| Product Summary | | Label: Astralwerks/emi Records | | UPC: 00724356328228 | | Release Date: 1/25/2005 | | Buy.com Sku: 63940825 | | Item#: M2276M | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Galvanize ~ The Chemical Brothers |  | | 2. Boxer, The ~ The Chemical Brothers | | | 3. Believe ~ The Chemical Brothers | | | 4. Hold Tight London ~ The Chemical Brothers | | | 5. Come Inside ~ The Chemical Brothers | | | 6. Big Jump, The ~ The Chemical Brothers | | | 7. Left Right ~ The Chemical Brothers | | | 8. Close Your Eyes ~ The Chemical Brothers | | | 9. Shake Break Bounce ~ The Chemical Brothers | | | 10. Marvo Ging ~ The Chemical Brothers | | | 11. Surface To Air ~ The Chemical Brothers | |
| Push The Button is the follow-up to 2002's Come With Us and the fifth album from UK dance duo Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons. Continuing with their mix of big beat, dirty house, and electro, the album sees the boys joined by a whole host of guest vocalists including The Charlatans' Tim Burgess, Bloc Party's Kele Okerek, and Mos Def's brother Anwar Superstar. The single 'Galvanise' which features A Tribe Called Quest's Q-Tip on vocals is also included.
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | The Chemical Brothers: Ed Simons, Tom Rowlands. | | Personnel: Anna-Lynne Williams (vocals); Jon Brookes (drums). | | Additional personnel: Q-Tip, Tim Burgess, Kele Okereke, Anwar Superstar, Magic Numbers (vocals). | | Recording information: Hit Factory, NY; Miloco Studios, South London. | | Editor: Cheeky Paul. | | Illustrator: Kam Tang. | | The Chemical Brothers' fifth album--a stunning return to bold, brilliant, mid-1990s form--delivers fierce beats, propulsive rhythms, and hallucinatory samples that are, if anything, even better than some of the duo's earliest work, moving in exciting and different directions. | | The requisite "big beat" dance-floor material is exemplified by "The Big Jump" and the ever-evolving "Believe" (with vocals by Bloc Party's Kele Okereke), but the real surprise here is the wealth of gentler tracks. "Hold Tight London" features a lovely vocal by Anna-Lynne Williams and a glistening sonic edge that's both glacial and warm, and the lengthy, gorgeous instrumental "Surface to Air" glides along on haunting, beat-driven lines. Then there's the flipside of that, as on "Galvanize," a deep-funk-fried slice of Arabian techno-rap featuring Q-Tip, and "Left Right," a blistering anti-war track with rhymes by Anwar Superstar. Unlike much of the Brothers' earlier output, PUSH THE BUTTON covers a lot of ground, uncovering other sonic worlds just beneath the well-tread electronica surface. |
Producer: The Chemical Brothers |
Engineer: Steve Dub |
Musical Guests | | Q-Tip |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 01/25/2005 | | Original Release Date : 2005 | | Catalog ID : 63282 | | Label : Astralwerks (Record Label) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00724356328228 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Rolling Stone (No. 966, p.61)
- 3.5 stars out of 5 - "[T]here's hope for stadium-ready dance music in the Chemical Brothers' fifth album....full of beat-wise psychedelia..."Spin (p.87)
- "It's the album on which the Chems relax into a comfortable maturity, secure in their status as elder statesmen." - Grade: B Uncut (p.73)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "The standout is grand finale 'Surface To Air', which cements the duo's long love affair with New Order across an epic seven-minute symphony of lean melody and pulsing melodrama." Mojo (Publisher)
(p.101)
- 3 stars out of 5 - "[They have] succeeded in making a tougher, darker-sounding record....The guest list is substantial and crucial." |
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