setting Sun", featuring Noel Gallagher
(of Oasis fame) which was released as quite a succesful single. Despite
the fact that I really don't like Oasis, his vocals go really well with
the music. The track is one of my favourite songs on the album along
with "Where do I Begin?” which features vocals from Beth
Orton (again, an artist whose own music doesn't appeal to me) and is
a gently opening, calm track with beautiful, poetic lyrics ("Sunday
morning i'm waking up, can't even focus on a coffee cup; don't even
know who's bed i'm in, where do I start, where do I begin?") which
builds up to a crescendo of beats and distorted electronic noises with
astonishing results.
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The final
track "The Private Psychedelic Reel" is an epic 11-minute
musical journey which was inspired by a recording (of the same
name) the Beatles made for themselves to listen to whilst under
the influence of alcohol and mind altering substances. Futuristic
sounds and strange electronic noises lead to the climactic end,
with an awesome electronically enhanced clarinet solo. The track
is brilliant throughout and ends the album on a pleasant note.
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Words
alone cannot explain the sheer musical excellence which the Chemical
Brothers posses and display so easily with this album, it begs you to
listen repeatedly, and you will.
5
out of 5
T.
Elshaw
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